Whether you watched “Loki” because you have a crush on Tom Hiddleston or are a Marvel junkie, like me, the show is set to return to your screens tonight on Disney+ at 6 p.m. PST.
The upcoming season will consist of six episodes that will drop each week on Thursdays. Sorry binge watchers, you’ll just have to be patient.
The trailer shows Loki and Mobius back together working to stop another multiversal war from happening. In season one, Loki successfully stole the Tesseract during “Avengers: Endgame,” transporting himself to another timeline. He eventually is caught by the Time Variance Authority (TVA) because he altered the timeline.
For first-time watchers and those in need of a recap before tonight, here’s the rundown of last season:
Mobius is the Time Variance Authority agent that was assigned to Loki’s case when he first came into the TVA, which later becomes his partner in crime as they try to uncover the truth behind the TVA.
There was a time when the multiverse existed peacefully until war broke out. This resulted in the Time Keepers, heads of the TVA, creating the Scared Timeline, to maintain balance and order. But as a result of the timeline, multiple versions of a person exist within the universe, better known as time variants.
These variants can’t interact or deviate outside of their controlled stories or they split the timeline creating the multiverse. This is where the TVA comes in and erases their existence from the timeline to restore peace.
After working with Mobius to find Sylvie (the female variant of Loki), the two begin to form a friendship, leaving Loki conflicted with his moral compass. But in the end, he “turns on” Mobius and the TVA to follow Sylvie and learn whether he can trust her or not.
During this time alone, the two begin to grow closer and form a romantic connection. This connection is unorthodox because variants are never supposed to meet and more importantly, fall in love.
A moment shared between Loki and Sylvie creates a nexus event, or a new timeline, which leads to their capture by the TVA sending them into confinement.
Loki tries to reconcile with Mobius by telling him all TVA agents are variants whose memories have been erased by the Time Keepers. Mobius refuses to believe him until he comes to the discovery on his own.
They want more answers, so Mobius teams up with Loki and Sylvie to stop Judge Renslayer, the head of TVA, and the Time Keepers. They discover the Time Keepers are a hoax and that something bigger has been controlling the timeline for all these years.
Before they can take action they are all sent away to a world of banished Lokis, by Judge Renslayer. With the help of the Loki variants and Mobius, Sylvie and Loki escape to find “He Who Remains,” the controller of the timeline.
He gives Loki and Sylvie an ultimatum of killing him or for them to take over the timeline. Killing him would not only unleash the multiverse, but also his evil variant, Kang the Conqueror, who was the reason for the initial multiversal war.
Sylvie allows her anger to get the best of her and kills “He Who Remains,” after distracting Loki with a kiss, unleashing all the bad that’s to come.
So, now that we’ve covered the basics, let me prepare you for what’s to come.
In season two, Loki will be “timeslipping” into other worlds both past and present; where he has seen the destruction of the world time and time again. He’s determined to save the world in the battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority after it was taken over by Kang the Conqueror.
Mobius and Loki — aka the dream team — have returned in addition to Hunter B-15, Sylvie, Judge Renslayer and Miss Minutes. New characters like OB and Victor Timely are joining this season, alongside more that haven’t yet been disclosed.
After a shocking season-ending kiss between Loki and Sylvie, Loki’s love life is also a topic up for discussion. Many fans, including myself, hope to see Mobius and Loki end up together after seeing their chemistry as friends.
Although Loki falling in love with Sylvie (quite literally himself) sounds like something he’d do, the love story of Mobius and Loki would be “out of the cards” and something people would want to see.
The nature of the TVA is a big discussion as well, after agents discovered the truth surrounding the agency. Kang the Conqueror is now the overseer for the TVA, so what does this mean for the future of the multiverse?
Fans are excited to see what variants of Kang the Conqueror, Loki will face during his travel through time. We’ve already seen a sneak peak of Victor Timely, will they be able to withstand his raft.
As you can see, all the characters have a lot to face after season one, so tune in tonight to see how they fare in their fight to save the world.