Loki
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Heart of the TVA ends with a bang that feels like a whimper.
So the possibility of deaths and apocalypses are hard to get excited or anxious about.
Its a waste of Mbatha-Raws immense talent, in service of stretching out a ticking-time-bomb plot.
This central premise, of the malfunctioning Time Loom, is also frustrating on its own.
A punch here, a zap there, usually in a hallway.
Theres only so much a show can lampshade its flaws without putting in dramatic legwork.
Oh, whats that?
Theyll be back next week.
Its all noise without real meaning.
without a hint of irony or self-awareness.
The series could use more cartoonish villainy, because the supposed complexity of its moral conundrums just isnt hitting.
Well, mocking just isnt necessary, he says.
A stealth joke thats probably the funniest thing in any Marvel show.
Surely theres a reason the Time Looms blast doors have that X in the center!
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