Loki Season 1 (2021) Review

After six weeks Marvel's biggest Disney+ show Loki has completed its first season and the finale was today and here is my review for the whole of the season. The premise of the show sees after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Loki captured by a mysterious group who control all of space and time. 

Main Character

Tom Hiddleston has been playing Loki for ten years now and it is fantastic to finally see him given the main role and he does a brilliant job of continuing to portray the character with tonnes of depth and intrigue, especially considering where he is taken out of the timeline. You truly see him grow as a character and Hiddleston is so charismatic that he can knock it out of the park and truly make you care about this guy that once led an army against Earth. 

Supporting Characters 

Owen Wilson makes his debut as Mobius and I truly love this character, it feels like Wilson is having a blast and really trying and delivering a brilliant and interesting character. The chemistry between Hiddleston and Wilson is off the charts and they are now easily one of the best MCU duos and every scene between the two of them had me really caring about both of them. Sophia Di Martino plays a character called Sylvie and again her and Hiddleston have great chemistry together and you see how there explosive personalities contrast with each other and provide really fun scenes. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays a head of The TVA, the organisation in charge and she is also really good, it takes a bit of time for her to really get the time to shine but once she does she is also a really interesting character. The rest of the cast also do a great job, the noteworthy one being Richard E Grant who nails the episode that he is a part of. 

Story

The story is great, I really liked how the show takes this version of Loki and really does a character examination of him and looks at the good and bad that we have seen over the years and highlights it. With this show involving time travel and different timelines it has plenty of opportunities to go to creative locations and do creative things and it does a great job of keeping each episode fresh and interesting. Then we get into the ending of the show and it is fantastic, it delivers a solid ending to this show and sets up so much for the future of The MCU in a fascinating and truly exciting way. 

Script

The script is fantastic, the mixture of drama and humour is spot on and it doesn't go too far either way to create fascinating characters that you grow to really care about and a story that is engaging and dynamic throughout. 

Style 

The show looks amazing, the budget for this show must have been absolutely huge as it looks as big as the movies in the same universe. The action mostly works, with impressive set pieces especially and a good episode count. But my only gripe for this show is sometimes the pacing of the episodes, there are quite a few exposition scenes and they just drag a bit sometimes and slow the episodes down a bit too much, though that is one of the only few gripes I have with the show. 

Overall

Overall, Loki is a fantastic almost epic show that needs to be seen. MCU fans who haven't watched the Disney+ series get on it as in my opinion Loki is the best one yet. 

Rating - 9/10