Although Marvel Studios will reportedly switch to longer seasons with upcoming shows, Loki is still a product of the original production method: six-episode miniseries that could continue. And has become Rotten Tomatoes’ custom, we’re taking a look at Loki season 2 at the halfway point to see what’s transpired so far, speculate on may yet transpire, and check-in with executive producer Kevin Wright, who answered a few of questions about the story so far. So join us on a journey where time becomes timeless and Timely and where Loki Laufeyson (Tom Hiddleston) starts auditioning for the lead role in Doctor Who.
One thing we find fascinating about Loki‘s world is the constant refrain that the Time Variance Authority exists outside of time and, therefore, does not experience it. That notion actually answers the season 1 cliffhanger as the statues we previously thought depicted Kang (Jonathan Majors) were, in fact, modeled after He Who Remains (also Majors), the variant of Kang who devised the TVA and the Sacred Timeline. They just exist in the distant past of the supposedly timeless TVA.
Confused? That’s OK. It may help to ignore the reminders of the TVA’s timelessness. As Loki quickly learned, the memories of its agents are regularly wiped and the timeslips he experienced proves that the seeming impossible (the progression of time) is possible in the confines of the TVA.
But according to Wright, the mind-melting nature of time within the Authority was part of an attempt to quickly resolve the first season’s shocking cliffhanger and move onto the next part of the story. “[First season head writer Michael Waldron] would always talk about story acceleration and the things that you think, ‘All right, well, that whole episode or maybe the whole season is going to be about resolving that cliffhanger,’” he explained. “And it’s like, ‘What if we figure that out in the first 10 minutes and then we can just get into the consequences of that?’”
