![]() She’s not very forthcoming about details from her personal life, which is understandable considering her present company’s history. However, it is interesting that Sylvie wishes to distance herself from that persona. That’s fine, and Loki respects it by calling her by the name she chooses. Sylvie is very adamant not to be called a Loki because that’s not who she is anymore. Sophia Di Martino in Marvel Studios’ LOKI exclusively on Disney+. It’s easier to want this version of Loki to succeed because we know more about him than the MCU explored before he took a turn as dictator. Learning these things about Loki in his own words and through Hiddleston’s earnest performance provides some actual distance between the previous 2012 Loki and the one before us now. Loki’s bisexuality isn’t a topic of concern or debate because it is a part of him, just like his magic. It’s a relief that his sexuality isn’t met with any pushback, but rather a mutual understanding of what it means not to know real love yet. It’s overwhelming to know they are now a part of his canon story in the MCU. These parts of Loki are so meaningful to his history and future in the comics and on-screen. It’s overwhelming to see this moment on screen after all this time, and it is during Pride month, which makes it even more incredible. Loki confirms that he is bisexual with the perfect lighting for such an occasion. Loki becomes even more identifiable when the show does something many of us have been waiting years to see on screen. The anecdotes about Frigga are heartwarming and humanizing for someone who constantly boasts about being a God. That curiosity leads him to offer up intimate details about his life to see if he can trust Sylvie and get information from her. This Loki is from The Avengers, but he’s so much better because he’s not a domineering dictator, but a curious trickster. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in Marvel Studios’ LOKI exclusively on Disney+. However, there’s a scene just before that one that is so good there are literal fireworks. Yes, Loki drunkenly sings on a train, which is a must-see moment. Tom Hiddleston is a top-tier actor who brings so much to Loki at every opportunity, but it’s fun to watch those emotional beats come through more during this episode. “Lamentis” lets us sit with all of that information with Loki and Sylvie, but it’s also the time we need to catch our breath and latch onto this new (and improved) version of 2012 Loki. ![]() It’s also relevant because so much of Episode 1, “Glorious Purpose,” and Episode 2, “The Variant,” are world-building episodes to tee up the actual journey. Likewise, nothing that’s coming would hold nearly as much weight if we didn’t get what “Lamentis” gives us. The reveal that Loki and Sylvie exhausted all of their resources to get off Lamentis and still can’t leave the moon wouldn’t matter if we didn’t care about these characters. It matters that Loki takes the time in an already fast-paced, time-twisting journey to sit with these characters longer than we will likely ever be able to again before the finale. It’s the character development that makes this episode a standout amongst the three episodes of Loki so far. (L-R): Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Sophia Di Martino in Marvel Studios’ LOKI exclusively on Disney+. All of the events and revelations in this episode don’t have to cater to the overarching plot for it to be a meaningful episode of TV. Those life or death circumstances bring out new sides of both characters that make them more appealing heading into the second half of the season. This episode sticks the titular character and Sylvie on a planet that’s doomed to crumble and them with it. Loki uses this to its advantage as a marker for halfway through its season. It lets us experience characters’ perspectives more intimately than we may get to outside of this environment. Bottle episodes can make you root for a character you never thought you would have sided with before. It’s these episodes that trap characters with themselves or others. That assumption is too generalizing for a commonly used tool that pushes characters to a particular conclusion. Some end up handling the issue better than others, and Loki is in the former category with “Lamentis.”įrequently, people brush bottle episodes to the side as filler episodes that don’t contribute to the larger story at hand. The Marvel Studios shows on Disney+ keep coming up against time constraints on such massive stories. Loki 1×03 “Lamentis,” is a prime example of a great bottle episode and how useful it can be in a shorter season.
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