Saw a review that said it would have been better had the villain been another Loki variant, and honestly that's true imo. Like just for this self-contained series, that's the better call. But for the larger MCU, it's got a lot of promise. I wouldn't argue with it being "an advertisement for itself", I just thought it was an entertaining one.
Kang's portrayal was so great that I really just can't agree, plus I think they did well making this Kang feel detached from the variants to come (as he himself wanted to distance himself), particularly by killing him off so he's a closed character with this series, but also with the fact that he wasn't even named as Kang yet which I think works really well.
but hey I also can't really imagine how a Mastermind Loki ending would even play out
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