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IfGodCouldDie posted...

I think I remember that Marvel said they weren't planning on releasing as much information about upcoming projects precisely for this reason.

This would definitely help but even not knowing that What If? and Doctor Strange and Ant-Man (ugh) and Spider-Man are coming along doesn't solve the problem with the standalone show on its own. It's still pretty obvious to figure out that's what they're doing as soon as the TVA introduces the timeline and it becomes clear that they're the bad guys. Which is why it's a bummer so much of it was devoted to explaining events instead of focusing on the cast, which I think has been the best part of the show.

To its credit, Loki does end up in an unexpected scenario at the end, stuck in an alternate timeline with no allies or gf, but the character beats here just didn't hit for me. Sylvie pretty unceremoniously does the thing she's been telling us she'd do for 5 episodes (which is bad now according to the exposition), Loki is convinced by a half hour of exposition and gets in her way only to get dumpstered in a pretty bland fight scene. The side characters are all on setting up S2 duty which is fine, it's just that the main cast is also doing that so it feels bad. Even as a dramatic season 1 cliffhanger, it's all very contrived. I agree with the idea that this feels like half of a 12-part series and not a complete season, so it'll probably feel a lot better later.

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