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|ShortSummary = In the past, the [[Time Variance Authority (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Time Variance Authority]] (TVA) attempts to apprehend [[Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)#2012 variant|Loki]] while he is uncontrollably warping across time in their headquarters. In the present, Loki reunites with [[Mobius M. Mobius (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Mobius M. Mobius]] and warns him of the threat posed by the many variants of [[He Who Remains (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|He Who Remains]], the TVA's creator. Concurrently, TVA General Dox has several TVA hunters arm themselves, ostensibly to find [[Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Sylvie]], who caused the Sacred Timeline to branch after killing He Who Remains. Loki and Mobius meet TVA technician [[Ouroboros (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ouroboros "O. B."]], who deduces that Loki is "time slipping", a phenomenon possibly caused by branching timelines dangerously overloading the Temporal Loom. To save Loki, O. B. instructs Mobius to approach the Temporal Loom with the Temporal Aura Extractor device to extract Loki from the time stream as Loki prunes himself. Loki time slips to the future, where the TVA is being evacuated as the Loom goes critical, he encounters Sylvie before he is pruned by someone at the last minute. In the present, Mobius successfully pulls Loki from the time stream, and they set out to find Sylvie. In a mid-credits scene, Sylvie enters a branched timeline in [[Broxton, Oklahoma]], 1982 and visits a [[McDonald's]] restaurant.
|ShortSummary = In the past, the [[Time Variance Authority (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Time Variance Authority]] (TVA) attempts to apprehend [[Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)#2012 variant|Loki]] while he is uncontrollably warping across time in their headquarters. In the present, Loki reunites with [[Mobius M. Mobius (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Mobius M. Mobius]] and warns him of the threat posed by the many variants of [[He Who Remains (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|He Who Remains]], the TVA's creator. Concurrently, TVA General Dox has several TVA hunters arm themselves, ostensibly to find [[Sylvie (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Sylvie]], who caused the Sacred Timeline to branch after killing He Who Remains. Loki and Mobius meet TVA technician [[Ouroboros (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ouroboros "O.B."]], who deduces that Loki is "time slipping", a phenomenon possibly caused by branching timelines dangerously overloading the Temporal Loom. To save Loki, O.B. instructs Mobius to approach the Temporal Loom with the Temporal Aura Extractor device to extract Loki from the time stream as Loki prunes himself. Loki time slips to the future, where the TVA is being evacuated as the Loom goes critical, he encounters Sylvie before he is pruned by someone at the last minute. In the present, Mobius successfully pulls Loki from the time stream, and they set out to find Sylvie. In a mid-credits scene, Sylvie enters a branched timeline in [[Broxton, Oklahoma]], 1982 and visits a [[McDonald's]] restaurant.
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|ShortSummary = Loki, Mobius, and Hunter B-15 find and capture Hunter X-5 in London, 1977 on the Sacred Timeline, where he lives as film actor Brad Wolfe. Under interrogation, he admits to abandoning Dox's mission and reveals Sylvie's location. The group travel to Oklahoma and find her working in a McDonald's. Loki tries to remind her of their last encounter in the TVA's future, but she refuses to involve herself with the organization. Meanwhile, O. B. attempts to repair the Loom to safely accommodate the branching timelines, but discovers he cannot access it without help from the missing [[Miss Minutes]] or He Who Remains's aura. After Wolfe proclaims the group is in mortal danger, Sylvie enchants him, forcing him to reveal Dox's plan to simultaneously destroy the branching timelines. After returning Wolfe to custody, Loki, Mobius, and Sylvie capture Dox, but she has largely succeeded and most of her allies have escaped. As TVA receptionist Casey tracks the rogue [[Ravonna Renslayer (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ravonna Renslayer]]'s TemPad on one of the remaining branching timelines, Sylvie, refusing to be involved any further, returns to McDonald's with He Who Remains's TemPad in her possession.
|ShortSummary = Loki, Mobius, and Hunter B-15 find and capture Hunter X-5 in London, 1977 on the Sacred Timeline, where he lives as film actor Brad Wolfe. Under interrogation, he admits to abandoning Dox's mission and reveals Sylvie's location. The group travel to Oklahoma and find her working in a McDonald's. Loki tries to remind her of their last encounter in the TVA's future, but she refuses to involve herself with the organization. Meanwhile, O.B. attempts to repair the Loom to safely accommodate the branching timelines, but discovers he cannot access it without help from the missing [[Miss Minutes]] or He Who Remains's aura. After Wolfe proclaims the group is in mortal danger, Sylvie enchants him, forcing him to reveal Dox's plan to simultaneously destroy the branching timelines. After returning Wolfe to custody, Loki, Mobius, and Sylvie capture Dox, but she has largely succeeded and most of her allies have escaped. As TVA receptionist Casey tracks the rogue [[Ravonna Renslayer (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ravonna Renslayer]]'s TemPad on one of the remaining branching timelines, Sylvie, refusing to be involved any further, returns to McDonald's with He Who Remains's TemPad in her possession.
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* [[Liz Carr]] as Judge Gamble: A TVA judge part of the council.<ref name="WrightTVInsider" />
* [[Liz Carr]] as Judge Gamble: A TVA judge part of the council.<ref name="WrightTVInsider" />
* Neil Ellice as Hunter D-90: A TVA Hunter.<ref name="TVLineTrailer1" />
* Neil Ellice as Hunter D-90: A TVA Hunter.<ref name="TVLineTrailer1" />
* [[Ke Huy Quan]] as [[Ouroboros (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ouroboros "O.B."]]:<ref name="Ouroboros O.B."/><ref name="O.B. Slip">{{cite web |title=Loki and O.B. Slip Into Avengers Campus For a Limited Time |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/loki-ob-avengers-campus |website=[[marvel.com]] |access-date=October 17, 2023 |date=October 5, 2023|quote=... accompanied by Ouroboros, or "O.B." for short ... Take a peek at Loki and O.B. in the video below! ... Loki and O.B. join ... In this article: Loki, O.B.}}</ref><ref><ref name=Kuo>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/arts/television/loki-season-2-interview.html|quote=... as new ones, such as O.B., a T.V.A. fix-it man played by the Oscar-winning actor Ke Huy Quan ...|archive-url=https://archive.ph/fFABy |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |first=Christopher |last=Kuo |access-date=October 18, 2023 |title=How Will 'Loki' Handle the Multiverse? Its Writer Talks Season 2.}}</ref><ref>
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* [[Ke Huy Quan]] as [[Ouroboros (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ouroboros "O. B."]]:<br />A TVA technician who works in its Repairs and Advancement Department.<ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /><ref name="WrightVarietyOct2023" /> Described as the "quirky repair guy", Wright explained that every piece of technology at the TVA was either designed by O. B. or he knows how to fix it and keep it operational.<ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /> Quan felt O. B. was thrilled to be doing his job, despite working long hours alone in isolation.<ref name="QuanMarvelOct2023" />
* {{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/10/05/loki-season-two-available-exclusively-on-disney-plus-starting-thursday/71062317007/|quote= ...will play O.B., an IT worker|title=When does 'Loki' Season 2 start? Premiere date, cast and how to watch the MCU series}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/06/1204349593/in-season-2-loki-keeps-its-charm-while-reflecting-on-some-of-marvels-problems|title=In season 2, 'Loki' keeps its charm while reflecting on some of Marvel's problems|quote=an engineer called O.B., played impishly...}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/trailer-season-2-marvel-studios-loki-now-watch-101866291|quote= a Time Variance Authority employee known as O.B., played ...}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/marvel-loki-season-2-episode-2-review|quote= ... it's good to take some weight off Ouroboros' (O.B.) shoulders...|title=Trailer for season 2 of Marvel Studios' 'Loki' out now: Watch here}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/meet-ke-huy-quans-mysterious-character-ob-in-this-exclusive-loki-season-2-featurette|title=Meet Ke Huy Quan's Mysterious Character O.B. In This Exclusive Loki Season 2 Featurette|quote=Meet O.B., the Time Variance Authority’s (TVA) basement-dwelling mastermind.}}
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* {{cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/temporal-looms-and-aura-extractors-the-weird-gadgets-in-loki-season-2/|title=Temporal Looms and Aura Extractors: the Weird Gadgets in ‘Loki’ Season 2|quote=O.B. leads Mobius and Loki...}}</ref><br />A TVA technician who works in its Repairs and Advancement Department.<ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /><ref name="WrightVarietyOct2023" /> Described as the "quirky repair guy", Wright explained that every piece of technology at the TVA was either designed by O.B. or he knows how to fix it and keep it operational.<ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /> Quan felt O.B. was thrilled to be doing his job, despite working long hours alone in isolation.<ref name="QuanMarvelOct2023" />
* [[Owen Wilson]] as [[Mobius M. Mobius (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Mobius M. Mobius]]: An agent of the TVA and friend of Loki.<ref name="SRTrailer1" />
* [[Owen Wilson]] as [[Mobius M. Mobius (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Mobius M. Mobius]]: An agent of the TVA and friend of Loki.<ref name="SRTrailer1" />
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Hiddleston, [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]], [[Wunmi Mosaku]], [[Eugene Cordero]], [[Tara Strong]], [[Owen Wilson]], and Sophia Di Martino return from the first season as Loki, [[Ravonna Renslayer (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ravonna Renslayer]], [[Hunter B-15]], [[Casey (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Casey<!-- / Hunter K-5E-->]], [[Miss Minutes]], Mobius M. Mobius, and Sylvie, respectively.<ref name="TVLineTrailer1" /><ref name="ColliderTrailer1" /> [[Jonathan Majors]] also returns in the season as [[He Who Remains (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|He Who Remains]], while also portraying an additional variant of [[Kang the Conqueror (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Kang the Conqueror]], who he played in the film ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]]'' (2023), named [[Victor Timely (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Victor Timely]];<ref name="WrightVarietyOct2023" /> Timely was also introduced at the end of ''Quantumania'',<ref name="AMWQMNerdistPostCredits" /><ref name="AMWQMTHRPostCredits" /> appearing in that film's [[mid-credits scene]]. Director [[Peyton Reed]] stated that the usage of the scene had felt natural due to the MCU's focus on [[Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|multiversal]] stories, and the fact that the season and film were being concurrently developed.<ref name="AM3PCScene" /> Majors was expected to appear in around half of the season's episodes.<ref name="MajorsEpsAppear" /> Neil Ellice also returns as Hunter D-90.<ref name="TVLineTrailer1" /> Cordero and Ellice were made series regulars for the season.<ref name="CorderoSeriesRegular" /><ref name="S2ProjectProfile" /> In May 2022, Feige stated that the "whole cast" would return from the first season.<ref name="FeigeMay2022" /><ref name="WholeCastReturn" />
Hiddleston, [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]], [[Wunmi Mosaku]], [[Eugene Cordero]], [[Tara Strong]], [[Owen Wilson]], and Sophia Di Martino return from the first season as Loki, [[Ravonna Renslayer (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ravonna Renslayer]], [[Hunter B-15]], [[Casey (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Casey<!-- / Hunter K-5E-->]], [[Miss Minutes]], Mobius M. Mobius, and Sylvie, respectively.<ref name="TVLineTrailer1" /><ref name="ColliderTrailer1" /> [[Jonathan Majors]] also returns in the season as [[He Who Remains (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|He Who Remains]], while also portraying an additional variant of [[Kang the Conqueror (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Kang the Conqueror]], who he played in the film ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]]'' (2023), named [[Victor Timely (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Victor Timely]];<ref name="WrightVarietyOct2023" /> Timely was also introduced at the end of ''Quantumania'',<ref name="AMWQMNerdistPostCredits" /><ref name="AMWQMTHRPostCredits" /> appearing in that film's [[mid-credits scene]]. Director [[Peyton Reed]] stated that the usage of the scene had felt natural due to the MCU's focus on [[Multiverse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|multiversal]] stories, and the fact that the season and film were being concurrently developed.<ref name="AM3PCScene" /> Majors was expected to appear in around half of the season's episodes.<ref name="MajorsEpsAppear" /> Neil Ellice also returns as Hunter D-90.<ref name="TVLineTrailer1" /> Cordero and Ellice were made series regulars for the season.<ref name="CorderoSeriesRegular" /><ref name="S2ProjectProfile" /> In May 2022, Feige stated that the "whole cast" would return from the first season.<ref name="FeigeMay2022" /><ref name="WholeCastReturn" />


In July 2022, [[Rafael Casal]] was confirmed to be cast in a "major role" in the season,<ref name="Casal" /> TVA Hunter X-5 and the actor Brad Wolfe.<ref name="WrightTVInsider" /><ref name="DeLeeuwGamesRadar" /> In September, [[Ke Huy Quan]] was revealed to have been cast as TVA agent and technician [[Ouroboros (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ouroboros "O. B."]].<ref name="Quan" /><ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /><ref name="WrightVarietyOct2023" /> Casting director [[Sarah Halley Finn]] suggested Quan for the series after seeing an early screening of his film ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'' (2022), with Marvel working quickly to offer him a part ahead of that film's wide release in April 2022, knowing it would result in Quan receiving many additional acting offers. Feige also personally reached out to Quan about accepting the role, not knowing that he was already a fan of the MCU and ''Loki''{{'}}s first season in particular.<ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /> In December 2022, [[Kate Dickie]] was revealed to have been cast in the villain role of General Dox.<ref name="Dickie" /><ref name="WrightTVInsider" /> [[Liz Carr]] also stars as Judge Gamble.<ref name="WrightTVInsider" />
In July 2022, [[Rafael Casal]] was confirmed to be cast in a "major role" in the season,<ref name="Casal" /> TVA Hunter X-5 and the actor Brad Wolfe.<ref name="WrightTVInsider" /><ref name="DeLeeuwGamesRadar" /> In September, [[Ke Huy Quan]] was revealed to have been cast as TVA agent and technician [[Ouroboros (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Ouroboros "O.B."]].<ref name="Quan" /><ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /><ref name="WrightVarietyOct2023" /> Casting director [[Sarah Halley Finn]] suggested Quan for the series after seeing an early screening of his film ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'' (2022), with Marvel working quickly to offer him a part ahead of that film's wide release in April 2022, knowing it would result in Quan receiving many additional acting offers. Feige also personally reached out to Quan about accepting the role, not knowing that he was already a fan of the MCU and ''Loki''{{'}}s first season in particular.<ref name="EWPreviewSep2023" /> In December 2022, [[Kate Dickie]] was revealed to have been cast in the villain role of General Dox.<ref name="Dickie" /><ref name="WrightTVInsider" /> [[Liz Carr]] also stars as Judge Gamble.<ref name="WrightTVInsider" />


=== Design ===
=== Design ===
Farahani also returned as production designer for the season. He described the new areas of the TVA seen in the season as the "foundation" of the organization, believing they would have been built earlier than the locations seen in season one. These new locations had "more of a cold war, 1950s aesthetic" featuring "understated, muted greens", though the yellow and orange colors established in the first season are still present as accents.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|9–10}} New sets for the season included O. B.'s work area, the temporal core, and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, with Wright believing that set was larger than the one built for Lamentis in the first season.<ref name="WrightComicBookSets" /> Christine Wada returned as costume designer, noting character's costumes were still "anchored" to the TVA's design, even when they venture outside the TVA.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|10}} She felt Sylvie's costume in the season was one of the more difficult to create, noting her [[acid wash]] jeans had to be printed in order to have multiple versions since they could not be bought given the variation in acid wash patterns between different eras. Additionally, Sylvie's [[Herringbone (cloth)|herringbone]] jacket "took forever to get [tonally right]" as Wada wanted it to have a stealth quality to fit with the character and not be "too contrasty" and "bump in other eras".<ref name="WadaSylvieCostume" /> Quan suggested to Wada that O. B.'s TVA jumpsuit have various patches on it, as a reference to his character Data in ''[[The Goonies]]'' (1985).<ref name="QuanCostume" />
Farahani also returned as production designer for the season. He described the new areas of the TVA seen in the season as the "foundation" of the organization, believing they would have been built earlier than the locations seen in season one. These new locations had "more of a cold war, 1950s aesthetic" featuring "understated, muted greens", though the yellow and orange colors established in the first season are still present as accents.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|9–10}} New sets for the season included O.B.'s work area, the temporal core, and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, with Wright believing that set was larger than the one built for Lamentis in the first season.<ref name="WrightComicBookSets" /> Christine Wada returned as costume designer, noting character's costumes were still "anchored" to the TVA's design, even when they venture outside the TVA.<ref name="ProductionBrief" />{{rp|10}} She felt Sylvie's costume in the season was one of the more difficult to create, noting her [[acid wash]] jeans had to be printed in order to have multiple versions since they could not be bought given the variation in acid wash patterns between different eras. Additionally, Sylvie's [[Herringbone (cloth)|herringbone]] jacket "took forever to get [tonally right]" as Wada wanted it to have a stealth quality to fit with the character and not be "too contrasty" and "bump in other eras".<ref name="WadaSylvieCostume" /> Quan suggested to Wada that O.B.'s TVA jumpsuit have various patches on it, as a reference to his character Data in ''[[The Goonies]]'' (1985).<ref name="QuanCostume" />


=== Filming ===
=== Filming ===
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In August 2023, [[McDonald's]] created new packaging for their [[sweet and sour]] [[dipping sauce]], inspired by the season. This was part of their limited-edition "As Featured In" meal, which collected McDonald's menu items that were featured across various media.<ref name="McDonaldsMeal" /> Though the campaign featured many other properties, ''Loki'' season two was what inspired the restaurant to pursue the campaign, and was considered the central focus of it.<ref name="McDonaldsFastCompany" /> The restaurant released exclusive experiences, custom merchandise, and "never-before-seen content" related to the media that inspired the meal. For the second season of ''Loki'', any customer who purchased the dipping sauce could scan the packaging on [[Snapchat]] for a themed augmented reality experience that offered exclusive sneak peeks at the season developed by Marvel Studios, with new content debuting weekly throughout the promotion.<ref name="McDonaldsMeal" /> Footage from the season was featured in the trailer promoting the "As Featured In" meal.<ref name="AsFeaturedInTrailerFootage" /> Additionally, McDonald's transformed one of their restaurants in [[Brooklyn]], New York, to be 1982-themed as it appears in the season starting on August 30 for three days. The restaurant's employees were in period-accurate uniforms and it featured cheaper pricing for their "As Featured In" meal, meant to reflect food prices of the 1980s.<ref name="McDonaldsRestaurantActivation" /><ref name="McDonaldsRestaurantActivation2" /> The doorway was altered to mimic a TVA timedoor for patrons to "travel" back to 1982 upon entering the location while costumes and props from the season were showcased.<ref name="McDonaldsRestaurantActivation" />
In August 2023, [[McDonald's]] created new packaging for their [[sweet and sour]] [[dipping sauce]], inspired by the season. This was part of their limited-edition "As Featured In" meal, which collected McDonald's menu items that were featured across various media.<ref name="McDonaldsMeal" /> Though the campaign featured many other properties, ''Loki'' season two was what inspired the restaurant to pursue the campaign, and was considered the central focus of it.<ref name="McDonaldsFastCompany" /> The restaurant released exclusive experiences, custom merchandise, and "never-before-seen content" related to the media that inspired the meal. For the second season of ''Loki'', any customer who purchased the dipping sauce could scan the packaging on [[Snapchat]] for a themed augmented reality experience that offered exclusive sneak peeks at the season developed by Marvel Studios, with new content debuting weekly throughout the promotion.<ref name="McDonaldsMeal" /> Footage from the season was featured in the trailer promoting the "As Featured In" meal.<ref name="AsFeaturedInTrailerFootage" /> Additionally, McDonald's transformed one of their restaurants in [[Brooklyn]], New York, to be 1982-themed as it appears in the season starting on August 30 for three days. The restaurant's employees were in period-accurate uniforms and it featured cheaper pricing for their "As Featured In" meal, meant to reflect food prices of the 1980s.<ref name="McDonaldsRestaurantActivation" /><ref name="McDonaldsRestaurantActivation2" /> The doorway was altered to mimic a TVA timedoor for patrons to "travel" back to 1982 upon entering the location while costumes and props from the season were showcased.<ref name="McDonaldsRestaurantActivation" />


The series partnered with [[Randy's Donuts]] in [[Inglewood, California]] to offer Miss Minutes-themed donuts from September 6 until September 18, 2023,<ref name="RandysDonuts" /> with the location's iconic donut on top of the building covered to look like Miss Minutes.<ref name="RandysDonutsMissMinutesCover" /> On October 2, 2023, Miss Minutes was featured on the [[Navy Pier]] ferris wheel.<ref name="NavyPier" /> Limited edition [[Lucky Charms]] cereal boxes were made available at [[Walmart]] on October 6, 2023, that featured a [[Lenticular printing|lenticular]] cover that alternated between the cereal's leprechaun mascot Lucky and Hiddleston's Loki;<ref name="LuckyCharms" /><ref name="TieIns" /> this continued the series' partnership with [[General Mills]] after working them previously for first season.<ref name="TieIns" /> Additional partnerships included a tie-in commercial with [[Samsung Electronics]] directed by Farahani that saw TVA agents hunting down Loki using a [[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra]], Bones Coffee creating Loki-themed packaging for a [[Key lime pie]]-flavored coffee given the pie was a plot element for the season, and [[Citizen Watch]] making branded content with the series for their Axiom SC and Marvel x Citizen Loki watches.<ref name="TieIns" /> The "Marvel Must Haves" merchandise program for the season began on October 6.<ref name="MarvelMustHavesEp1" /> Following the premiere, Loki and O. B. were added to [[Avengers Campus]].<ref name="OBAvengersCampus" />
The series partnered with [[Randy's Donuts]] in [[Inglewood, California]] to offer Miss Minutes-themed donuts from September 6 until September 18, 2023,<ref name="RandysDonuts" /> with the location's iconic donut on top of the building covered to look like Miss Minutes.<ref name="RandysDonutsMissMinutesCover" /> On October 2, 2023, Miss Minutes was featured on the [[Navy Pier]] ferris wheel.<ref name="NavyPier" /> Limited edition [[Lucky Charms]] cereal boxes were made available at [[Walmart]] on October 6, 2023, that featured a [[Lenticular printing|lenticular]] cover that alternated between the cereal's leprechaun mascot Lucky and Hiddleston's Loki;<ref name="LuckyCharms" /><ref name="TieIns" /> this continued the series' partnership with [[General Mills]] after working them previously for first season.<ref name="TieIns" /> Additional partnerships included a tie-in commercial with [[Samsung Electronics]] directed by Farahani that saw TVA agents hunting down Loki using a [[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra]], Bones Coffee creating Loki-themed packaging for a [[Key lime pie]]-flavored coffee given the pie was a plot element for the season, and [[Citizen Watch]] making branded content with the series for their Axiom SC and Marvel x Citizen Loki watches.<ref name="TieIns" /> The "Marvel Must Haves" merchandise program for the season began on October 6.<ref name="MarvelMustHavesEp1" /> Following the premiere, Loki and O.B. were added to [[Avengers Campus]].<ref name="OBAvengersCampus" />


== Release ==
== Release ==
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<ref name="MajorsEpsAppear">{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Caitlin |date=September 6, 2023 |title=Jonathan Majors Receives New Court Date as Prosecution Says It's Ready for Trial |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jonathan-majors-new-court-date-prosecution-ready-for-trial-1235582414/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906152306/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jonathan-majors-new-court-date-prosecution-ready-for-trial-1235582414/ |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
<ref name="MajorsEpsAppear">{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Caitlin |date=September 6, 2023 |title=Jonathan Majors Receives New Court Date as Prosecution Says It's Ready for Trial |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jonathan-majors-new-court-date-prosecution-ready-for-trial-1235582414/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906152306/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jonathan-majors-new-court-date-prosecution-ready-for-trial-1235582414/ |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

<ref name="Ouroboros O.B.">{{cite web |title=OUROBOROS O.B. |url=https://www.marvel.com/characters/ob-ouroboros |website=[[marvel.com]] |access-date=October 17, 2023 }}</ref>


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Loki
Season 2
Promotional poster
Starring
No. of episodes2
Release
Original networkDisney+
Original releaseOctober 5, 2023 (2023-10-05) –
present (present)
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The second season of the American television series Loki, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name, sees Loki working with Mobius M. Mobius, Hunter B-15, and other members of the Time Variance Authority (TVA) to navigate the multiverse in order to find Sylvie, Ravonna Renslayer, and Miss Minutes. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The season is produced by Marvel Studios, with Eric Martin serving as head writer and Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead leading the directing team.

Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as Loki from the film series, starring alongside Sophia Di Martino (Sylvie), Wunmi Mosaku (Hunter B-15), Eugene Cordero, Neil Ellice, Owen Wilson (Mobius), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Renslayer), Tara Strong (Miss Minutes), and Jonathan Majors reprising their roles from the first season, alongside Rafael Casal, Kate Dickie, Liz Carr, and Ke Huy Quan. Development on a second season had begun by November 2020, and was confirmed in July 2021, with Martin, Benson, and Moorhead all hired by late February 2022. Filming began in June 2022 at Pinewood Studios and concluded in October. Dan DeLeeuw and Kasra Farahani were revealed as additional directors for the season in June 2023.

The second season debuted on Disney+ on October 5, 2023, and will run for six episodes until November 9, as part of Phase Five of the MCU.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected by [1]: 19–20 Written by [2]Original release date [3]
71"Ouroboros"Justin Benson & Aaron MoorheadEric MartinOctober 5, 2023 (2023-10-05)
82"Breaking Brad"Dan DeLeeuwEric MartinOctober 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
93TBAKasra FarahaniTeleplay by : Eric Martin and Kasra Farahani & Jason O'Leary
Story by : Eric Martin		October 19, 2023 (2023-10-19)
104TBAJustin Benson & Aaron MoorheadEric Martin and Katharyn BlairOctober 26, 2023 (2023-10-26)
115TBAJustin Benson & Aaron MoorheadEric MartinNovember 2, 2023 (2023-11-02)
126TBAJustin Benson & Aaron MoorheadEric MartinNovember 9, 2023 (2023-11-09)

Cast and characters

  • Tom Hiddleston as Loki:
    Thor's adopted brother and the god of mischief, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name. He is an alternate, "time variant" version of Loki who created a new timeline in Avengers: Endgame (2019) beginning in 2012.[4] He is time slipping, being pulled through time between the past, present, and future.[5][6][7] Hiddleston said the season sees Loki "understanding himself", having found this new Time Variance Authority (TVA) family and his "new capacity to make connections",[8] with the character finally finding a meaning and purpose in trying to help protect the TVA and his friends there.[9]
  • Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie:
    A variant of Loki who broke the timeline through killing He Who Remains in a misguided act of revenge.[4] The season sees Sylvie working as a cashier at a McDonald's in a branched timeline, in 1982 Broxton, Oklahoma.[10][11]
  • Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15:
    A high-ranking Hunter of the TVA.[12] Following the branching of the timeline, she is working to reform the TVA and protect the new timelines and variants, given she has learned she is variant herself.[1]: 4 
  • Eugene Cordero as Casey: A TVA receptionist.[13]
  • Rafael Casal as Hunter X-5 / Brad Wolfe:
    A TVA Hunter with a close connection to General Dox.[14] Casal called Hunter X-5 "Loki's mirror—another person who feels wronged. He's a bit of a lost character and almost feels like an earlier version of Loki, reflecting back to him."[1]: 9  Director Dan DeLeeuw called X-5 "more of a straight villain, more of a heavy; a foil for Loki".[15] Wright spoke to X-5's relationship to Dox, noting it had a "maternal" quality, but questioned how much of that was because of their past lives, or "institutionalized from being in the TVA".[14] X-5 finds his real life on the Sacred Timeline and becomes the actor Brad Wolfe. DeLeeuw thought Casal "brought an interesting humanity" to his portrayal of Wolfe, explaining that it was his choice to become Wolfe to break free from the TVA being X-5's reality. As well, the creative team "couldn't resist" having a character who no longer believed in the reality of the TVA becoming an actor, given Wolfe now "puts on a perception of reality for a living".[15]
  • Kate Dickie as General Dox: A TVA general who is part of the new council of judges following Renslayer's disappearance.[16] She is searching for Sylvie and still believes in the TVA's mission to prune branched timelines.[17]
  • Liz Carr as Judge Gamble: A TVA judge part of the council.[14]
  • Neil Ellice as Hunter D-90: A TVA Hunter.[5]
  • Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros "O.B.":[18][19]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[20]
    A TVA technician who works in its Repairs and Advancement Department.[21][12] Described as the "quirky repair guy", Wright explained that every piece of technology at the TVA was either designed by O.B. or he knows how to fix it and keep it operational.[21] Quan felt O.B. was thrilled to be doing his job, despite working long hours alone in isolation.[22]
  • Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius: An agent of the TVA and friend of Loki.[23]
  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer: A former TVA judge who has gone missing and has connections to He Who Remains.[24]
  • Tara Strong as Miss Minutes: The animated anthropomorphic clock mascot of the TVA,[25] who has left the TVA and is working with Ravonna Renslayer.[24]
  • Jonathan Majors as He Who Remains and Victor Timely: Variants of Kang the Conqueror.[12]
    • He Who Remains is a scientist from the 31st century who ended the first multiversal war by destroying "evil variants" of himself, and created the TVA to prevent a new multiverse from forming and to keep his variants from coming back into existence.[26][12]
    • Victor Timely is an industrialist and inventor in the early 1900s presenting futuristic tech.[21] He wears spectacles and a three-piece suit. The character was first introduced at the end of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023).[27][28] Marvel Studios was excited to continue exploring Kang and his variants in the season, particularly wanting Timely for Loki, with executive producer Kevin Wright noting his inclusion and integration would be "a big part" of the season.[21]

Production

Development

Loki star Tom Hiddleston and executive producer Kevin Wright began having conversations during production of the season one episode "Lamentis" regarding "how this world could build out" to "dive deeper into it".[12] Development on a second season had begun by November 2020.[29] In January 2021, the first season's head writer Michael Waldron signed an overall deal with Disney which included his involvement in the second season of Loki.[30] Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore, who served as an executive producer on the series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, believed Loki had "really irreverent and clever and cool" storylines that lent to the series having multiple seasons rather than being a one-off event.[31] The second season was confirmed through a mid-credits scene in the first-season finale, which was released in July 2021,[32] and Hiddleston said "deep discussions" about the second season were already underway.[33] First season director Kate Herron said she would not return for the second season as she had always planned to only be involved for one season,[34] while Waldron said it "remain[ed] to be seen" if he would be involved.[35]

In February 2022, the directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead were hired to direct a majority of the episodes for the second season. They previously directed two episodes of another Marvel Studios series, Moon Knight (2022), which went so well that the studio wanted them to work on other projects and they were quickly chosen for the second season of Loki.[36] Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige had approached the duo while they were working on additional photography for Moon Knight to have them meet with Wright and Hiddleston to discuss coming on board for the season.[37] Eric Martin, a first-season writer who took over some of Waldron's duties during production on that season,[38] was set to write all six episodes of the second season, with Hiddleston and Waldron confirmed to be returning as executive producers.[36] Benson and Moorhead were excited to approach another character in Loki who, like Moon Knight's Marc Spector / Moon Knight, was defined by being an outcast and had "complexity in being [an] outcast".[39] Pre-production had begun by the end of April 2022.[40] Dan DeLeeuw, a visual effects supervisor and second unit director on several MCU films, and season one production designer Kasra Farahani were revealed as directors in June 2023;[41][42] they each directed one episode of the season, with Benson and Moorhead directing the other four.[1]: 19–20  DeLeeuw was chosen to direct given his past work directing second units for Marvel Studios, as well as his approach to character in the visual effects reviews of season one, and Farahani, being a writer and director, was chosen because he "really understood the world and helped build it". Wright said both "were steady hands who knew this world and these characters".[43] Executive producers for the season include Marvel Studios' Feige, Stephen Broussard, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Wright, alongside Hiddleston, Benson and Moorhead, Martin, and Waldron.[44]

Writing

Farahani, Jason O'Leary, and Katharyn Blair served as writers on the season alongside Martin,[2] with Farahani acting as a staff writer for the season.[43] Waldron said the season would continue the story of the first season but in a way that felt different, subverted expectations, and explored "new emotional ground" for Loki.[45] Hiddleston explained that Loki is once again with the Time Variance Authority (TVA) and working with Mobius M. Mobius, despite Mobius not remembering Loki, and has confronted Sylvie about her actions at the end of the first season.[46] He added that the second season would be "a battle for the soul of the TVA".[47] More of the TVA's history is explored in the season. Wright explained that much of the "core character conflict" in the season came from the TVA and each's relationship to it, stating, "We want everybody to be in the gray area — they're neither good nor bad. They might make bad choices or heroic choices, but they are trying to figure out who they are. The TVA felt like the place where we could maximize that storytelling and learn more about those characters through that."[12] Much of the season was about each character becoming the best versions of themselves.[48] Wright stated that the creatives wanted to push the weirdness of the series further in the second season, while still keeping the longer, character-driven moments, notably the friendship between Loki and Mobius.[21] The writers took caution to not start the season by "fast-forwarding through the drama" from the end of the first season, but to sit with and explore Loki and Sylvie's "emotional turmoil" they have entering the season.[12] The season will help connect the entire Multiverse Saga of the MCU.[49]

Following the end of filming the season one finale, "For All Time. Always", executive producer Kevin R. Wright and actress Sophia Di Martino began an informal discussion of Sylvie's future, with Di Martino thinking she would be hungry after the death of He Who Remains concluded her long revenge mission. As development on the second season began, Wright felt that having Sylvie visit a 1980s McDonald's would be "appealing" for her as a place to "slow down", being drawn to that location based on the nostalgia a young child had going there after a sporting event or for a birthday party, which Sylvie never experienced. The 1982 McDonald's location was written into the script before approaching the company, a reverse of the typical brand partnerships in media, with Wright thinking McDonald's would view the inclusion as trying to make fun of them rather than the "earnest story [and] love letter" they were creating. Marvel Studios had an existing marketing partnership with McDonald's, with the restaurant also looking to collaborate with brands beyond the typical product tie-in, leading to McDonald's approving its inclusion in the season. McDonald's global chief marketing officer Morgan Flatley believed Sylvie's story aligned with their brand of "providing comfort and familiarity".[50] The McDonald's is located in Broxton, Oklahoma, which was chosen as "a tip of the hat to fans", given it was the location of Asgard in the comics in the late 2000s and early 2010s, and "a little bit of a nod to the DNA" of Sylvie, since she is partially based on Sylvie Lushton who was from Broxton in the comics.[51] The season also visits the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and 1970s London.[21][12]

Discussing the various time "jargon" and "timey-wimey" logic introduced the season, Wright explained that although long, detailed versions were created to work from, these were eventually condensed and simplified in order to make it easier for the audience to understand and follow along, conceding that "simplicity and visuals" make it "fun and intriguing".[52] According to Martin, the themes of the season were order versus chaos and "what happens in a power vacuum", likening the season's overarching concept to the phrase "you break it, you buy it".[53]

Casting

Hiddleston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wunmi Mosaku, Eugene Cordero, Tara Strong, Owen Wilson, and Sophia Di Martino return from the first season as Loki, Ravonna Renslayer, Hunter B-15, Casey, Miss Minutes, Mobius M. Mobius, and Sylvie, respectively.[5][54] Jonathan Majors also returns in the season as He Who Remains, while also portraying an additional variant of Kang the Conqueror, who he played in the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), named Victor Timely;[12] Timely was also introduced at the end of Quantumania,[27][28] appearing in that film's mid-credits scene. Director Peyton Reed stated that the usage of the scene had felt natural due to the MCU's focus on multiversal stories, and the fact that the season and film were being concurrently developed.[55] Majors was expected to appear in around half of the season's episodes.[56] Neil Ellice also returns as Hunter D-90.[5] Cordero and Ellice were made series regulars for the season.[13][41] In May 2022, Feige stated that the "whole cast" would return from the first season.[57][58]

In July 2022, Rafael Casal was confirmed to be cast in a "major role" in the season,[59] TVA Hunter X-5 and the actor Brad Wolfe.[14][15] In September, Ke Huy Quan was revealed to have been cast as TVA agent and technician Ouroboros "O.B.".[49][21][12] Casting director Sarah Halley Finn suggested Quan for the series after seeing an early screening of his film Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), with Marvel working quickly to offer him a part ahead of that film's wide release in April 2022, knowing it would result in Quan receiving many additional acting offers. Feige also personally reached out to Quan about accepting the role, not knowing that he was already a fan of the MCU and Loki's first season in particular.[21] In December 2022, Kate Dickie was revealed to have been cast in the villain role of General Dox.[60][14] Liz Carr also stars as Judge Gamble.[14]

Design

Farahani also returned as production designer for the season. He described the new areas of the TVA seen in the season as the "foundation" of the organization, believing they would have been built earlier than the locations seen in season one. These new locations had "more of a cold war, 1950s aesthetic" featuring "understated, muted greens", though the yellow and orange colors established in the first season are still present as accents.[1]: 9–10  New sets for the season included O.B.'s work area, the temporal core, and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, with Wright believing that set was larger than the one built for Lamentis in the first season.[61] Christine Wada returned as costume designer, noting character's costumes were still "anchored" to the TVA's design, even when they venture outside the TVA.[1]: 10  She felt Sylvie's costume in the season was one of the more difficult to create, noting her acid wash jeans had to be printed in order to have multiple versions since they could not be bought given the variation in acid wash patterns between different eras. Additionally, Sylvie's herringbone jacket "took forever to get [tonally right]" as Wada wanted it to have a stealth quality to fit with the character and not be "too contrasty" and "bump in other eras".[62] Quan suggested to Wada that O.B.'s TVA jumpsuit have various patches on it, as a reference to his character Data in The Goonies (1985).[63]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 13, 2022,[64] at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom,[65] with Benson and Moorhead directing four episodes, and Dan DeLeeuw and Kasra Farahani directing one each.[42][1]: 2  Isaac Bauman serves as cinematographer for the majority of the season,[43][1]: 2  with Oliver Loncraine doing so for the second episode of the season.[1]: 2  Bauman created a 700-page document for the look of the season.[43] It was previously reported to begin in January 2022, under the working title Architect.[29][66] Much of the same crew and department heads that worked on season one in Atlanta were retained for the season's shoot in London.[12] Ahead of shooting, all the directors, writers, and actors took two weeks to read through and rehearse each of the scripts in order to improve upon them before filming began.[67]

In July 2022, location filming occurred throughout London,[68] and at the Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent.[69] The 1982 McDonald's location was filmed in a former restaurant building in England, with Marvel Studios working with McDonald's archivist and historian Mike Bullington to ensure the set decorations were as accurate as possible. The company sent six pieces of restaurant equipment, such as cash registers and straw dispensers, to England for use on the set. Bullington suggested a drive-through be built at the set location, given they had become a popular feature of McDonald's restaurants at that time following their introduction in 1975.[70] Filming concluded in October.[71] The budget for pre-production and filming was $141.3 million.[72]

Post-production

Wright stated the season was the first Marvel Studios' project to not undergo any additional photography. As such, Majors' appearance in the season was not altered given his legal issues that began in March 2023, with Wright feeling it would have been "hasty to do anything" without knowing his legal outcome.[12] Calum Ross, Emma McCleave, and Paul Zucker return from the first season as editors.[1]: 2  Visual effects were provided by Framestore, Trixter, Industrial Light & Magic, Rising Sun Pictures, FuseFX, and Cantina Creative. Christopher Townsend serves as the visual effects supervisor.[73]

Music

Natalie Holt was set to return from the first season as the composer by July 2022,[74] and planned to begin scoring the season in late 2022.[75]

Marketing

Hiddleston, Di Martino, and Wilson shared footage from the season at the 2022 D23 Expo along with announcing Quan's casting.[49][46] The first trailer was released on July 31, 2023. Charles Pulliam-Moore from The Verge compared Loki's time-slipping to the visual effects of the Spider-Verse films, and noted that the trailer gave a good overview of what the supporting TVA cast would be dealing with in the season. Pulliam-Moore also highlighted Loki's dialogue with Sylvie about being gods and believed Majors' role in the season would elicit a lot of discussion upon its release.[6] Brad Lang at Comic Book Resources felt the trailer "promises another multiversal adventure" for the season with bigger stakes.[76] The Hollywood Reporter's Aaron Couch felt Majors' inclusion in the trailer "answers a question about how Disney would market the show" amidst the actor's legal issues.[42] Chris McPherson writing for Collider said it was "surprising" to see Majors featured in the trailer,[54] while James Whitbrook at Gizmodo felt that the trailer had "smartly" minimized Majors' presence.[77] Similarly, Screen Rant's Molly Freeman and Simon Gallagher had also felt Majors' minimal presence was appropriate, with the trailer instead focused on introducing the concept of time slipping.[23] The trailer debuted to 80 million views, which was the most ever for a Disney+ series.[44]

Additional footage was released on September 4, 2023, with Fay Watson from Total Film excited by the tease of a team-up between Loki and Sylvie.[78] Footage from the first episode was shown at Disney's D23 event in early September 2023.[79] Two episodes of the series Marvel Studios: Legends were released on September 29, 2023, exploring Variants and the TVA.[80] A promotional poster for the series was noted for its potential use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Various creatives noted the artifacts apparent in the poster, which can sometimes be left behind by AI-image generators. The background spiral clock image of the poster was noted for being similar to one available on Shutterstock that was not tagged as being AI-generated, though when the image was scanned by AI-image checkers it was flagged as being AI-generated.[81]

The Loki activation at McDonald's, featuring costumes and props from the season (top) and 1980s TVA posters (bottom)
External videos
video icon Travel back in time to 1982 with McDonalds and Marvel Studios' Loki Season 2, but watch out for the TVA! presents a look at the McDonald's restaurant activation, Instagram video from Loki (@officialloki) and McDonald's (@mcdonalds) profiles

In August 2023, McDonald's created new packaging for their sweet and sour dipping sauce, inspired by the season. This was part of their limited-edition "As Featured In" meal, which collected McDonald's menu items that were featured across various media.[10] Though the campaign featured many other properties, Loki season two was what inspired the restaurant to pursue the campaign, and was considered the central focus of it.[50] The restaurant released exclusive experiences, custom merchandise, and "never-before-seen content" related to the media that inspired the meal. For the second season of Loki, any customer who purchased the dipping sauce could scan the packaging on Snapchat for a themed augmented reality experience that offered exclusive sneak peeks at the season developed by Marvel Studios, with new content debuting weekly throughout the promotion.[10] Footage from the season was featured in the trailer promoting the "As Featured In" meal.[82] Additionally, McDonald's transformed one of their restaurants in Brooklyn, New York, to be 1982-themed as it appears in the season starting on August 30 for three days. The restaurant's employees were in period-accurate uniforms and it featured cheaper pricing for their "As Featured In" meal, meant to reflect food prices of the 1980s.[70][83] The doorway was altered to mimic a TVA timedoor for patrons to "travel" back to 1982 upon entering the location while costumes and props from the season were showcased.[70]

The series partnered with Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California to offer Miss Minutes-themed donuts from September 6 until September 18, 2023,[84] with the location's iconic donut on top of the building covered to look like Miss Minutes.[85] On October 2, 2023, Miss Minutes was featured on the Navy Pier ferris wheel.[86] Limited edition Lucky Charms cereal boxes were made available at Walmart on October 6, 2023, that featured a lenticular cover that alternated between the cereal's leprechaun mascot Lucky and Hiddleston's Loki;[87][88] this continued the series' partnership with General Mills after working them previously for first season.[88] Additional partnerships included a tie-in commercial with Samsung Electronics directed by Farahani that saw TVA agents hunting down Loki using a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Bones Coffee creating Loki-themed packaging for a Key lime pie-flavored coffee given the pie was a plot element for the season, and Citizen Watch making branded content with the series for their Axiom SC and Marvel x Citizen Loki watches.[88] The "Marvel Must Haves" merchandise program for the season began on October 6.[89] Following the premiere, Loki and O.B. were added to Avengers Campus.[90]

Release

The second season debuted on Disney+ on October 5, 2023, at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, with subsequent episodes releasing weekly on Thursdays at that time.[91] The season will run for six episodes,[36] concluding on November 9.[3] The season was originally scheduled to premiere on October 6 and release on Fridays at 3 a.m. Eastern Time,[92][93] before moving to its Thursday release schedule following the similar, successful scheduling move for the Star Wars Disney+ series Ahsoka.[93] A launch event for the season, which screened the first two episodes, occurred on October 2 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles,[94][95] alongside events in various other cities in the United States.[96] It will be part of Phase Five of the MCU.[97]

Reception

Audience viewership

Disney+ revealed that "Ouroboros" had 10.9 million views worldwide in its first three days of release. This was the second most-watched season premiere for the streaming service in 2023, behind the third season of The Mandalorian.[98]

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 83% approval rating with an average rating of 7.5/10, based on 98 reviews. The critical consensus reads, "Loki's dizzying, dazzling second season may rely on sleight of hand to distract from its slightly less satisfying storyline, but the end result still contains enough of that old Marvel magic to entertain."[99] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 65 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[100]

Reviewing the first four episodes, Daniel Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter said the season had "only a little of the esoteric oddness that so frequently made the first season a blast. The plot is so convoluted that the sense of fun rarely breaks through, but thanks to the sterling cast and some of the best production design on TV, there's almost always something to hold your attention — if not to trigger any emotional investment."[101]

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