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Loki Season 1 Episode 3

Loki Season 1 Episode 3

Loki Season 1 Episode 3

Lamentis

Loki Season 1 Episode 3 - Lamentis

  • Runtime: 42:23
  • Release Date: 23/06/2021

Episode Summary

With the Sacred Timeline under fire, Loki follows the Variant into yet another apocalyptical event.


Non-Spoiler Review

Following 2 episodes of exposition, set up and what felt like a jumping off point at the end of The Variant, the third episode Lamentis gives us… not much in ways of moving the plot forward.

This weeks episode was written by upcoming Ms. Marvel head writer, Bisha K. Ali (Sex Education, Four Weddings and a Funeral) and like the episodes before it, heavily focuses on the dynamics and relationships of Loki and the characters around him. Without spoiling the episodes that came before it, the launchpad events of The Variant now feel underwhelmed by the pacing of this episode.

The dialogue between Hiddleston and Di Martino feels much more juvenile, and their dynamic is much more violently playful than that of what we saw with Wilson. Where their motives show us they are cut from the same cloth, the pairs further interactions remind us how separate these Variants are from each other, our Loki even goes as far as paralleling Thor in one scene making us question whether the female Variant grew up on Asgard at all.

As we have seen in Wandavision and The Falcon and The Winter Solider, Marvel are not afraid to flex their CGI department for these shows, and they certainly have not pulled their punches this week. We see some of the sets from previous trailer footage, but it is during the climax we are absolutely spoiled with some CGI devastation that almost feels like a cut scene from Endgames Titan battle. One continuous scene in particular is flawless in its execution, mixing CGI, practical sets and multiple actors riveling the spectacle of most high-budget feature films.

Sophia Di Martinos Variant has somewhat of an issue with tone, going from dark to playful from scene to scene, but does a brilliant job of mimicking Hiddleston spirit whilst establishing her character firmly as her own.

The final moments again, beat into us we are watching two different characters who just so happen to share a name. Following the strong opening duo, the story felt more like it was following a secondary plot, serving only to establish the new Variants more and give us very little in terms of what happens next. The first 2 episodes did a wonderful job of answering the questions that it raised and though I’m more than positive the show will revisit our primary plot, this episode did very little to do so.

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