Loki Ep. 04: Review and Important Details Explained (SPOILERS)

Loki Episode 4 released today on Disney+ and the show gets a huge turn with jaw-dropping twists and madness. Sylvie and Loki with a plan of taking down the Time-Keepers, confronts a big revelation.

SPOILER WARNING! IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE FOURTH EPISODE!

The Story-view

Kid Sylvie is seen taken by TVA from Asgard where Ravonna Renslayer takes her to judgement. But Sylvie stole her TemPad and since then she has been on the run. We get our first glimpse of the Time-Keepers as Renslayer goes to meet them. On Lamentis-1, Loki and Sylvie bond with each other in front of the apocalypse which creates a Nexus Event following which Mobius and TVA agents could track them down. Loki is taken by Mobius while Sylvie is kept under high security. Mobius tries to find out his purpose with Sylvie as he uses a punishment technique which enables Loki to interact with Lady Sif, in a time loop, from his past bad memories. Before entering, Loki partially reveals the lies of TVA to Mobius which he doesn't believe, but it does cloud his faith.

On the other hand, Hunter B-15 still cannot get over her memories coming while she was under Sylvie's enchantment. So, she takes Sylvie to Roxxcart Apocalypse again where she learns the truth and feels the happiness she had in past life. Loki reveals the full truth to Mobius as we see him later on replacing his TemPad with Renslayer's. Mobius learns about C-20 and Renslayer knowing about the truth this whole time. He then teams up with Loki but in the end gets pruned by Renslayer and her men. In the last scene (probably), Loki and Sylvie are taken to the Time-Keepers for pruning.

Ending

With the help of Hunter B-15, Loki and Sylvie fights the guards and Renslayer and later on takes down the Time-Keepers. But the Time-Keepers are revealed to be mere androids. Loki turns towards Sylvie and starts to express his feelings for her but Renslayer prunes him from behind. Sylvie hold Renslayer captive in order to get further real information about the TVA and its creator.

But that isn't the end of the episode. We get our first post credits scene for Loki series where Loki is seen in a destructed place which looks like New York City before a number of individuals. The individuals look like Loki and are possibly the variants of Loki who were pruned.

Major Details

When Sylvie and Loki was taken back to TVA, one of the guards has a eye-patch like device from her helmet which is a subtle nod to the TVA from Marvel Comics where there are optical devices of such placed from their helmet too.

Mobius terming Lokis as pains reveals that they previously brought in Kree, Titans and Vampires. Yes, you're right! Vampires! As we all know, a Blade project is planned for MCU with Mahershala Ali starring, the revelation of vampires existing really sets up how Marvel can introduce them in future.

Loki was about to express his feelings to Sylvie but Renslayer prunes Loki, the visual of which is very similar to Vision being removed from existence due to removal of Wanda's Hex magic. This could very be a coincidence or an intentional nod to WandaVision.

In the post credits scene, we see different versions of Loki which includes a worthy Loki, Kid Loki, an alligator Loki, and an old Loki. The worthy Loki wields a hammer similar to Mjolnir but with different design. Kid Loki has a alligator version of Loki with the crown which could be a subtle nod to Throg, the frog version of Thor. Lastly, there is old Loki wearing his comic accurate costume. Introduction of Sylvie wasn't enough as Marvel Studios introduces four more Lokis and possibly more to be introduced in upcoming episodes.

Now as Loki is pruned, he reaches decimated New York City where we see the Stark Tower (later on named Avengers Tower) and he is welcomed by other versions of him. There have been no information or details on where the pruned people go, so there isn't much confirmation if Mobius also went to a place similar to this.

Final Verdict

Tom Hiddleston wasn't lying when he said episode 4 is a big turning point for the show. The proper use of the characters, specially the backstory of Sylvie made her character more interesting. The theme of trust and deceit was very nicely put throughout the episode with Loki, Sylvie, Mobius and Hunter B-15. The moment Mobius was pruned was truly emotional and Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw were fantastic in this scene. In spite of Ravonna Renslayer's cruelty, the subtle hint of sadness in her face when Mobius was pruned was phenomenal. Loki Episode 4 was an insane episode that will surely keep the audience on the edge of their seats and keep them guessing till the next episode.