Loki Ep. 05: Review and Important Details Explained! (SPOILERS)

Episode 5 has turned out to be a major episode for the series where Loki teams up with various version of himself while Sylvie plans to learn more about TVA. This episode has set up a grand finale for the series which is surely set to blow people's minds.

SPOILERS AHEAD! IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE FIFTH EPISODE OF LOKI!

The Story-view

The episode starts in a place named The Void, where all the pruned variants are kept and Alioth is a entity who keeps the variants from escaping. Loki, Mobius and other variants are stuck there with no escapes. Meanwhile Sylvie tries to bring out information from Renslayer and then prunes herself. Loki learns that all of the individuals he met here are Loki variants and also found out many other variants with President Loki as the leader. There starts a fight from betrayals and Classic Loki, Kid Loki and Loki escapes. Loki also gets to know the Nexus events the others created to led them to get pruned. Sylvie learns how to enter through the Void by enchantment which she plans with Loki and others after she meets with Mobius.

Renslayer has imprisoned Hunter B-15 and interrogates her. She understands that even Renslayer wants to find the being behind this TVA, not protecting the TVA. Mobius goes into TVA through TemPad while Kid Loki and Classic Loki go to their home. Seeing Sylvie and Loki failing to enchant Alioth, Classic Loki comes up and creates an illusion of whole Asgard to distract it, sacrificing his life.

Ending

With the help of Classic Loki's created distraction, Sylvie and Loki together managed to enchant Alioth to get through the Void to an unknown dimension/place. There remains a deserted castle, possibly of the entity behind the TVA and all these. This place was shown in previous trailers and TV spots and its origin is still unknown.

Major Details

During the start of the episode, we get to see a whole situation of The Void place, and the previously theorized "Avengers Tower" seems to have another name. A brief shot reveals the name of the tower to be Qeng, possibly a reference to Kang the Conquerer. In Marvel Comics, Qeng Enterprises owned by Mr. Gryphon buys the old Avengers Tower. Mr. Gryphon is actually Nathaniel Richards, who is also Kang the Conqueror. So, this could be another varianr timeline or any time in the future.

In another scene in the Void, we see many different big head statues and one of them looks quite familiar. One of the head looks like the helmet of Yellow Jacket, the villain from Ant-Man, who was seen turning atomic size and puffed from existence.

In another shot, we see a battered yellow helicopter named after Thanos which is a hilarious reference of Thanos Copter where the Mad Titan owned a helicopter. This little easter egg is probably the most hilarious and embarrassing reference from the Marvel Comics.

While entering underground Classic Loki, Kid Loki and Boastful Loki, a Mjolnir is seen buried alongside Frog looking Thor inside a jar. This is a clear reference to Throg from Marvel Comics where Thor was turned into a frog by a witch.

Inside there, we see a Polybius machine which was seen in the previous trailers. Polybius was the arcade game in Portland suburbs that caused horrific nightmares at night to those who played. There were news of the players of this game getting Amnesia after playing it. Later on, there were no evidences of this game ever existing other than internet stories.

A ship is seen teleported to the Void. Now this ship is actually the USS Eldridge which is a real life ship. This U.S Navy ship was claimed to have been rendered invisible or cloaked to enemy devices. There are many rumors and myths regarding the ship and the appearanceof this ship in this series can't be any coincidence.

Final Verdict

The episode is filled with great character interactions which created a lot of great comedic moments. The interactions and reactions between Loki and other Loki variants were on point and relatable. The connection between Loki and Mobius was impactful and heart-touching which was surely enough to satisfy fans. Richard E. Grant's Classic Loki was marvelous and his character's sacrifice as well as the acting was truly one of the best parts of the episode.

Episode 5 has been an episode that has a good balance of suspenseful moments, great character interactions and amazing character work, accompanied by stunning music while keeping the suspense going on for the finale to come next week.

Rating: 9.5/10

With one episode left, Sylvie and Loki are set to establish new levels for MCU and its future. Loki is streaming exclusively on Disney+ with the final episode coming next Wednesday, 12 am PT.