After episode 4 of Disney Plus’ Loki, these five questions need to be answered in episode 5.
In episode 3 of Disney Plus’ Loki, Loki and the Variant Sylvie were stuck on a planet doomed to be destroyed. Along the way, they argued but also learned that neither is what the other assumed they were. In fact, they had a lot in common. All of that didn’t mean anything in the end. They both ended up stranded on the planet with no hope of escaping.
The first thing that this writer wondered was how they’d get saved? That question was answered in Episode 4 (as were many others). “The Nexus Event” also left the viewers with plenty questions that need to be answered. These five are the most important.
5. What does Ravonna know?
Ravonna Renslayer seems to know more than she’s letting on. In the beginning of this episode, we see that she was once a TVA field officer. She was also the one who took Sylvie from her home reality and eventually set the Variant on this path. Without this event, Sylvie wouldn’t have become the person that she is.
What we need to know is that she is one of the few who knows about Variants being real people and not creations of the Time Variance Authority. Ravonna has also met the Time-Keepers (if they are who they say they are). It’s strange that she would be given a promotion after messing up so badly. Nevertheless, here we are.
There’s something funky going on with her. We need to find out what it is.
4. Who is Ravonna really?
Apparently, Ravonna is really drinking the Kool-Aid. After Mobius returns with Loki, she has Mobius pruned (didn’t see that coming). She didn’t even seem to care that he was destroyed. And after Loki and Sylvie find out the truth about the Time-Keepers, Loki is pruned. Sylvie immediately goes after Ravonna.
The TVA authority asks to be killed, but Sylvie wants to know what’s going on and it doesn’t look like she’s going to take no for an answer. Before we find out more about the TVA, though, we should know who Ravonna was before she was recruited? Her backstory will help explain why she backs the TVA without question.
3. Who was Mobius?
Mobius was pruned but as we see in the mid-credit scene, that may not necessarily mean that he’s dead. Pruning could send people to a world where they can’t affect the timeline. Nonetheless, if he’s dead, it would be nice to know who he was before the TVA ripped him from his time.
Mobius was a likable character. He was loyal to the TVA and their work until he found out the truth. He could have left Loki to suffer, but he knew it was wrong. This makes you wonder who he was before joining the TVA. His good nature must have come from his old life. The next episode should show us his past. We especially need to know why he loves jet-skis.
2. What’s really going on with the TVA?
We’ve been building towards this question from the very first episode – even if we didn’t know it at first. With Ravonna having no choice but to explain to Sylvie what’s really going on, it looks like episode 5 will inform us all.
The Time-Keepers are robots it seems. Not the biggest of reveals, but a revelation nonetheless – one that confirms somebody was controlling them. So who was the person (or people) that decided the timeline needs to be run a certain way? What is their motive and how did they become so powerful? This isn’t a move that can’t be accomplished by just anyone. It takes a specific power set to make this happen.
1. Where is Loki?
In the beginning of the episode, Loki mentioned that Lokis don’t really die. This was mentioned for a reason and, as we’ve seen, Loki never stays dead. It’s part of his charm. That, and he’s really lucky. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the comic books or one of his faked-out deaths throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The mid-credit scene really highlighted this as it showed the God of Mischief waking up from his apparent demise only to be greeted by more Lokis. A child, an elder in Loki’s comic book garb, a Black Loki with a hammer, and – this is a new one – an alligator Loki.
We don’t know where our God of Mischief is. What we can assume is that there’s been a conspiracy against Lokis throughout time.
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