This is a Marvel show that I thought sounded interesting. I debated watching it. What was the deciding factor was that I saw what happens in this show is considered canon for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I also watched this while feeding my newborn daughter so it gave me something to do while doing that: two birds, one stone.

For this show, we are picking up at the end of the first Avengers movie. Technically is during the events of Infinity War/Endgame when the Avengers are collecting the infinity stones to reverse what Thanos has done. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) takes the tesseract and jumps into time. By doing this, he draws the attention of the Time Variance Authority. The agent assigned to this is Mobius (Owen Wilson).

Loki isn't the focus of investigation though. There is someone else disrupting history and creating alternative timelines. What makes it even more interesting though is that Loki might be able to help to put a stop to this and figure out who is behind the TVA.

Now coming into this and seeing images, I thought this show was going to be more of Loki throughout different eras doing different things and creating mischief. I did read that was the original intention. Instead, this is a linear story where these agents jump in and out of different times and places. Loki does join them as well. I can't judge this too harsh by having my own biases and just judging for what we get.

What I will say is that the acting is good. Hiddleston is great as Loki. He just owns that role. I like the odd comedy that Wilson brings to his character. Gugu Mbatha-Raw is solid as Ravonna Renslayer and where her character goes. I did also want to give credit to Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie. There are great cameos late in this show where we get to see variances on an important character.

So then with that said, this is well-made. I like this agency seems to be stuck in the past. That is ironic with how advanced their technology is. I love the time travel stuff and incorporating more of the multiverse. It is good to see MCU leaning more into that as well. There is CGI here, but with the money available, it looks good. This show is fine, but didn't necessarily click with me.

My Rating: 6.5 out of 10.