Given the state of Phase 4 at this point, I'm clearly not one of the "True Believers" of the MCU (sorry, Stan); "Loki" really hammered that point. I think Hiddleston and this character are great for further expansion, but this was never about him; the TVA was the focus here, and that's where trouble really begins.

The show does have its moments (in particular, all of the Loki variants meeting each other), but for all of the money they're throwing at these Disney+ series, it doesn't have to be drab, overly serious and exposition-heavy, does it? There's so much green-screen in use and a wealth of time-line possibilities, but it seems like all these characters do is gab. It is an absolute grind, and the least they could've done is lean into the comedy, give it some kind of spark.

I'm an outlier, I get that, but a lighter touch would've helped this show immensely.