Loki is my favorite MCU character, but....although I want to like it, the writing of this series is just horrible.

The pace is a yawn-fest, and the fighting feels ridiculous. What happened to all of Loki's magical prowess? Isn't he a god? So why is he getting beat up by mortals etc and rarely using magic? And...the dialogues drag like heck. Most of the time they're just sitting around doing nothing but talking. Even the last episode, and is it just me that feels the way they walk in slow motion ridiculous rather than suspenseful?

And did I mention that Loki etc seems so weak and stupid? Why are they not using magic....?????

I was expecting fight scenes more in line with how Loki fought in Thor, when they fought the ice giants for example. Using magic and illusions, attacking via trickery and deception...But instead, he just storms in and swings around a knife foolishly and hardly ever uses magic. If his power rating in the movies is 8, then in this series it is a 2.

I hardly recognize the character as Loki. The character has so much potential, but he is hindered by terrible writing. It feels like the character was forced to fit a story that doesn't suit him and lacks agency/acts contrary to what makes sense most of the time. This series feels like it is more for setting the foundation for the next phase of the MCU than it is to show off/develop Loki as a character. I loved the Agent of Asgard comic arc of Loki, and it does a far better job exploring the character than this atrocity.

Oh and the last episode? Oh god. It was so ridiculous and disappointing.

Tom Hiddleston is perfect as Loki, and I'm still holding out hope that a next season would be better.......(I mean, is it possible to butcher the character any more than it currently is?) so I'll give it a 2. I really wanted to love this. But I really couldn't.