I was looking forward to this series for a long time. I made it through two episodes with optimism, due to an interesting enough story and the presence of Owen Wilson. There is potential for some great improvised moments whenever he's in anything, and he and Hiddleston play off each other well. But the writing has been intolerably lame, almost totally devoid of cleverness, and episode 3 burned up the rest of my patience.

Aside from the fact that Loki has been turned into an incompetent idiot for this show, as least there should be plenty of funny stuff, right? Well, they do plenty of trying. But every gag is either just plain bad or way too familiar. You can see most of them coming from a mile away, and it gets tiring (You know how original the phrase "you can see it coming from a mile away" feels? That's how just about every joke in Loki feels.) Every episode feels like it was written by a high school student with above average talent for creative writing. I mean, I'm trying to be fair here. I definitely don't think the average high school student could have put this series together. That's the most generous sentiment I can muster.