If you are a fan (and I don't mean a hardcore fan) of super hero movies, specially from the MCU you are familiar with the amount of stereotypes present in its movies and TV shows.

It has been quite a ride, I am usually a fan of the universe but a lot of its movies no matter how visually stunning or how charismatic the main characters are, they always fail in surprising and making us engaged in their story because most times they are predictable and more of the same good vs bad theme that has saturated Hollywood at this point.

In the last years however, specially with Civil War and Infinity War we started to get a glimpse some fresh content in these, sure it's still good vs bad for the most part and you find your occasional stereotype here and there but the essence changed, not only the movies became more interesting and compelling in their plots but also they seem to be making a good job linking all this madness of characters that exist in the infinite world of comic stories.

WandaVision was a good surprise that ended just okay and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was just "another regular" super hero long flick / TV show, but Loki is something else... If you are pointing inconsistencies (as I've seen in some reviews) like why are lot of the characters humans or how do they breathe fine in all these planets... man you have not been paying attention to any of the previous stories. I have given up trying to find sense and consistency in super hero movies, they have and always will have these kind of minor plot holes, but when you watch such a film some elements you just need to allow your brain to skip - that's not saying that every plot hole is justifiable!

But with that being said I just want to praise a lot about this show, starting with the amazing visuals, all the cast seems to fit perfectly their roles (a good surprise having Owen Wilson there!), daunting soundtrack and the most important, it is without a doubt a highly engaging experience.

Things happen fast but somehow it feels organic, doesn't feel rushed and it's probably the only Marvel TV show so far that makes me believe that it is happening in the same Universe as the actual movies.

Sure the story can be seen as farfetched but considering that they are following the comics I think they did a terrific job, with the sets, the tone, the atmosphere, the character chemistry and yes even the plot I believe it makes sense (within the context of a super hero movie) and most importantly it is the perfect way to make a redemption of such a character.

This is why I said that they almost stripped this one out of stereotypes, Loki is probably the greyest character in the MCU and in here we see an absolutely beautiful character development taking place - looking forward for season 2 hope they don't over do it.

EDIT FOR SEASON 2:

Amazingly they kept the consistent quality of the show! Sure, in a similar fashion as the previous season one might argue that the time travel plot is a bit far fetched at times (to put it lightly) but it's fresh and original at least.

The show keeps the same organic pace I referred on season 1, the new characters are as much engaging and interesting as the original ones and it maintains its status as the best TV series Marvel has to this date (since Disney took over).

The ending is a beautiful one, it seems there are no plans for a third season and I do hope they don't change their mind, it's a fitting end for the character with a beautiful reference to north mythology that I wasn't expecting and it just makes sense, within the context of the chaos the story is, it ends peacefully and with meaning.

Amazing job for the people involved on this show, the question is why are they not the responsible team for the rest of Marvel these days who has been a mess?!