‘SPOILER ALERT’

in New York during the 2012 invasion

Clips from Avengers and Avengers Endgames recall Loki’s escape using the Tesseract during the time heist

And Thor’s voice can be heard yelling Where is Loki?

Loki is transported to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia where his shackles are broken

He is approached by several locals and immediately proclaims his divinity

A time panel opens revealing three soldiers from the Time Variance Authority who begin to scan the cube

As Loki tries to take it another soldier appears identifying a time sequence violation

The leader takes note of the trend in the time variance and places him under arrest for crimes against the Sacred Timeline

Loki again uses his godly prowess to assert authority but the leader places him into a timewarp that causes him to move at 1/16 speed allowing ample time for the arrest

The leader calls for the timeline to be reset before leaving with the Loki variant

Loki steps through the time panel into the main office of the TVA

The leader Hunter B-15 places the tesseract into evidence before placing Loki in a cell

where he is disrobed by a droid before being dropped into a room in a TVA jumpsuit

He is asked to sign a document confirming everything he has ever said

After signing Loki is dropped to the next room

and is asked to identify himself once again before stepping through a machine that captures his temporal aura

Loki then enters a room where he is given a ticket made to wait in line

and he sees a cartoon of Miss Minutes who describes the multiverse war

in which several timelines battled for supremacy nearly resulting in the total destruction of everything

until the Timekeepers merged the multiverse into the Sacred Timeline

Because Loki purposefully stepped out of the Sacred Timeline he is now identified as a Variant

Loki’s escape with the tesseract triggered a Nexus event

which could severely alter the Sacred Timeline and lead to another multiversal war

The goal of Loki’s arrest is to place him back in the Sacred Timeline after his trial

Ahead of Loki another Variant is disintegrated for not having his ticket

Loki anxiously scrambles for his as the title sequence starts

in France

Mobius is being debriefed on a nexus event that led to the deaths of a hunter and several Minutemen

he takes note of the stab sounds as a hunter tells him this is the sixth attack in the past week

A child enters the church and he asks her who killed the men

She points to a stained glass image of the devil

Mobius notices her teeth are blue

and discovers that the variant left behind bubblegum for the children in 16th century France

Before setting the reset charge Mobius is informed of Loki’s apprehension

In the courtroom Loki admonishes the judge for his arrest

assigning blame for the timeline event to the Avengers

Loki claims to have identified two different Tony Starks by scent

bringing him to the conclusion that the Avengers were time traveling in an event to stop him from ascending to God King

Mobius enters the courtroom and sits in on Loki’s testimony

Loki requests a task force to stop them

but is informed by the judge that their actions were supposed to happen and his escape was not

Loki demands to speak directly to the Time Keepers but is again requested a plea by the judge

tries to use his power but cannot use magic within the TVA

he is found guilty and assigned to be reset

Before he is taken out Mobius approaches the bench

and the judge reluctantly gives him permission to go ahead with his plan

he takes Loki down to his office

where Loki again admonishes the Time Keepers and the TVA as he had never heard of them before

Mobius tells him it’s because until he escaped he had been living within his set path

he tries to step out of line but Mobius resets him and seats him

Loki explains his plan to conquer earth once he returns followed by Asgard the 9 realms and space

explains his motives while Mobius intently listens

Mobius plays back Loki’s greatest hits recalling his apprehension by the Avengers

he shows Loki the memory of him stabbing Phil Coulson with the Sceptre

as well as several people he killed and tortured in his pursuit of power

he plays back a memory of Loki on an airplane

where it is revealed that Loki was in this Sacred Timeline

the infamous hijacker D.B. Cooper who takes a hostage with a bomb threat

He steals the plane along with the ransom

before jumping from the cockpit and taking the Bifrost bridge back to Asgard

Mobius then shows Loki the timeline after had he not escaped up to the death of Frigga

he finally identifies Loki for his purpose

not to rule but to conquer

Loki shows signs of understanding the pain he has caused to others and to himself

Mobius helps him to his feet as a hunter enters the room to tell him about the situation

The hunter tells Mobius that while he was talking to Loki they lost another unit

Mobius goes back into the room and finds Loki missing with his Time Twister

Loki finds the tesseract in a drawer with several Infinity Stones from different timelines

he is amazed at how the treasures he sought are being used in an office as paperweights

and becomes completely enamored of the Time Variance Authority

As hunters enter to disintegrate Loki he loops back to his cell

where he watches forward in time to his mother’s death

He later fast forwards to Odin’s death in Ragnarok

He finally finds his death at the literal hands of Thanos in Infinity War ending Loki’s file

A hunter fights Loki who is able to disarm her and place the Time Twister on her

Loki sits alone in his cell and is approached by an armed Mobius

The two have an honest conversation where Loki admits to his own manipulative nature

Mobius asks about the tesseract and Loki laughingly proclaims that even Infinity Stones can’t be used in the TVA

he tells him that he cannot offer salvation

but could use his help in tracking a fugitive variant who has been killing his Minutemen

Mobius claims that the variant they are hunting is him deduced by the horned figures found throughout the same as Loki’s horned crown

In Salina Oklahoma 1858

four hunters emerge from a panel and discover a futuristic item dug into the ground

One hunter tells another to disintegrate it

as they notice a cloaked figure in the distance amid a green mist

The figure drops a lantern lighting oil on the ground ablaze

The Minutemen are set on fire as one crawls award to activate the reset charge

but is ultimately killed as the figure takes the charge

In Oshkosh Wisconsin 1985 at a Renaissance Faire TVA Minutemen emerge

A variant is identified and followed by the team into a tent

The commander is placed under a green spell and she takes out the team while the variant watches

As she is released from the spell the variant kills the last minuteman

and takes his tracker along with the unconscious commander through a time panel

Miss Minutes quizzes Loki on Nexus events

He angrily bats at her hologram with his magazine until she disappears into a monitor

Mobius picks up Loki and gives him a TVA jacket

They meet with Hunter B-52  who tells them about the attack

Enough temporal aura has been collected to identify the fugitive as a Loki variant but they are unsure which one

According to Mobius several Loki variants have been pruned in different timelines each with a different style

Mobius reminds the team that Loki is with them as an expert on the variant they are hunting

When he suggests that getting his powers back might entice him to betray the team Mobius teases him with an audience before the Time Keepers

The team arrives at the Ren Faire shortly after the event so as not to further damage the flow of time

Mobius and the team quiz Loki further on TVA protocols

Loki explains his variant’s intentions and suggests an ultimatum which Mobius refuses

The reset charge goes off pruning anything from outside the present timeline

Back at the TVA in Judge Renslayer’s office Mobius discusses the mission

The two draw comparisons between Loki’s behaviors and each other’s

Mobius asks if there is a possibility that this Loki variant is acting differently than the others they have caught

because he truly wants to be better

The judge proclaims the only possibility of that would be if the Time Keepers decree it

She gives him one more chance with Loki

Mobius signs the event report and leaves

Outside the judge’s office Loki defensively tries to explain his deception in the field

Mobius identifies his naivete in believing that Loki’s need for validation would drive him to want to help

He then calls out Loki on his plan to hijack the Sacred Timeline after meeting with the Time Keepers

Mobius assigns Loki to review the previous variants’ crimes in an effort to figure him out

Loki reads through the papers noticing the pattern of murdering the Minutemen and stealing their reset charges

he tries to goad a librarian into letting him read other files

but she provides him with another dossier filled with Loki variant case files

Loki comes across the case file for the destruction of Asgard in Ragnarok

which hasn’t happened yet to Loki’s knowledge he missed that part on his file

Loki tells Mobius that his variant is likely hiding out in apocalypses

they discuss the chaotic alterations of a predetermined outcome which could produce a new timeline

Mobius suggests trapping the Loki variant in Ragnarok

he laughs off Loki’s theory but humors the conversation

In Pompeii Italy just prior to the surge eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D

Loki and Mobius stand in the city awaiting its destruction To play a prank on the townspeople

he then frees some goats and proclaims in Latin

that he is there to bring dark tidings and that they will all die

At that moment the volcano erupts

Mobius picks up no time variance energy in Loki’s actions

Even though he might have created a nexus event the apocalypse of the eruption creates the perfect hiding spot Amazed

So Mobius returns them to the TVA

Now chasing a new hunch Mobius and Loki investigate doomsday disasters

to pinpoint exact locations where the variant might be hiding

The two take a break and Mobius shares his love for jet skis with him

Even though he can never own one Mobius keeps a magazine from the 1990s on jet skis to remind him of what they are fighting for

Loki begins to talk once again about the Time Keepers and how they created the TVA and Mobius

Mobius shoots back with the question of how Loki came to be

extrapolating from that how Loki’s existence as a god of Asgard is no different

Mobius goes on to poignantly express the chaos of existence

and how his disregard of overthinking helps him to get on with his purpose in life

Loki goes on to discuss the concept of freedom in a timeline

where past present and future are predetermined by the Time Keepers

This leads to his next query as to how it will end

and without an answer from Mobius Loki seems to have made his point

Mobius goes on to express the Time Keepers’ goal to unite the future into the Sacred Timeline

so that the TVA and all of existence can meet peacefully at the end of time

When Loki reminds Mobius of a name he once called him Mobius remembers the gum from the previous episode

They track the gum to a time period and search it for doomsday events

Loki identifies the location as an apocalyptic event in Alabama in the year 2050

Mobius discusses the mission with the judge

Ravonna expresses her concerns for Loki which Mobius responds to with enthusiasm for catching the variant

she reluctantly approves the mission but tells him there won’t be much she can do if it doesn’t work

The lead Hunter B-15 identifies the event as a class 10 apocalypse

The team arrives in Haven Hills as a cataclysmic storm is tearing through the area

they arrives at enters a Roxxcart superstore

B-15 orders Mobius to leave Loki with her Loki agrees much to Mobius’ chagrin

In the surveillance room the variant watches and sets a timer

Loki attempts to talk to B-15 but she silences him

They approach a customer taking advantage of the store’s hurricane sale

Loki advises B-15 to interrogate the customer as it might be the variant

The customer grabs her placing the green mind-control spell on her before fainting

The spell causes B-15 to act as an avatar for the variant who engages Loki in conversation

The variant confirms its identity as a Loki

Mobius and his team come to a shelter within the store where one of the hunters frantically begins to search for a bag

When Mobius confronts him another hunter arrives with news that he found C-20 the captured hunter from before

She is sitting in a room terrified mumbling It’s real

Loki discusses the situation with his variant

before she passes the spell onto a store employee and then promptly faints

Loki now challenges his variant to show his true form rather than hide behind innocents

Loki proclaims his intention to overthrow the Time Keepers

The variant’s avatar expresses his disinterest while the real variant sets a reset charge

Mobius speaks to C-20 who tells them that she told Loki where the Time Keepers are

B-15 wakes up and looks around appearing afraid

Loki catches the variant’s reset charges but is attacked by a much larger avatar

The two fight as Mobius and B-15 reunite

The variant sets another timer as Loki gets up to confront the avatar as the variant removes his mind control from it

Behind the avatar the variant reveals itself as a female Loki

who sends the reset charges to different locations in time before detonating

and This creates several nexus events

The TVA witnesses all this causing all hunters minutemen and even the judge go into action

The variant opens a time panel and waves to Loki as she walks through it

Mobius and the team run to Loki demanding he wait for them

but Loki follows his variant into the panel

C-20 and Lady Loki sit in a restaurant dressed casually enjoying their frozen mai tais

Lady Loki remarks as to how brain freeze can lock memories in place

and coaxes her into drinking quickly causing the sensation

She takes advantage of the situation and asks C-20 how many people are guarding the Time Keepers

Recognizing that she is in an illusion C-20 attempts to engage the variant

but she manages to find out how to access them

In the department store

C-20 unconscious and under mind control

tells her the elevators to the Time Keepers are gold

and She notices Loki and the TVA on the surveillance monitors

and the title sequence starts

The variant enters the TVA through a panel and attempts to use her mind control on a minuteman

It doesn’t work and the soldier attempts to prune her

She takes his weapon and prunes him instead

Three more soldiers attack her but she defeats them

Loki appears from the panel and realizes he is in the TVA locker room

walks through the hallways with two daggers as the variant approaches the gold elevator

he approaches her and she brushes off the engagement but brandishes a sword

The two fight until Judge Renslayer appears with two soldiers

As the variant takes Loki hostage he uses a TemPad device to open a panel to an undisclosed location

The variant expresses disgust with the title of Loki as the main one uses his powers

As the two are about to engage

it is revealed they are on the planet Lamentis-1 in the year 2077

during a meteorite storm preceding the cataclysmic impact of its moon

After running to a safer location

the variant takes advantage of Loki by trying to take control of his mind

Loki tells her his mind is too strong

and offers a truce since he has hidden the TemPad

She tells him that he interrupted a plan that was years in the making

She suggests they draw power from the moon in order to recharge the TemPad to get them off Lamentis-1

and The variant identifies herself as Sylvie

Loki tries to analyze Sylvie’s plan which seems to be to wipe out all of existence in a grip for power

The two search for a place to recharge the device and finally come upon a standalone house

Sylvie kicks in the door and is immediately knocked back by a pulse generator

Loki apologizes for the intrusion and the woman kindly accepts but denies them entry

Seeing a picture Loki makes himself look like her dead husband in an effort to appeal

But she ain’t buying it so she zaps him too

She identifies the two as devils before stepping out with her pulse generator

tells them that the rest of the people are on the evacuation vessel

and She tells them how to get there

At the train station Loki disguises himself as a guard to bring Sylvie onto the train

Though another guard doesn’t buy it Sylvie’s mind controls him into letting them on

The two briefly argue before discussing each other

Loki tells Sylvie about how Frigga would teach him magic as a child

Sylvie barely remembers her mother and concedes to Loki’s prowess with his abilities

She tells him that she taught herself magic

Syvlie shares the story of a relationship she had with a postman during the early days of her plan

and Loki admits to never being in love

She reminds him that they are going to use this civilization’s only hope to recharge the TemPad before taking a nap

She wakes to Loki singing along with the band in the dining cart

A patron leaves as Loki takes a solo looking into Sylvie’s eyes as he does

before clapping the rest of the patrons and staff into a dance toasting a drink to Sylvie

She scolds Loki and tells him of her suspicions that others were looking at her

and that he is back in his Variant jacket and not in disguise

Guards enter and take on Loki and Sylvie ultimately throwing them off the train

Sylvie demands the TemPad from Loki

He reveals a destroyed device and the two argue over their impending doom before sitting down

Sylvie tells Loki that the Ark evacuation vessel never leaves the planet

so Loki suggests they hijack the Ark to ensure it gets off the planet

On the way Sylvie tells Loki how she controls minds

She tells Loki that all TVA hunters and minutemen are variants from different realms and timelines

Loki realizes that the Time Keepers did not create the TVA agents as Miss Minutes said in Episode 1

He also realizes that the agents hunters and minutemen are not aware of their true identities

The two arrive at the Ark and Loki realizes the people are going to be left to die

They attempt to run around the crowd but are interrupted by the impact of the moon

The vessel is ultimately destroyed as the two watch on

the Episode Opens on a flashback to Asgard where a child Loki is arrested as a variant by minutemen

who set off a reset charge which prunes the child’s toy

indicating that the toy and presumably the child both did not belong in that time period

The child is brought before the TVA and processed in the same way Loki was

In trial the child steals the hunter’s tempad and escapes into a panel

The hunter is revealed to be Ravonna Renslayer

She is next seen entering the room of the Time Keepers as the title sequence starts

Ravonna meets Mobius and the two discuss the situation

Mobius asks to speak with C-20 since she was enchanted by Sylvie in episode 2

Ravonna tells him that C-20 is dead

and she tells Mobius that after she was brought back she declined rapidly and died

She then asks him to keep it between them

and tasks him with finding the rest of the variants

On Lamentis 1

Sylvie sits in preparation for her doom as Loki slowly approaches her

he apologizes to her and She tells him about her memories of Asgard

Sylvie claims that her birth as the Goddess of Mischief was enough to cause the TVA to arrest her

She claims to have stolen a TemPad and run before she could face trial

and has been running ever since

Everywhere she goes sets off a nexus event so she hid in the end of a thousand worlds as she grew up

At the TVA Mobius and Hunter B-15 discuss the situation as they track the variants

B-15 asks about C-20 but Mobius claims ignorance

On Lamentis 1 Loki and Sylvie discuss their existence

Loki tells her that they may lose but they survive

As the planet comes to its end B-15 is able to isolate their location in the sacred timeline approaching the redline rapidly

Two panels appear on Lamentis 1

Loki and Sylvie walk through them back to the TVA where they are immediately arrested

Mobius scolds Loki for betraying him before sending him through a red prison panel

Loki is approached by Sif who attacks him in what Loki identifies as a bad memory prison

Sif comes in again and repeats the same scene without Loki’s good memory of what he did after

Loki now identifies the prison as a time loop

attempts to reconcile with his memory but she again attacks him

Mobius meets with Ravonna and asks to interrogate the other variant

The judge outright refuses and claims that no one speaks with the variant

She orders him to work his Loki

B-15 asks Mobius if Loki said anything to him before being put in the time loop

He tells her that Loki said the TVA was lying to him

She expresses concern and says she was just asking

Loki continues his loop with Sif

and He makes an honest effort to empathize with Sif’s pain that he caused and explains his selfish reasons

Sif helps to him feet without violence but still tells him off before leaving him alone once again

Mobius then enters and asks Loki if he is ready to talk

In the interrogation room Loki comments on his relationship with Mobius as a similar loop to his recent prison

Mobius gives Loki a chance to explain how the TVA is lying to him but Loki only offers to let him out first

Now dismissing the claim Mobius moves on to ask Loki how long he has been working for the variant

he scoffs at the question and honestly describes her character

Mobius asks him what caused the nexus event on Lamentis 1

refuses to comply considering that he would be pruned after cooperating

Mobius gets up and reactivates the TemPad to the time loop

claims that Sylvie had come to Loki on Asgard long ago and took him to one of her apocalypses

That was where they made their plan together

he tells Mobius that once their plan is complete he will dispose of her

so he tells Loki that Sylvie has already been pruned by B-15

Loki feigns acceptance and Mobius puts it together

The nexus event was caused by two Loki variants being attracted to one another

Mobius teases Loki for liking Sylvie and describes how the narcissism of Loki

is what is causing these cataclysmic events in the Sacred Timeline

Loki demands to know if Sylvie is alive and Mobius concedes for now

After an argument Loki finally explains to Mobius that everyone at the TVA is a variant kidnapped by the Time Keepers

He tells Mobius that Sylvie can use her enchantment to recall their memories that were erased by them

Mobius doesn’t believe him and brings in two minutemen to take Loki away

In the hallway B-15 stands alone with a conflicted look on her face

She prepares to prune Sylvie in her cell

and takes Sylvie through a time panel

Ravonna signs off on Mobius’ case report on Loki

tries to talk to Mobius but he asks why he wasn’t allowed to interrogate Sylvie

She tells him that they can’t risk her escaping as Loki did under his first interrogate

Ravonna tells Mobius that the Time Keepers want to personally witness the pruning of the variant with him present

Mobius asks her when she first noticed what was going on with C-20

Ravonna attempts to deflect the question but Mobius presses on

She tells him that the truth is that she was protecting Mobius

She didn’t want him losing his mind the way C-20 did

Ravonna praises their work and the reasons they do it

As she goes to place a sword on her trophy wall Mobius switches their TemPads while her back is turned

Mobius thanks her for the drinks and leaves the office

At the Roxxcart store B-15 emerges with Sylvie

B-15 asks Sylvie how she was able to create the illusion when she was under enchantment

Sylvie dispels B-15’s identity as a creation of the Time Keepers since her enchantment cannot create memories

What B-15 saw was her life before the TVA

She tells her that they are all variants and willingly lets Sylvie enchant her

She sees her memories and cries remembering how happy she once was

With her memories fully intact and B-15 asks What now

At the TVA Mobius finds a quiet part of the library to review Ravonna’s TemPad

It confirms the death of C-20

He reviews her interrogation where she identifies herself and everyone at the TVA as variants

Ravonna interrupts and ends the interrogation

Loki is back in his time cell but is approached by Mobius

Mobius demands to know if Loki truly wants to be alone or if he wants to be with Sylvie

because that nexus event could destroy everything

He asks Loki if Sylvie implanted memories into C-20

Loki says no

Mobius agrees that Loki and Sylvie were right about the TVA

He tells Loki to trust him if he wants to save Sylvie

The two leave the prison and arrive to an ambush by Ravonna and several minutemen

She immediately relinquishes her TemPad

Mobius stands firmly and expresses his desire to go back to his life before the TVA took him and erased his memories

Ravonna orders him to be pruned and Loki looks on in horror

He is escorted out to the elevator to the Time Keepers

Ravonna enters Sylvie’s cell and immediately demands to know who was with her

The minuteman outside the door tells her B-15 insisted

Ravonna declares B-15 another hunter compromised by the variant

Sylvie arrives with Loki at the golden elevator

Ravonna dismisses the minutemen and takes the two herself

On their way Sylvie asks Ravonna what her nexus event was that caused her to be arrested as a child

and Ravonna tells her she does not remember

The three arrive at the hall of the Time Keepers

Loki and Sylvie engage the Time Keepers in conversation before their deletion is ordered

B-15 interrupts the execution and the three fight Ravonna and the minutemen

Sylvie and Ravonna face off as Loki gets closer to the Time Keepers

Sylvie and Loki emerge victorious

As one Time Keepers attempts to reason with Sylvie she throws a staff at it knocking off its robotic head

and The other Time Keeper robots laugh

Realizing that the Time Keepers are mindless androids

Loki and Sylvie are now perplexed as to how the TVA was created

he tries to explain his feelings for Sylvie to her but is pruned by Ravonna

Sylvie easily overpowers her and Ravonna tells her to prune her

but Sylvie says No You’re going to tell me everything

We then see Loki wakes up in a field and asks if he is in Hel

He is told by a voice that he will be unless he goes with variant Loki Thor and Heimdall

the Episode Opens in the hallway to the golden elevator to the Time Keepers

A dissolve leads us through the room of the fallen Time Keepers and to The Void

that the area where Loki woke up in the last episode

He is informed by another Loki variant

that they must escape from Alioth a giant cloud monster that will eat them otherwise

and the title sequence starts

Sylvie takes Ravonna down to the courtroom and demands her TemPad

She gives it to her and Ravonna tells Sylvie that Loki is still alive

She explains the existence of the Void as a purgatory-ish dimension where the pruning devices send everything

She claims it to be located at the end of time and that nothing comes back from there

Ravonna asks Sylvie to trust her and Sylvie gives her back the TemPad

In the Void Loki is trying to make sense of his environment and surroundings

More variants appear including an alligator with a Loki crown

It dawns on Loki that even the alligator is a variant of himself

pruned by the TVA and sent to the Void to be eaten by Alioth

Loki suggests a plan to escape but his variants tell him that’s impossible

As they continue along the Kid Loki is identified as the leader having caused a nexus event by killing Thor

They arrive at a bomb shelter where the variants show Loki their home

At the TVA Ravonna has Miss Minutes access time records to learn about the founding of the TVA

Sylvie changes her mind to see about the end of time which Ravonna reminds her is just the Void

Sylvie proposes an idea to go past the Void

Miss Minutes asks Ravonna about the Void spacecraft which Ravonna says is still in prototype

she looks for the file while Ravonna offers to find Loki with Sylvie

The two shake hands but Sylvie’s suspicions arise

as Miss Minutes takes a little longer to locate the file

Several minutemen barge into the room

In order to escape Sylvie prunes herself

One of the guards states his observation to Ravonna who dusts herself off and leaves the room

satisfied that now Sylvie is dead too

In the shelter Boastful Loki tells of how he defeated Captain America and Iron Man

acquiring the six Infinity Stones in the process

Gator Loki admonishes his pride but Boastful Loki makes fun of it

for setting off a nexus event by killing the wrong neighbor’s cat

Classic Loki tells the story of how he was able to cast an illusion of himself so real even Thanos believed it as he snapped his neck

He then found a planet where he lived alone until his loneliness brought up a desire to see his brother Thor

But trying to leave the planet set off a nexus event and he was arrested by the TVA and pruned

He claims Loki to be the god of outcasts

Loki asks the four if they ever encountered a woman variant and They have not

He tells them that she wants to take down the TVA and attempts to rally them to help But they all laugh

Loki decides to leave on his own and He is confronted by many more variants

including another one as President Loki

Sylvie awakens inside an abandoned van and She escapes it as Alioth approaches

While using her magic to see a vision she hears a horn and notices a car being driven

and is picked up by Mobius

In the shelter President Loki and Boastful Loki have a brief standoff

for control of the Loki army and the throne before Gator Loki bites off President Loki’s right hand

There is a battle royale among the variants and our Loki does his best to stay out of it

Loki follows Classic Kid and Gator Lokis through a portal while the rest duke it out

The variants talk about how they are arrested by the TVA anytime they try to improve their lives for a good greater than themselves

Loki again proposes they work with Sylvie and the variants reluctantly accept

In the car Mobius and Sylvie discuss their circumstances

Sylvie proposes that she and Mobius confront Alioth

They watch as it effortlessly takes out a navy battleship and its crew that appear in the void

The car approaches and Loki immediately sees Sylvie and Mobius

The variants join them and discuss the plan

Sylvie suggests rather than kill Alioth that she enchant it

At the TVA Ravonna uses her TemPad to open a prison cell holding B-15

and She asks her what drives the Sylvie variant

B-15 tells her that it is revenge and that she is seeking the power that lies at the end of time

She scolds Ravonna for not acknowledging that the Time Keepers are fake

and for not wanting her help to find who is behind this

Ravonna leaves her

and She pulls up Miss Minutes and orders all files on the founding of the TVA

In the Void Mobius discusses his predicament upon returning to the TVA with the Loki variants

Loki and Sylvie talk about their nexus event

They awkwardly discuss personal relationships and how Sylvie has never had the time for them

as she was always on the run from the TVA

Sylvie asks Loki how she knows Loki won’t betray her

He tells her that he has betrayed everyone who ever loved him

He admits to knowing what he did and that he will not do it again

Loki asks Sylvie what she will do when all this is over

Both confess they do not know but Loki proposes they figure it out together

As Alioth approaches the Lokis watch on while Mobius asks what the next move

Sylvie tells him that when it touched her she was able to link with it just long enough to see that Alioth knows the secrets of the TVA

If she can link to it maybe she can enchant it

Loki claims he will stay with Sylvie

Kid Loki gives ours a golden short sword with a back scabbard

Classic Loki leaves with the Kid and Gator

Mobius opens a time panel and tells Loki he will burn it to the ground

offers a handshake but Loki goes for the hug thanking him

he tells Sylvie she was his favorite before walking through the panel

The two Lokis approach Alioth

Classic Loki takes one last look before continuing on

Alioth draws closer to the Lokis

and Loki agrees to distract Alioth so that Sylvie will be able to enchant it

As Alioth begins to attack Sylvie Classic Loki recreates an illusion of Asgard

so the two can get away

Marveling at his power the Lokis realize they are more powerful than they realize

Sylvie tells Loki that he can enchant Alioth as well because they are the same

Alioth attempts to bite through the illusion to no avail

but Sylvie and Loki are able to touch it long enough for Loki to get the hang of the mind control enchantment

As Alioth closes in on Classic Loki he laughs as the monster devours him

leaving only his horned crown behind

As it turns to approach Loki and Sylvie the two complete their enchantment

They open a portal to a building and walk through

The episode Opens on a visual journey through space and Time

as Loki and Sylvie arrive at a castle on the other side of the door they opened

The door opens and the two enter

They are greeted by Miss Minutes who welcomes them to the Citadel at the end of the time

She tells them that He Who Remains is impressed

He who created all and he controls all

At the end it is only He that remains

Minutes tells them that they can be returned to the Sacred Timeline without causing a nexus event

She tells Loki that he can win not only in New York but can also kill Thanos

to obtain the Infinity Gauntlet and return to the throne of Asgard

She tells Sylvie that she can go with him and have only happy memories

promises them the lives they’ve always wanted Sylvie and Loki doubt her

then She wishes them luck and disappears

Ravonna  waits on the TVA files to be downloaded

and notices a ring on her table where Mobius had placed his mug

Miss Minutes appears and tells her that she got her the necessary files

Ravonna tells Minutes that the files she downloaded are not what was requested

Minutes tells her that He thinks it will be more useful before leaving

they advance with their guard up to confront He Who Remains

They walk into a room with statues on pedestals

An elevator bell rings and a man walks out carrying a green apple

He Who Remains invites the two Lokis to talk in his office

Loki identifies the being as just a man He concedes that he is merely flesh and blood

Sylvie tries to kill him but he is able to use his device to reset himself to safety

He then disappears as the elevator reaches his office

He invites them in pours them drinks and offers them seats

Mobius surprises Ravonna

and Ravonna tells him that she had to prune him in order to keep him from stopping their mission as the Time Keepers dictated it

She calls in a Hunter to deal with Mobius but he shows her pen that he used to sign the file on Loki

and tells her that the Hunters won’t be taking orders from her any longer

We then see B-15 at a high school in Fremont Ohio in the year 2018

She is being pursued by minutemen to the office where Ravonna’s pen came from

B-15 leads one into an office where a cup filled with the same pens sits

The woman who became Judge Ravonna Renslayer walks into the room bewildering the Minuteman

She tells him they have a lot to talk about

In the citadel He Who Remains talks with the Lokis

He admires their perseverance

Sylvie tries to attack him but misses again

He takes out two sheets and tells them they can’t kill him

because he already knows what’s going to happen

They are live scripts like the one Loki had to sign in episode 1

He asks Sylvie how he would know to have everything in his TemPad to keep from being killed by the two of them

He tells them he has seen everything they did including everything the TVA didn’t

including the Lokis’ attraction toward one another

He tells that he set the road for them to walk to in order to get to him

Sylvie asks why they were brought here

and He tells her that it was necessary for them to embark upon the journey before they could reach the end

He asks Sylvie if she thinks she can trust Loki or anyone at all

Mobius tells Ravonna that he knows the TVA is a lie and He objects to the pruning

Ravonna tells Mobius that pruning the timeline prevents chaos and death

Mobius counters that it takes away free will

Ravonna scoffs at the very concept saying that the only one who truly has free will is the one in charge

frantically packs her briefcase as Mobius confronts her on betraying him

She opens a time panel Mobius tries to prune her but she easily disarms him

Rather than prune him again she walks through the time panel

as she says in search of free will

He Who Remains admits to his deceptive methods

but assures them that without the TVA everything would burn

Loki asks what he is so afraid of and He says Me

Sylvie asks who he is and he tells them he has been dubbed many names

A ruler a conqueror He Who Remains and a jerk

but it’s not as simple as a name

He opens his TemPad to reveal a mimetic poly-alloy liquid metal being to tell the story

Eons before the TVA a variant of He Who Remains was a scientist on Earth in the 31st century

who discovered that there were universes stacked on top of his own

With several variants existing at the same time they all eventually discovered this

and began encountering one another throughout the timelines

For a time there was peace but it was narcissistic self-congratulatory peace

Most of them worked together but not every variant was so nice

The variants seeking to conquer new worlds began to fight starting the timeline war that Miss Minutes described before

tells them how he was the only variant to encounter Alioth a creature capable of consuming time and space itself

He experimented on it and was able to weaponize Alioth to end the multiversal war

After that He Who Remains isolated the timeline

and chose to monitor it in order to prevent any further branches or nexus events

thus creating the TVA and the mythology of the Time Keepers

He tells them that if they think he’s evil wait until they meet his variants

He sits back and repeats that the TVA and monitoring the timeline is necessary to prevent cataclysmic chaos

Sylvie calls him a liar

He offers them to take over rather than kill him and let chaos ensue

Loki asks why and He answers that he is tired and older than he looks

He tells them that he setup the timeline pruning

in order to find the one person to replace him but instead he got two

Sylvie tells Him that he treated people’s lives like they were some kind of game

He tells her to grow up and recognize that the three of them are villains

However as rulers of the Sacred Timeline

they could do their villainy for good reason to prevent Multiversal War

A thunder crash is heard and He Who Remains becomes concerned

He tells them that they just crossed the threshold

He then becomes concerned as he no longer knows what is going to happen

We are shown outside as the Sacred Timeline begins to branch off into its separate origins

He tells that they can either take over for him and maintain the Sacred Timeline or kill him

and cause his variants to start another multiversal war

which would end with him once again ruling and overseeing the flow of time

He removes his TemPad and places it on the table

and tells them the honesty feels like a fresh start

Sylvie goes to kill Him but Loki stops her

Loki tells her that he thinks He Who Remains is telling the truth

Loki expresses concern for unleashing something worse if they kill him

He suggests they think about it

he tells Sylvie that she is unable to trust and he cannot be trusted

Sylvie attacks Loki and the two fights using their magic

she accuses him of wanting power before going for the kill

Loki appears before her and pleads for her to stop

tells her that he doesn’t want to hurt her he doesn’t want the throne

and he just wants her to be okay

She tells him that she isn’t him before pushing him through a time panel

takes the TemPad and confronts He Who Remains

She stabs him through the heart

and He tells her he will see her soon before dying

Now all alone Sylvie sits back on the floor

as the timeline continues to branch further and further

Mobius and B-15 watch from the TVA as the nexus events all branch irreversibly through the redline

Loki sits in a room in the TVA and considers the situation before leaving

He walks through the TVA in search of Mobius and B-15

He tells them they can’t stop the branches

Mobius and B-15 do not recognize Loki as this is a different timeline

Loki recognizes the Time Keeper statue now bears the resemblance of He Who Remains

We then see the Loki file is stamped with the title “Loki will return in Season 2”

LOKI.