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