Loki Season 2 Admits His Plan in The Avengers Was Terrible
Over ten years later, Loki just admitted his plan in The Avengers sucked.
Potential Loki spoilers follow! Marvel Studios' Loki has been bending around space and time for a few episodes now, and the newest episode brings the character back to a pivotal moment in his life, when he tried to invade Earth with some aliens in The Avengers. Speaking with Mobius at a key moment in Loki season 2 episode 2, the trickster god recounts the events of the 2012 movie The Avengers...and seemingly admitted that it wasn't the best idea. As the pair are recounting how their intention to break a prisoner in an interrogation didn't go well, Loki adds:
"Do you remember that time I was so angry with my father and my brother, I went down to Earth and I held the whole of new York City hostage with an alien army? Tried to use the Mind Stone on Tony Stark. It didn't work, so I threw him off the building. I mean, let me tell you something. Wasn't tactical. I lost it. Sometimes our emotions get the better of us."
Like he said, in The Avengers Loki commanded an army of Chitauri and brainwashed humans (thanks to the Mind Stone) to open a portal and prepare the planet for invasion (the post-credit scene would reveal he did this not because of his own plans but at the behest of none other than Thanos, setting the stage for the larger Infinity Saga).
In the context of Loki season 2 though the version of Loki that we're watching is only a few days removed from the events of The Avengers, which makes this even funnier. As Marvel fans may recall, the version of Loki that first appeared in the TVA at the start of the Loki TV series was the one seen in Avengers: Endgame who teleported away from Stark Tower after the events of The Avengers. Though this version of the character isn't the one that experienced his next few MCU appearances, he did see what happened to him in the TVA's Time Theater, essentially fast-forwarding his character arc a bit; but in context, this Loki is just hours removed from what he did in The Avengers, which he now admits is "wasn't tacitcal."
Marvel Studios fan-favorite Tom Hiddleston stars in Loki Season 2, returning as the titular God of Mischief for another round of time-traveling hijinx on Disney+. Loki is once again joined by Mobius (Owen Wilson) as the two attempt to keep the timelines intact. After the events of Season 1 saw his variant Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) kill He Who Remains and unleash the wrath of Kang the Conqueror upon the Multiverse, Loki must once again embark on an adventure to keep reality from collapsing. Loki was last seen in the post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, where he and Mobius were keeping tabs on one of Kang's mysterious variants. Loki Season 2 will continue the story of the Multiverse Saga in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
When is the next episode of Loki season 2?
New episodes of Loki season 2 premiere Thursdays on Disney+, debuting on the streaming platform at 6 PM Pacific Time / 9 PM Eastern Time (which equates to 7 PM Mountain Time and 8 PM Central Time). Four episodes of Loki season 2 remain after this week's episode of the series, so the schedule for the rest of Loki season 2 looks like this:
- Loki season 2, episode 3 – Thursday, October 19th, 6 PM PT/9 PM ET
- Loki season 2, episode 4 – Thursday, October 26th, 6 PM PT/9 PM ET
- Loki season 2, episode 5 – Thursday, November 2nd, 6 PM PT/9 PM ET
- Loki season 2, episode 6 (season finale) – Thursday, November 9th, 6 PM PT/9 PM ET