12 Best MCU Disney+ Episodes So Far (According To IMDb)
7. The Variant (Loki - Ep 2) - 8.8
The title of the second Loki episode is somewhat deceiving. Though the Variant was at the heart of the chapter in that she was being hunted by Loki and Mobius, and the big reveal at the conclusion was that she was, in fact, Sylvie, this episode was entirely Loki and Mobius’.
The two had already built the foundations of a great relationship in the show’s opening episode, but here it flourished. Loki was a fully-fledged, albeit not accepted by all, member of the TVA, and was genuinely interested in working with his new partner to find the multiversal version of himself.
Tom Hiddleston was on top form as Loki played with the people of Pompeii before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, but it was his conversation with Mobius about jet skis that stole the show. This was where the two began their evolution into friends and a classic MCU duo.
At the end of another episode of Loki in which character development and the nuance of conversation took center stage, ‘The Variant’ was still able to end with a simply mouth-watering cliffhanger as Sylvie revealed herself, bombed the Sacred Timeline, and headed through the door to Lamentis with Loki. If you weren’t hooked before, this would have definitely changed that.