Loki Season 1, Episode 3, “Lamentis” has arrived. In this review, I’m going through a rough breakdown of the plot, sharing my thoughts and pointing out some details you might have missed. You can find more of Popped’s Disney+ and Hulu coverage here. Spoilers ahead.
Spoilers ahead.
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Plot
Episode 3 begins with Hunter C-20 (played by Sasha Lane) and Sylvie (played by Sophia Di Martino) drinking cocktails and discussing brain freezes, and also attempting to discover the location of the Timekeepers, and how to get to them. We don’t know it yet, but the memories we see play out did happen once, only Sylvie was not there, and C-20 had a life before the TVA, and during that life she had frozen margaritas at this very location.
Loki follows Sylvie back to the TVA, as Sylvie battles her way through the corridors after discovering her magic has no place in the TVA, and heads to the golden elevator which C-20 told her about, Before Sylvie can reach the Timekeepers, Renslayer shows up to stop the pair, the two are teleported using a TVA Doorway to Lamentis – 1, in 2077. On Lamentis-1, however, is said to be the worst of all the apocalypses saved on the Tempad which Sylvie was using to hide in from the TVA. Loki jokes that the two are a team now as they head for shelter in an abandoned mine shaft from the moon that is about to crash into the planet.
Sylvie reveals her plan had been years in the making before Loki interrupted it. and that she still intends on killing Loki. The two have some great chemistry as they joke along, whilst also verbally abusing each other – it truly is a wonderful performance throughout the episode, with flowing chemistry from Hiddleston and Di Martino. The two head for a nearby town as they search for power to make it back to the TVA. Once they reach the town, they discover it has been evaded and they have roughly 12 hours before the apocalypse occurs. Loki refuses to give Sylvie the Tempad, which requires a huge energy force.
They find their way to a small shack and Sylvie is greeted by a huge force gun of sorts. Loki takes on the perception of Patrice, a dead husband of the home owner and is also greeted by the huge force gun. The two find out the people are all on the Ark, a vessel which will save everyone from the impending doom – Sylvie implies that will be where they get their power for the Tempad so they head there.
The two blag their way on to the train in a hilarious scene, with Loki pretending to be one of the security. The two argue about sitting in which direction as Loki claims he can’t ride backwards, whilst Sylvie argues she can’t sit with her back to a door, which Loki hilariously responds to saying there’s doors on both doors.
We get some nice little discussion about love with both discussing whether or not both hung around with princess’ (and princes), pretty much confirming Loki’s bisexuality which is a lovely touch to the episode, as the two have a powerful discussion. Sylvie wakes up to find a drunk Loki dancing with the whole train carriage as she finds him in Variant outfit, singing Asgardian songs.
We get a nice little reference to Thor, when Loki smashes his glass after finishing his drink, which must be an Asgardian thing as it is the same thing Thor does when he drinks coffee for the first time during the events of Thor – a nice little call back indeed!
The train crew show up and ask the pair for their tickets, and are met with a response of action, in a scene which is fantastically choreographed with Sylvie and Loki having some bad ass fighting, hilariously blind sided by the fact Loki is drunk and misses a few aims here and there. The two find themselves thrown off the train, and the Tempad destroyed…
Sylvie discusses her powers, and explains how she gave C-20 a dream so she could control her and attempt to find the Timekeepers. She reveals that she had to pull a memory from hundreds of years ago before she was enlisted by the TVA, which Loki reacts instantly to after being told that the TVA told him they were created by the Timekeepers… The TVA are all variants, just like Sylvie and Loki which is a nice twist…
The ending, I found perfect – leaving it on a cliffhanger leaving us to have to wait till next week to find out the fates of Loki and Sylvie – my guess? They’ll be fine and I think the TVA themselves will find them somehow… I’m really excited to see what happens during Loki’s return to the TVA, especially following the discovery that they are all variants.
‘Loki’ Season 1, Episode 3 Review – Final Thoughts
The episode itself was pretty good, it felt like watching an episode of Rick and Morty, whilst also watching an episode of Doctor Who – and I’ve seen a lot of people throw this around online, but this episode was great and this sort of vibe would work really well for a multi-season show, which I hope is the case going forward.
Lots to expect however moving forward, as we are now half-way through the series… who is Richard E Grant playing still? Old Loki variant, or a Timekeeper – we’ll just have to wait and see…
Episode 3 of Loki is streaming now on Disney+. Check out a trailer below:
