Ep 4: Turns out Kang wasn’t the true threat…

Yes, it would appear the writers held back a little, this time. I interpreted it as "Mrs Kang" being eaten by the purple cloud, her facial expression meaning that she was gonna take it with bravado rather than cower and cry. She may not take over as the big bad of the Multiverse Saga, thank god, but the damage has still been done. She lead Kang's armies and won his battles, that hasn't been proven to be a lie on Ms Minutes' part. Kang's already thin reputation was further diluted because of that. It's made even worse due to that the actress's performance was mid, and the character has no screen presence whatsoever. I did like the scene were Mobius talked about how there's no comfort in making hard choices, and that Renslayer had to suffer the consequences when she refused to prune a variant child, but that rings hollow when we didn't get to actually see it, on top of the fact that Renslayer just isn't that likable or interesting.

I do agree that Loki finally felt like the star of his own show towards the end. Took them long enough, but at least he stopped being out-classed by Sylvie and got to do something that made him look good. Where they'll go from here, though, and how this affects the Multiverse Saga, I don't know. Season 2 takes place immediately after season 1, and ends only a short time afterwards, yet this had no impact on Spider-Man NWH, Doctor Strange MoM, or Ant-Man 3. If you skipped this show, you'd miss nothing, and Kang would just be some one-off villain in an Ant-Man movie, which is probably for the best, for the audience and Disney who seems hellbent on moving away from Majors after propping him up so hard. While it was nice to see Loki finally shine, I have yet to see how it matters in the long run. Honestly, he was better off dying a hero in Avengers: Infinity War after finally redeeming himself.

I know I’d never pick you for anything. No woman would.