Season 2 Episode 2: Breaking Brad
This was a very exposition heavy episode in search of Sylvie.
They chase down X-5, now calling himself Brad Wolfe, an actor in London circa 1977. Loki starts to lean back into his villainous side as they capture and later interrogate him; during which Brad/X-5 makes some good points about their new reality, getting under both Loki and Mobius’ skins. We learn that Dox and others went to bomb/prune the timelines that were branching off.
It’s interesting that the first season consisted of the TVA pruning timelines without thought about the trillions that would die. Forward to this season, after learning that they themselves were taken and had lives before the TVA, B-15 (her demeanor having vastly changed since learning the truth) and the others are now wanting to preserve all the branches to the Sacred Timeline. Yet, Dox and other followers have stayed the course with pruning the branches.
They eventually find Sylvie living her best life as a cashier at McDonalds and not wanting anything to do with the TVA.
It takes a bit of convincing from Loki about the reality of the situation, but eventually she helps them stop Dox and the others, though by end it was too little too late and the damage was done.
Nonetheless, Casey gave them some good news as he was able to track down the whereabouts of Renslayer.
I didn’t mind this episode. Some YouTubers (who’ve watched the first 4 episodes) stated that this was a bump in an otherwise great S2. I’d say that this episode didn’t have to be as long as it was to get to the point; they could have trimmed a few minutes for sure.
This was a very exposition heavy episode in search of Sylvie.
They chase down X-5, now calling himself Brad Wolfe, an actor in London circa 1977. Loki starts to lean back into his villainous side as they capture and later interrogate him; during which Brad/X-5 makes some good points about their new reality, getting under both Loki and Mobius’ skins. We learn that Dox and others went to bomb/prune the timelines that were branching off.
It’s interesting that the first season consisted of the TVA pruning timelines without thought about the trillions that would die. Forward to this season, after learning that they themselves were taken and had lives before the TVA, B-15 (her demeanor having vastly changed since learning the truth) and the others are now wanting to preserve all the branches to the Sacred Timeline. Yet, Dox and other followers have stayed the course with pruning the branches.
They eventually find Sylvie living her best life as a cashier at McDonalds and not wanting anything to do with the TVA.
It takes a bit of convincing from Loki about the reality of the situation, but eventually she helps them stop Dox and the others, though by end it was too little too late and the damage was done.
Nonetheless, Casey gave them some good news as he was able to track down the whereabouts of Renslayer.
I didn’t mind this episode. Some YouTubers (who’ve watched the first 4 episodes) stated that this was a bump in an otherwise great S2. I’d say that this episode didn’t have to be as long as it was to get to the point; they could have trimmed a few minutes for sure.
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