The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.
Released
2021
Runtime
6 episodes (about 50 min each)
Set in
Branches from 2012, then the TVA
Good to know before watchingNo spoilers
It's a TV series
Six episodes, streaming on Disney+.
It's the Endgame Loki
The hero is the Loki who escaped right after The Avengers, not the Loki who changed in Thor: Ragnarok.
Time and the multiverse
The multiverse, a big theme in later Marvel stories, starts here.
Episode 6's ending matters
It sets up much of what comes next.
Character mapSpoilers
Who's who in Loki Season 1 (2021), with Loki at the center. The TVA is on the right and above; the mysterious variant it hunts is on the left.
Because of copyright, we can't use stills, posters or any other images of the characters as they appear in the film. All face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors themselves (non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site; people without a photo are shown with initials).
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Face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).
