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Loki (2021)

Time travel · Mystery · Funny

Head writer
Michael Waldron
Released
2021-06-09
Length
12 episodes · 50 min each
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The quick take

A trickster is pulled out of time by a mysterious agency and made to help fix problems he helped cause. It covers two seasons and sets up the multiverse idea that drives the later films.

Watch these first

The Avengers, and Avengers: Endgame for the full context.

  1. 1.The Avengers2012143 min
  2. 2.Avengers: Endgame2019181 min

Prep time: about 5 h 24 min.

The bigger picture

A schemer is taken into custody by a timekeeping agency and offered a deal: help fix timeline problems or be erased. It is a time-travel mystery with a workplace-comedy streak.

Skip it or watch it?

Important for the multiverse storyline. Watch both seasons, and watch it before Deadpool & Wolverine.

Where it sits

Release order

#26 of 59

Before: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

After: Black Widow

See the full release order list

Timeline order

#25 of 59

Before: Avengers: Endgame

After: What If...?

See the full timeline order list

Official trailer

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Where to watch

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If you liked this

Phase 1 · 2012

The Avengers

Separate heroes are forced into the same room and have to figure out how to fight as one team. The payoff of years of setup, and still one of the most rewatchable entries.

Phase 3 · 2019

Avengers: Endgame

The survivors try to deal with loss and undo it. A long, emotional conclusion to more than a decade of storytelling.

Phase 5 · 2024

Deadpool & Wolverine

A talkative mercenary who knows he is in a movie is recruited for a mission to save his world, and ends up paired with a very reluctant partner. Rated R, packed with jokes and fan-service surprises.

Cast

Credited lead cast of Loki, in billing order. Names link to IMDb, which we do not own and are not affiliated with.