Loki (2021)
Loki is a 2021 drama series created by Michael Waldron. It stars Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino and Wunmi Mosaku.
Plucked out of his own story after the Battle of New York, Tom Hiddleston's Loki lands in the Time Variance Authority, a drab cosmic bureaucracy that polices a single approved timeline with clipboards and reset charges. Branded a variant, the god of mischief is offered a job instead of erasure: hunt a dangerous version of himself across history. The Marvel series trades battlefield spectacle for a retro-futurist office comedy and a brain-bending puzzle about free will, fate, and identity, with Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw filling out the ranks.
Quick answers
What is Loki about?
Plucked out of his own story after the Battle of New York, Tom Hiddleston's Loki lands in the Time Variance Authority, a drab cosmic bureaucracy that polices a single approved timeline with clipboards and reset charges. Branded a variant, the god of mischief is offered a job instead of erasure: hunt a dangerous version of himself across history. The Marvel series trades battlefield spectacle for a retro-futurist office comedy and a brain-bending puzzle about free will, fate, and identity, with Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw filling out the ranks.
When was Loki released?
Loki was released on 9 June 2021.
How many episodes does Loki have?
Loki has 12 episodes across 2 seasons.
Who made Loki?
Loki was created by Michael Waldron.
Where can I watch Loki?
Loki is available on Disney+.
Where to watch Loki
Stream: Disney+
Official site
Cast
- Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson
- Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie / The Variant
- Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer
- Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius
- Eugene Cordero as Casey / Hunter K-5E
- Tara Strong as Miss Minutes (voice)
- Neil Ellice as Hunter D-90
- Ke Huy Quan as Ouroboros 'OB'
- Lauren Revard as Miss Minutes On-Set Reader
- Jonathan Majors as Victor Timely / He Who Remains
- Sarafina King as Minuteman #9
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A few thoughts on Loki
If the timeline puzzles hook you, BioShock Infinite chases the same idea of doorways into parallel realities, and Life Is Strange lets you rewind choices and watch the consequences ripple. Hades sends a restless immortal clawing through a divine bureaucracy again and again, while Undertale turns resets and second chances into its whole reason for being.
Time-bending adventures across screen and games
Loki drops the god of mischief into a bureaucracy that polices time itself, chasing variants across history. These share its fascination with timelines, do-overs, and futures that can be rewritten, following characters who slip through eras or bend cause and effect. If the show's puzzle-box play with fate hooked you, this cluster keeps the clock spinning.
Marvel series that break the house formula
Loki trades battlefield spectacle for office comedy, retro-futurist design, and an identity crisis running underneath. These other Marvel shows take similar swings, bending genre and tone away from the usual superhero beats. If you loved how the series let a villain carry a strange, funny, philosophical story, this cluster gathers its most inventive siblings.
Sprawling superhero universes to binge next
Loki plugs into a vast connected universe of heroes, villains, and cosmic stakes. If that scale is part of the appeal, these DC and superhero series build their own tangled worlds full of masks, legacies, and rival factions. Settle in with this cluster when you want more capes, more mythology, and more long-running story to get lost in.
Games about loops, timelines, and second chances
Loki turns on branching timelines and the question of whether anyone can escape their fate. These games make that idea playable, built on loops, resets, and choices that ripple across multiple endings. If the show's time-twisting structure fascinated you, this cluster lets you take the controls and test what happens when the timeline bends.