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I am Loki of Asgard.

And I am burdened with Glorious Purpose.

I--

Never mind.

Don't touch that.

It appears to be a standard sequence violation.

Branch is growing at a stable rate and slope.

Variant identified.

I beg your pardon?

On behalf of the Time Variance Authority,

I hereby arrest you for crimes against the Sacred Timeline.

Hands up.

You're coming with us.

I'm sorry.

Who's us?

Last chance, Variant.

It's been a very long day.

And I think I've had my fill of idiots in armored suits

telling me what to do.

So if you don't mind, this is actually your last chance.

Now get out of my way.

You're now moving at 1/16th speed.

But feeling all that pain in real time.

Reset the timeline.

You're making a terrible mistake.

Hello, ma'am.

Log this as evidence.

Oh.

Hey.

Hey!

Absolutely not.

This is fine Asgardian leather!

Now, hang on just a minute.

Please sign to verify this is everything you've ever said.

What?

Sign this too.

Oh, this is absurd!

And this.

Take a ticket.

There's only two of us in here.

Take. a. ticket.

This is a mistake.

I shouldn't be here!

Hi there.

You're probably saying, "this is a mistake

I shouldn't even be here."

Welcome to the Time Variance Authority.

I'm Miss Minutes, and it's my job

to catch you up before you stand trial for your crimes.

So let's not waste another minute. Settle in

sharpen your pencils, and check this out.

Time Keepers, the Sacred Timeline.

Who actually believes this bunkum?

Ticket, sir.

That guy didn't give me a ticket.

I tried to ask for one.

Ticket, sir.

I tried to ask that guy for a ticket.

Sir?

What are you raising your voice with me, buckethead?

Thanks for visiting the TVA.

Don't hesitate to let us know how we're doing.

The hunter and his minutemen responded

to a routine Nexus Event.

It appears that when they arrived, somebody

got the jump on them.

You think?

It's him.

Yeah, stab wounds look consistent with the others.

Positioning of the bodies indicates

they didn't know what the hell hit them.

And reset charge is gone.

That's the sixth attack in the last week.

That we know of.

Hey!

Wait, stand down!

Stand down.

He's just a kid.

Tap it.

Don't worry, that devil is afraid of us.

We're going to take care of him.

And put you back where you belong.

Devil-bearing gifts.

The branch is nearing red line.

We need to go.

OK.

Set a reset charge.

Sir, there's something you'll want to see.

Next case, please!

How do you plead?

Madam, a god doesn't plead.

Look, this has been a very enjoyable pantomime,

but I'd like to go home now.

Are you guilty or not guilty, sir?

Guilty of being the god of mischief, yes.

Guilty of finding all this incredibly tedious, yes.

Guilty of a crime against the Sacred Timeline?

Absolutely not.

You have the wrong person.

How do you plead?

Guilty.

Of this.

What's going on?

Hang on.

Everyone quiet.

He's trying to use his powers, ma'am.

Don't rush me.

Damn it.

Why won't it work?

Magic powers?

They're no good in the TVA, Mr. Laufeyson.

The court finds you guilty, and I sentance you to be reset.

Next case, please!

Reset?

What does that mean?

Is it bad?

What does it mean?

You ridiculous bureaucrats will not

dictate how my story ends!

It's not your story, Mr. Laufeyson.

It never was.

You have no idea what I'm capable of!

I think I might.

Have an idea of what he's capable of.

Approach the bench.

Hi.

If you're thinking what I think you're thinking,

it's a bad idea.

OK, I'm just chasing a hunch.

Anything goes sideways.

It's on you.

OK.

I feel like I'm always looking up to you.

I like it.

It's appropriate.

And who are you?

I'm going to burn this place to the ground.

I'll show you where my desk is.

You can start there.

Have a look.

Home sweet home.

I thought there was no magic here.

There isn't.

That's not real.

It is.

And unfortunately, so is all the paperwork.

Good tender for your fire, though.

Come on.

I'm Agent Mobius, by the way.

Are you taking me somewhere to kill me?

No, that's where you just were.

I'm taking you someplace to talk.

But I don't like to talk.

But you do like to lie, which you just did.

Because we both know you love to talk.

Talkie, talkie.

How long have you been here?

I don't know.

It's hard to say.

Time passes differently here in the TVA.

What does that mean?

You'll catch up.

So you're part of the TVA's courageous and dedicated

workforce.

Yes.

You were created by the Time Keepers.

Yep.

To protect the Sacred Timeline.

Correct.

Is that funny?

The idea that your little club decides

the fate of trillions of people across all of existence

at the behest of three space lizards, yes, it's funny.

It's absurd.

I thought you didn't like to talk.

After you.

For the record, this really does feel like a killing me

kind of a room.

Not big on trust, are you?

Trust is for children and dogs.

There's only one person you can trust.

Yourself?

I like it.

Slap it on a t-shirt.

If the TVA truly oversees all of time,

how have I never heard of you until now?

Because you never needed to.

You've always lived within your set path.

I live within whatever path I choose.

Sure you do.

OK, come have a seat.

If it looks could kill.

What do you want from me?

Well, let's start with a little cooperation.

Not my forte.

I specialize in the pursuit of dangerous variants.

Like myself?

No, particularly dangerous variants.

You're just a little pussycat.

I got a set of questions for you.

You answer them honestly, and then maybe I

can give you something you want.

And you want to get out of here, right?

Yeah, so we'll start there.

Should you return, what are you going to do?

Finish what I started.

Which is?

Claim my throne.

You want to be king.

I don't want to be.

I was born to be.

The first and most oppressive lie ever

uttered was the song of freedom.

How does that one go?

For nearly every living thing, choice breeds shame,

and uncertainty, and regret.

There's a fork in every road, yet the wrong path always taken.

Good.

You said nearly every living thing,

so I'm guessing you don't fall into that category.

The timekeepers have built quite the circus,

and I see the clowns are playing their parts to perfection.

Big metaphor guy.

I love it.

Makes you sound super smart.

I am smart.

I know.

OK.

OK.

What is this?

A sampling of your greatest hits, if I may.

If it's all the same to you,

I'll have that drink now.

No.

And I remember I was there.

Anything else?

It's funny.

For someone born to rule, you sure do lose a lot.

Might even say it's in your nature.

You know, things didn't turn out so well for the last person

who said that to me.

Oh, yeah, Phil Coulson.

Didn't the Avengers come together to literally

avenge him by defeating you?

Little solace to a dead man.

Do you enjoy hurting people?

Making them feel small, making them feel afraid.

Your games don't frighten me.

Making them feel little.

I know what I am.

A murderer?

A liberator.

Of eye balls, maybe.

Look at that smile.

You are enjoying that.

Did you enjoy hurting them?

I don't have to play this game.

I'm a god.

A what?

Again, mischief, right?

Yeah.

I don't see anything very mischievous about this.

What exactly is it that you want?

I want you to be honest about why you do what you do.

Liar!

I'm serious.

All I seek is a deeper understanding

of the fearsome god of mischief.

What makes Loki tick?

I know what this place is.

What is it?

It's an illusion.

It's a cruel, elaborate trick conjured by the weak

to inspire fear, a desperate attempt at control.

Now, you all parade about as if you're the divine arbiters

of power in the universe.

You're going to start taking things seriously.

Loki.

Hello, mother.

Have I made you proud?

Please don't make this worse.

What is this?

This nonsense, more tricks, this never even happened.

Not to you.

Not yet.

This is absurd.

Then am I not your mother?

You're not.

You're always so perceptive about everyone but yourself.

And then the dark elves attack the palace,

and you think you send them to Thor.

You might want to take the stairs to the left.

But instead, you send them--

I'll never tell.

Where do you have her?

Where is she?

You lead them right to her.

I don't believe you.

You're lying.

It's not true.

It is true.

Sorry the time twister just loops you, not the furniture.

You weren't born to be king, Loki.

You were born to cause pain and suffering and death.

That's how it is.

That's how it was.

That's how it will be.

All so that others can achieve their best

versions of themselves.

What are you doing?

My job.

We have a situation.

Don't go anywhere.

Talking to that variant is a mistake.

No, that's your position-

He should be reset!

You think everyone should be reset!

I'm getting good stuff in there.

We just lost another unit.

OK, Loki, I think we can finish up tomorrow and just pick it up.

Hey, I know you.

You're that criminal with the blue box.

What's your name?

Casey.

Give me the Tesseract or

I'll gut you like a fish, Casey!

Okay! I comply.

Jeez.

What?

Infinity Stones?

Ho-- how do you have these?

Oh, we actually got a lot of those.

Some of the guys use them as paperweights.

Some of them.

Is this the greatest power in the universe?

Oh, you almost hit me!

That's so messed up.

Split up.

I do not forgive you.

I love you, my sons.

Remember this place.

Home.

Loki, I thought the world of you.

I thought we were going to fight side by side forever.

You know, maybe you're not so bad after all, brother.

Maybe not.

Thank you.

If you were here, I might even give you a hug.

I'm here.

Undying?

You should choose your words more carefully.

You...

Will never be...

a God.

Glorious Purpose.

Loki?

I don't enjoy hurting people.

I don't enjoy it.

I do it because I have to, because I've had to.

Okay, explain that to me.

Because it's part of the illusion.

It's the cruel, elaborate trick

conjured by the weak to inspire fear.

The desperate play for control.

Listen, I can't offer you salvation,

but maybe I can offer you something better.

A fugitive variant's been killing our Minutemen.

And you need the God of Mischief to help you stop them.

That's right.

Why me?

The variant we're hunting is...

you.

I beg your pardon?

Time signature is early 3rd millennium.

Definitely anachronistic.

Oil.

Think some jackass, found himself a time machine,

came back here to get rich.

Should we fan out and look for him, sir?

Nah.

It's not worth the paperwork.

Just prune it, let's bail.

Set a charge.

Wait.

Someone's out there.

Check it out.

Okay, y'all, let's review what we've learned.

What happens when a Nexus Event branches past Redline?

Very bad things.

Come on, Loki. What is it?

It's when the TVA can no longer reset a Nexus Event.

Okay? Boring.

Right. And that would lead to the destruction of the timeline

and the collapse of reality as we know it.

Can you hear me?

Are you recording or are you alive?

Uh, sort of both.

Huh?

That my jet ski magazine? Put it down.

Come on. Gear up.

Let's go.

I need you to go over each and every one of the variant's case files

and then give me your-- how do I put it?

Your unique, Loki perspective.

And who knows? Maybe there's something that we missed.

Well, you're idiots. I suspect you probably missed a lot.

Well, that's why I'm lucky I got you.

For a little bit longer.

Let me park you at this desk,

and don't be afraid to really lean into this work.

Here's a good trick for you.

Pretend your life depends on it.

I'm gonna get a snack.

Hey.

Come on. Let's take a walk.

By the way, at your desk, that magazine.

Yeah, the one on--

Jet skis?

Yes.

Why'd you have that?

Because they're awesome.

I suppose they are.

Yeah.

You know, some things--

Actually, most things in history are kind of dumb

and everything gets ruined eventually.

But in the early 1990s, for a brief, shining moment,

there was a beautiful union of form and function,

which we call the jet ski.

And a reasonable man cannot differ.

You ever been on one?

No.

No.

I think a TVA agent showing up on a jet ski

on the Sacred Timeline, that would create a branch for sure.

Would be fun, though.

Yeah. It would be really fun.

So why read about them?

It just helps remind me of what we're fighting for.

I mean, you really believe in all this stuff, don't you?

I don't get hung up on believe, not believe.

I just accept what is.

Three magic lizards...

Time Keepers.

...created the TVA, and everyone in it...

Right.

...including you.

Including me.

You see, every time I start to admire your intelligence,

you say something like that.

Who created you, Loki?

A frost giant of Jotunheim.

And who raised you?

Odin of Asgard.

Odin, God of the heavens, Asgard,

mystical realm beyond the stars, frost giants.

Listen to yourself.

It's not the same.

It's completely different.

No, actually, it's exactly the same thing,

because if you think too hard about where any of us came from,

who we truly are, it sounds kind of ridiculous.

Existence is chaos.

Nothing makes any sense, so we try to make some sense of it.

And I'm just lucky that the chaos I emerged into gave me all this,

my own "glorious purpose."

Because the TVA is my life,

and it's real because I believe it's real.

It sounds boring.

I'm sure it does to you.

You know, you called me a scared little boy.

I called you a lot of things.

You did.

You're wrong, though.

You see, I know something children don't.

What's that?

That no one bad is ever truly bad.

And no one good is ever truly good.

Scared little boy...

Yes, it was quite patronizing.

I thought it was a bit too far, actually.

You're very clever.

I know?

The variant left something behind at an old crime scene.

A cathedral. Candy box.

Obvious anachronism.

I gave it to analysis, but they couldn't find anything real.

Kablooie!

What's that?

Candy.

You have candy on Asgard?

Grapes, nuts.

No wonder you're so bitter.

Okay, Kablooie was only sold regionally on Earth

from 2047 to 2051.

I'm gonna give you half, and let's make it a competition.

See who finds it. Sure.

Okay? What, you want to bet something? Yeah.

Gentlemen's bet? Yeah, let's bet for pride.

Okay may the best man win. Go!

That's where he is.

Alabama 2050.

You're gonna take my job if I'm not careful.

We are doing some good work today.

I thought so, too.

Telling you, you actually help us catch this variant,

and who knows my friend.

Well good enough for a face-to-face with the Time Keepers?

I didn't say that. One step at a time.

Just in case.

Oh. Absolutely not.

Gather round for a briefing.

Roxxcart is a vast superstore common to the era.

It consists of a series of sprawling sections,

including a large warehouse.

This warehouse is being used by civilians as a shelter

trying to ride out the storm.

Remember, this is a class-10 apocalypse.

While the variant shouldn't know we're coming,

he could be hiding anywhere and should be considered hostile.

So stay alert.

Every time there is an attack,

the variant steals a reset charge.

He's planning something. We just don't know what.

So keep an eye out for the missing charges.

And if you see a Loki...

prune it.

The bad Loki, preferably.

Take both teams and sweep the storm shelter.

We'll see you in the show room.

Hey!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, it's okay, it's okay.

What are you doing?

Shopping for plants.

In this storm?

It's a hurricane sale.

Azaleas are half off.

So, you're the fool the TVA brought in to hunt me down.

Me, I presume?

Please, if anyone's anyone, you're me.

How nice to meet you.

Enchantment is a clever trick.

Cowardly, a bit amateurish, but clever.

Almost as cowardly as working for the TVA.

I'm working for me.

Oh, you really believe that, don't you?

Yeah.

And here I was worried that they found

a better version of me.

Hi, are you guys looking for the disaster shelter?

No.

If you could possibly sheath your s'marm for a moment,

I have an offer for you, that's why I found you.

I'm going to overthrow the Time Keepers.

I'm not interested in ruling the Time Variance Authority.

I see, that's your plan.

Lure us all here so you could blow the place up.

Mobius?

Where is he?

I lost him.

What happened?

Looks like your favorite Loki

beytrayed you, Mobius.

Just move!

What do you want from me?

What is this about?

Brace yourself, Loki.

This isn't about you.

Right.

Where are they going?

It's not possible.

This is analyst, 1182E, reporting a code triple zero.

Branch is rapidly forming at a slope of--

Somebody just bombed the Sacred Timeline!

Loki, wait!

Wait!

Loki, wait!

No, wait, wait!

Damn it!

Few questions.

Have you really got nothing else better to do?

Rude.

Are you sure you're a Loki?

You're in my way.

You ARE my way!

I thought perhaps we could work together.

But now I see you lack vision.

So either you'll come willingly,

(grunting)

or you won't.

Either way, that's how I get to meet the Time Keepers.

Shut up!

Hey!

Come any closer and I'll kill him.

Go for it.

Goodbye, variant.

You're outta juice!

It's not working.

Just give it back to me.

You don't even know how to recharge it.

Of course I do.

Is that one of your powers?

Where did you send us?

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

You're trying to enchant me!

It won't work.

Why?

Because you're a magician.

No, because my mind is too strong.

Fine.

Look, are we really about to do this here, again?

Well, what do you propose instead?

I don't know, a truce?

Listen, neither of us is getting off this rock.

If we can't get that TemPad turned back--

Where do you have it hidden?

In my heart.

Well, then I'll cut it out.

Nice.

The plan you interrupted was years in the making.

Years!

Okay, got it.

And as soon as I turn that TemPad back on,

I'm going straight back to the TVA to finish what I started.

Good.

I'll kill you then.

Or I'll kill you.

Where are you going?

There's power somewhere on this moon.

We just need enough of it to travel through

interdimensional time and space.

Jeez.

So what's the plan?

There's a town near here.

And can you shut up?

Just because I have to work with you

doesn't mean I want to hear your voice.

All right, well, slow down.

Variant.

What part of imminent death confuses you?

And don't call me variant.

I'm sorry, but I'm not calling some

faded photocopy of me Loki.

Good, because that's not who I am anymore.

I'm Sylvie now.

Oh, you changed your name.

Brilliant.

It's called an alias.

Well it's not very Loki-like.

Yeah?

What exactly makes a Loki a Loki?

Independence.

Authority.

Style.

So naturally, you went to work

for the boring oppressive time police.

I don't work for them.

I'm a consultant.

You don't know what you want.

Oh yeah, what about you?

You're years in the making plan

was to tear the place down,

create the ultimate power vacuum,

and then just walk away.

I'd never have done that.

Yeah?

Well, I'm not you.

Can we get on with this now?

Brute force is no substitute for diplomacy and guile.

Noted.

Hello, dear.

Patrice?

It's been a long time.

You're as beautiful as I--

Patrice never said a thing that nice in 30 years.

You're no travelers.

You're devils.

Which one was that?

Diplomacy or--

Don't.

What are you devils want with me?

We just wanna ask you a question.

Where is everyone?

The evacuation vessel.

Train stations' at the edge of town,

but you'll never get a ticket.

We're doing this one my way.

How do I look?

Like someone with a shit plan.

It's a great plan!

Hmm.

Good evening, passengers.

Hi.

When she sings, she sings come home!

When she sings, she sings come home!

Where's your uniform?

When she sings, she sings come home!

Another!

That's him.

Stay cool.

It's gonna be fine.

Sir, can I see your tickets?

Tickets?

Yes, of course.

Here they are.

Oops.

Still, it looks lovely, doesn't it?

Look, is this really necessary?

There is a simple explanation.

Hey.

Bye.

Well, that's not ideal.

Give me the TemPad!

All right, all right, all right.

Okay.

Well I did take quite the tumble.

You asshole.

You killed us!

Maybe we can fix it, okay?

There's nothing, sir.

Even with the magnified Nexus threshold?

That should be setting off alarms

if somebody steps on the wrong leaf.

Wherever they are, I'm not sure anything survives.

Yeah, don't underestimate them.

You see anything down at Roxxcart?

They're gone.

Leaping across time, plotting their next massacre.

We need to find them.

We will.

You know, I don't think I've ever walked this much

in my life.

That's a pretty good life.

Well lucky you missed it.

Here's an idea.

What if you enchanted me,

and you could walk for both of us?

I take a nap in my subconscious,

and then you could just wake me when we arrive.

Yeah?

Yeah, that's not how enchantment works.

All right, now does it work?

I have to make physical contact,

and then grab hold of their mind.

How?

Depends on the mind.

Most are easy, and I can overtake them instantly.

Others, the stronger ones, it gets tricky.

I'm in control, but they're there too.

In order to preserve the connection,

I have to create a fantasy from their memories.

And you call me a magician?

That young soldier from the TVA,

her mind was messed up, everything clouded.

Had to pull her memory from hundreds of years prior,

before she even fought for them.

What?

What did you just say?

Before she joined the TVA?

Yeah, she was just a regular person on Earth.

A regular person?

Loved margaritas.

I was told that everyone who works at the TVA

was created by the Time Keepers.

That's ridiculous.

They're all variants, just like us.

They don't know that!

What did they say?

Are you okay?

No, no, Mobius, I'm not.

Under the best of circumstances,

it's jarring to stand before the Time Keepers.

and this is not the best of circumstances.

Yeah, but they can't blame you.

They can and do.

The variant was right here.

What if she got to the Time Keepers?

I know, but she didn't.

No, but she got away, along with the variant

that I got you permission to bring in here.

Do you have any idea how impossible it is

to keep the timeline stable?

Every moment those variants are out there,

we're all in danger.

Find them!

Not long now.

Do you think that what makes a Loki a Loki

is the fact that we're destined to lose?

No.

We may lose.

Sometimes painfully,

but we don't die.

We survive.

I mean, you did.

You were just a child when the TVA took you,

but you nearly took down the organization

that claims to govern the order of time.

You did it on your own.

You had rings around them.

You're amazing!

We've got something.

Temporal lock.

Okay, that's not someone stepping on the wrong leaf.

You ever seen a branch like that?

No.

Okay, you said the TVA's lying to me.

Go ahead.

Or is that just a cockroach's survival mechanism kicking in?

Let me out of this place, stop beating me up,

and I'll tell you.

Cockroach.

Got it.

How long have you been working for the variant?

Me, working for her, please.

Now you've already told me about 50 lies

in the past 10 minutes.

I'm not lying this time.

I'm supposed to believe you're a terrorist girlfriend.

I'm telling you the truth.

She's not my girlfriend.

Whatever you want to call her!

You're female self,

you have some demented crush on you.

You're all variants!

Everyone who works at the TVA,

the Time Keepers didn't create you,

they kidnapped you from the timeline,

and erased your memories.

Memories she can access through enchantment.

So before this, you had a past.

Maybe you had a family, a life.

Open the door.

Hello.

Oh, I don't know.

Your name's a number.

Can't read it from here.

Come with me.

Mobius?

You okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

Case closed.

Cheers.

Cheers.

To putting all this behind us.

Amen.

You've been spending too much time with Lokis.

Yeah.

I definitely have been spending too much time with Lokis.

What we do here matters.

I know.

When we're out there fighting for the fate

of the Sacred Timeline, we're also fighting for this.

For us.

Friends against time.

Knew I was your favorite analyst.

Was that so hard to admit?

What are you gonna do with that trophy?

Where is that gonna go?

You're right.

Let's see.

How's that?

Looks perfect.

You're running out of room there.

All right, I will see you later on.

One drink?

I got two, didn't I?

Mobius, this is a career case.

You sure you're okay?

I'm just exhausted.

Dealing with all these Lokis.

Fair enough.

Let's finish this.

For all time.

Always.

I'll see you up there.

Thanks for the drink.

Oh, you wanted a fair fight?

I respect that.

When you were in my head, I saw something.

What did you do to me?

I showed you a life before the TVA.

That's a trick, it's a deception.

No, it's not.

I was created by the Time Keepers.

No, I can't create memories.

I can only use what's already there.

The Time Keepers took your lives from you.

From all of you.

Your variants.

We're the same.

Show me.

Dragon swoops towards the palace.

The Valkyrie flies over, defeats the dragon,

and saves Asgard!

There's our variant.

On the authority of the Time Keepers,

I hereby arrest you for crimes against the Sacred Timeline.

Reset it.

Wait!

Next case.

Right here.

I'm gonna write a little remidner on here for you.

That's not gonna stop you, is it?

I tried.

All right, be good.

I looked happy.

What now?

You okay?

I've got them from here.

Gracious Time Keepers.

As promised, the variants.

After all your struggle,

at last you've arrived before us.

What do you have to say for yourself

before you meet your end!

Is that the only reason you brought us here?

To kill us?

No, variant.

You're nothing but a cosmic disappointment.

Delete them.

No, I'm not done with you yet.

For all time. Always.

Protect the Time Keepers!

This time, I finished the job.

Your a child of the Time Keepers too, Sylvie.

We can talk.

Oh yeah?

Mindless androids.

It never stops.

Then who created the TVA?

I thought this was it.

I have to tell you something.

We will figure this out.

How do you know that?

Because, uh,

Well back on Lamentis.

This is new for me.

What?

What is it?

Do it.

No.

You're gonna tell me everything.

What is this place? Where are we? Who are you?

This is the Void. That's Alioth. And we're his lunch.

Come on!

Miss Minutes, I need you to remote access

a series of restrictive files from the archives.

Ooh, doggy.

On what?

The beginning of time.

The founding of the TVA.

Right away.

Wait.

What about the end of time?

It's just a void.

What if the void isn't the end?

What if there's something beyond it?

If all of this is still being written,

whatever happens is just a new timeline.

It would be impossible to start a Nexus Event there.

You could be completely undetectable.

That's it, that's the only place they could be.

So how do we get past the void?

It's impossible.

There's nothing for the TemPad to lock onto.

No destination.

Then we go through it.

That's suicide.

Then I guess my need for you is past.

Wait!

What about the void spacecraft?

Yes, the prototype.

Great, I'll get the file.

It's a spaceship designed to withstand the temporal void.

It could conceivably take us to the end of time.

Find Loki.

Find the man behind the curtain.

And kill him.

Together.

Miss Minutes, where are the files on this time craft?

Still looking, hon.

Nothing?

Hmm, buried pretty deep.

It's highly restricted.

I might not even have clearance.

Oh no, I think you would.

If it's real.

How long?

Any second now.

Go, go, go!

Tell you what, you come out with your hands up

and I'll put you in a time loop.

Something not so bad.

You can live out your days in a good memory.

Do you have any good memories?

Just one, really.

I'd like to suggest we take a quick breather

so I can ask several thousand questions.

No, gotta keep moving so we don't die.

I can get behind that, but what's your plan?

Don't die.

Okay, understood, but beyond that.

Don't die.

Don't die isn't a plan.

It's a general demand of living.

If you're Loki's, you should always have a plan.

Will someone please explain to me

what the hell is going on?

We're running from God knows what

trying to get to God knows where,

but what I need to be doing

is trying to find a way back to the TVA!

Stop wailing or you signal Alioth.

You mean the monster in the sky?

Thank you.

This is the place where the TVA dumps its rubbish.

Everything they prune.

And, Alioth?

He ensures none of it ever returns.

The TVA doesn't care what happens here.

Surely there's something to do.

There is.

Survive, that's all there is.

All there ever was.

We're done talking, let's go.

Just do what you want, I guess.

Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Why do you wear the horns?

You'd let a child command you?

You'll do well to respect the boy.

This is his kingdom.

Right, what was your Nexus Event, your majesty?

I killed Thor.

So, why did you want to return to the TVA so badly anyway?

You leave your "glorious purpose" there?

Something like that.

I said I wasn't to be disturbed.

Well, you're not gonna be happy to see me.

He's back.

So, you're gonna prune me?

I like that idea, but you know, my standards

might be a little bit higher in that area than yours.

You know, with close personal friends.

I'm sorry, Mobius.

Timekeepers are fake.

We're all variants.

You know what would happen if we didn't prune the timeline?

What?

Chaos, death.

Free will?

Free will?

Only one person gets free will, the one in charge.

What are you doing?

What I need to do.

Wait, stop.

Look, maybe we can build this

into something better together.

I'm sorry, Mobius.

I'm not gonna let you go.

Please, Mobius.

Even with that, you're of no danger to me.

Is that what you think?

Let's see.

Yeah, you're right.

Back here again.

Go ahead.

Can you shut the door?

We still got a little bit of a situation here.

By the way, you should be careful

just jumping into a stranger's car like that.

Watch out!

I see it, I see it.

Really, because you're driving right towards it.

You really are one of you!

Hang on!

So...

After I vanquished Captain America

and Iron Man...

I claimed my prize.

All six Infinity Stones!

*Alligator Loki Growl™

That's alligator for "growling"

and saying "liar" at the same time.

Well at least my Nexus Event

wasn't eating the wrong neighbor's cat!

Woah woah woah!

Hey hey!

Tell them your story, Loki.

Me?

Nobody wants to hear about that.

I would actually.

It's just, I've been wondering

becuase I'm

Well, we're supposed to die.

Right?

Thanos kills us after Ragnarök.

Thanos...

In my timeline,

Everything proceeded correctly

my entire life until Thanos

attacked our ship.

So you didn't try to stab him?

Ha. Certainly not.

Oh take no offence my friends.

But blades are worthless

in the face of a Loki's sorcery.

They stunt our magical potential.

But they look awesome...

Oh yes.

Especially when they clatter to the ground.

Just before your neck is snapped.

I cast a projection

of myself.

So real

Even the mad titan believed it.

Then,

hid as inanimate debris.

After I faked my death,

I simply drifted in space.

Away from Thor, away from everything.

I thought about the universe

And my place in it.

And it occured to me that

everywhere I went

only pain followed.

So,

I removed myself from the equation.

Landed on a remote planet

and stayed there in isolation.

In solitude.

For a long...

long time.

How did the TVA find you?

I got lonely.

To tell you the truth:

I missed my brother.

And I wondered if he missed me,

if anybody else did.

But as soon as I took my first steps

to getting off the planet,

The TVA arrived.

Becuase we my friends

have but one part to play.

The god...

of

outcasts.

Nothing more.

The god of outcasts!

I'm going.

Going where?

Out of this place, out of the void, back at the TVA.

We may be good at surviving,

but we're also good at escaping.

I'd wager that gives me a decent chance, as any.

You won't do either.

You'll be brutally murdered.

Well, so be it.

That was my destiny to begin with.

You're different.

Why?

No, I'm not, you see.

I'm the same, really.

I'm the same as all of you.

Have any of you met a woman variant of us?

Sounds terrifying.

Oh, she is.

That's kind of what's great about her.

She's different.

She's not trying to take over the TVA.

She's trying to take it down.

And she needs me.

Now you said Alioth is what keeps us here.

You said it's a living thing.

Well, if it lives, it dies.

So I'm gonna kill the shark.

I'm gonna kill Alioth!

And I could use all the help I could get!

Yeah, baby!

Yeah!

Monsters.

Ah, hello.

Which one of us are you?

You bastard!

You led the wolves to our door!

We prefer snakes to wolves.

I've eaten both.

They die just the same.

Apologies, my liege.

I betrayed you.

And now I'm king.

About that.

You can't be serious.

Come on.

What did you expect?

That was not the bargain.

I gave you our location in exchange for shelter and supplies.

You give me your army and I take the throne.

Ah, yes.

Not so good a bargain.

How about this one?

My army, my throne.

About that.

Oh, you beef-witted half-faced scrubs.

We had a deal!

For God's sake.

Why the hell is there an alligator in here?

He's a Loki!

Damn it!

Animals!

We lie and we cheat.

We cut the throat of every person who trusts us.

And for what?

Power.

Glorious power.

Glorious purpose!

Cannot change.

We're broken.

Every version of us forever.

And whenever one of us dares try to fix themselves,

they're sent here to die.

That's why I need to get out of here.

Nothing can change until the TVA is stopped.

And you trust her.

She's the only one I do trust.

And right now, I believe she's our only chance

of stopping the TVA.

That's good enough for me.

Okay.

Okay, we'll help you.

But approaching Alioth is a

death sentence.

We'll get you to it.

But that's as far as we go.

All that time, I really believed

we were the good guys.

Annihilating entire realities.

Orphaning little girls.

Classic hero stuff.

Well, I guess when you think the ends justify the means,

there's not much you won't do.

By the way, you did some annihilating too.

I did what I had to do.

Yeah, so did I.

You hunted me like a dog.

I'm sorry about that.

Car.

What?

Along the horizon.

Is that bad?

Well, usually means cannibalistic marauders

or cannibalistic pirates.

Delightful.

Now they're slowing down.

What are they doing?

Just, just stay on guard.

Silvie.

I don't understand.

Is he a coward or was he being brave?

I'm not so sure.

You're alive.

What happened?

You okay?

Mobius!

How did you?

We thought you could do us some backup.

Oh, no, no, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

These are my friends.

Well, they're, how best to put this,

us as a child, us in the future,

and us as an alligator.

It's best not to question it.

You throw a rock out here, you hit a Loki.

So you're all after the giant cloud monster too then?

Well, we haven't decided how we're gonna kill it.

Sorry, come again.

Kill it?

Yes, we're gonna kill Alioth.

Oh my God, that was your plan.

Yeah.

And you all went along with it?

I was having my doubts.

All right, well, what's your plan then?

I think the person we're after

is beyond the void at the end of time.

And if they are, that thing is just their guard dog

protecting the only way in.

Okay, so how do we get past the guard dog?

I'm gonna enchant it.

That's insane, right?

As insane as what?

Paper cutting a giant cloud to death.

Listen, I've been down here a bit longer than you.

I'm going to enchant it.

She's pretty confident.

Okay, so what's the next move?

The TVA needs to be brought down.

We don't know who created it or where they are.

And that thing out there does.

When it hit me earlier, I linked to it.

It was brief, but I caught a glimpse of something.

And I think if I can get close enough to it,

I can enchant it.

And it's gonna take me to whoever's behind all of this.

I'm staying.

Loki, I don't even know if this is gonna work.

You go, I go.

It's happening, guys.

The branch will be right out there.

I'll give your regards to Renslayer.

Please do.

You boys want a ticket out of here?

What? No, we're staying here.

This is our home.

You sure?

What about Alioth?

We've survived this long.

We know what we're doing.

Loki, you're gonna need this on your journey.

Go on.

Good luck.

I hope you find what you're looking for.

Looks like you got away in the end.

I always do.

What will you do at the TVA?

Burn it to the ground.

Thanks for the spark.

Well, see you later, Loki.

Thank you, my friend.

You're my favorite.

Come and get me!

No! This way!

How is he doing that?

I think we're stronger than we realize.

Go!

What are you doing?

We're gonna enchant it!

I don't know how!

You do.

Because we're the same!

Glorious Purpose!

Open your eyes!

Hey, y'all!

You again?

Welcome to the Citadel at the end of time.

Come on.

Congratulations.

Y'all had an awfully long journey to get here.

He's impressed.

Who's impressed?

He who remains.

And who is he?

He created all, and he controls all.

At the end, it is only he who remains.

And he wants to offer you a deal.

He's been making a few creative adjustments,

and he's worked it out so we can reinsert both of y'all

back into the timeline in a way that won't disrupt things.

Won't disrupt things?

Mm-hmm.

The TVA can keep doing its vital work,

and y'all can live the lives you've always wanted.

And what have we always wanted?

Now, don't play coy with me, mister.

You know how you got into this mess.

What?

The Battle of New York, silly.

You versus those self-righteous Avengers?

How would you like to win, but not just there?

You can kill Thanos.

You want the Infinity Gauntlet?

Yours.

Throne of Asgard?

No problem.

What about you, Missy?

All those years on the run, desperate, alone?

How would you like to wake up tomorrow

with just a lifetime of happy memories?

Two Loki's in the same place.

We write our own destiny now.

Oh, sure you do.

Good luck with that.

This is wild.

The two of you, same person.

I mean, it's a little unnatural, but...

Come on, let's talk.

In my office.

Been a long journey for you, hasn't it?

A lot of running, a lot of pain. And you.

You're a flea on the back of a dragon.

In for one hell of a ride.

But you did manage to hang on.

Mm, I guess that counts for something.

I'm not sure you quite understand the situation.

You've lost.

We found you.

Duh.

Of course you did.

Oh, a swing and a miss.

So we're still doing that, hm?

Let's get all this out of the way.

Here we go.

You can't kill me because I already know

what's going to happen.

See?

No, we broke out of your little game.

That's how we got here.

No, wrong.

Every step you took to get here,

Lamentis, the Void...

I paved the road.

You...

You just walked down it.

Eons ago, before the TVA,

a variant of myself lived on Earth in the 31st century.

He was a scientist, and he discovered that there were

universes stacked on top of his own.

At the same time, other versions of us were learning the same thing.

Naturally, they made contact, and for a while, there was peace.

Narcissistic, self-congratulatory peace.

I love your shoes. I love your hair. Oh, man.

Nice nose. Thanks, man. Etc.

They, they shared technology and knowledge,

using the best of their universes to improve the others.

However,

not every version of me was so, so pure of heart.

Some of us, new worlds,

meant only one thing, new lands to be conquered.

The peace between realities

erupted into all-out war,

each variant fighting to preserve their universe

and annihilate the others.

This was almost the end, ladies and gentlemen,

of everything and everyone.

And then the timekeepers came along and saved us all.

No. No, this is where we diverged from the dogma.

That first variant encountered a creature

created from all the tears in reality,

capable of consuming time and space itself.

A creature

you both know.

Alioth.

Bingo.

I harnessed the beast's power and began experimenting on it.

I weaponized Alioth.

And I ended, I ended the multiversal war!

Once I isolated our timeline,

all I had to do was manage the flow of time

and prevent any further branches, hence the TVA.

So you just...

continue to prune innocent timelines?

Mm-mm.

You two would.

There's two options.

One, you kill me and destroy all this,

and you don't just have one devil,

you have an infinite amount.

Or you two, you two run the thing.

You're lying.

Why would you give up being in control?

I'm older than I look.

This game is for the young, the hungry.

I've gone through a lot of scenarios,

trying to find the right person to take this spot.

And it turns out that person came in two.

We're all villains here.

We've all done horrible, terrible, horrific things.

But now, we, you,

have a chance to do them for a good reason.

So that's it.

That's it?

This is what happens at the end of time?

And now you're just going to sit there with all that freedom

and let us decide your fate.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

What's the worst that can happen?

You either take over and my life's work continues,

or you plunge a blade in my chest and an infinite amount of me

start another multiversal war,

and I just end up right back here anyways.

Reincarnation, baby.

What are you doing?

Sylvie, hang on a moment.

Sylvie. Sylvie.

Maybe he's lying!

Maybe he's not.

The cost of getting this wrong is too great.

Fine.

Do it!

Kill me!

Take your throne!

No.

Sylvie, stop. Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

I've been where you are.

I've felt what you feel.

Don't ask me how I know.

All I know...

is I don't want to hurt you.

I don't want a throne.

I just...

I just want you to be okay.

Incredible.

Aren't you gonna beg for your life?

Um...

good, good.

See you soon...

No turning back now.

Who said anything about turning back?

For all time.

Always.

That's what, 63 new branches in this unit alone?

Does he want us to just let them all branch?

Well, at this point, how are we even gonna stop it?

We can't!

What?

What'd you say?

It's done Mobius.

We made a terrible mistake.

What's done?

We freed the timeline.

We found him.

Beyond the storm.

A citadel, at the end of time.

He's terrifying.

He planned everything.

He's seen everything.

He knows everything.

It's complicated, okay?

But someone is coming.

Countless different versions of a very dangerous person,

and they're all set on war.

We need to prepare.

Take it easy.

You're an analyst, right?

What division are you from?

What are you talking about?

Who are you?

What's your name?

Boots on the ground now. Archives.

Who are you?