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Loki
Season One
TV · 2021 · Phase Four
After stealing the Tesseract during the Avengers' 2012 time heist, the 2012 variant of Loki is captured by the Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that polices the timeline on behalf of the mysterious "Time-Keepers." Forced to help hunt down a dangerous variant of himself who is sabotaging the Sacred Timeline, Loki is drawn into a conspiracy that exposes the truth behind the TVA and threatens to unleash a multiverse of alternate realities. The season ends with the TVA's true master, He Who Remains, dead at Sylvie's hand and the Sacred Timeline branching freely for the first time.
Follows on from
- Avengers: Endgametimeline-branch — The alternate 2012 Loki's escape with the Tesseract during Endgame's botched time heist creates the divergent timeline branch that the TVA forms to police, and that the season's entire plot revolves around.
Leads to
- Loki: Season Twodirect-sequel — Picks up moments after Sylvie kills He Who Remains and shatters the Sacred Timeline into branches, sending Loki fleeing through time back into a TVA thrown into chaos.
- Ouroboros — S02E01direct-sequel — Picks up immediately after Loki season 1's finale, with Loki reeling from Sylvie killing He Who Remains and the Sacred Timeline branching uncontrollably.