Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Loki Season 2 Episode 4, which is now streaming on Disney+.
Loki Episode 4 ended on a shocking cliffhanger that Marvel producer Kevin Wright says will impact the rest of Season 2 and allow the story to go to "some profound places" in its final chapters.
Episode 4 of Loki Season 2, Heart of the TVA, sees the TVA's Temporal Loom reach catastrophic failure, leading to the death of a major character and the possible destruction of at least one, if not all, universes in the MCU. The show's heroes watch in horror as the Loom explodes, and then the episode abruptly fades to black.
With no post-credits scene and only two episodes left of the season, viewers will have to wait a whole week to witness what happens next. Fortunately, Wright gave GamesRadar a teaser, explaining that this event accelerates the story and opens the door to cover "new ground" leading up to the finale on November 9.
"This idea of story acceleration. If the season seems like it's going to be about fixing that Temporal Loom, what if that just... breaks right in the middle of the season and everything goes wrong?" Wright quizzed. "Not only did it allow us a really great cliffhanger, but where you go after that is totally new territory then."
"If the first four episodes of season 2 are about things falling apart or not working; choices being made that maybe aren't the right choices, then the back half can really allow us to go to some, hopefully, profound places," he explained further, adding that "it's gonna be new ground" moving forward through the season.
Episode 4 sets up the final two episodes of Season 2 while simultaneously tearing up the rulebook, leaving viewers to sit on their feelings until the next chapter arrives. The general consensus from the crowd was shock and disbelief, especially over the fact they have to "wait another week after that ending."
One thing about episode 4 of marvel shows is that they’re gonna leave you in a cliffhanger?? #LokiS2 #LokiSeason2 #Loki pic.twitter.com/IuON5FEHBF
— ???????✖️✖️// GEN V/Loki/OFMD ERA?⏳?? (@giselleb1234) October 27, 2023
WHAT JUST HAPPENED??!!! #LokiSeason2 #loki #LokiS2 pic.twitter.com/wrUMtCHc8P
— ⭒✩⭒ (@BlizzardOfBlue) October 27, 2023
This episode 4 ending with that cliffhanger was EPIC when I tell you I was GAGGED like this is REAL TELEVISION ???? #Loki #LokiSeason2 #LokiS2 pic.twitter.com/6B0Kih9vyJ
— ???????✖️✖️// GEN V/Loki/OFMD ERA?⏳?? (@giselleb1234) October 27, 2023
#Loki
— Rose ✪ ४ Loki era (@RoseBarnes94) October 27, 2023
The fear, the helplessness, the shaking, the flickering, the music pic.twitter.com/g8h29cJ5Bw
#Loki
— Jordan Jones (@jordnjnes) October 27, 2023
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WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ENDING?!! DID THE TIMELINE JUST RESET?! pic.twitter.com/2YWFBabANR
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— Jack (-_•) (@captaincupkicks) October 27, 2023
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ENDING IT LIKE THAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME it's like they're trying to absolutely destroy me I'm gonna go insane for the next episode #Loki pic.twitter.com/HQ4j1fNj5a
How about that #Loki Ep 4 cliffhanger! Among my favorite moments from the MCU TV shows so far pic.twitter.com/KmbVNGZyri
— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) October 27, 2023
WAIT NAH NAH NAH SUN WE CAN’T JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT WHAT HAPPENS I CAN’T WAIT A WEEK. #Loki #LokiSeason2 #LokiS2 pic.twitter.com/zjDIaEbApa
— It Was All a Dream, I Used to Read Wizard Magazine (@UpToTASK) October 27, 2023
IM ACTUALLY WE MY JAW ON THE FLOOR #loki pic.twitter.com/YNeKZuX8bJ
— jenn || pain hustlers spoilers (@cocapitanas) October 27, 2023
now we have to wait another week after that ending i don’t think i can #loki pic.twitter.com/dx2eHmgJXY
— vili ! loki spoilers (@jamietqrtt) October 27, 2023
IGN's review of Loki Season 2 Episodes 1-4 noted that "Tom Hiddleston's Loki is back for more multiversal shenanigans, but the absence of director Kate Herron seems to have sapped the wily fun from his Disney+ spinoff," making it "an obedient, uninteresting cog in the MCU's increasingly unwieldy mega-structure."
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X @AdeleAnkers.
