Wandavision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier were good, but lacked that extra oomph (the former started with it but fumbled a bit and had a somehow unfulfilling finale, the latter suffered from a bit of a wonky pacing) - Loki has that, and then some.
Beyond the exciting setup for the future of the MCU, this series is just one big great character moment. Loki himself, Sylvie, Mobius, they all have well-defined, satisfying arcs, with multiple "damn that's good" show-don't-tell character development moments.
Couple that with great performances - this is Tom Hiddleston at his best, with fantastic chemistry with Owen Wilson -, and this is easily one of the best things to come out of the MCU. It wasn't until watching this that I realized how much I enjoy Hiddleston's Loki, and he's clearly having a blast here,
It does fall victim to MCU-isms every now and then, but at this point this is inevitable (heh) and par for the course really.
I'm... actually excited for whatever the fuck happens at Phase 4. Me, who after Endgame thought "ok, that's it, it's over, they can't possibly hype people again after this"
Well, they're doing it. Bastards.
This season gets amazingly stupid at points: characters acting idiotically, some straight out soap opera shit every now and then. There's also zero nuance to the writing, it's rather black and white. That is the point to be fair, to depict the robbers as the good guys but when the colonel is a hypocritical asshole, the chief inspector is a torturer, and turns out to be a complete madwoman, the chief of security of the bank is literally a blood-thirsty psycopath (LITERALLY), I feel like the writers are taking the easy way out on the whole making the robber feel like the heroes.
However, when the actual heist is front and center, and the crazy plans are put into motion, it's amazingly entertaining. Not only that, but some of the character interactions and developments are fun to watch. Not all of them sadly, due to the stupidity I mentioned above.
Whether or not those positives make it worth it to struggle with the flaws, is a matter of personal preference. I enjoyed my time with it, and will be watching the next season, whenever the hell that comes out.
