The second episode of Loki Season 2 is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar Malaysia. I’ll be discussing heavy spoilers so if you haven’t seen it or want to avoid spoilers, now’s your chance to stop reading. Check out my spoiler-free review of Loki Season 2 here.

The synopsis reads:

“Loki” Season 2 picks up in the aftermath of the shocking season finale when Loki finds himself in a battle for the soul of the Time Variance Authority. Along with Mobius, Hunter B-15 and a team of new and returning characters, Loki navigates an ever expanding and increasingly dangerous multiverse in search of Sylvie, Judge Renslayer, Miss Minutes and the truth of what it means to possess free will and glorious purpose.

In the meantime, check out my breakdown of Loki Season 2 Episode 1 here.

Check out my spoiler-free review of Secret Invasion here. The first season will consist of six episodes. Check out my breakdown of Secret Invasion Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4 and Episode 5 here.

Check out my breakdown of She-Hulk Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8 here, and Episode 9 here.

Check out my breakdown of Ms. Marvel Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5 and Episode 6 here.

Also, check out my breakdowns of Moon Knight Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5 and Episode 6 here.

You can check out my previous breakdowns of Hawkeye Episodes 1 and 2 here, Episode 3 here, Episode 4 here and Episode 5. and Episode 6 here.

In addition, you can check out my previous breakdowns of Marvel’s What If? Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8 and Episode 9 here.

If you haven’t, you can check out my previous breakdowns and easter egg articles for WandaVision Episode 1 and 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8 and Episode 9.

For The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, you can check out my previous breakdowns for Episode 1, Episode 2 and Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5 and Episode 6.

For previous breakdowns of Loki episodes, check out Episode 1 here, Episode 2 here, Episode 3 here, Episode 4 here, Episode 5 here and Episode 6 here.

Who Is Zaniac?

In the comics, Zaniac is the name of a demonic entity that would possess human hosts and turn them into killer monsters. One of these humans was an actor named Brad Wolfe. The comic that featured his first appearance was published in 1982, so that’s likely the year this entire sequence in Loki Season 2 will be set in as well.

That’s actor Rafael Casal playing Brad Wolfe. In the MCU, it seems like Zaniac is just a fictional movie character played by Brad Wolfe in 1977. Loki and Mobius is there to apprehend him because he’s apparently a TVA hunter named X-5 who went rogue to become an actor in the 70s in the Sacred Timeline.

Sylvie Is Working At A McDonald’s In A Branched Timeline In Broxton, Oklahoma in 1977

It turns out that she’s there living in peace as a fast-food restaurant worker.

General Dox And Her Hunters Are Pruning The Branching Timelines

So, that’s where she went back in Loki Season 2 Episode 1. At the end of the episode, General Dox manages to destroy many of the branching timelines before Loki, Sylvie and Mobius can stop them.

The episode ends with Sylvie going back to her McDonald’s and refusing to join Loki’s mission to stabilise the Temporal Loom.

Until the next episode, excelsior!