Glorious Purpose
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"Glorious Purpose" is the first episode of the American television series Loki, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Loki. It follows an alternate version of the character, who created a new timeline during the events of Avengers: Endgame, as he is arrested by the mysterious Time Variance Authority. The episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise.
Following the Battle of New York in 2012, Loki escapes with the Tesseract, creating a branched timeline. He is quickly arrested by officers of the Time Variance Authority and brought to their headquarters, where he cannot use his magic. Loki learns from the TVA mascot Miss Minutes that the TVA maintains a singular timeline called the "Sacred Timeline" that has been shaped by the Time-Keepers to prevent a multiversal war between different timelines. They do this by resetting branched timelines and the variants who cause them.
Loki faces trial for crimes against the Sacred Timeline, with Ravonna Renslayer as the judge. He initially does not take the proceedings seriously, before blaming the Avengers, whose own time traveling caused him to come into contact with the Tesseract. Renslayer dismisses these claims, explaining that the Avengers' actions followed the Sacred Timeline while Loki's did not. She finds him guilty and sentences him to be reset, but TVA Agent Mobius M. Mobius intervenes as he thinks this variant Loki could be of use to them.
In the Time Theater, Mobius questions Loki's past misdeeds and revisits moments from Loki's life, such as his defeat at the hands of the Avengers. Loki says he wants to rule so he can free his would-be subjects from the burden of making wrong choices. Mobius questions if Loki enjoys hurting others, but Loki rails against the TVA's control of the timeline and insists that he has the power to make his own choices. Mobius reveals that in Loki's intended future, he inadvertently causes the death of his adoptive mother Frigga.
Loki attempts to escape until he realizes that the Tesseract and other Infinity Stones are powerless when compared to the TVA's power. He returns to the Time Theater and views the rest of his intended future, including his improved relationship with his adoptive brother Thor, the death of his adoptive father Odin, and his own death at the hands of Thanos. Loki realizes that he cannot return to his timeline, and agrees to help Mobius hunt the killer of several TVA officers, who has been stealing the technology they use to reset timelines. Mobius reveals that this fugitive is another variant of Loki.
Following the Battle of New York in 2012, Loki escapes with the Tesseract, creating a branched timeline. He is quickly arrested by officers of the Time Variance Authority and brought to their headquarters, where he cannot use his magic. Loki learns from the TVA mascot Miss Minutes that the TVA maintains a singular timeline called the "Sacred Timeline" that has been shaped by the Time-Keepers to prevent a multiversal war between different timelines. They do this by resetting branched timelines and the variants who cause them.
Loki faces trial for crimes against the Sacred Timeline, with Ravonna Renslayer as the judge. He initially does not take the proceedings seriously, before blaming the Avengers, whose own time traveling caused him to come into contact with the Tesseract. Renslayer dismisses these claims, explaining that the Avengers' actions followed the Sacred Timeline while Loki's did not. She finds him guilty and sentences him to be reset, but TVA Agent Mobius M. Mobius intervenes as he thinks this variant Loki could be of use to them.
In the Time Theater, Mobius questions Loki's past misdeeds and revisits moments from Loki's life, such as his defeat at the hands of the Avengers. Loki says he wants to rule so he can free his would-be subjects from the burden of making wrong choices. Mobius questions if Loki enjoys hurting others, but Loki rails against the TVA's control of the timeline and insists that he has the power to make his own choices. Mobius reveals that in Loki's intended future, he inadvertently causes the death of his adoptive mother Frigga.
Loki attempts to escape until he realizes that the Tesseract and other Infinity Stones are powerless when compared to the TVA's power. He returns to the Time Theater and views the rest of his intended future, including his improved relationship with his adoptive brother Thor, the death of his adoptive father Odin, and his own death at the hands of Thanos. Loki realizes that he cannot return to his timeline, and agrees to help Mobius hunt the killer of several TVA officers, who has been stealing the technology they use to reset timelines. Mobius reveals that this fugitive is another variant of Loki.