A real gamechanger for this series.
When the last episode left off, Miss Minutes promised to reveal something shocking to Ravonna Renslayer. As this episode starts it lives up to that promise and what is revealed is not only a huge twist but is one that changes the direction this season is going. This is simply a great twist and one that opens the episode on a great note. It is not the only great twist here. There are quite a few twists along the way, with some of them even being surpassingly dark and compelling. This all leads up to a quite surprising and well-done ending. This episode also does a wonderful job of continuing what happens when our "heroes" get a hold of a variant of Kang. Even with all the great twists in this episode, the episode is also full of quite a few character moments. The conversation between Loki and Sylvi in the automat is simply wonderful and does a great job at exploring who these characters are and how they adapt to this more heroic role they find themselves in. This episode is also very atmospheric with wonderful uses of lighting. The use of lighting throughout this episode does a wonderful job of creating a darker more suspenseful feel to this episode. This is especially true of the scene with Loki and Sylvi in the automat, where the lights going on and off create a visual interest in a dialogue heavy scene.
I still find Jonathan Majors' performance as this Kang variant to be very off putting and forced. It can really take me out of the more serious scenes. The humorous moments in this episode also tend to fall quite flat here with none of them actually making me laugh.
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