Glorious Purpose (Loki Season One)

Glorious Purpose is the first episode of the first season of Loki.
==Synopsis==
After stealing the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame, Loki lands before the Time Variance Authority.
==Plot==
The actions of Avengers from an alternate timeline have allowed Loki to acquire the Tesseract and use it to escape from custody, landing in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. As Loki finds himself surrounded by the native villagers there, the Time Variance Authority troops emerge from portals. They brand Loki as "Variant" and intend to arrest him for "Crimes Against the Sacred Timeline." Loki attempts to fight his way out, but Hunter B-15 alters his body's flow of time with Time Twister. The TVA then plants a charge to reset the timeline before taking Loki in.
Unable to escape, Loki gets brought to the Time Variance Authority Office, while the Tesseract gets confiscated. During the processing, Loki gets stripped of his Asgardian Armor, undergoes a test of being an organic being, before being brought to the waiting room. He watches an introduction video with Miss Minutes, explaining that TVA was founded by the Time-Keepers following an inter-timeline war, with the intention to uphold the order in the reorganized Multiverse. The TVA is responsible for watching out for any alterations of the Sacred Timeline and hunting down the Variants, before they can causee a nexus event that can lead to branching timelines and another multiversal conflict.
Mobius M. Mobius investigates a nexus event in a 1549 France when a Minuteman notifies him that the variant Loki has been captured. At the TVA courtroom, Loki accuses the Avengers of altering the timeline, but Ravonna Renslayer dismisses it, claiming that the Avengers' actions were predetermined, while Loki's escape was not. As Loki fails to use his magic against the TVA, Renslayer sentences him to be erased form the timeline, but Mobius intervenes. In an interrogation room, Mobius talks to Loki about his superiority complex and desire to hurt others, showing him various clips of the original Loki's life to undermine his superiority complex. Loki questions the authenticity of the Time-Keepers, arguing that it was by choice and not fate that led him to become who he is.
Mobius then shows him what eventually happened in the original timeline: being incarcerated in an Asgardian Catacombs, Loki indirectly causes the death of Frigga. An appaled Loki denies it, but Mobius tells him that all of it was intended to happen in the timeline, created by the Time-Keepers. B-15 summons Mobius to discuss a fallen Minutemen unit, so Loki uses his opportunity to escape. He threatens Casey to retrieve the Tesseract, bu then finds an extensive collection of dormant Infinity Stones. This causes him to contemplate recognizing the TVA as the most tremendous power in the universe.
B-15 arrives at the office and tries to erase Loki, but Loki teleports himself back into the interrogation room using the Twister. Observing the TVA file of his original self's life, he surfs further past Frigga's death. He tears up as he witnesses bonding moments Loki had with Odin and Thor, his membership in the Revengers, until he reaches the end of the recording, his death to Thanos. B-15 soon arrives and attacks the Asgardian, but he transfers his collar to the TVA soldier, teleporting her out of the room. As Mobius approaches him, Loki admits that he does not enjoy hurting people and simply wants to hide his weakness. Mobius reecruits Loki to respond to a renegade Loki Variant, having attacked Minutemen in 1858 Oklahoma before they can reset the timeline there.
==Cast==
Main Cast:
*Tom Hiddleston as Loki / Loki
*Sophia Di Martino as Sylvie Laufeydottir (uncredited)
*Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer
*Wunmi Mosaku as Hunter B-15
*Eugene Cordero as Casey
*Tara Strong as Miss Minutes (voice)
*Owen Wilson as Mobius M. Mobius
Guest Stars:
*Derek Russo as Hunter U-92
*Erika Coleman as Florence Schaffner
*Mumkhshur Bolbaatar as Gobi Villager
*Josh Fadem as Martin
*Raphael Luce as French Boy
*Jon Levine as Paperwork Clerk
*Aaron Beelner as Scanner Clerk
*Philip Fornah as Minuteman #1
*Dave MacDonald as Minuteman #2
*Michelle Rose as Minuteman #3
*Eric Jepson as Minuteman #4
*Hannah Aslesen as Minuteman #5
*Daniel Newman as Minuteman #18
*Ravi Naidu as Analyst #3
*Reese Giles as TVA Office Employee (uncredited)
*Alexandra McGuire as Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
*Unknown voice actor as William A. Scott (uncredited)
*Unknown actor as Skrull Variant (uncredited)
*Unknown animal actor as Paperwork Clerk's Cat (uncredited)
*Unknown actor as TVA Judge #1 (uncredited)
*Unknown actor as TVA Judge #2 (uncredited)
*Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man / Tony Stark/Iron Man (archive footage; uncredited)
*Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America / Loki (archive footage; uncredited)
*Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk (archive footage; uncredited)
*Chris Hemsworth as Thor / Thor (archive footage; uncredited)
*Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (archive footage; uncredited)
*Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye (archive footage; uncredited)
*Frank Grillo as Agent Brock Rumlow (archive footage; uncredited)
*Maximiliano Hernández as Agent Jasper Sitwell (archive footage; uncredited)
*Robert Redford as Undersecretary Alexander Pierce (archive footage; uncredited)
*Carmelo Oquendo as Cox (archive footage; uncredited)
*Matthew Berry as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent (archive footage; uncredited)
*Keith Wallace as Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (archive footage; uncredited)
*Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man (archive footage; uncredited)
*Stellan Skarsgård as Doctor Erik Selvig (archive footage; uncredited)
*Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Algrim/Kurse (archive footage; uncredited)
*Dieter Riesle as Heinrich Schäfer (archive footage; uncredited)
*Chuck Morsher as Stuttgart Biergarten Patron (archive footage; uncredited)
*Ashley Johnson as Beth (archive footage; uncredited)
*Shane Thompson as Kneeling Pedestrian (archive footage; uncredited)
*Anthony Hopkins as Odin (archive footage; uncredited)
*Rene Russo as Queen Frigga (archive footage; uncredited)
*Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif (archive footage; uncredited)
*Josh Brolin as Thanos (archive footage; uncredited)
*Tessa Thompson as Brunnhilde/Valkyrie (archive footage; uncredited)
*Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson (archive footage; uncredited)
*Douglas Robson as Duhg (archive footage; uncredited)
*Monique Ganderton as Proxima Midnight (archive footage; uncredited)
*Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw (archive footage; uncredited)
==Appearances==
===Locations===
*Time Variance Authority Office
*Earth
**New York City, New York
***Stark Tower
***Chrysler Building
**Gobi Desert, Mongolia
**Aix-en-Provence, France
**Salina, Oklahoma
**Seattle, Washington (flashback)
*** (flashback)
**Stuttgart, Germany (footage)
**Norway (footage)
*Asgard (footage)
**Royal Palace of Valaskjalf (footage)
***Asgardian Dungeons (footage)
**Rainbow Bridge (footage)
**Asgardian Theater (footage)
*Sakaar (footage)
**Sakaar City (footage)
***Grandmaster Palace (footage)
*Svartalfheim (footage)
*Jotunheim (mentioned)
===Events===
*Time Heist
**Theft of the Space Stone
*Capture of Loki
*Release of the Multiverse
**Ambush on the Minutemen
*Multiversal War (depiction)
*D.B. Cooper Hijacking (flashback) 
*Chitauri Invasion (footage)
**Skirmish in Germany (footage)
**Attack on the Helicarrier (footage)
**Battle of New York (footage)
*Second Dark Elf Conflict (footage)
**Sacking of Asgard (footage)
*Ragnarök (footage)
**Skirmish in Norway (footage)
**Battle for Asgard (footage)
*Infinity War (footage)
**Attack on the Statesman (footage)
===Items===
*Asgardian Armor
*Asgardian Collar
*Infinity Stones
**Space Stone
***Tesseract
**Reality Stone
**Power Stone
**Mind Stone
***Scepter (footage)
**Time Stone
*TemPad
*Timedoor
*Time Stick
*Time Collar
*Time Twister
*Reset Charge
*Processing Droid
*TVA Holoprojector
*Chrono Monitor
*Kablooie
*Quantum Ore Shovel
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*Bulletproof Vest
*Vibranium
**Captain America's Shield
*Captain America's Uniform
*Uru
**Mjølnir
**Infinity Gauntlet (footage)
**Gungnir (footage)
*Arc Reactor
**Tony Stark's New Element
*Ant-Man Suit
**Pym Particles
*Time-Space GPS
**Advanced Tech Suit
*Iron Man Armor: Mark VII (footage)
*Horned Helmet (footage)
*Loki's Blades (footage)
*Hawkeye's Bow and Quiver (footage)
*Black Widow's Bite (footage)
*Destroyer Armor Prototype Gun (footage)
*Retina Extractor (footage)
*Kurse Stone (footage)
*Sif's Sword (footage)
*Black Hole Grenade (footage)
*Valkyrie's Armor (footage)
*Dragonfang (footage)
*Proxima Midnight's Spear (footage)
*Chitauri Helmet (footage and animated)
*Einherjar Shield (footage)
===Concepts===
*Odinforce (footage)
*Bifrost Bridge (flashback)
*Temporal Aura
*Wormhole
*Time Travel
===Vehicles===
*Time Variance Authority Mail Cart
*Damocles Base (footage)
*Helicarrier (footage)
*Dark Elf Harrow (footage)
*Asgardian Skiff (footage)
*Statesman (footage)
*Humvee (footage)
* (flashback)
===Sentient Species===
*Frost Giants
*Humans
*Asgardians
*Skrulls
*Chitauri (footage and animated)
*Dark Elves (footage)
*Titans (footage)
*Kree (animated)
===Creatures===
*Cats
*Dogs (mentioned)
*Frost Beasts (depiction)
* (mentioned)
*Fish (mentioned)
===Organizations===
*Time Variance Authority
**Minutemen
**Time Variance Authority Narrative Commission
*Avengers
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
**STRIKE
*HYDRA
*Avengers
*Stark Industries
*New York City Police Department
*Asgardian Royal Family
*WHJN
*Time-Keepers (depiction)
*Einherjar (footage)
*Revengers (footage)
*Black Order (footage)
*Berserkers (corpses; footage)
*A.I.M. (mentioned)
* (mentioned)
===Mentioned===
*Phil Coulson
*Heimdall / Heimdall
*Frigga
*Destroyer
*Heinrich Schäfer
==Music==
Song title 	Artist 	Location(s)
That Suit 	Alan Silvestri 	
*Loki is apprehended by the Avengers and escapes with the Tesseract.
En Voiture Simone	Alain Bernard Denis	
*Loki is ordered to take a ticket and witnesses the pruning of a man without a ticket.
 	Kodály Quartet 	
*Loki and Mobius in the elevator.
==Videos==
“Introducing Agent Mobius” Clip - Marvel Studios’ Loki - Disney+
“Variant Identified” Clip - Marvel Studios’ Loki - Disney+
“How Do You Plead?” Clip - Marvel Studios’ Loki - Disney+
==Trivia==
*This episode of Loki shares its title with the Season Two finale.
*Loki crash landing in a desert is an homage to Iron Man's escape from the Ten Rings Base in Iron Man.Kate Herron on Twitter
*After being captured by the Time Variance Authority, Loki is forced to watch the life of his counterpart in the TVA Holoprojector. The film reel depicting Loki's life is titled LOKI LAUFEYSON - EARTH-616; a nod to the main Marvel Comic Universe, Earth-616.Loki: 1.01: Glorious Purpose
==Behind the Scenes==
*In an alternate opening, before the Battle of New York, Loki is in Stark Tower and turns after looking in a mirror and says "Glorious".Loki Director Reveals Tom Hiddleston's Deleted Opening Scene In Stark Tower (Exclusive)
*Kate Herron revealed that Miss Minutes would originally come out of the screen during the presentation that Loki watched in this episode, however they thought it would be too crazy and they reserved it for the second episode.'Loki' Director Talks Loki Being Bisexual, Sylvie's Comic Origins and That Cliffhanger (Exclusive)
*Eric Martin, a staff writer, revealed that a scene of Loki getting pummeled by Throg was filmed, intended to be part of the footage Loki was shown through the TVA Holoprojector, although it was cut for pacing issues.Eric Martin on Twitter
*In the Loki episode of Assembled, concept art revealed that more aliens and characters were to fill up the waiting room, including a time displaced Rocket.The Making of 'Loki': 10 Things We Learned From the Behind-the-Scenes Show on Disney+ Herron revealed that this was something simply thrown in as a suggestion; adding that it was not Rocket "specifically". The scene ultimately only featured Loki and Josh Fadem's character due to COVID restrictions.Loki Director Explains That Rocket Raccoon Tease In Series Concept Art (Exclusive)
==References==
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