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Would Sylvie be able to visit? As Loki reminded her, she's also a god.
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2 hours ago, paigow said:
What did Adult Chicago Victor Timely do after Loki absorbed all the branches? Stayed at TVA? Stuck in a timeloop - always getting the book?
We saw that the child Victor did not get the book; he kept making candles. He may still be a genius or an impresario, but unless something changes, that Victor Timely will not have access to the TVA guide.
However the yellow-covered 2nd edition of the TVA Guide says it's authored by Ouroboros and Victor Timely, so his previous contributions remain.
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10 hours ago, Gummo said:
WHY did all the TVA people get amnesia when they were bounced out of the TVA? WHY are they all on variant timelines, not the original, sacred timeline? So were those their real lives or just more variant nonsense?
Haven't we been told they were all variants since the 1st season? B-15 got very upset when she found out, Mobius didn't want to know who he had been, etc.
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9 minutes ago, possibilities said:
I had not heard about this, so I looked it up. I am guessing the NYT article upthread has a paywall, but these don't:
https://news.yahoo.com/speaker-mike-johnson-explained-why-102654162.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/what-s-up-with-speaker-mike-johnson-s-black-son/ar-AA1iVmkt
I always "gift" NYT articles, so everyone should be able to read it, too (that's why it has a lengthy url with "unlocked" in it): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/us/politics/mike-johnson-house-speaker-son.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6Uw.IyqS.-WuvYGcYV7Fk&smid=nytcore-android-share
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9 hours ago, paigow said:
Team Loki killed this Renslayer variant before the Loom exploded... if a new / rebooted TVA emerges... will there be a Renslayer in it?
She was pruned, not killed, so she should be in the Void.
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24 minutes ago, Fostersmom said:
The bigger question to me wasn't that he had black son, it was this son is a grown man who is 11 years younger than Mike Johnson? Did I hear that right?
He uses him as an excuse for some of his political positions. And don't miss The Blind Side reference (which hasn't aged well): On Race, Mike Johnson Says His Views Were Shaped by Raising a Black Child https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/us/politics/mike-johnson-house-speaker-son.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6Uw.IyqS.-WuvYGcYV7Fk&smid=nytcore-android-share
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1 hour ago, Apathy said:
Yeah, I thought the same thing. I don't think JAJ was in any of the other sketches either, except for the Lake Beach one. Maybe he was out sick?
He was in the Washington sketch.
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2 hours ago, Ariah said:
Neither is McDonalds, yet they went there past episode…
On the other hand, hot cocoa from a machine would be a novelty to Timely, a person from the past. I can see how something average to us would be groundbreaking to them.
He didn't even care about how it tasted as he immediately gave it away; he just wanted to see how the machine operated.
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On 10/15/2023 at 10:59 AM, gail56 said:
Which leads me to, how was it decided which variants would work for the TVA and which ones would be tried and pruned?
Maybe we'll find that out with Mobius.
Speaking of which, I think that Brad said that Mobius was taken from the Sacred Timeline (ST). But that's not how this works, correct? He would have been a variant taken from a to-be-pruned branch, and his doppelganger (or original, or whatever) would have lived out his life, however long that was, on the Sacred Timeline. To remove people from the ST in order to obtain TVA agents might have had a butterfly effect, or even created a new branch. This must mean that TVA Brad did something to the ST Brad in order to take his place, right? Or am I just confused?
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On 10/15/2023 at 12:22 PM, peeayebee said:
In the opening credits, this is the first time Michael Che has been first right? I got a chuckle out of hearing, "Michael Che! Mikey Day!"
15 hours ago, heatherchandler said:They are alphabetical. Was someone else in between them before?
14 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:Yes. Pete Davidson used to fall alphabetically between Michael Che and Mikey Day.
The finale of season 47, in May 22, was Pete's last episode
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21 minutes ago, SomeTameGazelle said:
It was a little distracting in the beach sketch that Pete took a call on a cell phone and yet they were inexplicably waiting for Ego to fetch a camera to take buried Andrew's photo.
Yes! When Ego went to get the camera, I wondered if this skit was taking place in the past, before cellphones, and then he pulled his out.
I also thought that there might be a point at which Pete confessed relief that he was no longer bound to his grandmother's bean farm.
8 hours ago, Galileo908 said:I also couldn't take my eyes off of Pete's fingers. Are they naturally that long?
8 hours ago, Kleav said:They looked rubbery too. Strange.
That's because they were rubber. They were definitely fake. Probably a slight homage to the hotdog fingers in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
I thought that Heidi's costume in the spaceship skit was great.
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23 minutes ago, HDJulie said:
Why do they need Sylvie?
I think it's the fact that Loki saw her at the TVA in the future, before he was purged and stopped time-slipping. But it's not at all clear to me.
Also, now that Dox and Co. purged most of the branches, shouldn't the Time Loom be stable for now, until the Sacred Timeline starts branching again?
And how did Brad know he was Brad? Since all the agents/hunters are variants, did he kill the "real" Sacred Timeline Brad and take his place?
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I feel like I'm missing some information. How did Mobius and Loki zero in on "Brad" and no one else? Was Brad loyal to Dox, but also planning to stay on the timeline as an actor? (would Dox have allowed that?) How was Sylvie's timeline still there after all the pruning? Just luck? And what would happen if she tried to return to a pruned timeline?
Also, when Loki was giving the big windup about how he was going to torture Brad with the device, why didn't Brad at least try to unlock the "locked" door to get outside to Mobius, who he thought would rescue him? He thought the door was locked from the inside, correct?
How were the doors to the Time Loom opened last time? Wasn't "He Who Remains" dead then, too?
To me, this was a very choppy episode.
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When Gerry said he would be interacting with the 15 remaining contestants, I was confused, because there were 16 left after last week:
https://people.com/the-golden-bachelor-marina-explains-why-she-left-show-after-week-1-8348751
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On 10/6/2023 at 2:32 PM, libgirl2 said:
As I have gotten older, my night vision isn't that good anymore and I'm right near 60. When my manager decided we should work one night shift a week (this department has NEVER worked late unless someone chose to). I explained that some of us who are older have poor night vision. She said "age is no excuse" and pretty much shut me up. I can't imagine how it will be in 5 or 10 more years.
Are you sure that you aren't developing cataracts? They can really affect night vision.
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4 hours ago, SnarkShark said:
What "both timelines"? It's one timeline. Just different times in it.
"Both time periods." You are correct.
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2 hours ago, tkc said:
Also, what about Casey's description of Loki's time slipping? Before the opening credits, Casey is taking Loki to see Mobius and B-15. As he walks away from Loki, we hear a whoosh and Casey turns to see Loki gone. However, when Casey meets up with Mobius:
CASEY: Hey, uh, Mobius? Loki was just here looking for you.
MOBIUS: Loki's here?
CASEY: He was, and then he disappeared.
B-15: I don't understand.
CASEY: He disappeared right in front of me. He looked like he was in pain.
Either an editing/directing error, or Casey embellishes! 😲
The only way I could explain it is that 1) he didn't mean "right in front of me" literally, but meant colloquially, as in "we were just together, and then in a second, he was gone" and 2) "He looked like he was in pain" was either a reference to how Loki looked when he time slipped/appeared in front of Casey, which Casey did see, because he said "Loki?" in a somewhat shocked manner, and/or to the mental pain that Loki seemed to be in directly after when he peppered Casey with questions.
I'm fine with my explanation for #2, but #1 could be an error.
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Did anyone else notice that OB is wearing what appears to be a watch on his left wrist in both time
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On 10/6/2023 at 9:15 AM, kay1864 said:
I just realized: 1. People don’t age while in the TVA (which we probably could have inferred, since they’re outside of time). 2. People work there for hundreds of years and somehow don’t get bored?
also… Why does OB remember Mobius, but not vice versa? Sounds like Mobius has had his memory wiped more than once?
OB hasn't even slept for 400 years!
Perhaps since OB has been alone for so long, no one remembered to reset his memory
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36 minutes ago, Athena said:
If anything the success of the show and the publicity around the arrests may boost sales. Another producer will step in to fill the gap because the show has potential to be a hit. Donna is not a flight risk so she may be able to transition things after she gets bail.
Hopefully Johnathan will be able to handle the pressure (unless Oliver intends to keep the role.)
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On 10/3/2023 at 10:21 AM, peeayebee said:
I wish it had been a complete surprise, that Donna only thought she was protecting Cliff when she confessed.
On 10/3/2023 at 2:22 PM, shapeshifter said:But, to me, that would have stolen the glory of Loretta’s same selfless act.
Exactly.
On 10/3/2023 at 7:48 PM, Frost said:I sure hope Loretta doesn't bail on the play after one performance! She should stay for at least a couple of months.
Is the play still continuing? With both producers under arrest (and Jonathan given another chance as the lead?) I figured that opening night, despite its success, would also be closing night.
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1 hour ago, aghst said:
They did show her spending a lot more time with Grace and she was with Grace at some key moment I think.
Both Holly and Grace were at Ava's house when they found out from an extremely agitated Luke that Maya had gone into premature labor. Holly got "out of their way" and left. Grace calmly texted Ava's grandmother to come provide transportation to the hospital, helped Ava pack Luke's baby bag, and went with them to the hospital.
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On 9/26/2023 at 1:09 PM, aghst said:
So they ended with a lot of things kind of unresolved.
They could probably continue making the show to see how things turn out for these characters.
I guess the poignant thing was Luke losing it and screaming and cursing at his crying infant son, repeating the same thing Paul did with him.
(well Luke was never an infant on the show but he was very young in season 1).
Paul and Ally get in a big fight because Paul arranges for Luke to quit his program in Manchester and come back in 2 years. Ally is livid that Paul didn't consult with her, because she thinks Luke will never go back, because the son will still be young and he will be working and will have to keep working to provide for his family.
So Paul is making it easier for Luke to quit, according to her.
Jim learns to cook from Paul first and then Ava, while Jackie wanders off, causing everyone to panic. She said she's alright, just went to the supermarket. But she's bought dog food for the family dog which died 40 years ago.
Paul and Ally realize that they're going to have to assume all kinds of financial burden, help out Luke and Maya and their baby, help get care for his elderly parents.
Paul says he doesn't want to work until he's 75 and just want time for himself and Ally.
But they offer to take the baby for a couple of nights so Luke and Maya could have some peace only to be both wide awake at 3 AM when the infant cries.
Which is what Luke and Maya had been facing and what eventually led to Luke screaming and cursing at his son.
So don't breed if you ever want time for yourself? Because it never ends, the familial responsibilities?
And Ava told Grace that she loves her!
One of the best things that Ally and Paul can do for Luke and Maya is to offer to keep Jay at their house overnight once a week on a regular basis, let's say Friday nights. Then after an entire week, they will know that a break is coming up, and they can recharge. (This is in addition to any babysitting at Luke and Maya's place if the younger couple want to go out for an evening.)
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On 9/24/2023 at 5:13 PM, ofmd said:
I agree, particularly after season 2! And then he presents her with the Bloody Mabel poster... All her alarm bells should have gone off!
Yeah, and where is Cinda (Tina Fey)?
S02.E06: Glorious Purpose
in Loki
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Or could he have asked her to read his thoughts, so she'd understand what he was trying to prevent?
Did Steve Rogers hurt people, or did he just get his own happy ending?