The release of the first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday has prompted viewers to return to Loki, pushing the Disney Plus series up the streaming charts. Although Tom Hiddleston’s character appears only briefly in the trailer, the article argues that Loki’s role in the multiverse makes the programme important viewing ahead of the film and highlights it as one of Marvel’s strongest television series.

Loki follows an alternate version of the former Asgardian villain who escapes during the events of Avengers: Endgame and is captured by the Time Variance Authority. After seeing the life, losses and eventual redemption of his original counterpart, he is recruited to help protect the branching multiverse, developing from a Phase One antagonist into a central heroic figure through his partnership with Owen Wilson’s Agent Mobius.