Season Page

Loki – Season 1, Episode 1 Glorious Purpose

Play trailer

0:50

Loki – Season 1, Episode 1

Glorious Purpose

Aired Jun 9, 2021

Drama

Action

Adventure

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

97%

Tomatometer

38 Reviews

After stealing the Tesseract, Loki lands before the Time Variance Authority.

Watch on Disney+

Stream Now

Critics Consensus

Though "Glorious Purpose" bears the burden of a tremendous amount of exposition, there's no denying the joy of Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson's budding chemistry.

Read Critics Reviews

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

85%

80%

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Ms. Marvel

98%

80%

Ms. Marvel

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Ms. Marvel

The Mandalorian

90%

78%

The Mandalorian

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Mandalorian

Lockwood & Co.

93%

94%

Lockwood & Co.

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Lockwood & Co.

Black Lightning

92%

49%

Black Lightning

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Black Lightning

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Michael Waldron

Creator

Tom Hiddleston

Loki

Sophia Di Martino

Sylvie

Owen Wilson

Mobius M. Mobius

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Ravonna Renslayer

Wunmi Mosaku

Hunter B-15

Loki: Season 1 Episode 1 Sneak Peek - Variant Identified

0:50

Loki: Season 1 Episode 1 Sneak Peek - How Do You Plead?

0:48

View more videos

View more photos

Ben Travers

IndieWire

06/23/2021

C

Still, it's essentially impossible to hide exposition when there's this much of it, and the chatter becomes as distracting as it is endless.

Go to Full Review

Alan Sepinwall

Rolling Stone

06/09/2021

A debut episode that might feel unbearably sluggish if Hiddleston and Wilson weren't so enjoyable to watch.

Go to Full Review

Caroline Siede

AV Club

06/09/2021

A-

I wouldn't have thought of Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson as a natural comedic duo, but it's remarkable how much chemistry they generate together in just a handful of scenes.

Go to Full Review

M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

03/11/2024

4.5/5

Time moves differently in Loki. Even if it’s slowed down or sped up, it’s a burst of creative fresh air. Funny, engaging, and full disarming charm, this Disney Plus series delivers all the fun of any Marvel production and then some.

Go to Full Review

Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

08/13/2023

In a time-bending and genre-defying Season 1 Premiere, Loki delves deeper into the God of Mischief’s past, future and “glorious purpose”, revolutionising the MCU and showing us a new, self-aware side of the beloved villain.

Go to Full Review

Kaitlyn Booth

Bleeding Cool

08/05/2021

7.5/10

Loki episode one might be nothing but set up that gives people a very detailed idea of when in the Marvel Cinematic Universe this series is taking place; the second episode really digs into the meat of this storyline and is much stronger for it.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Synopsis

After stealing the Tesseract, Loki lands before the Time Variance Authority.

Creator: Michael Waldron
Executive Producer: Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Stephen Broussard, Tom Hiddleston, Kate Herron, Michael Waldron, Dane Allan Smith, Chad Nixon, Sean Cushing, Shauna Bryan, Florian Gellinger, Christopher Edwards
Screenwriter: Michael Waldron
Network: Disney+
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jun 9, 2021