Picking up right where last week’s episode of Loki leaves off, the third episode of Marvel’s newest Disney Plus venture takes Loki to somewhere he - and the Marvel Cinematic Universe - has never been. Lamentis-1 in 2077 is a moon on the edge of an apocalyptic event. Loki isn’t there alone as he ends up there with his female variant, Sylvie, after she fails to get to the Timekeepers at the Time Variance Authority’s headquarters.
This episode doesn’t feature nearly as many Easter eggs as episode 2, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely devoid of them. Instead, “Lamentis” spends time developing the dynamic between Loki and Sylvie, allowing the audience to get to know her. It also spends time referencing some moments in Loki’s past in the MCU, giving fans plenty of fun nods that don’t necessarily qualify as Easter eggs, like reminders that Loki gets his magic from his adoptive mother. Of course, even Lamentis-1 itself is an Easter egg for Marvel comic book fans.
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When Loki and Sylvie land on Lamentis-1, she’s angry, but Loki is perplexed. It’s never been featured in the MCU - and neither has the planet the moon is named for. The title for the episode comes from the planet, but the planet comes from Marvel comics. It appears in a prologue issue for the Annihilation series centered on the character Phyla-Vell. The planet, which is what’s coming apart and destroying the moon in the episode, is on the very outer reaches of Kree-occupied space. The Kree, of course, are no stranger to the MCU, appearing in Captain Marvel and Agents Of SHIELD.
On Lamentis-1, fans might have noted that it had some very specific lighting. The time on the planet sees Loki and Sylvie often bathed in shades of pink, purple, and blue. It might be a coincidence, but those shades correspond to the bisexual pride flag, and Loki is confirmed to be bisexual in the episode.
Eagle-eyed fans likely spotted this in episode 2, but it’s much easier to see when Sylvie’s not shrouded in shadow or a hood. She wears horns just as Loki does, but hers have a slight difference to them. For one, they’re a bit smaller. For another, one of them is broken. That detail comes right out of the Loki: Agent Of Asgard comic. There, the detail was meant to symbolize Loki breaking from expected destiny, though it’s not clear if the same meaning will be used for the Disney Plus series.
Fans also might have noticed that Sylvie wearing the horns isn’t the only horn-related Easter egg. In the middle of a fight, she removes them and uses them as a weapon. Loki pulled the same move in a confrontation in Thor: Ragnarok.
Less of Easter eggs here, there are several “tricks” employed by Loki that reaffirm his fighting style from other movies in the MCU.
He shapeshifts into another character just as he does in Thor: The Dark World. Loki throws his daggers in the same way he does in Thor: Ragnarok. He even uses an illusion to get behind Sylvie to gain the advantage, just as he does with Phil Coulson in The Avengers. All of these moves simply affirm that this is the same Loki the MCU knows and loves, even if he hasn’t actually experienced all of these moments yet for himself.
While Sylvie gets some rest on the train that leaves Lamentis-1, Loki indulges himself in the beverages offered. Unlike his brother’s love for beer, Loki prefers champagne. They do, however, have something in common when it comes to enjoying their beverages.
Loki throws one of his glasses to the ground and calls for, “Another!” MCU fans will remember Thor does the same in his self-titled movie after drinking coffee at a diner. It’s apparently normal in Asgard.
Without Mobius and Casey on a lunch break, this episode features no specialty ’90s drinks. It does, however, feature a nod to a horror classic. When the pair of Asgardians attempt to board the train on Lamentis-1, they have to use a combination of disguise and enchantments to get on board. That’s due to the pair of guards checking tickets.
Those two guards aren’t named within the show, but they are named in the credits. At this point, fans should be used to checking the credits for Easter eggs - not necessarily for additional scenes. That’s where Sylvie’s real name was revealed. The credits for this episode also detail the names of the two guards: PVT Hudson and Corporal Hicks. Those names will sound familiar to fans of Aliens. The characters were played by Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn.
New episodes of Loki are available to stream every Wednesday on Disney Plus.
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