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Loki, or, A Requiem for Filler Episodes

I watched Loki. On one hand, I enjoyed it. On the other hand, if I were the casting department at Disney/Marvel, I would spend all my days aflame with resentment that I went to all this trouble of casting the perfect people and ensuring they all have excellent chemistry together, only to have the company chuck the whole thing out the window by trying to use six episodes to tell a full television season’s worth of stories. My frustration with Loki is partly a bigger frustration with the trends in TV. Around the time of your Mad Mens and your…

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