Loki

I hereby arrest you for crimes against the Sacred Timeline.

- How do you plead? - (CHUCKLES)

Long ago, the all-knowing Time-Keepers emerged,

creating and organizing the Sacred Timeline.

Sometimes, people like you veer off the path.

- We call those Variants. - (EXCLAIMS)

I'm Agent Mobius, by the way.

- How long have you been here? I don't know.

It's hard to say. Time passes differently here in the TVA.

I can't go back, can I?

I can't offer you salvation, but maybe I can offer you something better.

A fugitive Variant's been killing our Minutemen.

The Variant we're hunting is you.

- Trusting this man is not a good idea. - I can handle him.

The Time-Keepers didn't create you.

They kidnapped you from the timeline!

You were disloyal to the TVA.

You were in the Time-Keepers' chambers.

- They weren't real. Why'd you think

- that changes anything? - That changes everything!

Lamentis, The Void.

Every step you took to get here,

I paved the road.

You kill me and destroy all this, and you don't just have one devil,

you have an infinite amount.

Or you take over and return to the TVA as its rulers.

- What if he's telling the truth? - He's a liar, Loki.

I'll see you soon.

Someone is coming.

Countless different versions of a very dangerous person.

And they're all set on war. We need to prepare.

Take it easy. What division are you from?

- What? What are you talking about? - Who are you? What's your name?

Boots on the ground now. Archives.

Hold it right there, Variant!

What is going on?

Mobius, it's me.

I don't know you.

Hey!

Calm your mind and relax.

I'm fine. I'm fine.

Morning!

She'll be fine.

Level five intruder.

He's hopped into a mail cart and descended to the lower level.

Casey.

Have we met each other?

Casey, help me. Please, tell me you know what's going on.

Don't you remember me?

I got him. I got the intruder.

I got the intruder!

Loki.

What?

Just a second ago, you didn't know me.

Casey. Casey.

Casey, something terrible is happening.

I'm being pulled from...

Wait, no.

Has that always been there?

The crack? It's been there as long as I can remember.

I was in the past.

Where's Mobius? B-15?

They're probably in, uh,

- Chrono Bay Three, so... - (LOKI GRUNTS)

Loki?

- (COMPUTER BEEPING) Now what?

Now, the branches keep on growing

and we tell the people of the TVA the truth about this place.

And you think people are gonna be ready to hear that?

People have lives on the timeline, Mobius.

Yes, I know.

They should have the chance to live those lives.

Think about it.

Hey, everything you've been doing is wrong and all your gods are dead.

How are people gonna take that?

(SIGHS) We have to give it a shot.

Hey, Mobius, Loki was just here looking for you.

Loki's here?

He was, then he disappeared. - I don't understand.

He disappeared right in front of me.

He looked like he was in pain.

Maybe Miss Minutes can locate him.

You just saw him?

I did.

Miss Minutes? It's not working.

Hey, I have a question.

Can I help you with something, X-5?

We don't see you down here too often.

This one here. Is this on the Sacred Timeline?

'Cause looks fun.

Jet Skis, Sea-Doos. (CHUCKLES)

Is one of these calling your name, Mobius?

Well, I don't know about calling,

maybe gently whispering.

"Mobius! Come take us for a little spin."

The funny thing about Jet Skis,

everyone thinks that it's a personal watercraft,

and it's actually a brand, same way Kleenex is.

Mobius, I don't care.

Why'd you ask?

With Renslayer missing, there's a new judges' council.

So, General Dox and Judge Gamble

would like to see you both in the War Room.

I wonder what that's about, huh?

- (LOKI SCREAMS) - (GASPS)

Mobius. Where is he?

He's in the War Room.

We're answering to the judges' council now?

- Okay, they probably heard the rumors... - Mob...

What?

Nothing. Let's just ease them into it.

- We're just gonna tell them the truth. - Agreed, but gently.

- What is that? - I don't know.

Mobius, I was just doing my job.

You mean pruning me.

Yeah, well, I guess you were just following orders.

It's actually Renslayer who really owes me the apology.

What's the mood like in there?

You're all Variants!

Everyone who works at the TVA.

The Time-Keepers didn't create you. They kidnapped you from the timeline

and erased your memories.

Memories she can access through enchantment.

So, before this, you had a past, maybe you had a family, a life.

The branches are growing. They're way past red line.

And you put out an order to stop pruning.

We just need a moment to explain.

Into the microphone, Hunter.

We are doing this by the book and on the record.

We just need a moment to explain.

Make it make sense.

You are quite a marvel.

I will be proud to lead with you.

You made a difference in this war.

Thank you for being on my team.

For us.

For All Time.

Always.

Ravonna Renslayer, you are quite a marvel.

I will be proud to lead with you.

And under whose authority did you make the call to stop pruning branches?

We didn't have time for proper protocol.

Don't you understand? We're all Variants!

D-90 testified

that he went to the timeline and saw Renslayer's Variant.

And that would certainly corroborate what B-15 is saying.

That's right.

Renslayer had a life on the timeline.

- On the record, 15. - To hell with the record.

You had a life on the timeline.

And so did you.

So did I.

Look, we get the concerns 'cause we had 'em also.

But let's also admit that the timeline is branching.

The sky hasn't fallen, we're...

What sky are you looking at?

Are you seeing this robot head on the table?

The sky is falling, Mobius. This changes everything!

This changes nothing.

We won't let the timeline branch. I'm sorry, Hunter.

If we don't protect it, what on earth are you suggesting?

Protect? Is that what you think we've been doing?

With all due respect, ma'am,

we haven't been protecting, we've been destroying.

There are people with lives on those branches,

and we have committed atrocities

- every time we prune. Atrocities?

- Yes. - Take caution in your tone.

Call it whatever you want, but we have to take a moment to understand what is...

- We don't have a moment. - You've made your position clear.

So we don't have time for protocol now?

And you've made your position clear, Hunter.

All my life, I've always handed down the same verdict.

Guilty.

The Time-Keepers deemed it so.

Ma'am, I know how hard it is

to turn your back on everything you've believed in.

But the TVA has to change, and it has to start now.

We can't go back to pruning those branches.

I can do anything.

Anything.

Tell the TVA to stop pruning, effective immediately.

Loki?

- Mobius. You know me. Where the hell were you?

Hey. LOKI: Help me.

Hey! - What just happened?

A moment ago, you didn't know me. Stand down!

- Tell me you recognize me. Do you know me? - Yeah.

Everyone, stand down!

- Come on. Come here. - Mobius. We found him.

- Who? - Him.

Loki?

Get back!

That's who built this place! That's who stole your lives!