Will Loki Return In The MCU?

WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the Loki season 2 finale, “Glorious Purpose.”

At the end of Loki season 2, the God of Mischief gets a new glorious purpose, but it leaves the future of Tom Hiddleston’s character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in doubt. Much of the Loki season 2 finale sees the character trying to fix the TVA’s Temporal Loom, but he’s eventually told by He Who Remains that there’s no way to do so, because it was built only to protect the Sacred Timeline. Wanting to give his friends a shot at living, Loki destroys the loom, and wrangles the branches under control, taking his place on the throne at the center of the multiverse.

The final shot of the Loki season 2 ending is of Loki alone amidst all the branches of the multiverse, holding them together so that everyone across all of time and space are able to live their lives with their own free will. Although Loki is alive and well at the end of Loki season 2, there’s a finality to his story that may prompt the question of whether he’ll return in the MCU. Unfortunately, things aren’t looking good for the God of Mischief.

Marvel Has Not Confirmed If Loki Will Return

The Loki season 1 ending confirmed Loki season 2, but the latter has no such confirmation. Although it’s possible that Loki might return in one of the upcoming Avengers movies, either Avengers: The Kang Dynasty or Avengers: Secret Wars, that’s not yet known for certain. There is, perhaps, a way for a variant of Loki to return in a future MCU project — such as young Loki joining the Young Avengers — but the season 2 finale may be Hiddleston’s final outing as Loki. That said, anything’s possible in the world of superheroes and comic books, so Marvel may have yet another trick up their sleeve as a way to bring Loki back. But, for now, it’s not confirmed when or if Loki will return.