While I enjoyed season 2 enough to watch the whole thing, I didn't think it was quite as good as season 1. As the Loki series progresses, Loki himself seems to get lost. At root, he's a trickster. That's a big part of his appeal. But in "reforming" him, the series gradually dispenses with that aspect of his character.

In his initial Marvel incarnation (from what I understand; I was never much into comics), Loki is a villainous trickster. In the movies, he begins as such, but not because he's evil; he's suffered deep-seated wounds. He's a complex character with a hidden good side, as surfaced in Dark World and Ragnarok (although the latter feels like it dropped into the MCU from an alternate universe).

In Loki Season 1, the trickster is still there but gradually fades away until he's nearly gone in Season 2. And that, I think, is a shame. Loki's popularity as a cinematic character--which took Marvel by surprise, from what I've heard--stemmed largely from his trickster nature (and I guess because Tom Hiddleston plays him; Hiddleston has quite the following among female fans, plus he's an amazing actor, as anyone who's seen his Shakespearean performances will know). My late wife's favorite scene from Season 1 was Pompeii: "Be free, my horned friends!" It was probably the last great portrayal of the spirit of the trickster: wild, chaotic, reveling in looming disaster. We don't get even a moment of that in Season 2.

A trickster can be a hero, too, but it's not easy to pull off. Maybe that's why the character is less of one by now. But is Loki really Loki without his tricks?