Loki discovers the Variant and the TVA aren’t quite what he thought.
This episode reveals she might be playing a different character entirely.
Facing imminent deletion, Loki opens a portal through some quick maneuvering with Sylvie’s stolen TemPad.

Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino on ‘Loki’.Marvel Studios
They both escape but soon find they are in an even worse situation than they left.
And just like many people with a dead cellphone, she doesn’t have a charger.
Hiddleston and Di Martino have wonderful chemistry so much of this verbal sparring is great fun to watch.

Sophia Di Martino and Tom Hiddleston in ‘Loki’.Marvel Studios
While they both discover they were adopted, Sylvie knew she was while Loki did not.
But Sylvie’s memories of her mother are just like blips of a dream.
and explains his terrible metaphor of love being an imaginary dagger.

Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino in ‘Loki.'.Marvel Studios
Unfortunately, the tumble broke the TemPad and no magic can fix it.
They are on a dying moon with no escape.
Sylvie explodes in frustration and Loki sobers up enough to realize he really screwed up this time.

Tom Hiddleston in ‘Loki.'.Marvel Studios
Sylvie reveals that the TVA is filled with Variants just like themselves but none of them know it.
They have to escape on that ark or they are doomed.
They fight and drag each other along but as they approach the ark, it’s too late.
The evacuation vessel gets destroyed before their eyes and with it, their last chance of leaving.