Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Loki Season 2 Episode 5, which is now streaming on Disney+.The penultimate episode of Loki Season 2 featured a concerning message, leaving fans worried about what will happen in the finale.Episode 5 of Loki Season 2, Science/Fiction, saw Tom Hiddleston’s God of Mischief time-slip away from the catastrophic conclusion of the previous episode to traverse dying timelines and attempt to find his friends. He meets Ke Huy Quan’s fan-favourite O.B. on a branched timeline that places him in 1994 Pasadena.Viewers discover that, on this timeline, O.B. is a struggling sci-fi author going by the name of A.D. Doug. He has a wall of colourful sticky notes that appear to plot out his novel, but some have theorised that the scribblings could actually be the story of Season 2 — with one message possibly foreshadowing an event in the finale.One eagle-eyed fan zoomed in on the notes and found a message that read: “Sacrifice: Something must be given up.” The plot point sent people spiralling as they started to speculate over whether the notes correlate with the events of the season and who or what might be the sacrifice mentioned on this piece of paper.#Loki spoilers—-if OB had already written the entire “story” of season 2… according to the sticky notes on his wall there’s gonna be a sacrifice pic.twitter.com/ZsNBMFs01v— jen ४ (@wrldofloki) November 3, 2023 THE POST-IT NOTES!!! There’s also one that says “the golden scepter” and one that literally says “time is slipping” and one that says “decoy for the hijack” AND THERE ARE SO MANY OMG WHAT ON EARTH #Loki— Michelle Zajac (@HoyaMichelle) November 3, 2023 OB called Loki “one of his characters come to life” so I’m wondering if all the sticky notes are from his book and his book details what actually happens— Eef (@ForYartSake) November 3, 2023 This might be a little out there but could the sacrifice be the gang having to give up their memories? The show already has shown that Loki time slipping after the meltdown is a thing that fixed a bunch of issues so maybe that’s how they get the TVA back— Mischief ? (@LordMischief_) November 3, 2023 Noooo is Loki gonna have to let them all go to their timelines and say goodbye :(— ۞ Kay ۞ (@GaytorKay) November 3, 2023 what if.. pic.twitter.com/yPoGuYxAcc— ori 樂★ (@mytrsricochet) November 3, 2023 There were a lot of names in the mix when it came to the danger zone. “Given the shots we’ve seen of Loki walking out towards the Loom, I wonder if that refers to sacrificing himself,” one person pondered. “It’s probably Sylvie,” another added with a crying face emoji, while a third said: “Maybe Victor was the sacrifice??!”The “mid-season” trailer for Loki Season 2 warned fans they “won’t believe what’s coming”, and the series is already delivering on that promise, as the penultimate episode featured plenty of unexpected surprises, including a true crime backstory and a post-credits stinger, in what IGN called “the strongest hour of Loki yet.”The first five episodes of Loki Season 2 are now streaming on Disney+, with the final episode arriving on the platform on November 9 at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X @AdeleAnkers.
