*SPOILERS, MAYBE?* Perhaps lulled into a false sense of cynicism by the uneven pacing of THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, the second episode of Marvel’s Disney+ series LOKI took me by surprise. Rather than hitting the brakes and treading water to provide more details of the world of the TVA introduced in GLORIOUS PURPOSE, THE VARIANT confounds by pressing the pedal to the metal and barrelling…