It absolutely works. My company spends a ton of time and resources in an attempt to prevent folks from plugging in random USB drives.
Classes to user restrictions.
Amazing how some folk are.
My favorite is when the chapters are the same...but the questions in the chapters have been moved / altered.
I had a prof that wrote her own book for class and the only changes one year to the next were the in book questions.
Which of course she assigned to be handed in.
If you didn't do her book work which was 40% of the grade.. you'd fail her class.
First season is a touch rough... 2-4 are a masterclass on scifi.
Fifth season is so so. They thought that tbs was going to cancel them so they wrapped up on the 4th season... Only to be renewed last minute.
Here's the viewing order
The Gathering
Seasons 1-4
Thirdspace
In the Beginning
Season 5
River of Souls
A Call to Arms
Crusade
Legend of the Rangers
Lost Tales
Loki always loses because lokis gift is making people be the best versions of themselves.
Mobius told him so in season 1.
Loki will save time and space from kang... But he will be doomed to either perpetually repeat his loop or he will sacrifice himself in order to win the multiversal war for his friends / family.
And by that point Tom will be done with the character.. so it'll be a full complete redemption.
To your point tho... Loki is the most popular character in modern mcu.. he will be the cornerstone of what's to come.. there's do way they will do a shift to villain in the 11th hour and sour the decade worth of good will and ticket sales.
To abuse a saying...