Are we about to meet Jakey boy?

The newest episode of MoonKnight has left us in a strange place, just as much as I think Steven and Marc are in a strange place, figuratively and literally. We have really been thrown into it this episode and things are definitely picking up past understanding Steven’s (Marc’s?) DID. But before I get too into why we have entered chaos (hehe), make sure you listen to our entire thoughts in our lastest podcast episode. You can listen directly by clicking the link below or click the button to find your listening platform of choice.

Since I opened this blog post with it, I have to make sure it’s the first thing I talk about so no one gets mad at me and leaves. During our predictions episode, we provided some background on MoonKnight, including the fact that he has an additional alter named Jake Lockley. Our best theory on him is that he is here and making a slow appearance, the most obvious being the beginning of episode 3 when Marc is pursuing the men through the streets of Egypt. Steven pushes for him to stop, but Marc eventually comes back murdering one of the men. Marc tries to blame Steven, who obviously is a teddy bear and was 100% sure it wasn’t him. They both seemed confused, indicating that a possible third alter made a brief appearance without either of them knowing. So who is Jake going to be for us in the MCU?

A big sticking point for us in this podcast episode is that Jake will be the bad of all bad. He is going to be the darkness that Marc holds himself back from and Steven couldn’t imagine being. In the show so far, Steven is clearly innocent (or if you know anything about Freud, similar to the Superego). We see this innocence even in his suit (Mr. Knight), as he is polished and the suit is a stark white. Marc is the middle man who balances between good and bad (Ego), never quite tipping fully either way and constantly trying to make sure he stays in line. His suit (the regular MoonKnight suit) is a dirty white, showing that he isn’t inherently good but not fully bad. But Jake might be that bad, that Id force that is purely bad even if for what is believed to be good intentions. If this holds true, I am betting we will see a dark gray or black suit for him.

One of the big moments of this episode is Khonshu’s imprisonment, which takes place as he tries to help Steven and Layla find where Arthur’s digsite is. Within this episode, we can see Khonshu beginning to earn at least partial respect for Steven, so it was a little upsetting to see him disappear at this point in their relationship. But now it is all about the fact that without Khonshu, there is no longer MoonKnight. Honestly, this holds very accurate to the Big Three’s triologies, in which they lose something important to them and have to learn to continue without it (suits, shield, and hammer if you aren’t sure what I was referring to). Obviously MoonKnight hasn’t gotten a full movie trilogy, but he is certainly facing the same struggle of being a hero without having his suit. The rest of the series will be based on this struggle, especially for Marc who is so used to utilizing suit. But I will say now, expect to see a big moment in likely the final episode in which we get a big suit up moment and have Marc AND Steven accept the true power of being MoonKnight.

I think the thing that caught my attention the most this episode was the showing of the Egyptian gods. We knew going into the show that they would play a part and discussed lightly how we have Norse and Egyptian mythology now present and confirmed in the MCU. But I don’t know if we knew what we would see exactly, not that we ever do. The meeting of the god’s avatars was an interesting way to show us that the Egyptian gods don’t believe in interferring with the everyday world other than having their alters. They essentially have faded into hiding, rather than being like Thor who is blantanty existing for people to see. Yet they still wield their power and interfere to some degree in life, just lightly. I know what struck me was the small amount, as there are many Egyptian gods that have been believed in. But then upon Khonshu’s imprisonment, it begins to appear that other gods may have suffered the same fate. The big question here for me is what allows this group to make the choices about who is imprisoned, as not all of them were present for Khonshu’s imprisonment. I hope to see more of the avatars moving forward, but right now I doubt it slightly just because of the whole ‘no god around anymore’ issue Marc is facing. I would love to see more of how the gods and their avatars play a role in everyday life, although I’m not too sure we are going to see that at this point.

Last but not least, we got the first connection to the rest of the MCU and specifically Phase 4. In an offhand comment, Madripoor is mentioned, relating to time that Layla spent there. Of course, Madripoor was introduced to us in TFAWS, and while that doesn’t mean there is a tie to that series directly, it does mean Madripoor is going to continue to be an interesting place that will play a part in Phase 4. But on top of this, it means she has a possibly sketchy past that may be important later in the series. During the same general area of the episode, a mention of Layla’s father has us thinking Marc may very much be connected to his death. He has a mercenary past and the mention of it was done just a little too suspiciously to not think he plays a part. This, coupled with her time in Madripoor, may create the final crack needed to create a rift between Marc and Layla.

Believe it or not, we are halfway through Moonknight, which seems absolutely crazy. We are hoping all of your are liking the show and are really into it. It is definetly different than what we have seen before and I think doing a more niche character is drawing people in even more. Episode 4 has aired today, so if you are just reading this now, go and watch the newest episode to see if we were right about anything (or if we were totally wrong, as we tend to be). We are coming up to two weeks of double headers, having both MoonKnight episodes and MoM related podcast episodes coming out, so be prepared for some extra content, as Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “MoonKnight Episode 3”, Caleb Borchers, Marvel News Desk