Not one, not two, but THREE superheroes in one episode?

Whether you can believe it or not, the end to MoonKnight has arrived. It was one of, if not the shortest series finale we have gotten up to date, but it was sure jam packed with things. I would say it had its’ highs and lows, although it appears we may be setting up for a second season of MoonKnight in the future, which I definitely count as a high. I will get into some of our thoughts in one moment, but to hear all of them, make sure to click the button below to find your podcast listening platform of choice or hit the link below to start listening.

I think starting with the most heartwarming (uh, literally) part of this episode is most important. For those who listened to our episode 5 thoughts, you know I felt Steven didn’t necessarily need to come back because he served a purpose for Marc to put his trauma behind him and let it go. That by no way means I wanted him to not come back, I just knew that if he didn’t it was alright. But I think Steven did his job almost too well and Marc knew he needed Steven with him and accepted him as a part of him. I thought that Marc coming back for Steven was what really showed Marc’s character growth and I won’t say I wasn’t happy that Steven came back. I will say the show wanted to give me a heartattack when it appeared only one of them made it through the doorway, but other than that it felt more complete to have them back together rather than only Marc returning. On the basis of DID, I think it did an amazing job at showcasing the need for acceptance and integration of the alters, as Marc was never going to be fully alterless. Him and Steven are now a team, which we see later on, and I think the journey to get there was both hilarious and heartwarming (again, literally).

So naturally I have to give us credit where credit is due, and that is that we accurately did predict that Layla would be the one to free Khonshu. Logically it made a lot of sense, since Marc and Steven were a little too busy being dead. Yet, Layla becoming an avatar herself and being a superhero was definitely not on my bingo card for the series finale. There was nothing wrong with it for me, as she looked amazing, but it did throw me off that she came out swinging as a hero when we had so little of MoonKnight himself. I think that would be my only main complaint from the finale because I felt we didn’t get enough of our main hero before we had them sharing the screen. But by no means is that me being disappointed in what we got because I truly loved the look and I do actually hope she decides to stay Tawaret’s avatar in the future. It would give us one of the best power couples (now that Wanda and Vision are off the table).

I have to honestly give MoonKnight the best fight scene in all the shows and rank it very high in general to all the fight scenes in movies as well (and that means a lot cause I’m a Bucky fan). I think between regular MoonKnight and Layla it would have already been awesome, but the newfound ability of switching at hyper speed between Steven and Marc, and therefore Mr. Knight and MoonKnight, made it just top tier. They both looked absolutely amazing during the fight and it left me wanting so much more of it. Of course, then we also had Ammit and Khonshu fighting behind on the horizon, which I think added even more to the depth and meaning of the fight. It didn’t just feel like a fist fight, you could feel how important it was and that both sides felt that they were doing the right thing. I think stylistically it was amazing and I would love to see more of the fighting in future MoonKnight works, especially now that Steven has established his ability to fight as well. On top of this, now that we have Jake (which I will address in one second), I would really enjoy seeing the three switching around in the middle of fights and seeing the full extent of MoonKnight’s powers.

I know you are all waiting for me to talk about this so I am going to just cut to the most important part of this episode and it wasn’t even in the actual episode (end credit scene). The time officially came and we got our man Jake Lockley. I know you all are aware there have been hints to Jake before, but the hint they gave us during the fight scene where Marc and Steven both black out then come through pulling an ax from Harrow’s head just gave me chills. I think we can confirm our theory that Jake is definetly more gung ho and is willing to do what he has to do, no matter how it comes about. It doesn’t make him evil, just very determined with very little holding him back from his tasks, unlike Marc especially. It makes me very very excited to meet him fully in future works.

Yet now that we have Jake, where does this set up MoonKnight in the future? For one, I think Jake will own a dark suit, as he has that darker persona in the show. And I believe 100% that we will get another season of MoonKnight before seeing him hit the big screen. This being said, the next season will be the journey of Jake and his life with Marc and Steven. It is definitely going to be shocking to watch, since as of right now Marc and Steven think they are done with Khonshu and Jake clearly isn’t. They also have an idea that there is someone else, so it should be interesting to see how the story is told to explain why they just sorta moved on from it at the end of this episode. Marc and Steven both know they blacked out, so it feels a little weird that they just glossed over it, as both of them know what it is like to black out because another alter takes control. It does just make me more ready to see another season and build this character even more.

Before we wrap up here, I want to address Khoshu and his relationship with Marc and all of his alters. When we first meet this relationship, Marc very clearly resents him for making him become his toy. Steven, I might argue, hates him even more, as he has the outsider’s perspective on how Khonshu just uses Marc and manipulated him into servitude. During this episode, we see the two of them strike a deal with Khonshu that after taking down Harrow, their servitude is done and they are free. Obviously, this only semi works as Khonshu then takes advantage of Marc’s DID and enlists Jake to be his avatar. But this leaves some questions that I need answers to, such as how does Jake feel about working with Khonshu? Does Jake have any knowledge of Marc/Steven to draw from or is he completely separated right now? And I think the most important question is will Jake be the key to eventually being MoonKnight without Khonshu? For reference, in the comics it does become possible for MoonKnight to exist without Khonshu, and I would have to imagine we are heading there since Khonshu can’t keep finding alters to manipulate. Not to mention, right now 2 out of 3 alters don’t particularly like Khonshu, so in order to have the full hero, Khonshu will have to go. Once again, they are setting it up perfectly for a second season.

One final thing that I will add is that the reason I keep saying a second season makes sense is that characters in the shows so far have not gotten their own films. The closest we have gotten has been Wanda, who of course is playing a very different role in MoM than where we saw her in WandaVision and it isn’t her film directly. I doubt that they are going to make a film directly for MoonKnight to continue his character development when another season will work just fine. I completely endorse the idea that the first time we will see MoonKnight on the big screen will be in some sort of team-up work, which is a little bit in the future from where we are currently in the MCU. All of this being said, this brings us to the end of our MoonKnight coverage. Of course, we are still covering MoM, so keep an eye out on all things related to that and then we will be on a small content freeze as we wait for Ms. Marvel to debut in June. But don’t worry, there’s still plenty for us to talk about, as Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “MoonKnight Episode 6”, Sarah Aubin, Movie Fone