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

At least I was right about getting answers in this episode.

I think after episode 4 we were almost convinced that MoonKnight couldn’t get any crazier, but lord were we wrong. Episode 5 had me feel just about every emotion there was to feel, along with answering endless questions, some that I think we even forgot we wanted the answer to. One thing is for sure, I am shocked we are now upon the conclusion, as I feel I only just really began to understand the full extent of the show. I mean I felt that way in episodes 3 and 4 until the last ten minutes turned everything on its’ head. But now I think I have it and we are at the finale already. The win I take from all of this is that I should be going into episode 6 without questions right? I wish, but don’t worry, we have an entire episode here for your listening pleasure to really cover what we found out in this latest episode and what we still want to know. You can listen by either following the button below or clicking directly on the link!

I think starting this blog post off with the most prominent aspect of this episode is the best tactic here since so much happened and there’s plenty to talk about. That being said, I want to talk about Marc’s childhood and especially everything that happened with his mother. I know from the very first episode we talked a little about his mom since Steven seemed to be on the phone with her often in the beginning. We knew there was a story and then Layla confirmed it in I believe episode 3. But I don’t think a single one of us thought that his mom would blame him for his brother’s death and begin to abuse him throughout his childhood. Losing a sibling is hard enough, let alone without a parent blaming you for it and changing your entire relationship with them. It is such a dark storyline that I don’t think we have really ever seen before in the MCU and is so true to things that could be happening in someone’s life right now. In the podcast, we compared the situation to that of a movie, which at the time we couldn’t recall the name of. If you are interested in watching it, the movie is called Ordinary People and it actually has a semi-similar storyline to Marcs’.

Since we are talking about the traumatic events of this episode, let’s talk about the fact we have finally gotten concrete proof about who is the one who has the alters. So we see that Marc’s brain made Steven to escape from the abuse from his mother, which goes back to what I was speaking about very early on about DID, as it is typically caused by trauma in childhood. I did think that it was pretty interesting that we didn’t really see much on how his brother’s death impacted him or the fact that he also almost died that day. Clearly his brother meant a lot to him, as they shared a love for the film that Steven’s name later came from. Regardless, one thing I did find a little weird is that Marc was 100% aware of Steven’s existence his whole life and felt that he had control over him. This does answer a question we posed a little while ago about on how Marc sort of hid from Layla his DID, but it is inaccurate that someone with DID would at all times be aware of their alters (especially in childhood). Taylor also pointed out that it was strange his parents (or his dad) never seemed to notice, but Marvel seems to be wanting us to believe Marc used Steven as an escape until their lives bled to close into each other and he lost control of that.

It wouldn’t be my blog if I didn’t talk about the fact that the therapy session with Dr. Harrow is a great way to show the main treatment for DID, which is integration of all the alters. All around, it was also just a really powerful moment, seeing Oscar Isaac play these two characters back to back and work through such moving moments. But as we speak of these two characters, we have to question if this is the end of Steven all together. Have the alters been integrated? Personally, I want to say yes, since I think Steven’s purpose was to accept Marc and allow him to understand his past is not his fault. While I adore him, I think he served his purpose for Marc’s life and bringing him back is not as needed for Marc’s character development going forward.

I want to point out something many fans have begun to point out already with other shows and films and we have now seen it in Moonknight. That something is the color purple being the color of phase 4. Now it could just be a color running throughout for the sake of continuity, however, Marvel never really just ‘does’ something just to do it. If you need a reminder on where the color purple has been seen before, I promise I have you. The first example is Agatha’s powers in WandaVision, then Zemo’s hood appears purple in TFAWS, and Loki was of course the scene between him and Sylvie plus Kang’s robe and the opening of the Multiverse. Hawkeye was obviously purple in general, then the cracks in NWH were all purple. Now we have seen it on Moonknight and the latest MoM trailer shows some purple magic as well. To give some background the color purple can signify wisdom, bravery, and spirituality and in the MCU, the color purple has usually been tied to the power stone. Where all of this could all fit in each of these works or what it could mean altogether is unknown, but try to keep your eye out for more purple as we move forward.

Another huge moment this episode is seeing the story finally unfold on Marc’s past leading up to becoming MoonKnight and how that happened. This was another big win for us, learning that the night of Layla’s dad’s murder was the same night that Marc nearly lost his life and met Khonshu. But the fact that Khonshu took advantage of a man who was ready to die puts a much darker turn to Marc’s powers. It also allows us to know why Marc seems to hate working for Khonshu so much. It is very likely that when Marc releases Khonshu, he will make a deal to continue being MoonKnight with less of an impact from Khonshu himself.

Before I reach our final point, I want to briefly discuss the concept of what is real and what isn’t. As of right now, we technically still don’t know if Marc is dead and going through an entire inner journey or has been essentially hallucinating all of this in a mental hospital. For the sake of the show and superhero, he is definetely dead and somehow about to come back to life, but it doesn’t negate that we went on quite a wild ride. I don’t know how Marc’s rebirth will work, but I want to think Layla maybe managed to free Khonshu so that Marc can heal himself. It would also help, since there is so much to resolve in this final episode and freeing Khonshu is still on that list currently.

Okay, I know this is the world’s longest blog post since probably the WandaVision era, but I want to wrap it up by talking about my good man Jake. We obviously didn’t get him (or did we?) this episode, but we may have gotten a little something. Now in the podcast episode, Taylor refers to a clue about Jake and I go off on one I thought she was talking about but was totally wrong. But turns out, there was possibly a hint to Jake and to make it easy, I attached a Tiktok here to show you the scene. Now my best bet is Jake is still coming and will be the alter Marc adopts going forward. This may be our first sighting of him, which would be fitting as Steven exited this episode as well. Just some food for thought for everyone until the series finale.

As I just mentioned it, we are at the series finale of MoonKnight this week, wrapping up yet another great Marvel TV show. But we also have the much anticipated MoM premiering this week as well. Naturally, we will be covering both of these and trying to get the content out as quickly as possible so you hear all our thoughts following both of these big moments. We will have a full episode covering both and a possible second one coming next week to cover the rest of MoM (if needed, but I feel like we will) so keep an eye out as Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Moonknight episode 5”, Alleef Ashaari, Kakuchopurei

Well things just got weird(er).

This episode started off with us loving Steven (the bean) and living through our Egyptian phase (just me?) as they went tomb diving. But somehow we ended with a talking hippo and having Steven and Marc separated into two different beings and maybe Jake hanging out in a sarcophagus. Obviously we have a lot to talk about here, but we talk about a lot more in the full podcast episode. Click the button below to find the listening platform of your preference or listen below with the link provided.

The episode begins exactly where episode 3 left off and we got some insight into the idea that other gods have been imprisoned like Khonshu. I know from the get-go that I immediately thought about what gives these avatars (and in turn, their respective gods/goddesses) the right to imprison others. Even if this council is the governing body of the Egyptian gods, I don’t see how they have the right to imprison other gods under a rule that seems the minority holds. Choosing not to interfere with daily human lives outside of their avatars also sounds very familiar to the issues that took place in Eternals and very well could be the conflict between gods here once again. However, I do think this way of imprisonment shows just how powerful this council can be, which should be interesting to possibly see in the future. My best bet is that when Marc (or Steven) go to unleash Khonshu, they will likely unleash the other gods, starting a war among them all. Well, maybe the war won’t happen, at least not on screen, but I do think the unleashing of Khonshu will also come with the unleashing of the other imprisoned gods.

This episode once again really showed us how smart Steven is and allowed us to see him primarily as the alter in the most control for now. I just enjoyed that Steven was being the little bean he was and was fangirling over all of the ancient Egyptian artifacts since that would pretty much have been me if I was there. As Taylor said in this podcast episode, we got a lot of different action sequences that differ a lot from what we saw with MoonKnight and gave some Indiana Jones vibes. It definitely has shifted the tone of the show and makes it feel less super-heroy, whether that is a good thing for some or not so good thing for others. I think it helps to give diversity to the show in comparison to others, especially having one of the leads be a much softer person with interests outside of being a full-fledged hero. It also highlights (and you can call me stupid for this) the importance of having someone who isn’t just going to go in with their fists flying. It’s an interesting change and I am pretty intrigued to see where episode 5 takes it, especially with that ending.

I need to momentarily rant about this and it is just for the sake of my sanity, but I have to say I am over the ‘woman messes up the plan because she gets emotional narrative’. No matter your viewpoint on anything, I’m just over that specific storyline, as I think it has been over done in shows and films in general. And it always ends with the hero getting screwed over, as it did here. I could just do without and wouldn’t mind the whole narrative being avoided, as even in this episode, it wasn’t needed. They could have had Arthur and friends come right in when Steven pulled the statue out of the mummy’s mouth, yet instead had Layla interfere with something unimportant to the current mission. I guess my biggest issue comes from the fact that Layla is painted as a very ‘deal with this later, get what needs to be done finished now’ type of person, so seeing her interfere in a place that obviously screwed up the entire plan just also seemed out of character for her.

Before we reach that ending, I want to quick give a little insight on who the hippo is. Thanks to Twitter user Turns1701e, we have been gifted the knowledge that she is the goddess Tawaret, whose realm is pregnancy and motherhood. The biggest thing here is why would she have been in the scene, of all the gods and goddesses? The simple answer is that I don’t really know, but I can certainly deliberate on it. For one, it may be possible that with Steven coming out of the sarcophogus (and a certain someone else trapped within one) could be seen as a form of birth. That Steven (and Jake) are being born as their own separate beings, therefore tying to the goddess’s power of pregnancy. She also may act as a motherly figure to Steven and Marc while they are in this strange hospital scene, in which case she could be taken rather literally to her powers. Additionally, there is the whole ‘Steven was on the phone with his mom in the beginning of the show yet we haven’t heard anything else about it’ storyline, so it could show we might get an explanation here. Lastly, we could be thinking too much into this and Marvel may have just wanted to include her in the episode for the sake of having a goddess who is depicted as a hippo, so I don’t know.

So let’s finish this blog with the biggest thing that took place in episode 4 and that was the last 10 minutes, cause what. the. heck. Obviously I mentioned a little bit of it before, but the biggest aspect of this is trying to figure out if now everything we have seen has been in Marc’s head. Of couse, logically if it was in Marc’s head we wouldn’t have a superhero on our hands, so in the long run it would technically have to be actually happening. But it also might be partially in Marc’s head and him being in a mental hospital does make sense with his condition. Then with all of this, we get another hint at a third alter that may be waiting in his own sarcophogus. It certainly is interesting, as Marc and Steven are now two separate people, which could read that we are more directly in their mind and experiencing their lives as the two of them do. Honestly, I won’t lie and say I know what is going on here, but I do know next episode is going to be crucial in getting answers about pretty much everything.

Since I brought it up, the fifth episode of MoonKnight has come out TODAY, so go right from this blog post to watch it if you haven’t seen it already and are just here for a recap. Coming up, we have the final episode of MoonKnight one day before MoM begins early showings next week. This means that as a podcast we will be having two episodes next week, one covering the MoonKnight finale and the other being probably the first of two covering MoM. We haven’t had this big of a week since NWH and Hawkeye, so get ready cause Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “Moonknight episode 4”, Screenrant, Head Topics

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

Steven has had a very, very bad day.

The first episode of MoonKnight has come and gone and I have to coin it as one of the best opening episodes of all the series so far. While I will obviously get deeper into the episode in a moment, I need to praise how well done the episode truly was. As watchers, we have gotten thrown into the middle of a tumultuous ride, just like Steven, who essentially embodies us right now. We have no clue what is going on, things are all over the place, and some evil cult leader is mad at us for some reason that we don’t know. It is a genius way to go about the first episode, especially of an origin story for a character that we may have less knowledge about. But of course, we say this and so much more in the full podcast episode, so make sure to listen to the entire episode either by following the link below or clicking the button to find your listening platform of choice

To fix something I say about forty times in the podcast, the name of the evil cult leader is actually Arthur Harrow. I can now call him by his name since I don’t think I knew it and said it once in the entire podcast episode. While we usually try to come in with all of our information straight, we are learning these characters the same day all of you are, so we are trying, I promise. I was more worried about keeping all of Steven’s alters straight, but I swear now that I know his name is Arthur he will be referred to as such.

Anyway, moving forward to one of the bigger moments, we have seen how Steven, Marc, and the MoonKnight blessing are portrayed and I really like that they use the reflection in the mirror as one of the main ways to differentiate. But from the way MoonKnight is portrayed as his own voice, we have to consider his being as a complete alter ego that up until this moment was only tapped into by Marc. He talks almost like Venom does to Eddie, but Eddie does only have one person essentially inside of him, while Steven has at least two. I will say, it’s intriguing to see that Steven appears to be the main alter, as he is the one that holds a day-to-day job and seems to function in the current time the most. However, there are clear moments where Marc seems to hold up Steven’s life just for the sake of keeping him safe, so the argument could also be that Marc is the main alter. Essentially, we have been confirmed of nothing in this sector and have to wait to receive further confirmation.

I think what I liked the most is the interaction between Steven and Arthur. Arthur at the beginning is very clearly confused with Steven, as you can tell he knows his alter. However, Arthur could kill Steven at any moment but chooses not to, all because Steven himself is innocent. You see this when he goes to judge him, as the scales cannot decide which way to turn, as Marc is guilty but Steven is innocent. My thoughts, which I share in full length in the podcast episode, are that when Arthur tells Steven to embrace the Chaos, he essentially wants him to accept the ‘bad’ side of him in order to bestow proper judgment on him as a person. If he does so, the only part of him deemed innocent will no longer exist and will be a willing accomplice to his darker side’s actions.

Something Taylor and I discussed going forward into episode two is the possibility of showing episode one but from Marc’s point of view. All those moments where Steven essentially “blacks out” would be really interesting to see and understand from the other side, basically giving Marc the same introduction we got for Steven. It would be especially cool because Marc clearly has more knowledge of his DID and MoonKnight aspects, so while being thrown in with a confused Steven worked really well for episode one, having someone who can explain a little more to us would be great to fill the audience in.

As I mentioned that Marc has an understanding of MoonKnight, I also want to quickly discuss how Arthur and his team of baddies already are on MoonKnight’s radar. He clearly was already working to intercept them and mess up their plans of what sounds like bringing a goddess back fully to life. I think this is a big reason I would like to see the next episode from Marc’s point of view, as there’s further background on who Arthur is and how they initially crossed paths. Who is MoonKnight working for, if anyone? Who put him on Arthur’s path? These are things I want more of before we explore further into the current storyline.

The strength of this episode is similar to very few of the opening episodes in the other live-action shows that we have gotten so far. However, I do want to point out one small thing that bothered me slightly. As much as I love Marvel, I think we fans have learned to hold them to a pretty high standard. And even if they have a little less for their shows than their big blockbuster films, it doesn’t change that we do expect some of the simple things to be there. My only issue with MoonKnight was honestly the CGI, specifically in the car chase. I’m not entirely sure what happened, as when we see MoonKnight suiting up for the first time (obviously CGI), it looks fine, and honestly even the weird monster thing in the museum doesn’t look half bad. We’ve also seen car chases in Marvel before, so I truly have no clue how we ended up having one that just didn’t look right at almost any moment. I hope that it was a small fluke and the rest of the serious won’t be plagued by other iffy moments.

Either way, MoonKnight definitely already has been a treat for all of us hungry Marvel fans, so I’m hoping you’re all enjoying it and ready for more. Of course, we have five weeks of MoonKnight plus the hype for Multiverse of Madness, as tickets went on sale TODAY. If you haven’t gotten your tickets for opening weekend, put that on the to-do list for today, along with watching the next episode of MoonKnight that also came out this morning. Lot’s of content from Marvel, finally, so eat it all up now, cause Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “MoonKnight Episode 1”, Rachel Paige, Marvel

The MCU is about to get a whole lot darker. Literally and figuratively.

It has officially turned to MoonKnight week, with the first episode premiering tomorrow on Disney+. As the official first Disney+ show of 2022 and following 4 amazing live-action shows in 2021, I can’t lie when I say that I think a lot of us hold some high expectations for MoonKnight. And do I think it is 100% going to deliver? Oh heck yea. But before I get way too ahead of myself, I want to make sure everyone gets a chance to listen to the full podcast predictions episode that explains all of our thoughts about this show. You can click the Spotify link directly below or hit the button to find your preferred listening platform.

So who is MoonKnight? MoonKnight is, and this could be almost lack of better words, an alterego of a man who suffers from DID (which I will get into in a moment). He is a mercenary who was gifted his powers by an Egyptian god, which ties this very closely to Egyptian mythology (yay!). As a big fan of Egyptian mythology, I am super excited to see some of it played out throughout the show and I think it is very cool to bring more of these cultural ideas into the MCU, as we already have Norse mythology with Thor and Loki. Now, as I mentioned before, MoonKnight, or the man who has the MoonKnight blessing, suffers from DID, which stands for Dissociative Identity Disorder. This means he essentially has three different alters, although someone who suffers from DID on average has 15 and could have up to 100 different alters. Alters are three different people who can be aware of one another but usually when it first starts to show they may not be. Marc Spector, Steven Grant, and Jake Lockley are the three ‘regular’ alters that MoonKnight has and Marc and Steven are both mentioned in the trailers. So for clarity moving forward, I’m going to refer to him as Marc, just to make it easier for everyone to follow, but he does have at least the two alters in the show that we have seen.

Something that is really interesting about MoonKnight is one of the groups he is a member is, which is the Midnight Sons. Now you may not have heard of this group before, but no worries, I got you and I will explain why this is coming up at the present moment. Members of the Midnight Sons include:

• Blade
• Doctor Strange
• Ghost Rider
• Iron Fist
• MoonKnight
• Morbius
• Werewolf by Night
• Wong
• + others

There are others to the team, but I wanted to list some key members that I think many of you would recognize. Looking at this list, many already exist in the MCU, are on their way, or have a show that just so happened to get moved over to Disney+ within the last month. They also, and I am so sorry for this, happen to band together at one point to fight the devil himself, Mephisto. This is all mainly important to say that we might see a team-up such as this one make an appearance further down the MCU road.

What’s certainly going to be interesting is that the villain in MoonKnight clearly uses magic of some sort, at one point summoning an ancient Egyptian being from the floor. It will be interesting to see what type of magic it really is, whether it is something new or a relic of things we have already seen in the MCU. The villain seems to want to unlease the full chaos that MoonKnight can bring, much of it likely being held back by the fact that Marc is suffering from DID. Since DID is caused usually by traumatic events, it might be good to note that Marc’s DID may have manifested from his mercenary alter-ego. Seeing what he likely has seen and the things he has done, it is very possible he created a safe place to go to escape the memories. If this is a sticking point in the series, it will be interesting to see how drastically Marc’s DID is portrayed in upcoming works.

Last but not least, in the podcast, Taylor and I go down a very, very big hole relating to the magic in this series. For the best explanation make sure to listen to the full episode, but I will try my best to bridge the gap. When chaos is mentioned in the trailer, we have to be aware that one of the few other times in Phase 4 it has been mentioned has been in relation to Wanda’s Chaos magic. Is there a possibility the magic and power MoonKnight has is related to the Chaos magic of the Scarlet Witch? We both are certainly believers that there is and that the next few phases are going to bring us some high-power and intense moments in relation to this type of magic.

As we are one day away from the first episode premiere of MoonKnight, make sure you set your plans for tomorrow and are ready to watch and enjoy what has been sounding like an absolutely amazing show. We will be following up a few days later with all of our reactions plus our theories leading off the first episode, so keep an eye out for that. I hope everyone is hyped because I have a good feeling that Marvel just blew your mind, so let’s talk about it.

Image: “MoonKnight”, Stephen Lambrechts, Techradar