That was the best finale for moon knight! Couldn’t ask for more and we know by now that we’ll get a second season because our dear friend in khonshu, the spanish sexy mf jake lockley has been introduced. And I can’t wait for his adventures along with marc and steven finally re united. Also we got layla as the “scarlet scarab” and she looked so good kicking ass! I’m so excited for season 2
Can we just admire Marc Spector for a while? How he was in paradise yet the only thing he could think about was Steven?
He most definitely had a choice here: Staying in the field of Reeds, which Steven spoke so highly about, and going back to the Duat and sacrificing eternal peace.
Taweret did make a fair point, with Marc being in the field of Reeds, he was at peace. The peace he always wanted but was never granted in his entire life. Away from danger, from loneliness and hurt.
He technically didn’t need Steven, but he needsSteven, if you get what I mean? He made the choice to go back so quickly because he loves Steven with his entire heart, and he believes that Steven deserves peace just as much as he does.
Bringing back another thought I had while watching episode 5, Marc considers Steven to be the little brother he lost when he was younger. He doesn’t have the heart to abandon him, not after everything Steven had unknowingly protected him from.
He sacrificed the field of Reeds and went back to the Duat for Steven, even if he already knew what doing so would entail. He didn’t know the gates would open, and quite frankly, he didn’t care. All he wanted was to tell Steven what he was feeling, baring his heart to him and being so much more vulnerable than ever. Even if it would be the last thing he did.
Despite the pull of the sands of the Duat, he managed to bring his hand up once more and bring his heart to Steven’s hand right before he was taken as well. And this entire scene just …. It’s beautiful.
Can we talk about how Steven replies with “it wasn’t that little.” !!! He heard absolutely everything when Marc opened up to him even if he was claimed by the Duat
We all knew for a while that there was a third personality (the fight with Harrow followers in Kairo, the red sarcophagus, the glimpses here and there). But the moment Khonsu said he will release them both I knew he knew too. And that he had no plans to release Jake Lockley.
• The scene where Marc goes back to save Steven from the Duat is incredibly sweet. I loved it.
• Yes, most of us called Jake Lockley being revealed at the end. That being said, I’m interested if only he still has access to the suit, or if Steven or Marc can still summon it.
• What exactly triggers Jake taking over? Is it when Marc/Steven are in the most physical danger and need his help? Is it something to do with their heartbeat? Marc/Steven’s heart was beating super hard when Jake emerged this episode. I think I recall it doing the same before they regained consciousness to find they had stabbed all the guys who abducted them from the marketplace in Egypt.
• Is Layla going to change her mind about wanting to be an avatar only temporarily? I’d love her to continue in the role. That interaction with her and the little girl was adorable.
• Will the other gods choose new avatars, or did what Harrow did to their current ones harm them as well somehow?
• Did Osiris only save Steven and Marc, or did he release all the people Ammit prematurely condemned back to their bodies? Did he at least stop those people from being trapped in the Duat, thereby giving them a chance to earn the field of reeds for themselves? If Osiris only made an exception for Marc and Steven, that feels pretty shitty.
• Will we get an über wealthy alter like Marc is in the comics? The license plate on the car at the end kind of leads me to believe so. Or was that just me?
I’m praying that the show gets a 2nd season, because I still have so many lingering questions that I don’t think could be addressed well with Moon Knight only being a side character in a big ensemble film.
How can they not continue after this ending? I think the one and done was a lie to make us believe Khonsu really released them from being his avatar but I knew he would keep Jake the moment he said “release both of you” and now we know it’s not the end.
