Moon Knight
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Weve reached the end ofMoon Knight …or have we?
The first Disney+ MCU seriesnotstarring an established Avenger has come to a close.
Has Marc Spector grown into his own as a superhero, or has he given up the cloth entirely?
Surprisingly, the finale doesnt give us a definitive answer, so lets break down what we saw.
Its about finishing what they started.
He has to go toanotherplace after spending half the series locating the tomb?!
This show has its characters getting their steps in.)
As Harrows team breaches Giza, the Ennead members inside seemshockedthat someone is trying to unleash Ammit.
If only they had been warned by a sexy mercenary asking for help!
Aint that just the way?
He tells her that only an Avatar can rebind Ammit … of course.
Marc thanks Steven for saving him and calls him the only real superpower he ever had.
United, they run through the gate back into their mortal body, where Khonshu heals their wounds.
Moon Knight is back, baby.
This time, he transitions seamlessly between Marc and Steven.
They have different, equally effective fighting techniques.
They give Layla different compliments.
Speaking of … Layla also receives a bit of an upgrade in the finale.
If theres one thing the Disney+ MCU shows have in common, its a finale makeover.
She agrees to become Tawerets avatar temporarily and gets fitted with a shiny outfit andmetal wings.
Taweret and Layla make for a fun team almost immediately.
She may hang out in the afterlife, but the hippo is not nearly as angsty as Khonshu.
She also doesnt make deals or demand servitude from Layla, which is nice.
Speaking of hippos, Ammit eats up souls like a hungry hungry hippo before our gang regroups and intervenes.
Marc/Steven and Layla take on Arthur Harrow while Khonshu and Ammit go allGodzilla vs. Kong.
Theyre about to lose when once again Marc blacks out.
When he comes to, he has an axe to Harrows head and all of Harrows men are dead.
But they still need to bind Ammit to a human host, which they do with Harrow.
Khonshu urges Marc to kill Harrow with Ammit inside of him, but Marc refuses.
Marc and Steven demand that Khonshu set them free, and the Moon God complies … or does he?
But unbeknownst to them, they still serve Khonshu thanks to a cap-wearing, Spanish-speaking alter named Jake Lockley.
Jakes the one who committed mass murder at multiple points during the season.
Its not that simple.
Marc and Steven wake back up in the hospital where Harrow was their doctor.
So this is what reality looks like?
The imagination is very real, Dr. Harrow replies.
This chair, the desk, the light were all first created in the imagination.
Does that imply that the office is imaginary, or not?
Harrows feet start bleeding.
I dont think you know as much as you think you do, Steven says with a smirk.
He and Marc reject the doctors diagnosis and choose instead to save the world.
Uhhhh, how are they gonna do that?
Also, what just happened?!
There are many ways to interpret that sticky wicket of an interlude.
Personally, Im going with it being a dream mostly because otherwise, Layla might not exist?
Or that shes living her own life as Tawerets winged avatar and a friggin Egyptian superhero.
Jakes presence implies that Marc is not imagining everything from inside a hospital.
How could he imagine someone hes not aware of?
We just cant trust him for now.
For the moment, the truth ofMoon Knightdoesnt actually matter.
The show has not, at the time of this recap, been renewed for a second season.
Isaac has not signed on to any other MCU projects.
This could be the stand-alone Marvel project that some viewers hoped it would be.
Thats all for now, folks.
Its not true, but maybe its enough.
Out of Orbit
In the mid-credits scene, Harrow is interned at Sienkiewicz Psychiatric Hospital.
According to Marvel.com,Laylas superhero name is Scarlet Scarab.
Can we seriously not come up with another shade of red to name superheroes?
Its a cool name and inspired by a comic character named Abdul Faoul.
Laylas father was called Abdallah El-Faouly … the clues have been there this whole time!
Khonshus new blazer and Jakes car with the SPKTR license plate are right out of the comics as well.
How long is a piece of string is a really good colloquialism.
Khonshu and Ammit definitely kissed, right?
There was a vibe?
Wish they had done less philosophical debating and more lost-love reminiscing.
