Moon Knight Episode 4

Hmm, we thought we had it all figured out! We thought Moon Knight had settled into its groove as a globe-trotting adventure series in the vein of Indiana Jones ...

She was briefly mentioned in “The Goldfish Problem,” but we know little about her purpose in this story because she’s absent not only from the Lemire and Smallwood comics, but also from the entire Marvel Universe (given some of Marvel’s iffy portrayals of pregnancy, that might be a good thing). As such, he’s able to help Marc break from the influence of Khonshu and embrace his own powers. Perhaps we shouldn’t read too much into the fact that Layla and others are in the mental hospital as well. As discussed in the most recent Marvel Standom episode, Marc has two alternate personalities in the comics: Steven Grant, and Jake Lockley, a New York cabbie who patrols the streets looking for trouble. But in Lemire and Smallwood’s run, Marc discovers that his different way of approaching the world was itself a gift, a type of special ability. An unhoused person and sort of street philosopher, Crawley generally interacts with Jake Lockley. On visits to Gina’s Diner, Crawley provides info to Lockley, and sometimes needs rescuing by Moon Knight. As he learned to work with his mental state, Marc discovered he could deal with issues in ways that others could not. However, if the show adheres to the Lemire and Smallwood run, then something quite different is happening. Jake tends to be a bit more rough and tumble than the other two identities. The show has also suggested that Khonshu’s influence may be responsible for the divisions in Marc’s psyche – after all, they are recent enough that his wife Layla didn’t know about them. Thirty-five minutes into Moon Knight episode four “The Tomb,” Arthur Harrow shoots Marc and watches him sink into a golden pool of water. For viewers of the show, the change seems to come out of nowhere.

'Moon Knight' really changed the game with an asylum twist in the end of Episode 4. Here's where things stand for Marc, Steven, Arthur Harrow, and Layla.

The key thing we need to look at is the fact that Marc and Steven are, now, not sharing the same body. It's likely that inside there is the third identity of Marc/Steven. This identity was teased at the beginning of Episode 3, fighting Harrow's goons in Egypt, but has yet to be identified in the series. It's not clear what the hell is happening here, but both sides of Marc—somehow existing separately in the same place—are going to have to figure out how to work together to figure out whatever the absolute hell is happening. And the references in the Disney+ Moon Knight show were clear. But while the duo have largely been adversarial to this point, they were clearly happy to see one another—a delight to see someone they actually know, and validation that neither is completely losing their marbles. This twist is heavily influenced by a 2016 Moon Knight run by writer Jeff Lemire (who also wrote Sweet Tooth and several other beloved comics). Lemire's run depicted Marc Spector in an asylum, where he was constantly made to question his own sanity. Perhaps the most interesting parts of Moon Knight so far has been seeing the ways that the two sides of the same person—Marc Spector and Steven Grant—have had to work together to reach their goals. Up to that point, "The Tomb" had been more of the same of what we've seen: an internal battle ensuing between Marc and Steven, as Marc's wife, Layla, guided the two of them toward an end goal with a mystery to solve. Also in the asylum: Layla. Also in the Asylum: Arthur Harrow, who is apparently... And as if that wasn't enough to be concerned about, the two saw a totally unknown (and seemingly friendly?) hippo god just at the end of the episode. Marc got out of Harrow's asylum office and ran around a bit, finding Steven Grant in a sarcophagus and freeing him, while pounding continued on another sarcophagus in another room. Through the first three and a half episodes of its run, Moon Knight, the latest Disney+ limited series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was entertaining enough, and seemed to be very aware of what it was.

The latest installment of Moon Knight, "The Tomb," starts off as a standard episode before delivering the biggest bombshell of the series to date.

In this scene, fans finally get to see a glimpse of what Marc gets up to between Steven blacking out and then coming to covered in blood. He gets a couple more scenery-chewing monologues in “The Tomb” – including one in a whole new guise. This unique dynamic is bolstered by the terrific on-screen chemistry between Oscar Isaac and May Calamawy. There’s a fun genre cocktail at work in these scenes with a Romancing the Stone-style adventure romance complementing the psychological horror – and there are a few seriously effective jump scares along the way, like a monster lunging out of the darkness and yanking Layla into the shadows. After sharing a contentious rapport in the first half of the series’ run, Marc and Steven are starting to warm to one another. “The Tomb” gets off to a slow start as a pretty standard episode with plenty of expository dialogue and a smattering of straightforward action scenes, but it takes a bold turn and becomes the show’s craziest episode yet around the last 20 minutes. After a lot of wandering through the desert, exploring caverns, and shining flashlights on ancient artifacts, “The Tomb” becomes the most mind-blowing installment of the series to date.

'Moon Knight' Episode 4 brings a plot twist and a hippo goddess. Here's what you need to know.

Yes, the goddess Taweret. In Egyptian mythology, Taweret was generally considered a protective deity and was at times associated with childbirth. In the comics, Marc and Steven are usually joined by Jake Lockley, another identity originating in Marc’s youth. While there is a possibility that Marc helped Steven set up that date, the more audiences have seen of Marc, the more out of character and unlikely that explanation seems. In this episode, Marc discovers Steven trapped inside a sarcophagus as he’s trying to escape the institution. But according to Khonshu, with whom Marc still communicates, the institution is an illusion crafted by Seth and Ammut, who need to be defeated. Episode 4 of the Marvel Studios series, titled “The Tomb,” sees its trio of adventurers raiding a secret tomb, all while interpersonal tensions between them approach a boiling point.

'Moon Knight' Episode 4 ends with a major cliffhanger, showing the debut of the Egyptian deity Taweret. Here's everything you need to know about the hippo ...

Also per Marvel.com, Taweret is the Egyptian goddess of childbirth, and "ceases aging at adulthood and cannot die by conventional means." “Right from the very first week, Marvel provided us with a ton of reference material on Egyptology, and on ancient Egyptian gods and deities,” He continues. Struggling to come to his senses, Marc undergoes some mildly stressful questioning from Harrow, who seems to be something akin to a social worker in this dream, reality, or illusion. “One of those pieces of material was a laminated poster that had like a little kid, cartoon drawings of all the different gods — one of those gods was Taweret. I spent that entire first week of our writers' room, just staring at that. Marc wakes up in what seems to be a psychiatric hospital, seeing various items from his recent adventures scattered around the ward. etc. Before we get to Hippo God, who, yes, has a name, let's briefly discuss the surreal ending to Episode 4 of Moon Knight. At the end of this week's edition, villain Arthur Harrow shoots and kills Marc Spector, which kills Steven Grant as well.

I mean, it goes alright for a while, before Marc confesses to being present at the mercenary raid during which Layla's archaeologist father was killed (Marc ...

And the show is aware enough of its pulpy B-movie/syndicated-TV roots to make a joke about it in the form of that Tomb Buster video. In short, it’s a show of simple pleasures, and simple pleasures are worth celebrating. (For what it’s worth, the hippo is most likely Tawaret, a fertility goddess with a protective reputation. I mean, it goes alright for a while, before Marc confesses to being present at the mercenary raid during which Layla’s archaeologist father was killed (Marc himself was shot by his own partner), then gets shot by Harrow, then tumbles into a pool of water and floats off into nothingness. Anyway, after passing yet another sarcophagus, the contents of which are unknown, Marc and Steven run straight into a chipper-sounding anthropomorphized hippopotamus, who greets them with a cheery “Hi!” Both men scream like frightened children. What good is a Moon Knight who’s no longer a knight powered by the moon?

A new recap of Moon Knight's fourth episode posted by Marvel has revealed a deleted scene not included on the final cut of the installment found on Disney+.

At the same time, Arthur Harrow is already leagues above a lot of MCU villains when it comes to the depth associated with the character. In doing so, his time for further character development is far from over, so maybe the absence of the above scene can be made up for. That said, any further details to flesh out the villain of the piece would have been welcome. with victory in sight, Harrow speaks to his congregation to reunify and invigorate the weary acolytes. "Meanwhile, at the dig site, Harrow and his disciples uncover the entrance of Ammit’s tomb. It looks like, at one point and time, an earlier cut of the installment had even more for audiences to process.

Moon Knight Episode 4 is filled with so many great Easter eggs, and I can't stop obsessing over them.

Steven and Layla race to stop Harrow from completing his mission, as Marc finds himself in a very unusual place in Moon Knight episode 4.

Steven and Marc are so happy to see each other that they actually embrace. Shortly thereafter, Harrow spots Layla and speaks to her from across the ledge. Although Layla tries to hide her emotional response, she is clearly angered by the revelation. Steven and Layla venture deep into the tomb, where they discover an apparently undead Heka priest harvesting organs from one of Harrow’s followers. However, Marc objects to that in Steven’s reflection, but Layla can’t hear her husband’s words. Inside the tomb, Steven’s knowledge of Egyptian lore allows them to navigate the maze.

There is a lot to unpack in those final 10 minutes of the Moon Knight episode titled The Tomb.

Instead, he falls out of his wheelchair, which he is cuffed to in a similar fashion to when Steven would cuff himself to his bed while sleeping in the hopes that he wouldn't "sleepwalk" anymore. This could be an allusion to the origins of the character or it could be a symbol foreshadowing a super-powered future for Layla. After the attempt to get out of his wheelchair, Marc ends up in a doctor's office. And eagle-eyed True Believers may be able to see that one of the books under the fish bowl says "Royal Necropolis," which is a term related to the Black Panther. This isn't the first reference to the guardian of Wakanda in this show, but will there be another one that's more explicit before the season wraps up? Of course, we have no idea what this means right now, but this exciting new development is surely enough to make fans of "Moon Knight" excited for next week's penultimate episode of the season. Just as we learn that this explorer goes by the name Dr. Steven Grant, the camera zooms out to reveal that this duo is in a movie that's playing on the television of the facility. As the camera continues to pan around the room, we see a patient trying to solve a Rubik's cube, similar to the one that Steven uses to stay awake at night. There is a lot to unpack in those final 10 minutes of this episode titled "The Tomb." So rather than tediously rewind and zoom in to all the little details, let us do that for you as we examine the plethora of references in the closing moments of this week's "Moon Knight." The hat he's holding looks like the one that the street performer used to collect tips in the "real world." In the reflection of a window facing some trees, we see the reflection of Marc Spector in a wheelchair. Directors Benson and Moorhead steered us down a pretty wild ( and at times gross) road that seemed to follow the previously established vibes of "The Mummy" and "Indiana Jones." However, things took a pretty sharp turn around the 36-minute mark. Suddenly, we were in some "Legion" or second season of "American Horror Story" territory when Oscar Isaac's Marc Spector was suddenly sedated and in a wheelchair at some kind of psychiatric facility after getting shot by Arthur Harrow in the tomb of Alexander the Great. To make things even more unsettling, he was surrounded by a number of familiar faces from throughout the series so far, but none of them were as they were when we last encountered them.

Moon Knight directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead discuss how episode 4's Marc and Steven scream scene involved a number of different shots.

Marc and Steven have been portrayed as unreliable narrators throughout the entirety of Moon Knight so far, and bumping into bizarre characters such as Salib's hippo certainly beg the question of which other elements of the show viewers can take as real or not. As if Moon Knight episode 4’s shocking revelation wasn’t not enough already, the directors went on to tease the upcoming events of the final episode 5 and 6, revealing that audiences should “get ready to be surprised again” as the series enters its final stages. Moon Knight episode 4 culminated with Marc and Steven being greeted by a giant talking hippo (believed to represent the Egyptian goddess Taweret) taking the pair by surprise and causing them to scream as she offered a simple “Hi,” with the scene only adding to the overall chaos of the episode’s final moments. With episode 4 having flipped the entirety of Moon Knight’s plot on its head, it remains to be seen just what the final two episodes will bring. We just kind of stood off to the side, and she immediately trusted us and took the direction in stride. Moon Knight directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead discuss how episode 4’s Marc and Steven scream scene involved capturing a number of different shots.

Hawke's villainous Arthur Harrow is his doctor, while May Calamawy's Layla El-Faouly is a fellow patient, and Marc holds a Moon Knight figure. He eventually ...

"And what you realize at the end of four is that you're being told a story from his point of view, and his point of view might be misleading." Hawke's villainous Arthur Harrow is his doctor, while May Calamawy's Layla El-Faouly is a fellow patient, and Marc holds a Moon Knight figure. Right at the end of the episode, Isaac's Marc Spector is shot dead, and wakes up in a psychiatric hospital.

In Moon Knight's most recent episode, Marc Spector finds himself as a patient in an asylum. But is it all a fever dream?

When Marc notices the image, his belief in his reality seems to waver momentarily. It’s unclear how Taweret fits into the story, but she seems friendly and may be Steven and Marc’s only ally in the asylum. Bek (Loic Mabanza) was working with Anton Mogart (the late Gaspard Ulliel), but he’s one of the orderlies in the asylum, and he’s seen handing out cupcakes—how interesting, considering that Steven stole a cupcake van during his first encounter with Harrow in the Alps. Bobbi (Ann Akinjirin) is seen interacting with Donna, and Billy (David Ganly) appears to be Marc’s handler. These two characters first appeared in the second episode of Moon Knight pretending to be police officers investigating Steven. They were revealed to be Harrow’s right hands and went on to kidnap Steven. In the institution, their roles are very similar. It’s easy to draw a parallel between the lunar god of the film and Marc being convinced he works for the Egyptian moon god, Khonshu. Marc apparently loves this film and watches it endlessly. And Marc isn’t the only familiar face in the asylum. Marc is able to see Harrow’s shoes in the mirror from his patient chair, which may explain how he added this peculiar fashion item to his delusions. Another patient is Donna (Lucy Thackeray)— only a few episodes ago she was Steven’s dismissive boss at the museum, but she remains a grouch in the institution. In the film, called Tomb Busters, a British explorer named Dr. Steven Grant (Joseph Millson) uses his knowledge to hunt down lost treasures of the Aztec. The film specifically follows the story of Grant dealing with a lunar god. The second act of “The Tomb” concludes with a twist—Marc is shot point-blank by Harrow, not once but twice. This sudden change in the landscape appears to be inspired by Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood’s 2016 run of Moon Knight. We know Marc has been desperate to seek help for his mental illness; perhaps he’s already taken that step. Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for the first 4 episodes of Moon Knight.Episode 4 of Marvel’s Moon Knight, “The Tomb,” added a twist to the tale.