Moon Knight episode 6

The first season of Moon Knight is coming to a close and we've got one last in-depth analysis for you, this time of episode 6 of the Disney+ series.

We cut to black and get the beginning of the credits sequence. Now here is where we finally meet the third personality, one that has been implied almost from the beginning of the season but more steadily and explicitly as the episodes have gone on (like the third sarcophagus in episode 4 and now him blacking out in this episode). In the comic books, Moon Knight historically has three identities – Marc Spector, Steven Grant and John Lockley, who in the comics is usually a taxicab driver. And the enormity of what Marc/Steven is up against is made brilliantly clear. (Imagine the highly publicized “Wonder Woman 1984” costume but much, much better.) There’s a lot of fighting – Harrow and Marc/Steven (again, they’re switching back and forth now) fight on the ground while Khonshu and Ammit fight above Cairo; they’re now both the size of Godzilla and King Kong. All of this is, admittedly, pretty cool, even if it sometimes becomes a blur. As they do this, a visual flourish that comes back repeatedly in the episode is first introduced, of Mr. Knight and Moon Knight switching back and forth effortlessly. He’s lost Steven and he’s nearing the end (just like the song at the beginning of the episode). “Your journey is over,” Taweret says. He does more of his purple magic and the outside of the pyramid starts to open. He stands up and the bullets fall out, kind of like Neo at the end of the first “Matrix.” His suit comes back. Marc comes to in the tomb. The first thing we see after the logo is Marc dead in the tomb, a pair of bloody bullet holes in his chest. One of the dead police officers looks up at Layla and tries to warn her – it’s Taweret (Antonia Salib) the hippopotamus-headed god, who is also currently trying to help Marc navigate the land of the dead. Over the Marvel Studios logo is a different sort of accompaniment: the 1958 Earl Grant song “The End.” It is both upbeat and ominous and the title sets the stage for the season’s conclusion.

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Did I head into the sixth episode expecting to see a full-on kaiju fight between Ammit and Khonshu? Nope. Did I expect to see Layla become the avatar of Taweret? Nope. Did I expect to see Harrow be the one confined to a psychiatric hospital in the post-credits scene? I liked that the final moments of the series doubled down on how dangerous Marc Spector truly is; it didn’t let us move on without confirming how much of a wild card the character continues to be. Eventually, I had to come to terms with the fact that this series wouldn’t really be able to tell me a completely new tale full of mystery, only one that had been reimagined for the MCU to introduce the concept of Moon Knight to a swathe of intrigued Marvel fans. Nope. Did I expect to see the uber-violent Jake revealed to be in cahoots with Khonshu the entire time? Nope. Did I expect to see the Moon Knight limo, complete with its personalized SPKTR number plate? It’s strange to be a Moon Knight fan watching Marvel’s Moon Knight. At several points throughout this series, there have been moments where I wished I wasn’t already aware of the potential twists and turns ahead.

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Not only is Ammit finally defeated, but Marc comes to his own heroic end as well, refusing to kill Harrow and reclaiming his own free will against Khonshu. This choice is paramount for him to shed his past guilt, and even though he seemingly relinquishes all the powers and perks that come with being Moon Knight, the series ends on a more than satisfying note, with Marc (and Steven) blacking out in the tomb before waking up back in Steven’s flat in London, with “A Man Without Love” blaring in the background. Where the Fist of Khonshu goes from here is anyone’s guess, but after six weeks of kickass action and a more than satisfying emotional conclusion, I’ll happily follow Marc wherever he chooses to go. Unsurprisingly, Steven is freed from the sands of the Duat, and the two are able to escape the afterlife with a little bit of assistance from Tawaret — but more on her later. But then, Marc blacks out — something he hasn’t done in several episodes — and wakes up with Harrow passed out in his arms and Layla questioning what the hell he’s just done. Coming back to reality, Marc is resurrected with some assistance from Khonshu, the bullets Harrow put into him falling out of his chest as we finally get another glimpse at the Moon Knight suit. All seems lost, with the big bad having been released so early in the episode, but Layla manages to free Khonshu (F. Murray Abraham) from the ushabti the gods trapped him in — or, as I’ve been affectionately calling it, rock jail — and confronts him about defeating the goddess of the netherworld.

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Marc and Layla drag Arthur back to the temple, where they do a spell to imprison Amit in her avatar’s mortal form. And just when it seems like Arthur has the upper hand, Marc has another classic blackout and suddenly finds himself holding Arthur’s limp body. He can’t possibly mellow out in the Field of Reeds knowing that Steven is still out there in the desert, so Marc ignores Taweret’s warnings and says sayonara to paradise. Thus begins the series’ coolest fight sequence yet, with Layla and Moon Knight (and Mr. Knight, who also kicks a considerable amount of ass) mowing down Arthur’s followers while the gods do battle behind them. The two Oscar Isaacs eventually reunite in the sands, and it really is a thing of beauty. But thanks to a message from Taweret, Layla is able to free Khonshu, who immediately tries to convince her to take Marc’s place.

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Steven Grant is wearing a business suit (because he’s rich in the comics, remember?). Marc Spector is wearing the Mr. Knight suit, and Jake Lockley is wearing the Moon Knight suit. So in the comics, the Mr. Knight look is not Steven Grant’s Moon Knight suit; it’s just… In the comics, Moon Knight just had the one look for almost 40 years. There has been, however, one instance of Jake Lockley having his own Moon Knight suit. In the comics, Lockley’s job is to gather intel on a street level via his gig as a taxi driver. His almost gothic draftsmanship helped establish Moon Knight as one of Marvel’s edgiest heroes and helped the book stand out from the rest of the comics Marvel was publishing at the time. But this is not just a major moment for Layla (and actor May Calamawy). It’s also a major moment for the MCU. This is, as far as I can tell, the first time that the MCU has introduced a brand new superhero who possesses superpowers. It’s also likely that Lockley was in the rattling sarcophagus that we saw in Episode 4 during Marc’s jaunt to the afterlife. This limo comes directly from the comics, specifically Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire’s 2014 Moon Knight series. One would think that this moment, Layla becoming the (temporary!) avatar of Taweret, the Egyptian goddess of fertility, would be pulled from the comics. So, are you ready to find out what you might have missed in this week’s grand finale of Moon Knight? SPOILERS ahead, because we have one last episode of Moon Knight to dig into. He finally gets to resurrect Ammit, the Egyptian demoness of judging and devouring souls, and begin his mission of plucking the weeds from humanity.

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Marc and Steven wouldn’t kill Harrow, so Khonshu got Jake to do it instead. Why? Because the third personality, Jake Lockley, would remain on as his avatar, allowing him to continue bringing about justice – even if it’s in a far more violent manner. And with that finale comes a lot to talk about.

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The use of "The End" in these first few moments not only emphasizes the fact that this is the final episode of "Moon Knight" Season 1, but also hints thematically at what is going to happen later in the episode. By the end of the episode the two finally seem to connect, accepting each other as an essential part of their shared life. Tragically, this reconciliation is incredibly short-lived, as Grant suddenly finds himself consumed by the sands of the Duat (an Egyptian equivalent to Purgatory) and is seemingly erased from existence.

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Jake only has a few lines in his brief scene, and they are all in Spanish, which also highlights how Isaac is one of the MCU’s first Latino leads. There have been comic book stories in which Jake is the primary identity. The sixth and final episode of the Marvel Studios series, “God and Monsters,” sees Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) successfully release the goddess Ammit back into the world to wreak havoc against all potential wrongdoers. He’s finally introduced in the finale’s post-credits scene. He ultimately (albeit temporarily) fights alongside the Invaders to defeat some Nazis. The “Moon Knight” finale left plenty of loose ends to explore if the series were to continue to a second season.