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No wonder why Oscar Isaac himself claimed that Episode 5 and 6 are his favourite ones. I was excited to find the Ancestral Plane being name dropped. With Thor 4 round the corner, I believe MCU is now going to explore the God Realms and Multiverse, with Olympias, Asgard and Othervoid joining the mix.
This episode was such a heart-wrenching one. I don’t think I’d seen this much emotional weight in a live Marvel production since Karen’s backstory episode in Daredevil
the message is deep too, it's marc trying to run from his past and reality and the only thing that can heal himself is himself and that's why Steven existed
This episode was so emotional that I cried for the pain that Marc suffered as a child, losing his brother only to have to bare the unfortunate brunt of his mother's wrath for a death he couldn't prevent. Then finding out that Steven was the character he created that helped him block out the pain that Marc was suffering. Its an incredible series, 10 out of flipping 10. 🤗
@@merder1414 I'm petitioning for there to be a season 2 of this incredible show. The concept will be Marc exploring his other identities and joining forces with other superheroes from across the world to battle the new Egyptian God's he will have to face. Inorder to save humanity from being banished into the afterlife ahead of their time. This time the battles will be harder and this time he'll need an army. My fellow MoonKnightian, let's get this beauty in the works. There is strength in numbers 💪 🙏 🙌 ✨️
Episode 5 was quite confusing after i watched it. I also think we might not see Jake Lockley but only get hints. If he does appear it might be at the end of Moon Knight ep 6
I'd say it's just Marc being confused and stressed at the moment. There are way too many plot threads to conclude in one episode especially for a Disney+ limited series (no plans for season 2)
@@secretchiley That's false. There isn't a contract or plans for season two, as far as we know. Nothing being confirmed doesn't confirm nothing will happen. Huge difference.
15:22 Marc’s brother drawing the goldfish with one fin actually explains why Marc replaced Steven’s goldfish in episode 1 he saw the goldfish in Steven’s room and didn’t want to be reminded of his past because drawing the one-fined goldfish was one of the last things his brother did before he died
Good theory, but wasn't Marc the one who was purchasing the fish in the first place? Only credible bit would be Marc was in a rush when he purchased it the day or two before, but I don't think they'll go into that much detail in the last episode.
i got the impression he WANTED a 1 fin fish, probable to remind him of his brother. Steven is an alter, why wouldnt steven maybe see the one finned fish as his brother?
Jake replaced the fish and he tried to get one just like the original to preserve Stevens sanity. Jake is also the one who buys Steven the postcards as his mother. Marc wouldn't care, it was his two day trip to the Alps that killed gus. And little mind boiler : theres no way Marc flew to the Alps and back to London in just two days. That and the constant "wake me up" before you gogo playing in the cupcake scenes really made the wake up feel real. What if he can't tell the difference between his dreams and waking life because his dreams are his and the others memories back on the boat in the duat where Jake has been imprisoned. Maybe Jake did die when Mark became moonknight, stuck in the afterlife with no one because the gods all closed up shop or were imprisoned. Slowly growing more mad having to watch Marc and Stevens lives play out while trying to get their attention. They die see his sarcophagus down there and still don't free him lol.
Marc tried replaceing it with one with one fin remember when steven went back to the fish shop. She told him something about she already told him they dont sell disabled fish like nemo
@@jarretmangini9087 Jake's not even in the show yet, and that's if they even show him this season so your theory has almost no credibility...sorry bro lol.
When he is first talking to Dr. Harrow it's someone with a Chicago accent and there is a Cubs poster on his wall. I think Jake was the identity that took the beatings. Also, there was a baseball bat used in the fight on the boat. Also also, there are what look like nunchucks next to Steven when he is cleaning up the markers. Could be why he uses the two sticks as Mr.Knight.
@@murk4552 all the personalities are from Chicago, it just that Jake Works as a cab Driver in NY most of the times in the comics the cap he wears is from the Cubs, a similar cap appeared in Ep 3
This was my favorite episode. I cried so hard at Oscar Issac's performance as Marc drunk crying about her not 'deserving this'. She abused him and broke him yet he still loved her. It can be so hard to deal with that at any age. He was so young when his psyche split in order to protect himself from the trauma of being hated and repeatly hurt by your own loved one. It really broke my heart watching that scene. Oscar Issac is really such a great actor.
That hippo is a CGI masterpiece! The way her ears move sometimes, the gentle hip sway in one of the scenes, and she has a reflection in all the shiny bits all over the ceiling! Huge congratulations to the visual effects team for that!
Yes but they have a lot of edges that has too much motion blur (Steven and Marc's edges against the underworld cgi). This is not a big deal for me but it's just surprising compared to what we got from WandaVision and Loki. But I agree, Tawareth cgi is really good.
I know many people think the scales balanced because Steven is “gone”, but I think it might be once Marc realized he truly needs him/cares for him. The whole point of them going back and looking at the past is for them to see they are part of each other and find acceptance within themselves. (I put say “gone” because I’m not really sure Steven is truly gone since he is “part” of Marc)
I think its because Marc made up Steven and the reality you see with Moonknight, Khonsu etc is also made up. Therefore steven being destroyed is slowly helping marc to recover to be himself again and to come back to reality.
Was more excited for this breakdown more than the episode itself. No wonder why Oscar Isaac himself claimed that Episode 5 and 6 are his favourite ones. I was excited to find the Ancestral Plane being name dropped. With Thor 4 round the corner, I believe MCU is now going to explore the God Realms and Multiverse, with Olympias, Asgard and Othervoid joining the mix.
@@SamLanena what's funny? Lmao, this is a major moment for the series and now we know the gods have immense power over an "intersection" of dimensions. Gods are gonna fight real soon amongst pantheons either to avoid Gorr or hide from Kang.
On the ancestral plane comment, it was also name dropped in Black Panther. Even visited. I think that will be a part of it as well since the deity of Wakanda was technically also from ancient Egyptian mythology. Which makes sense with wakanda not being far from Egypt. Would love to see something in Thor tie the lore together
This Episode was a cinematic perfection. The symbolism of the scenes with the memories of Marc is really emotional, this series keeps on setting up the bar higher than the last. What makes it work is the fact that the main character's flaw is somewhat grounded with Marc's mental illness stemming from an abusive mother and used Steven as an escape or a coping mechanisms. Moonknight is by far the best Disney+ series so far in my opinion.
The first scene with marc talking to dr. harrow when his nose is broken, I think, is actually our first look at Jake. His deportment seems a lot more stern and aggressive. Plus his accent and harrow mentions they're in Chicago.
@@gavrazefanda1438 in the comics Jake is the only personality that remembers everything, all memories of the other personalities. Jake is the protecter, Marc is the fighter, and Steven is the detective
The one thing I found weird is that Steven is meant to think his mum is loving but he turns into Steven just as the mum comes in to give him a hiding. Marc then drags him away to not watch the abuse but Steven doesn't remember it. I think Jake Lockly takes over just after we left. I think Jake is the personality who took all the worst of the physical and mental abuse from the mother and that's why he's so dark.
@zen view I guess we'll see this week mate but it seems to overtly hinted at this point for them to not have him, I'd accept all of that if it qasnt for the blank spots in episode 3 when neither Marc or Steven remember, only other option is its konshu
@zen view they couldn't have tested all 3 hearts because Jake wasn't there. I assume they were able to be balanced since only Steven and Mark were the only known personalities? It'll prolly be explained next episode but it's clear that there are 3 personalities
That was Jake with the bloody nose talking to Dr Harrow. He had a new accent and was over the top violent. Steven doesn’t remember his mom being abusive even though Marc gave the body to him before getting hit. Cause Jakes taking the hits, hence the bloody nose, hence why he’s so violent. Also the memory we saw before seeing Jake with the bloody nose was his mom screaming “it’s all your fault.” It looked like it was in the bedroom while she was hitting him. Jakes memory.
@@Sideshowbillyif you mean what I think you mean, I am more incline to consider the Tri-factor. Break-down host are discussing Jake's surfacing and I agree. I consider Jake represents the Id part of the psyche: concerned with carnality and survival, hence dating and violence when threatened. While Steven represents the super-ego concerned with order and emotional intelligence - and finally Marc, the ego balancing the other 2 and engaging with the world most of all.
@@damientom I think mark has white on bc he represents yang and Steven has black on bc he represents yin, i could just be reading too into it tho. Then u hav jake who will be the mixture of both
my biggest fear for moon knight, at this point, is whether they use oscar enough going forward in the mcu.. hes absolutely killing it! so hopefully next wednesday aint the last we see of him. i know theres been rumors of him appearing in other marvel movies, but since nothings set in stone yet, idk.
@@XVNRX idk moonknight is to much of a talkative character to himself and others. They will not use him right as they will not be able to give the proper screen time.
@@atasteofreality609 what are you talking about? 😂 he would have great banter with other heroes and the mf whoops ass He’ll be fine , ain’t no way they don’t revolutionize Moonknight just how they made other small unknown characters bigger today like GOTG , Antman , hell even ironman and Thor weren’t well known before 2008
Yeah, i just dont see him being used as much as id like to see him used. Honestly i feel like they could do it better by simply just continuing the solo show instead. Maybe even a solo film, but yeah i dont see them using him as well in a movie with several other big name characters to split the screen with.
As a mom I found most of this episode completely sad. Child dying and mom taking it out on the other child is the most heartbreaking gut wrenching thing. Then having to watch Steven die too. I hope there is. Redemption last episode. If i rewatch the series I might have to skip this episode and pretend it never existed!
Agreed. Where I know I can't say where grief would take me if (GOD FORBID) I was in such a situation..but taking it out on your remaining child? Nah, I can't fathom that. If anything I'd probably become a massive helicopter mom. He didn't deserve any of that. There was nothing he could've done. He deserved better parents. The dad shouldve protected him more.
When Mark got sedated with the needle, his head lifts up and his eye go back. The exact same move he does when he switches personalities which might actually point to the fact that his lost time is not due to switching personalities but he loses time because he is being sedated.
The version of Marc with the broken nose at the beginning is Jake. Note the odd manic behavior and different way of speaking. I believe it was 100% him. Trapped in the sarcophagus, stuck speaking to Harrow till he tried to stab himself in the eye, noting more manic “Jake like” behavior. And the fact that Steven, nor Marc have the broken nose at any point in the asylum scenes
One of if not the best marvel tv show episodes I’ve ever seen. I actually cried when they played the flashbacks of marcs childhood. Cant wait to see the finale.
I remember seeing the first episode and wondering just how much trauma Steven went through to just accept abuse like he was conditioned to. This episode explicitly shows that he was subconsciously split off to take the abuse from Wendy. And Marc, out of a sense of guilt, tries to give him a normal life to make it up to him... That broke my heart! Taweret has the same awkward energy as Steven and they get along and that is just... 🥰 The CG was a bit off, but i really don't mind.
Steve is frozen and Jake is locked, this was the only way for Marks heart scale to find balance. Also, my bet is that Dr. Harrow is either Konshu trying to help Mark find a equilibrium between personalities, or can even be Jake as a street rat trying to keep every personality alive, acting like the mediator since he is the one with access to ALL memories from ALL personalities. My money is on Konshu.
I think you're on to something. I think Harrow is there because he's the voice of Ammit, and I think Khonshu is watching the whole thing play out and smirking because he wants the personalities separate in the comics to take over Mark's body. Jake and Steven could come back in the last episode and destroy Khonshu for not helping, OR, because the show seems to be taking a different direction from the comics, Khonshu could come into play in the end and pull all the personalities back. As for Jake, I agree. He'd have to be locked in order for the scales to balance if we're considering the Egyptian beliefs. Instead, it appears the scale is considering the physical weight, so when Steven went overboard, his heart was taken off the scale so Mark's heart would balance with the feather. Jake does exist, and what strikes me as odd is they don't see the memory of when Jake took over and went on a killing spree in episode 3 or 4.
i think the dr. is just part of marks asylum interpretation of the boats interior. he thinks he's crazy and needs help and the dr. is mark forcing that on himself. i don't know if they are going to emulate what the comic does in regards to konshu messing with mark. right now konshu is still locked up so i don't see how he would be there anyway.
Isn't Khonshu tethered to the pyramid? Osiris' avatar says so, He's still locked up there and can't reach Marc. In the comics this is based on, Khonshu may not even be real and just another voice Marc made up in his head.
Right! We saw Marc first flip to Steven right before the abuse. My theory is that Marc flips to Jake during the abuse or when he’s triggered following it/when Marc is enraged.
Something that I noticed, was that Steven when first appeared as Mr. Knight the weapon of choice were two rods, kinda like daredevil, but in the fifth episode we see in his room when he was little a pair of steel nunchucks, that may reference that he played with those kind of things for fun when he was a child.
Layla didn't know Marc's mom had died because it only happened 2 months ago and it's probable that Marc left her before that. Khonshu threatening to take Layla as host was not connected to the mom's death. That just broke Marc's defenses against Steven and let him take over more fully.
The hippo scenes are real if only because, as you mentioned, she mentioned the Ancestral Plane, which a.) we already know is real and b.) Mark/Steven would not know about to add to a potential “fantasy”.
This show gets better every week, really wish there were more than six episodes. I’m still undecided on what’s real, but that’s what makes it great for me. I look forward to these recaps every week. Thanks for your commitment and hard work.
I’m starting to disagree with this show being so grand. The fact i get more insight and depth from the Easter eggs than the actual show is becoming a problem
You know they actually foreshadowed Steven mum being his imaginary from the start of Ep 1. It was when he was talking to the statue man, the statue doesn't response but somehow Steven understand him just like when he talks with his mum on the phone
My theory is that Marc/Steven actually needed 3 hearts on that scale for it to balance. The scales with 2 hearts is balanced after Steven sacrifices himself. So I guess it’s another hint to Jake’s existence. But that’s my theory time. 😂
@@ainticute56 I thought that it would be an obvious conclusion to go to. But I have had discussions where this is almost seemed a far fetched conclusion. Good to know I’m not the only one thinking like that.
While the show MoonKnight is a one and done and Oscar Isaac doesn't have a contract Beyond this show there are interviews where he said he'd be willing to come back to do crossovers and depending on how well the show did & how much people like it, which it's doing amazing, he'll continue doing the character as long as they keep finding new ways to keep MoonKnight exciting. So I don't think we should worry about him leaving right now.
I'm really glad that they dropped Bushman's name and he was real, I was really nervous that they were going to make Jake the murderer of Layla's father, which still could be true but I hope not.
I literally cried for the backstory part. Steven was the one of the best parts of the series and seeing him die was painful💔 . Brilliant breakdown Paul 😁
Don't be too sad, i bet he's either going to come back completely or marc will learn "he is everything Steven is" and lose the accent but gain the compassion
When you mentioned how in the comic run "Khonshu was always there" I'm surprised you didn't bring up how Steven saw the dead bird skeleton outside the cave his brother died in
that’s just how the mcu works lol, right after thor & loki patch things up… infinity war happened, once tony decides to enjoy life… endgame happened, etc.
@@_gracieee lmao just damn man..I know they're characters they overwriting their arcs. Never thought I'd complain about outstanding character development until now.
This episode made me feel truly heartbroken for Marc and Steven… possibly etc… and I literally couldn’t stop tearing up. Damn Marvel has really coming out swinging since the slight lull after Endgame. First WandaVision, then FatWS, then Loki… each show literally twisting the knife on the feels and dialing it up to 11 on the dimensionality of each character.
I absolutely loved this episode! The fact that we don’t know what’s real or not is absolutely perfectly executed. I’m excited for the finale! Also thank you for the puns, makes your videos bearable
So the moon has an intrinsic link to water with tides etc and we have seen how Khonshu has affected the night sky so it would make sense that he could have something to do with Marc's brother Randal's death, especially considering how it changed Marc and how in the comics Khonshu was a part of Marc's life from a young age.
Moon Knight truly warranted a six part tv show to delve into such a complex character. How well written is this?! I totally understand why Oscar Issac signed on. The only problem is that it's six, not twelve episodes. When this is over, I'll be re-watching for sure.
One thing I've noticed is that Mark as a kid tried to copy Steven's accent when he was playing with his brother, which is why some people in comments and forums who are English noticed how bad Oscar Isaac's English accent is. In one interview, he was asked if the accent was on purpose and he didn't answer which means it was an important plot line and it would have been a spoiler. This kinda confirms that Steven's accent wasn't natural and was made as part of another identity Mark created while escaping hard situations as a child.
I'm just saying, this episode has single handedly convinced me that Oscar Isaac is THE best actor marvel has so far. The amazing emotional acting Oscar Isaac put into the episode is amazing, never has a marvel movie or show actually made me shed a genuine tear it is amazing
God, I loved this episode. It was heartbreaking watching Steven find out he was the invented personality, but learning the whole childhood backstory was super interestesting, I've really grown to like Steven so much and was sad he died after helping Marc fight off the dead. I've loved watching the two personalities really begin to appreciate each other too! I was a bit disappointed we didn't meet Jake yet but there's still time I guess
Okay so my theory is that everything we saw after the gun shot is a layer within a layer reality. After the gun shot, harrow or maybe Ammit is trying to extract info from marc's brain and for this they created a illusion of Dr. Harrow and the asylum and within this reality there is another which is the ship. As Dr. harrow said to marc to tell whatever he is hiding to steven and he also knew about the ship and Taweret. And to get his info(whatever that is) they must know all the memories of marc but the problem was that marc had personalities and memories are divided so arthur asked marc to tell the truth to steven so that the whole info will be there. But they didn't knew that JAKE is also there and this may mess up ammit's plan.
i don't see what info ammit would want though. marc was just a road block for ammit. and now that harrow shot him, it doesn't matter what mark knows. whether mark made it to the fields or got frozen in the sands, it didn't matter to ammit because konshu and his avatar are now out of her way. and it looks like ammit might be busy anyway, as we saw taweret pointed out how a lot of souls are just falling to the sands now. making me think that while mark is on his therapeutic journey, that harrow may have gotten ahold of layla and ammits statue, and now ammit is too busy killing people to care about what marks soul is up to. when marc finally gets back to reality, he's going to greeted with ammits shitstorm lol.
I find it really interesting how they’ve changed some things from the myths like how the one who weighs the dead’s hearts is Anubis those who pass the test do go the reeds but those who fail have there hurts feed to none other than Ammit.
they manage to convey that same sentiment without the CGI here lol I really think that’s what it amounts to. Perhaps they have plans for Anubis to show up and this is just groundwork and foreshadowing. Anubis is on the scale being used to weigh it. He is metaphorically weighing the hearts on the ship.
2:14 if he shot 2 times to kill Marc and Steven, does that mean that Jake is still alive and might take over the body on episode 6? What if whatever Marc and Steven are dreaming of right now, that means the hospital etc. Is actually just a dream Marc and Steve are having while Jake is in control of the body?
I think Steven is Marc’s flight and Jake is Marc’s fight. Before Steven went overboard, 2/3 of them were more or less okay with running. Now they may be balance with Marc fleeting for peace and Jake coming in to fight his way back from the afterlife
I was thinking on the same line. jake locked up and Steven frozen means Marc's heart is balanced HOWEVER if u take Steven as the kind and jake as the ruthless having both of them accepted might also balance ... Steven cancels jake and vice versa leaving marc balanced ....
I’m convinced that it’s actually Jake in Harrow’s office at the start of the episode. Note how he’s suddenly beat up with a broken nose and there’s zero explanation as to why! Marc didn’t look like that in episode 4. His accent is way stronger and he is immediately violent, going so far as to grab the glass pyramid to kill Harrow and threatened to kill himself. We never see Marc or Steven be this unhinged at any point in the asylum. Later we see Harrow has been trying to speak with Steven and in patients with DID, the doctor always tries to speak with all the identities for therapy sessions. I think Harrow succeeded at bringing out Jake and that’s where we started in the episode.
@@marcusmcneal7453 completely agree! I believe Jake comes out when Marc is scared/angry/enraged. Marc said he created Steven to be “happy”/remember the good times. Well like Harrow said, to ascend you must also descend so I believe when Marc is scared, out comes Jake. Rarely is Marc scared but he was when he saw Tarweet, more so than we’ve ever seen… and I think it’s that fear that triggers Jake to come out
@@jaboiiig7847 You nailed it. There has to be a flip side to Steven otherwise Marc’s attempt to shield himself from the trauma of his mom’s abuse doesn’t work. I’ve watched that opening scene like 4 times now and he’s definitely speaking with a northeast US accent.
I can’t wait for more Moon Knight. I wish there was more suit filled action but I am enjoying the story. This episode was insane! Definitely gonna be the best episode of the season can't wait for the finale
For some reason, I’ve barely noticed how little suit action there’s been until you said it. Must be a testament to how great the story and performances are! Love it!
This episode left me just speechless. Couldn't help but watch it again. Could not believe how much I cried. Everybody who was abused as a kid can identify. 😭
Maybe the third persona isn't Marks, but Steven's second persona. Since we saw an aggressive side of Steven pop up for a second. Mark made Steven to protect himself, and Steven made Jake to protect himself. That's why the balance evened out when Steven dropped off. As Stevens persona still had some hidden unbalance it kept being out of balance stil.
Just when I thought we’ve seen the best episode of this series, they top it off again with the latest entry. Amazing series and performance by Oscar Isaac.
I was expecting that they needed to open the third sarcophagus in order to balance the scale. I was thinking that the third heart of Jake and all the secrets would be revealed then.
Ikr, it's like the dialogue is leading us to there. At this point, i don't even know anymore if that they're teasing us for jake or just to make us not believe jake will appear and then we will be surprised more when he really appeared.
8:30 minor correction, the river stix and Charon are a Greek thing. The Egyptians had some myths involving boats crossing the underworld river, but that was more associated with the daily cycle of death and rebirth performed by the god of the sun Ra.
This is my take on to balance the scale: _They need to do is to find the other heart to be part of the scale (whole person) or to kill the one fake heart to be apart from the scale. (a whole person)_
@@smoke802x7 Nope. Jake actually appeared in this episode. He was the one who got sedated for trying to attack the doctor. You can tell that by looking at his broken nose and aggressive behavior.
@@anjaneyasreetrout2444 lol you are looking way to hard into it lol and the entire show has set marc up to be the aggressor Jake is nothing more then a ester egg
@@anjaneyasreetrout2444 nah lol 1 episode left no character development for Jake that we the watchers are aware of besides a few small ester eggs that 90% of the audience have no idea about....also no plans for season 2 that we know of and they aren't just gonna drop another personality if they add him in the main MCU in a movie.
Shiva is a 7 day period of mourning. literally means to sit. it's 7 days where the community visits to comfort the mourning family, and the family basically does nothing but take time to mourn/reflect etc.
When Marc and his brother were going to the cave, there was a skeleton that looked like Konshu on the ground hinting that you're right about him planning this from the beginning
Thats what Im thinking about! Did Khonsu choose Marc since his child...but I thought Khonsu can't saw people future since they were Born...if its Ammits then yeah🤔
Something I really liked was when we see young Mark and his brother, his brother is drawing a goldfish with one fin. Steven then has his life turned upside down a bit by what happens next -finding out he was created by Mark- Similar to earlier in the season when Steven wakes up to his fish no longer having one fin and leading to his life turning upside down again -him finding out about Mark-
Hey this was great as always. Don’t know how you always do it getting us a breakdown so quickly but I love it. Wednesday & Sunday is our days off so i is t all works perfectly. This show has really been amazing and I think it’s becoming clear that much of this is in Marc’s mind but it’s still a real situation that’s going on and we’ll all see it come together next week. As for an extended show or continued universe I think Marvel will show us that this one kind of begins a new universe that’s only loosely connected to the MCU. Whitman as the Black Knight would be tightly connected to this one but as we saw in the Eternals there’s still a connection if they want. They’d be foolish to not continue this with another season of Moonknight, some of the other characters and eventually do a Midnight Suns movie!!! Fingers crossed
I’m pretty sure we were looking at Jake talk to “dr harrow” in that first scene where he’s got the broken nose before being sedated Different accent and dialect and was pretty violent from the jump. His face even looked very different, he had that menacing grin
@@labturtle2978 jake to take the beatings or take out marcs rage for the beatings , Steven to pretend he had a nice mum. jake is fight and all Marc's bad traits and Steven is flight all Marc's sensitive traits
@@labturtle2978 Jake is the protector he serves to deal with the emotional weight Marc can’t handle. Steven is the deflection, it’s Marc running away from his problems bottling them up and leading a life of a facade, then Marc is the fighter who steps up when his confidence and courage is highest
I’m crying so bad during this episode. Can’t wait to see the final episode but also didn’t want this show to end super soon. I’m in love with this series.
This episode has some of the best character building ive ever seen done in a single hour. I cant wait for the finale and see where it goes with these characters' arcs
Love these videos. I’ve never read the comics but I’m a huge Marvel movie and TV fan. You videos help to make the connections I’d be otherwise unaware of.
Setting aside the fantastical comic stuff, this episode really was amazing the whole series so far has. Just the care, respect and attention put towards a character with dissociative identity disorder. Oscar Issacs acting deserves an Emmy for portraying such a complex character with a culturally misunderstood mental disorder. I was in tears the entire episode and I honestly don’t really care about what’s real or not. For me the entire series is more or less just an amazing character driven drama about a man dealing with a disorder in a world where other worldly entities exist like the avengers and thanos. I think the very fact they exist in a universe w “superheroes” probably influenced his D.I.D. (I really want to know from a clinical psychology perspective how accurate Issac’s portrayal of Marc, and Steven is to real life patients with D.I.D.)
15:47 IIRC, Marc's mom died 2 months ago, and Layla mentioned that she hadn't spoken to Marc for longer than that ( i think it was 6 months?), before Marc (Steven) and Layla reunited in the show.
Keep doing what your doing cause it's clearly working!!! I agree with your views throughout the video you also filled alot of holes I stumbled across watching the series so thanks. Keep the videos coming my g 💙👊🏿😏
I think there's a bit of a mistake here. You mention at once that the Egyptians believed Charon Carried you across the River Styx. That's actually in Greek Mythology I believe. I could be wrong or there could be some corollation that I'm missing but just wanted to note this. Loving the content, keep up the breakdowns!!
I must agree that I love how this shows keeps fucking with our minds. This show truly gets better and better each week. I did shed a tear when Steven fell over and froze. I cannot wait or even Fathom what’s truly going to happen next week but I’m here for it.
Ep 5 of MoonKnight feels so much like episode 8 from WandaVision. With the whole plot of revisiting the past as the main character comes to grip with their reality and trauma.
there's no way he was imagining the whole show. there are moments that happen without steven, marc, etc. For example, when khonshu is trapped in stone we cut to scenes that happen without steven or marc where we see just harrow or another avatar. why would scenes play out without the main character if this is all in his head?
I think episode 6 will have a lot of Jake Lockley. In the scene we get him, he instantly scans his surroundings for something to defend himself with. I think the final alter is going to explain how Marc killed his mother out of self defence, and I think the fact that he picked up that weapon was a dead giveaway. I'd be able to identify that instinct anywhere. This is something that a child or person develops when they wake up every day to physical attacks, whether by a parent or some other force. In this case, we can be certain it's his mother. I actually also just remembered that scene where Marc rushes Steven out of the room but you can hear his mother beating him with a belt, which further supports where they might be going.
i love how marvel makes that the MCU world believes in many many cultures that are all actually real in their world. for example, we have this (egyptian afterlife), african afterlife from black panther, thor himself and much more. everything in a single world
Actually I think the African afterlife (ancestral plane) is mentioned by Taweret as being part of the Egyptian underworld (Duat), and Black Panther has mentioned two Egyptian deities before (Bast, the cat goddess, and Sekhmet, the lion goddess). So maybe the Wakandans believe in Egyptian mythology too?
@@Loreboar0 maybe, but it seems that Bast might have broken away from the egypian gods. they weren't even mentioned at the counsel. and i thought Taweret was just the MCU hinting at other planes of existence that serve as an afterlife. there are after all many gods in the marvel universe (not just earth) and an afterlife for each of them.
I waited to watch Moon Night because this didn’t appeal to me as much as the other Marvel Disney + shows but wow was it amazing and it’s got me hooked now and I just want more. Love the breakdowns on this channel, there is really no other place to go to get this quality
I hope to see Jake in next episode as in episode 3, we see some killings done for which Steven and Marc were blaming each other for.. May be Steven will be resurrected in next episode with Khonshu's help.
If moon knight can stick the landing it will become easily the best MCU show may be one of the best comic shows ever or even one of the best tv shows ever period. It is phenomenal so far, really hope they can stick the landing.
Every week me after watching moon knight: This is the best episode so far. Love how this show has progressed. Just seems so natural the way the story is flowing.
Yes!!! I'm glad you used the "It's all connected," scene from The Batman! I was sitting in the theater watching the movie, and when that scene showed, I thought of your videos with the "It's all connected," meme, and started laughing!😂
I absolutely loved this episode and can not wait for the finale! I like how they’ve addressed that this is just Marc’s version of the afterlife and not the afterlife, explaining how the ancestral plane looks different to this one! I always love Steven going on his little tangents “My doctor?” “Oo yeah looks like you’ve really gone up in the world” 😂 it was cool to see Steven developed from Marc’s younger age aswell but his mum? 👀😬 yeah let’s not
Just want to say that many of us who have DID really appreciate the informed way you're talking about it. And we absolutely love how this show is handling it.
You have DID? How many personalities do you have? The show is pretty accurate in how it’s portrayed? Like do your other identities do things you don’t remember?
This isn't an AMA. Lol. That's deeply private information and not just something you share. But there are a lot of sites that can answer all of your questions written by the community in a way that doesn't exploit.
@@dubcwherever there are some people on youtube with DID, watch their vids... i heavily suggest not to watch DisociaDID’s videos though because others say she’s faking it
Shiva is the week after the burial where the mourner observes certain customs (not wearing shoes, not sitting on normal chairs, etc.) while being available for people to come and pay their respects (a Shiva call). The mourner does not leave the house even to pray and it is common for the prayer services to be held in the house. There's a lot more involved, but those are the basics. I don't know what happens at a wake so I can't compare.
@@DonyaFR they either sit on stools, short chairs, or sometimes the floor. There is a society that will supply the chairs and other things needed for a house of mourning.
I'm Jewish and was raised Catholic. I've participated in various ways in both types of observations. The main difference from a wake in my experience is who it is for. Wakes can be pretty exhausting for the family: a lot of holding space for other people's grief, event planning, and social customs and niceties. Sitting shiva centers the family and their grief. The community certainly comes and shares in it and processes their grief as well, but it's meant to center those who were closest to the deceased, and give them space for the emotional journey of grieving.
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No wonder why Oscar Isaac himself claimed that Episode 5 and 6 are his favourite ones. I was excited to find the Ancestral Plane being name dropped. With Thor 4 round the corner, I believe MCU is now going to explore the God Realms and Multiverse, with Olympias, Asgard and Othervoid joining the mix.
This episode had me stoned
if you read the replies on your own comment on last episodes video youll see this guy named SOD BLITZ said theyre on a boat!!
This episode was such a heart-wrenching one. I don’t think I’d seen this much emotional weight in a live Marvel production since Karen’s backstory episode in Daredevil
Is her brother going to be okay?
Agreed shoutout to Legion for making way for Moon Knight
That “Karen” episode from season 3 was crazy emotional. From her mother to her brother. All the feels.
the message is deep too, it's marc trying to run from his past and reality and the only thing that can heal himself is himself and that's why Steven existed
Ooof... You had to remind me about the Karen Backstory episode 😢
This episode was so emotional that I cried for the pain that Marc suffered as a child, losing his brother only to have to bare the unfortunate brunt of his mother's wrath for a death he couldn't prevent. Then finding out that Steven was the character he created that helped him block out the pain that Marc was suffering. Its an incredible series, 10 out of flipping 10. 🤗
truth, queen. What a show.
This was a great episode but also somewhat triggering, which just demonstrates the talent of someone who can make those difficult scenes come to life.
A hundred percent agree!
@@merder1414 I'm petitioning for there to be a season 2 of this incredible show. The concept will be Marc exploring his other identities and joining forces with other superheroes from across the world to battle the new Egyptian God's he will have to face. Inorder to save humanity from being banished into the afterlife ahead of their time. This time the battles will be harder and this time he'll need an army. My fellow MoonKnightian, let's get this beauty in the works. There is strength in numbers 💪 🙏 🙌 ✨️
Episode 5 was quite confusing after i watched it. I also think we might not see Jake Lockley but only get hints. If he does appear it might be at the end of Moon Knight ep 6
I'd say it's just Marc being confused and stressed at the moment.
There are way too many plot threads to conclude in one episode especially for a Disney+ limited series (no plans for season 2)
I believe Jake will be brought in S2 along with Bushman as the main antagonist.
@@Zazzoto There won't be a 2nd season.
@@secretchiley That's false. There isn't a contract or plans for season two, as far as we know.
Nothing being confirmed doesn't confirm nothing will happen. Huge difference.
There’s no Way you only do One season with a actor like Oscar.
15:22 Marc’s brother drawing the goldfish with one fin actually explains why Marc replaced Steven’s goldfish in episode 1 he saw the goldfish in Steven’s room and didn’t want to be reminded of his past because drawing the one-fined goldfish was one of the last things his brother did before he died
Good theory, but wasn't Marc the one who was purchasing the fish in the first place? Only credible bit would be Marc was in a rush when he purchased it the day or two before, but I don't think they'll go into that much detail in the last episode.
i got the impression he WANTED a 1 fin fish, probable to remind him of his brother. Steven is an alter, why wouldnt steven maybe see the one finned fish as his brother?
Jake replaced the fish and he tried to get one just like the original to preserve Stevens sanity. Jake is also the one who buys Steven the postcards as his mother. Marc wouldn't care, it was his two day trip to the Alps that killed gus.
And little mind boiler : theres no way Marc flew to the Alps and back to London in just two days. That and the constant "wake me up" before you gogo playing in the cupcake scenes really made the wake up feel real. What if he can't tell the difference between his dreams and waking life because his dreams are his and the others memories back on the boat in the duat where Jake has been imprisoned. Maybe Jake did die when Mark became moonknight, stuck in the afterlife with no one because the gods all closed up shop or were imprisoned. Slowly growing more mad having to watch Marc and Stevens lives play out while trying to get their attention. They die see his sarcophagus down there and still don't free him lol.
Marc tried replaceing it with one with one fin remember when steven went back to the fish shop. She told him something about she already told him they dont sell disabled fish like nemo
@@jarretmangini9087 Jake's not even in the show yet, and that's if they even show him this season so your theory has almost no credibility...sorry bro lol.
When he is first talking to Dr. Harrow it's someone with a Chicago accent and there is a Cubs poster on his wall. I think Jake was the identity that took the beatings. Also, there was a baseball bat used in the fight on the boat. Also also, there are what look like nunchucks next to Steven when he is cleaning up the markers. Could be why he uses the two sticks as Mr.Knight.
Mark Spector is from Chicago
Marc is from Chicago, Jake is New Yorkian.
@@murk4552 all the personalities are from Chicago, it just that Jake Works as a cab Driver in NY most of the times in the comics the cap he wears is from the Cubs, a similar cap appeared in Ep 3
@@Batcow-1138 oh yeah, forgot about that
@@murk4552 do New Yorkers really call themselves New Yorkians cuz I’ve never heard that😂
This was my favorite episode. I cried so hard at Oscar Issac's performance as Marc drunk crying about her not 'deserving this'. She abused him and broke him yet he still loved her. It can be so hard to deal with that at any age. He was so young when his psyche split in order to protect himself from the trauma of being hated and repeatly hurt by your own loved one. It really broke my heart watching that scene. Oscar Issac is really such a great actor.
Agreed!
That hippo is a CGI masterpiece! The way her ears move sometimes, the gentle hip sway in one of the scenes, and she has a reflection in all the shiny bits all over the ceiling! Huge congratulations to the visual effects team for that!
Yes but they have a lot of edges that has too much motion blur (Steven and Marc's edges against the underworld cgi). This is not a big deal for me but it's just surprising compared to what we got from WandaVision and Loki. But I agree, Tawareth cgi is really good.
Well, just like Shakira said. "Hips don't lie" XD
You can’t be serious? That hippo looks absolutely awful and ruins every scene it’s in
I know many people think the scales balanced because Steven is “gone”, but I think it might be once Marc realized he truly needs him/cares for him. The whole point of them going back and looking at the past is for them to see they are part of each other and find acceptance within themselves.
(I put say “gone” because I’m not really sure Steven is truly gone since he is “part” of Marc)
I think its because Marc made up Steven and the reality you see with Moonknight, Khonsu etc is also made up. Therefore steven being destroyed is slowly helping marc to recover to be himself again and to come back to reality.
Slowly
@@poopystoopywoop8308 man this episode bugs me so much
@@GWKrae I think the series is based off real life mental health problems known as Phsycosis
@@poopystoopywoop8308 No, it’s based on dissociative identity disorder
Was more excited for this breakdown more than the episode itself. No wonder why Oscar Isaac himself claimed that Episode 5 and 6 are his favourite ones. I was excited to find the Ancestral Plane being name dropped. With Thor 4 round the corner, I believe MCU is now going to explore the God Realms and Multiverse, with Olympias, Asgard and Othervoid joining the mix.
🤣😂🤣😂
@@SamLanena what's funny? Lmao, this is a major moment for the series and now we know the gods have immense power over an "intersection" of dimensions.
Gods are gonna fight real soon amongst pantheons either to avoid Gorr or hide from Kang.
@@murk4552 a battle of the pantheons would be so sick. Especially with the quality of marvel.
On the ancestral plane comment, it was also name dropped in Black Panther. Even visited. I think that will be a part of it as well since the deity of Wakanda was technically also from ancient Egyptian mythology. Which makes sense with wakanda not being far from Egypt. Would love to see something in Thor tie the lore together
You are clearly a child
This Episode was a cinematic perfection. The symbolism of the scenes with the memories of Marc is really emotional, this series keeps on setting up the bar higher than the last. What makes it work is the fact that the main character's flaw is somewhat grounded with Marc's mental illness stemming from an abusive mother and used Steven as an escape or a coping mechanisms. Moonknight is by far the best Disney+ series so far in my opinion.
The first scene with marc talking to dr. harrow when his nose is broken, I think, is actually our first look at Jake. His deportment seems a lot more stern and aggressive. Plus his accent and harrow mentions they're in Chicago.
How does Jake remember the hippo if that is the case?
@@ryanb1468 Maybe jakes is always aware of what's going on? He just watching everything and comes out if it's needed?
Jake hasn't been introduced yet
@@gavrazefanda1438 in the comics Jake is the only personality that remembers everything, all memories of the other personalities. Jake is the protecter, Marc is the fighter, and Steven is the detective
I THOUGHT THAT TOO THE ACCENT SOUNDED SOUTHERN
The one thing I found weird is that Steven is meant to think his mum is loving but he turns into Steven just as the mum comes in to give him a hiding. Marc then drags him away to not watch the abuse but Steven doesn't remember it. I think Jake Lockly takes over just after we left. I think Jake is the personality who took all the worst of the physical and mental abuse from the mother and that's why he's so dark.
@zen view I guess we'll see this week mate but it seems to overtly hinted at this point for them to not have him, I'd accept all of that if it qasnt for the blank spots in episode 3 when neither Marc or Steven remember, only other option is its konshu
@zen view they couldn't have tested all 3 hearts because Jake wasn't there. I assume they were able to be balanced since only Steven and Mark were the only known personalities?
It'll prolly be explained next episode but it's clear that there are 3 personalities
@zen view who was in that coffin then? Did you also forget that in the third episode Marc gets swapped by someone that wasn't Steven
@@techedbirb6663 yeah, someone starts stabbing the mercenaries, and neither marc or steven knew who it was. that had to be jake :)
@@zubairhossain5680 ya, the way he looks around at those dead bodies too might be the hint as well but maybe not lol, can't wait to see his suit tho
That was Jake with the bloody nose talking to Dr Harrow. He had a new accent and was over the top violent. Steven doesn’t remember his mom being abusive even though Marc gave the body to him before getting hit. Cause Jakes taking the hits, hence the bloody nose, hence why he’s so violent. Also the memory we saw before seeing Jake with the bloody nose was his mom screaming “it’s all your fault.” It looked like it was in the bedroom while she was hitting him. Jakes memory.
Nah it was marc getting abused he even said it
I taught so too
Jake is the new mephisto lol
Nice one
That makes sense
I like that Steven is revealed to be an emotional protector, compared to Marc being the physical protector in the first episode.
yup a though he was weak but was wrong. I really love steven more and more
@@theflashgordon193 thing is steven doesn’t remember the beatings either, so could it have been jake?
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@@Sideshowbillyif you mean what I think you mean, I am more incline to consider the Tri-factor. Break-down host are discussing Jake's surfacing and I agree. I consider Jake represents the Id part of the psyche: concerned with carnality and survival, hence dating and violence when threatened. While Steven represents the super-ego concerned with order and emotional intelligence - and finally Marc, the ego balancing the other 2 and engaging with the world most of all.
@@damientom I think mark has white on bc he represents yang and Steven has black on bc he represents yin, i could just be reading too into it tho. Then u hav jake who will be the mixture of both
my biggest fear for moon knight, at this point, is whether they use oscar enough going forward in the mcu.. hes absolutely killing it! so hopefully next wednesday aint the last we see of him. i know theres been rumors of him appearing in other marvel movies, but since nothings set in stone yet, idk.
No disrespect but are u dumb why would this be the last we see of him
Boi you know damn well they’ll use him
That’s the whole plan of even having him
@@XVNRX idk moonknight is to much of a talkative character to himself and others. They will not use him right as they will not be able to give the proper screen time.
@@atasteofreality609 what are you talking about? 😂 he would have great banter with other heroes and the mf whoops ass
He’ll be fine , ain’t no way they don’t revolutionize Moonknight just how they made other small unknown characters bigger today like GOTG , Antman , hell even ironman and Thor weren’t well known before 2008
Yeah, i just dont see him being used as much as id like to see him used. Honestly i feel like they could do it better by simply just continuing the solo show instead. Maybe even a solo film, but yeah i dont see them using him as well in a movie with several other big name characters to split the screen with.
As a mom I found most of this episode completely sad. Child dying and mom taking it out on the other child is the most heartbreaking gut wrenching thing. Then having to watch Steven die too. I hope there is. Redemption last episode. If i rewatch the series I might have to skip this episode and pretend it never existed!
Agreed. Where I know I can't say where grief would take me if (GOD FORBID) I was in such a situation..but taking it out on your remaining child? Nah, I can't fathom that. If anything I'd probably become a massive helicopter mom. He didn't deserve any of that. There was nothing he could've done. He deserved better parents. The dad shouldve protected him more.
When Mark got sedated with the needle, his head lifts up and his eye go back. The exact same move he does when he switches personalities which might actually point to the fact that his lost time is not due to switching personalities but he loses time because he is being sedated.
Im pretty sure that was Jake
@@mystic-db8546 they never opened jakes sarcophagus
@@ringkingkc the bandage on his nose and him being a lot more violent kinda gave it away
@@mystic-db8546 the accent tooo
How did we find out his name was jake? I forgot.
The version of Marc with the broken nose at the beginning is Jake. Note the odd manic behavior and different way of speaking. I believe it was 100% him. Trapped in the sarcophagus, stuck speaking to Harrow till he tried to stab himself in the eye, noting more manic “Jake like” behavior. And the fact that Steven, nor Marc have the broken nose at any point in the asylum scenes
One of if not the best marvel tv show episodes I’ve ever seen. I actually cried when they played the flashbacks of marcs childhood. Cant wait to see the finale.
The scene Steven talking to mum(After Death)....... That was Heartbreaking
I remember seeing the first episode and wondering just how much trauma Steven went through to just accept abuse like he was conditioned to. This episode explicitly shows that he was subconsciously split off to take the abuse from Wendy. And Marc, out of a sense of guilt, tries to give him a normal life to make it up to him... That broke my heart!
Taweret has the same awkward energy as Steven and they get along and that is just... 🥰
The CG was a bit off, but i really don't mind.
I ignored the CGI all along as the interactions were too much fun...
Steve is frozen and Jake is locked, this was the only way for Marks heart scale to find balance.
Also, my bet is that Dr. Harrow is either Konshu trying to help Mark find a equilibrium between personalities, or can even be Jake as a street rat trying to keep every personality alive, acting like the mediator since he is the one with access to ALL memories from ALL personalities. My money is on Konshu.
Or could be Ammit like in the comics
I think you're on to something. I think Harrow is there because he's the voice of Ammit, and I think Khonshu is watching the whole thing play out and smirking because he wants the personalities separate in the comics to take over Mark's body. Jake and Steven could come back in the last episode and destroy Khonshu for not helping, OR, because the show seems to be taking a different direction from the comics, Khonshu could come into play in the end and pull all the personalities back.
As for Jake, I agree. He'd have to be locked in order for the scales to balance if we're considering the Egyptian beliefs. Instead, it appears the scale is considering the physical weight, so when Steven went overboard, his heart was taken off the scale so Mark's heart would balance with the feather. Jake does exist, and what strikes me as odd is they don't see the memory of when Jake took over and went on a killing spree in episode 3 or 4.
i think the dr. is just part of marks asylum interpretation of the boats interior. he thinks he's crazy and needs help and the dr. is mark forcing that on himself. i don't know if they are going to emulate what the comic does in regards to konshu messing with mark. right now konshu is still locked up so i don't see how he would be there anyway.
So Steve is mit dead ?
Isn't Khonshu tethered to the pyramid? Osiris' avatar says so, He's still locked up there and can't reach Marc. In the comics this is based on, Khonshu may not even be real and just another voice Marc made up in his head.
Jake is the identity that took the beatings from “their” mom. That would explain why steven does not remember his mom being “rude”
Just as Steven was shielded from his mom’s rage. I think Marc flipped to Jake during the worst of the abuse making him absolutely ruthless
Identity disorders come when u are abused
Right! We saw Marc first flip to Steven right before the abuse. My theory is that Marc flips to Jake during the abuse or when he’s triggered following it/when Marc is enraged.
No it was mephisto
Something that I noticed, was that Steven when first appeared as Mr. Knight the weapon of choice were two rods, kinda like daredevil, but in the fifth episode we see in his room when he was little a pair of steel nunchucks, that may reference that he played with those kind of things for fun when he was a child.
Layla didn't know Marc's mom had died because it only happened 2 months ago and it's probable that Marc left her before that. Khonshu threatening to take Layla as host was not connected to the mom's death. That just broke Marc's defenses against Steven and let him take over more fully.
The hippo scenes are real if only because, as you mentioned, she mentioned the Ancestral Plane, which a.) we already know is real and b.) Mark/Steven would not know about to add to a potential “fantasy”.
This show gets better every week, really wish there were more than six episodes. I’m still undecided on what’s real, but that’s what makes it great for me. I look forward to these recaps every week. Thanks for your commitment and hard work.
The 6 episode format is so bad , Hawkeye suffered a lot because of it
I’m starting to disagree with this show being so grand. The fact i get more insight and depth from the Easter eggs than the actual show is becoming a problem
Lol shows getting more boring stop it!
Well it's more of an introduction I think, so when they're brought into the movies people aren't lost.
Moon knight deserves a movie tbh
You know they actually foreshadowed Steven mum being his imaginary from the start of Ep 1. It was when he was talking to the statue man, the statue doesn't response but somehow Steven understand him just like when he talks with his mum on the phone
I think the hearts were balanced because the whole purpose of Steven was to help Marc cope the trauma. And now Steven helped him he needed to go.
yeah that was the point of the episode ❤️
My theory is that Marc/Steven actually needed 3 hearts on that scale for it to balance. The scales with 2 hearts is balanced after Steven sacrifices himself. So I guess it’s another hint to Jake’s existence.
But that’s my theory time. 😂
Exactly what I thought! Surprised no one else thought this!
@@ainticute56 I thought that it would be an obvious conclusion to go to. But I have had discussions where this is almost seemed a far fetched conclusion. Good to know I’m not the only one thinking like that.
I thought the same thing
That was my theory too and you explained it far more clearly than I was able to explain!
While the show MoonKnight is a one and done and Oscar Isaac doesn't have a contract Beyond this show there are interviews where he said he'd be willing to come back to do crossovers and depending on how well the show did & how much people like it, which it's doing amazing, he'll continue doing the character as long as they keep finding new ways to keep MoonKnight exciting. So I don't think we should worry about him leaving right now.
I would love to see moon knight return to big screens probably movies like secret wars
We gotta get a Midnight Sons adaptation in the future. Moon Knight, Strange, Blade, Black Knight..
I'm really glad that they dropped Bushman's name and he was real, I was really nervous that they were going to make Jake the murderer of Layla's father, which still could be true but I hope not.
I literally cried for the backstory part. Steven was the one of the best parts of the series and seeing him die was painful💔 . Brilliant breakdown Paul 😁
Don't be too sad, i bet he's either going to come back completely or marc will learn "he is everything Steven is" and lose the accent but gain the compassion
Painful
Hope he comes back in final episode🙁
He will most likely come back moonknight is known for his personality’s
@@danielhughes5932 or both will merge into one. He’ll be smart asf, while also being able to have fighting skills
When you mentioned how in the comic run "Khonshu was always there" I'm surprised you didn't bring up how Steven saw the dead bird skeleton outside the cave his brother died in
the fact that they ended "killing" Steven after Steven and Marc finally accepts each other makes me upset
that’s just how the mcu works lol, right after thor & loki patch things up… infinity war happened, once tony decides to enjoy life… endgame happened, etc.
@@_gracieee lmao just damn man..I know they're characters they overwriting their arcs. Never thought I'd complain about outstanding character development until now.
This episode made me feel truly heartbroken for Marc and Steven… possibly etc… and I literally couldn’t stop tearing up.
Damn Marvel has really coming out swinging since the slight lull after Endgame. First WandaVision, then FatWS, then Loki… each show literally twisting the knife on the feels and dialing it up to 11 on the dimensionality of each character.
I absolutely loved this episode! The fact that we don’t know what’s real or not is absolutely perfectly executed. I’m excited for the finale! Also thank you for the puns, makes your videos bearable
This was really an emotional episode. Hit me right in the feels on several occasions.
So the moon has an intrinsic link to water with tides etc and we have seen how Khonshu has affected the night sky so it would make sense that he could have something to do with Marc's brother Randal's death, especially considering how it changed Marc and how in the comics Khonshu was a part of Marc's life from a young age.
Moon Knight truly warranted a six part tv show to delve into such a complex character. How well written is this?! I totally understand why Oscar Issac signed on. The only problem is that it's six, not twelve episodes. When this is over, I'll be re-watching for sure.
One thing I've noticed is that Mark as a kid tried to copy Steven's accent when he was playing with his brother, which is why some people in comments and forums who are English noticed how bad Oscar Isaac's English accent is. In one interview, he was asked if the accent was on purpose and he didn't answer which means it was an important plot line and it would have been a spoiler. This kinda confirms that Steven's accent wasn't natural and was made as part of another identity Mark created while escaping hard situations as a child.
I like how the Marc's mother banging on the door is quite reminiscent of the jackal monster banging on the washroom door in episode 1
I'm just saying, this episode has single handedly convinced me that Oscar Isaac is THE best actor marvel has so far.
The amazing emotional acting Oscar Isaac put into the episode is amazing, never has a marvel movie or show actually made me shed a genuine tear it is amazing
Oscar and Elizabeth are carrying phase 4, in the acting department at least
Absolutely man his acting is phenomenal
God, I loved this episode.
It was heartbreaking watching Steven find out he was the invented personality, but learning the whole childhood backstory was super interestesting,
I've really grown to like Steven so much and was sad he died after helping Marc fight off the dead. I've loved watching the two personalities really begin to appreciate each other too!
I was a bit disappointed we didn't meet Jake yet but there's still time I guess
jake was in this episode tho
@@donaldrafe2075 He wasn't acknowledged by others though
@@megtime5430 but we still know he's in this ep
@@donaldrafe2075 omg I didn’t notice the accent change!
Okay so my theory is that everything we saw after the gun shot is a layer within a layer reality. After the gun shot, harrow or maybe Ammit is trying to extract info from marc's brain and for this they created a illusion of Dr. Harrow and the asylum and within this reality there is another which is the ship. As Dr. harrow said to marc to tell whatever he is hiding to steven and he also knew about the ship and Taweret. And to get his info(whatever that is) they must know all the memories of marc but the problem was that marc had personalities and memories are divided so arthur asked marc to tell the truth to steven so that the whole info will be there. But they didn't knew that JAKE is also there and this may mess up ammit's plan.
i don't see what info ammit would want though. marc was just a road block for ammit. and now that harrow shot him, it doesn't matter what mark knows. whether mark made it to the fields or got frozen in the sands, it didn't matter to ammit because konshu and his avatar are now out of her way. and it looks like ammit might be busy anyway, as we saw taweret pointed out how a lot of souls are just falling to the sands now. making me think that while mark is on his therapeutic journey, that harrow may have gotten ahold of layla and ammits statue, and now ammit is too busy killing people to care about what marks soul is up to. when marc finally gets back to reality, he's going to greeted with ammits shitstorm lol.
I find it really interesting how they’ve changed some things from the myths like how the one who weighs the dead’s hearts is Anubis those who pass the test do go the reeds but those who fail have there hurts feed to none other than Ammit.
i think anubis is missing or locked away cause the hippo has notes giving here instructions
@@erickeggum3767 that's what I thought too
@@erickeggum3767 Yes,we've seen him as an Ushabti in eps.3's beginning and the credits.
they manage to convey that same sentiment without the CGI here lol I really think that’s what it amounts to. Perhaps they have plans for Anubis to show up and this is just groundwork and foreshadowing. Anubis is on the scale being used to weigh it. He is metaphorically weighing the hearts on the ship.
2:14 if he shot 2 times to kill Marc and Steven, does that mean that Jake is still alive and might take over the body on episode 6? What if whatever Marc and Steven are dreaming of right now, that means the hospital etc. Is actually just a dream Marc and Steve are having while Jake is in control of the body?
I think Steven is Marc’s flight and Jake is Marc’s fight. Before Steven went overboard, 2/3 of them were more or less okay with running. Now they may be balance with Marc fleeting for peace and Jake coming in to fight his way back from the afterlife
Omg 😳 ❤️ this theory so much 🤗👏👏👏
I was thinking on the same line.
jake locked up and Steven frozen means Marc's heart is balanced HOWEVER if u take Steven as the kind and jake as the ruthless having both of them accepted might also balance ... Steven cancels jake and vice versa leaving marc balanced ....
I’m convinced that it’s actually Jake in Harrow’s office at the start of the episode. Note how he’s suddenly beat up with a broken nose and there’s zero explanation as to why! Marc didn’t look like that in episode 4. His accent is way stronger and he is immediately violent, going so far as to grab the glass pyramid to kill Harrow and threatened to kill himself. We never see Marc or Steven be this unhinged at any point in the asylum.
Later we see Harrow has been trying to speak with Steven and in patients with DID, the doctor always tries to speak with all the identities for therapy sessions. I think Harrow succeeded at bringing out Jake and that’s where we started in the episode.
@@marcusmcneal7453 completely agree! I believe Jake comes out when Marc is scared/angry/enraged. Marc said he created Steven to be “happy”/remember the good times. Well like Harrow said, to ascend you must also descend so I believe when Marc is scared, out comes Jake. Rarely is Marc scared but he was when he saw Tarweet, more so than we’ve ever seen… and I think it’s that fear that triggers Jake to come out
@@jaboiiig7847 You nailed it. There has to be a flip side to Steven otherwise Marc’s attempt to shield himself from the trauma of his mom’s abuse doesn’t work. I’ve watched that opening scene like 4 times now and he’s definitely speaking with a northeast US accent.
Oscar Isaac nailed his performance in this episode, goddamn he was amazing in every single shot. Oscar literally deserve an Oscar for this.!
I can’t wait for more Moon Knight. I wish there was more suit filled action but I am enjoying the story. This episode was insane! Definitely gonna be the best episode of the season can't wait for the finale
For some reason, I’ve barely noticed how little suit action there’s been until you said it. Must be a testament to how great the story and performances are! Love it!
This episode left me just speechless. Couldn't help but watch it again. Could not believe how much I cried. Everybody who was abused as a kid can identify. 😭
Maybe the third persona isn't Marks, but Steven's second persona. Since we saw an aggressive side of Steven pop up for a second. Mark made Steven to protect himself, and Steven made Jake to protect himself.
That's why the balance evened out when Steven dropped off. As Stevens persona still had some hidden unbalance it kept being out of balance stil.
Plz no
Just when I thought we’ve seen the best episode of this series, they top it off again with the latest entry. Amazing series and performance by Oscar Isaac.
Seriously one of the best MCU TV episodes ever. Oscar Issac's deserves an award for this episode.
I was expecting that they needed to open the third sarcophagus in order to balance the scale. I was thinking that the third heart of Jake and all the secrets would be revealed then.
I thought the same
Ikr, it's like the dialogue is leading us to there. At this point, i don't even know anymore if that they're teasing us for jake or just to make us not believe jake will appear and then we will be surprised more when he really appeared.
I was waiting for Jake to appear but nope sweet sweet Steven had to go to balance the scale 🥲💔
@@petitlikeme 💔😔
8:30 minor correction, the river stix and Charon are a Greek thing. The Egyptians had some myths involving boats crossing the underworld river, but that was more associated with the daily cycle of death and rebirth performed by the god of the sun Ra.
This is my take on to balance the scale:
_They need to do is to find the other heart to be part of the scale (whole person) or to kill the one fake heart to be apart from the scale. (a whole person)_
the scale balanced at the end you here the hippo say it....Jake isn't coming stop getting your hopes up lol
@@smoke802x7 Nope. Jake actually appeared in this episode.
He was the one who got sedated for trying to attack the doctor. You can tell that by looking at his broken nose and aggressive behavior.
@@anjaneyasreetrout2444 lol you are looking way to hard into it lol and the entire show has set marc up to be the aggressor Jake is nothing more then a ester egg
@@smoke802x7 Lmao I ain't looking hard. The differences are pretty damn obvious if you can pay attention.
@@anjaneyasreetrout2444 nah lol 1 episode left no character development for Jake that we the watchers are aware of besides a few small ester eggs that 90% of the audience have no idea about....also no plans for season 2 that we know of and they aren't just gonna drop another personality if they add him in the main MCU in a movie.
Shiva is a 7 day period of mourning. literally means to sit. it's 7 days where the community visits to comfort the mourning family, and the family basically does nothing but take time to mourn/reflect etc.
When Marc and his brother were going to the cave, there was a skeleton that looked like Konshu on the ground hinting that you're right about him planning this from the beginning
Thats what Im thinking about! Did Khonsu choose Marc since his child...but I thought Khonsu can't saw people future since they were Born...if its Ammits then yeah🤔
Yeah, considering that Khonshu can change the sky, I think it was possible that he caused it to rain that day
I thought that was on obvious and not an Easter egg lol
Maybe Khonshu manipulate everything including the death of Marc's brother and lead Marc become moon knight
@@user-fz6ss4ps5f if this arguments is true...... I can't even say anything
Something I really liked was when we see young Mark and his brother, his brother is drawing a goldfish with one fin. Steven then has his life turned upside down a bit by what happens next -finding out he was created by Mark- Similar to earlier in the season when Steven wakes up to his fish no longer having one fin and leading to his life turning upside down again -him finding out about Mark-
Hey this was great as always. Don’t know how you always do it getting us a breakdown so quickly but I love it. Wednesday & Sunday is our days off so i is t all works perfectly. This show has really been amazing and I think it’s becoming clear that much of this is in Marc’s mind but it’s still a real situation that’s going on and we’ll all see it come together next week. As for an extended show or continued universe I think Marvel will show us that this one kind of begins a new universe that’s only loosely connected to the MCU. Whitman as the Black Knight would be tightly connected to this one but as we saw in the Eternals there’s still a connection if they want. They’d be foolish to not continue this with another season of Moonknight, some of the other characters and eventually do a Midnight Suns movie!!! Fingers crossed
Uncle spoilers your the best lmao “Give me video, you get your video, when you fix this damn door” lmaoooo
I’m pretty sure we were looking at Jake talk to “dr harrow” in that first scene where he’s got the broken nose before being sedated
Different accent and dialect and was pretty violent from the jump. His face even looked very different, he had that menacing grin
Yesssss
why would Marc create jake tho?
@@labturtle2978 maybe as his alter protector when he lives in streets.
@@labturtle2978 jake to take the beatings or take out marcs rage for the beatings , Steven to pretend he had a nice mum. jake is fight and all Marc's bad traits and Steven is flight all Marc's sensitive traits
@@labturtle2978 Jake is the protector he serves to deal with the emotional weight Marc can’t handle. Steven is the deflection, it’s Marc running away from his problems bottling them up and leading a life of a facade, then Marc is the fighter who steps up when his confidence and courage is highest
I’m crying so bad during this episode. Can’t wait to see the final episode but also didn’t want this show to end super soon. I’m in love with this series.
This episode has some of the best character building ive ever seen done in a single hour. I cant wait for the finale and see where it goes with these characters' arcs
Love these videos. I’ve never read the comics but I’m a huge Marvel movie and TV fan. You videos help to make the connections I’d be otherwise unaware of.
Setting aside the fantastical comic stuff, this episode really was amazing the whole series so far has. Just the care, respect and attention put towards a character with dissociative identity disorder. Oscar Issacs acting deserves an Emmy for portraying such a complex character with a culturally misunderstood mental disorder. I was in tears the entire episode and I honestly don’t really care about what’s real or not. For me the entire series is more or less just an amazing character driven drama about a man dealing with a disorder in a world where other worldly entities exist like the avengers and thanos. I think the very fact they exist in a universe w “superheroes” probably influenced his D.I.D. (I really want to know from a clinical psychology perspective how accurate Issac’s portrayal of Marc, and Steven is to real life patients with D.I.D.)
Great break down as always...this episode reminded me so much of the penultimate episode of WandaVision when we revisit the past through doorways...
15:47 IIRC, Marc's mom died 2 months ago, and Layla mentioned that she hadn't spoken to Marc for longer than that ( i think it was 6 months?), before Marc (Steven) and Layla reunited in the show.
Paul I love your puns. Nearly every video has a groaner, but sometimes they are laugh out loud. Keep up the good work!
Episode was like a dagger to heart... really well done.
Keep doing what your doing cause it's clearly working!!! I agree with your views throughout the video you also filled alot of holes I stumbled across watching the series so thanks. Keep the videos coming my g 💙👊🏿😏
I think there's a bit of a mistake here. You mention at once that the Egyptians believed Charon Carried you across the River Styx. That's actually in Greek Mythology I believe. I could be wrong or there could be some corollation that I'm missing but just wanted to note this. Loving the content, keep up the breakdowns!!
Yep, came here to say this too. The Duat is supposed to have rivers etc, but not the Styx - that's a Greek thing, as is Charon.
Its supposed to be the nile
Yup
Yes i think it's rather a reference to rasetjau. A desert where re is pulled through on his bark in the underworld
Nice videos brah keep it going !!!
Great episode and great breakdown. Hopefully Lockley is coming, but dang, the finale has a lot to unpack.
Love your videos! Keep it up excited for the new epiosde and breakdown
I was waiting for this. At 4 am I was like "Imma head out and wait for the Spoilerman for this one." Thanks for the breakdown as always
You did a fantastic breakdown! Well done! Love the humor!
I must agree that I love how this shows keeps fucking with our minds. This show truly gets better and better each week. I did shed a tear when Steven fell over and froze. I cannot wait or even Fathom what’s truly going to happen next week but I’m here for it.
All good my dude. Take your time getting your content ready. We appreciate the hard work you put in them for our enjoyment
Ep 5 of MoonKnight feels so much like episode 8 from WandaVision. With the whole plot of revisiting the past as the main character comes to grip with their reality and trauma.
At 24:40 the lights and the pillars in Harrow’s office look like they make up the silhouette of Khonshu’s temple
there's no way he was imagining the whole show. there are moments that happen without steven, marc, etc. For example, when khonshu is trapped in stone we cut to scenes that happen without steven or marc where we see just harrow or another avatar. why would scenes play out without the main character if this is all in his head?
but he can still create those scenarios in his head as a mental patient
Yeah they need to finish this before all the questions start to form 😂
Good point
The entire sequence with Layla fighting the mummy and talking to Harrow happened without Marc around.
@@ScionStorm1 yes
I hope they do a season 2. This is amazing.
I think episode 6 will have a lot of Jake Lockley. In the scene we get him, he instantly scans his surroundings for something to defend himself with. I think the final alter is going to explain how Marc killed his mother out of self defence, and I think the fact that he picked up that weapon was a dead giveaway. I'd be able to identify that instinct anywhere. This is something that a child or person develops when they wake up every day to physical attacks, whether by a parent or some other force. In this case, we can be certain it's his mother. I actually also just remembered that scene where Marc rushes Steven out of the room but you can hear his mother beating him with a belt, which further supports where they might be going.
Love your breakdowns...you got to me first this week!
i love how marvel makes that the MCU world believes in many many cultures that are all actually real in their world.
for example, we have this (egyptian afterlife), african afterlife from black panther, thor himself and much more. everything in a single world
Actually I think the African afterlife (ancestral plane) is mentioned by Taweret as being part of the Egyptian underworld (Duat), and Black Panther has mentioned two Egyptian deities before (Bast, the cat goddess, and Sekhmet, the lion goddess). So maybe the Wakandans believe in Egyptian mythology too?
@@Loreboar0 Black Panther is the avatar of Bast.
@@Loreboar0 maybe, but it seems that Bast might have broken away from the egypian gods. they weren't even mentioned at the counsel. and i thought Taweret was just the MCU hinting at other planes of existence that serve as an afterlife. there are after all many gods in the marvel universe (not just earth) and an afterlife for each of them.
I waited to watch Moon Night because this didn’t appeal to me as much as the other Marvel Disney + shows but wow was it amazing and it’s got me hooked now and I just want more. Love the breakdowns on this channel, there is really no other place to go to get this quality
I hope to see Jake in next episode as in episode 3, we see some killings done for which Steven and Marc were blaming each other for.. May be Steven will be resurrected in next episode with Khonshu's help.
i feel like steven would maybe be resurrected around ep 7/8?
@@_gracieee there’s only 1 episode left
that was so in depth. great video
If moon knight can stick the landing it will become easily the best MCU show may be one of the best comic shows ever or even one of the best tv shows ever period. It is phenomenal so far, really hope they can stick the landing.
Dope Vid Paul 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Every week me after watching moon knight: This is the best episode so far.
Love how this show has progressed. Just seems so natural the way the story is flowing.
Yes!!! I'm glad you used the "It's all connected," scene from The Batman!
I was sitting in the theater watching the movie, and when that scene showed, I thought of your videos with the "It's all connected," meme, and started laughing!😂
I absolutely loved this episode and can not wait for the finale! I like how they’ve addressed that this is just Marc’s version of the afterlife and not the afterlife, explaining how the ancestral plane looks different to this one! I always love Steven going on his little tangents “My doctor?” “Oo yeah looks like you’ve really gone up in the world” 😂 it was cool to see Steven developed from Marc’s younger age aswell but his mum? 👀😬 yeah let’s not
This breakdown was much appreciated! Thank you! 😊
Just want to say that many of us who have DID really appreciate the informed way you're talking about it. And we absolutely love how this show is handling it.
You have DID? How many personalities do you have? The show is pretty accurate in how it’s portrayed? Like do your other identities do things you don’t remember?
Somebody show me attention PLEASE
This isn't an AMA. Lol. That's deeply private information and not just something you share. But there are a lot of sites that can answer all of your questions written by the community in a way that doesn't exploit.
@@dubcwherever dude wtf calm down, you don't just ask those kinds of questions lmao have some respect
@@dubcwherever there are some people on youtube with DID, watch their vids... i heavily suggest not to watch DisociaDID’s videos though because others say she’s faking it
Thanks for another great video, Paul!
Much love
Shiva is the week after the burial where the mourner observes certain customs (not wearing shoes, not sitting on normal chairs, etc.) while being available for people to come and pay their respects (a Shiva call). The mourner does not leave the house even to pray and it is common for the prayer services to be held in the house. There's a lot more involved, but those are the basics. I don't know what happens at a wake so I can't compare.
I am curious. What can the mourner sit on, if not a normal chair?
@@DonyaFR they either sit on stools, short chairs, or sometimes the floor. There is a society that will supply the chairs and other things needed for a house of mourning.
I'm Jewish and was raised Catholic. I've participated in various ways in both types of observations. The main difference from a wake in my experience is who it is for. Wakes can be pretty exhausting for the family: a lot of holding space for other people's grief, event planning, and social customs and niceties. Sitting shiva centers the family and their grief. The community certainly comes and shares in it and processes their grief as well, but it's meant to center those who were closest to the deceased, and give them space for the emotional journey of grieving.
@@michaeldinowitz3163. Thank you for explaining. :)