Steven Grant is faced with the aftermath of a fight in the final episode, where his late ego Mark Spencer takes control to fight the creatures of Egypt sent by Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke). While still in the dark as to who Spencer is and how he is gaining control over him, he investigates her and discovers a warehouse with his hidden weapons. His partner, Layla, arrives and mistook Grant as Spencer.
The second episode of Marvel’s Moon Knight, where Oscar Isaacs plays the dual role of Mark and Steven takes their time to set the pace for the upcoming episodes. Slightly low on the action quotient, the episode makes up for it with the mystery surrounding the Egyptian gods, the introduction of Layla, and the constant conflict between Mark and Steven.
Grant was fired from his museum job after a fight last night. Back at his apartment, he finds a hidden phone and a key that leads him to Mark’s hideout, where he finds his arsenal. On Mark’s phone, he also sees several calls and messages from a woman named Layla. Despite Mark’s warnings, he tries to complain to the authorities about the illegal storage of weapons.
Through his reflection, Mark reveals to Steven that he is an incarnation of the Egyptian god Khonshu and that those who serve him do justice to the weak.
Unwilling to listen to Mark, he runs away with his bag but is haunted by Khonshu. While running through the streets, he bumps into Layla, who recognizes her as Mark and calls her his wife.
Grant tries to convince him that he is unaware of Mark but Layla finds it hard to believe. It turns out that the couple used to fight side by side for Konshu. At his apartment, he finds Mark’s bag and discovers the Golden Scarab that leads to Ammit’s grave and hides with him as they are intercepted by FBI agents who are later revealed to be Harrow’s people. Huh.
Harrow, however, decides to show him around and introduce him to his cult. He comes to know about Ammit and his method of delivering justice – to kill a person before committing a crime so as to avoid the crime at any cost. Grant, of course, disagrees with her ideology and tries to reason with her. However, Laila comes with the scarab and the two run away. Unable to defend them, Layla urges Steven to call trial. He doesn’t let Mark take over and he has no idea what a suit is, so he uses his imagination and calls his own version of the superhero costume and we are Mr. Knight, Steven Grant’s version of Khonshu’s avatar. Let’s see.
The previous episode gave the audience a glimpse of Moon Knight but in episode two, we see Mr. Knight. The traditional ceremonial armor of Khosanhu’s temple is replaced by a dapper suit and Grant takes on the villains in his own style.
Although the action visuals failed to make an impact, they contained Marvel’s signature humour. Grant threw some punches with some hilarious punchlines. However, despite all the struggles, Harrow manages to escape with the scarab. The episode ends with Mark explaining to Grant that he has to protect Layla as Khonshu plans to make her his next avatar. The two men descend to Egypt to find Harrow before finding Ammit.
With Moon Knight, Marvel is going down a more inclusive road and bringing in more diverse characters from the comics. Although the second episode could not match the standard set by the first, it did have its moments and highlights, one of which was the background score and end credits song of the major episode.
Another major hook of the series is Steven’s dissociative personality disorder because, as viewers, it becomes difficult to discern whether we are seeing the absolute truth or Steven’s version. We are kept in the same dark as our protagonist and the answer to the above question will be known only in the coming episodes.
Directed by Mohamed Diab, Moon Night is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
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