This article contains spoilers for Moon Knight.The season 1 finale ofMoon Knightis just around the corner and director Mohamed Diab has teased a few twists and turns for the upcoming episode. The latestMarvel Studiosseries has slowly unwound its plot and the circumstances that brought Steven Grant and Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac) together.Moon Knight’s latest episode, “Asylum,” provided a surprising answer on how they came to be, and according to Diab, the twists aren’t quite over.
“Asylum,” the fifth episode of theMarvel Studiosseries, tracked Steven and Marc’s experiences in the afterlife as they were guided by Taweret, an Egyptian goddess. Their exploration spirals into their childhood memories, where it is learned that Marc created Steven to cope with the traumatic loss of his younger brother and physical attacks from his mother. This offered an explanation for the nature of their relationship and the Dissociative Identity Disorder that the two struggled to come to terms with in the series' earlier episodes.
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Over the course of the Marvel Studios series, Isaac has had the daunting task of portraying two polar opposite characters in Steven and Marc. “His performance is unbelievable,” Diab said to Entertainment Weekly. “The difference between Marc and Steven is so huge, yet they’re so similar. He did a fantastic job developing those characters, and when he inhabited the two, they’re completely different. He made them his own.” For Diab,“Asylum” is a notableMoon Knightepisodenot only for Isaac’s performance but for the insight it offers on DID. “Through episode 5, you understand that usually people who have DID are traumatized when they’re kids, and they create a character that can overcome their fear or shield themselves from their fear,” Diab said. “They create a character that didn’t go through that trauma. I love how that’s integrated into the story – it makes the whole show.”
On the topic ofMoon Knight’simpending finale, Diab expressed his hopes for fans to feel satisfied and teased that a few surprises may await them. “I hope it’s a satisfying wrap-up to our story,” Diab said. “I feel it is. There are some surprises. I think the audiencedeserves a big action scenes, but it’s more than that. It has some twists and turns, and I really feel like it’s a satisfying ending to our journey.” Future plans forMoon Knightare unclear, thoughLokiwas renewed for a second season.Moon Knightmay follow in the series' footsteps or receive its own film.
Moon Knightoperates in a manner similar toWandaVision, where the initial environment is not only unfamiliar but full of questions that even the focal character cannot answer. For Wanda, it was the unintentional takeover of Westview and its citizens,and the creation of Vision, which was ultimately a result of her grief following Vision’s death. The nature of Steven and Marc’s relationship is quite similar and just as heartbreaking as it is surprising.
If there’s one thing that can be expected from theMoon Knightfinale, it’s the unexpected. Each episode ofMoon Knighthas offered a new way for viewers to look at both Steven and Marc, and their relationship with one another. Even with the massive revelation that “Asylum” provided,Moon Knightstill has loads of questionsto answer and stories of others to account for. With Diab’s words and the nature of the series, the unpredictability ofMoon Knightis far from over.
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