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Moon Knight episode 2 breakdown is here! Moon Knight’s second episode introduces us to Mr Knight-the OTHER other personality of Moon Knight. The episode explains Steven’s DID, but also deepens the mystery of the past of Marc Spector. We break down numerous easter Eggs and connections to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Black Panther, Blade, and the Avengers.
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Written and Hosted by Ryan Arey ( / ryanarey )
Edited by Harriet Lengel-Enright, Sean Martin, and Randolf Nombrado
If you’re confused about episode 1, and what was happening to Oscar Isaac, we’ve put out a few explainer videos. But basically, in the comics, the character suffers from Dissociative Identity disorder, or DUD-commonly known as multiple personality disorder. So when Steven was speaking to his other self in the mirror, he was communicating with Marc Spector-the mercenary who became moon knight in the comics.
We begin with echoes of moon KNight’s fight with the jackal spirit that was doing the bidding of Ammit. And the camera begins moving across sand, making us think that this is the sands of the desert-and it turns out to be the sand surrounding Steven's bed. But-this does foreshadow the last show of the episode, which actually does end in Egypt.
When he wakes up, he first believes that the fight was all in his mind. [garth clip]
Then he looks at his reflection in his triple vanity, but we only see 2 reflections-because at this point, he’s only aware of one other identity-Marc. IN the comics, Marc has several identities. And we actually think that we’ve seen some major hints about one of the other ones in the series, which we’re going to go over in a video in just a couple days. But we can see hints of this third identity when the camera slowly moves and a 3rd reflection comes into frame-out of focus.
When he enters the museum, the camera hangs upside down, to show that his entire world is about to be twisted upside down.
The security guard still calls Steve by the wrong name. Which is probably a hint that sometimes Steven shows up here as one of his other identities. He warns the guard. Area 51 is the all-too real place where the government pretends to store alien tech to throw us off their scent. And MI-6 is the british spy agency that James Bond belongs to. Now in the comics there is another group called MI-13, composed of heroes like Blade, Black Knight, and Union jack. I’m bringing them up because we have a video coming out soon about how it looks like Blade is forming a similar team in England-the MCU’s version of the midnight sons.
I thought this large bank of monitors was an interesting design choice, because video footage is a way of looking at a past version of yourself-in many ways, another version of you. So this large bank of monitors reflects Steven's shattered psyche.
The hound of the Baskervilles is the first sherlock holmes mystery novel, about a scoopy-doo like murder where everyone blames a supernatural being, the cursed hound of the baskervilles. But it later turns out the hound was real, a human was behind the murder, you get it. Here the guard is saying that Steven is trying to say it’s supernatural, but it will all turn out to be his fault.
When Steven’s gets called into HR, he focuses on this water feature showing two different pools cascading downward. I could be reading too much into this, but I think there’s some symbolism here. After all, Steven is very fixated on this image. Water is often a metaphor for the soul. This water could represent the souk of mark and steven, and each pool is a different identity. The minds are connected, but apart. But the soul lives in both minds, and the soul has been promised to Konshu.
And when the meeting ends he has to surrender his name tag. In effect, surrendering his identity- a way of symbolizing he’s about to surrender his life of independence to Marc and Konshu. And also, Stephen sees his reflection in the desk, a way of hinting at his multiple identities.
There is also meaning in the Egyptian statue’s in the man’s office. This appears to be a god twitching the head of a crocodile. This could be Ammet, the villain of the show-or, it could be Sobek, the god of the nile.
But this painting is very interesting. It looks like Sekhmet. This Lion Goddess was a warrior, and the alter ego of Bast. Yes, the Best from black Panther [clip]. We put out a video last week discussing the connection between these gods, Black panther, and Bast.
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