Moon Knight
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Its not a total eclipse.
Marcs soon-to-be ex-wife Layla is played by May Calamawy (who plays Dena Hassan inRamy).
Shes just as confused as Steven is.
We see this time and time again, particularly with male superheroes who maintain a secret identity.
Lois Lane, Rachel Dawes, Iris West, and even Mary Jane Watson are prime examples.
Marcs reason, which he explains later, is nuanced, and Laylas lack of awareness is not romanticized.
She says that she and Marc went on adventures together and is genuinely hurt that hes avoiding her.
After arresting Steven, they take him right to Arthur.
Arthur walks Steven through his inner-city compound where people aspire to learn three languages and grow their own produce.
He turns from a hippie socialist cult leader into a guy running for mayorsoquickly.
Why are people like this always so obsessed with unlocked doors?
Can a person not want privacy?
Theres no way that Arthur Harrow has rid his neighborhood of criminalsandannoying house guests.
Im not broken, Steven replies.
If this wasnt already clear, Arthur is a bad dude.
Arthur then presents the moral debate at the center ofMoon Knight.
Steven points out the obvious flaws in that logic.
Thoughts cant be evil.
Children cant be evil.
How is that fair?
Marc, meanwhile, watches them from a bread bowl.
But instead of wubba, wubba, wubba, Marc says things like Gimme body.
Layla arrives dramatically with the scarab, though its not really clear why she followed them.
Was she just looking for answers?
Was she trying to protect Steven?
She doesnt even fully believe that Steven exists yet.
Why would she tell Arthur that she has the scarab or bring it with her in the first place?
Its a sharp white three-piece suit that comic book readers will recognize as Mr. Knight.
On the page, Mr. Knight is another alter who works as a police consultant.
(In the comics, each of Marcs alters brings a different skill to the table.
Theyre like a superhero team sharing one body.)
seems as if theMoon Knightseries is using the Mr. Knight lewk for a different purpose.
Then again, with Stevens amateur knowledge of ancient Egypt, he could be something of a consultant himself.
This is the first time that weve seen Marc Spector in person.
Steven is trapped in reflections now.
The confident act Marc put on to amp Steven up fades, and Marc seems genuinely exhausted and depressed.
Marc also explains that Khonshu has chosen Layla as his next avatar.
Thats his reason for distancing himself and trying to keep things from her.
He doesnt want her to be indebted to Khonshu the way he has been.
This show loves a zinger.
The Marceline Desbordes-Valmore poem that Steven and Layla recite is called Les Separes, or Apart.
The lines translate to Do not write.
I am sad, and I would like to turn off.
Beautiful summers without you are like nights with no torch.
Its depressing, romantic, and relevant.
Layla also mentions in passing that Marc is not speaking to his mother.
Steven has an odd reaction to this because he calls his mum daily.
At the end of the episode, theres a jump cut, and Marc wakes up in Cairo.
Given the nature of the show, its unclear whether or not Marc remembers traveling there.
