Moon Knight Episode 5: 12 Easter Eggs and Details To Remember In This Episode 5

Moon Knight Episode 5 now available to stream and here we give you the all the references and easter eggs the episode 5. The Marvel Studios show is designed as a limited series, which means that a second season is not planned a priori. This doesn’t rule out Moon Knight from future appearances, as he could team-up with other Marvel Universe heroes in both new TV series and upcoming movies. What is certain is that the story of Marc Spector and Steven Grant must end but above all be completed with the next episode.

Moon Knight Episode 5: 12 Easter Eggs and Details To Remember

Marc found himself a patient in a mental hospital , with Harrow being his doctor, his Steven Grant character now a separate person, and a giant hippopotamus in Egyptian garb guarding the hospital door. Episode 5 of Moon Knight gives us the explanations we needed while leaving some questions unanswered. Here is the summary and explanation of the end of episode 5 of Moon Knight!

1) Hi Jake

During the first minutes of the episode, the one that at first glance looks like Marc confronts Dr. Harrow. Only here it is:the latter has a bloodstained face and a bandage on his nose. Actually, it is not about Marc, nor about Steven, but about jake lockley, Marc’s third personality. We dedicated a previous article to this topic so you can understand everything.

2) The Duet

The Duat represents, in Egyptian mythology, the stay in the afterlife of the souls of the deceased after their death, waiting for them to resurrect at the same time as the Sun. In addition, the Duat serves as the residence of innumerable Egyptian demons and gods, such as Thoth, Horus, Anubis and Maat.

In Egyptian mythology sinners are denied an afterlife to those who will have to remain in the Duat, which was considered the greatest possible suffering for believers. The Duat thus represents total nothingness. although in the MCU it takes more of the form of an eternal (and frozen) place of residence.

3) The Scales of Justice

The hippopotamus-headed goddess, Tauret (whose name also translates to “Taouret”) asked Marco and Steven to weigh their hearts on a scale, which appears to be a scale of justice. In Egyptian mythology, this type of scale is used by Anubis, the god of death, to weigh the heart of a deceased person. At the other end is a feather of Ma’at, the god of justice. This process allows Anubis to decide if the soul of the deceased will go to the afterlife, to the fields of reeds, or if it will cease to exist. in the kingdom of the Douat.

4) A Reference To The Ancestral Plane In Black Panther

Then Marc Spector Slowly (but surely) panics about being in the afterlife for eternity, Tauret corrects him by telling him that there is “A life after death” and not “life after death” since there are many versions beyond, including the Ancestral Plane. The Ancient Plan is the afterlife as seen in Black Panther.

5) Incomplete Hearts

Let’s go back to this famous balance If the latter manages to balance himself, Marc and Steven will spend eternity in the field of reeds. However, the scales do not balance, as their hearts are “incomplete”. Therefore, both must take the time to decipher their respective memories and exchange so as not to have any more secrets from each other.

6) Raoul Bushman

As Steven explores Marc’s story, they both fall into the night Layla’s father was killed. In the final episode, Arthur Harrow revealed that Marc played a role in the latter’s death. We learn more about Raoul Bushman, who is the one who killed Layla’s father, and seriously injured Marc. Raoul Bushman was Marc’s ex-commander and ended up changing Marc’s plans, leading to the death of Layla’s father. Bushman also shot Marc. In the comics, Raoul Bushman is elsewhere. one of the most iconic villains in Moon Knight.

7) Comic References

Although there are very few similarities between Marc’s childhood in the MCU series and that of one brand of Moon Knight comics (by Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood and Jordie Bellaire), there are many references to the comics in the series. For example, his childhood bedroom has the same Star Wars poster and a race car- shaped bed.

The kid Marc also wears the same outfit in the series and in the comics.

8) The Revelation About Steven

In episode 5, it is revealed that a young Marc Spector and his younger brother Randall had left to venture into a nearby cave. It started to rain and Randall unfortunately drowned and died. Marc Spector then suffered abuse from his mother, who never forgave him for the death of his little brother. To protect himself and block out the memories of these abuses, Marc Spector created Steven Grant, which brings us back to the actual mental disorder that is DID, and which we’ll return to shortly.

The reveal was heartbreaking not only for Steven Grant (who has long believed he was the host, the “original” personality) but for viewers as well, as Marvel rarely addresses darker topics like death, trauma, and despair abuse.

9) The Famous One-Fin Goldfish

Shortly before leaving for the caves, Marc gently pokes fun at his little brother’s drawing of a single-finned goldfish. This is obviously a throwback to the first episode of Moon Knight and Steven’s goldfish. In a way, the fact that Steven has a one-fin goldfish. as a pet he remembers the traumatic day his brother died.

Also, in the scene where Marc’s mom walks into his room. to beat him with a belt, we note that this drawing is pasted on the wall. We also note that unlike the first image shown, the fish has not finished coloring in this poster. Is it a fake connection, or has Marc decided to make one too? this dye after the death of his brother? We tend to lean towards the first option (i.e. the false connection), as it is difficult to understand why the latter would not have finished his coloring before showing it, if it was indeed a “tribute” to his deceased little brother.

10) Zoom In On The Tdi

we talked about the TDI a few paragraphs above. Dissociative identity disorder often occurs as a result of childhood trauma and/or abuse. Diagnosis requires at least two identities (also called “Alters”) and they take control of individual behavior in turn, which can cause memory loss. Marc suffers from this, and he not only created Marc in his “system”, but also jake lockley that we talked about at the beginning of this article.

11) Steven and Marc Path Separates

Steven, trying to save Marc, ends up falling and falling into the Duat. In doing so, his body turns to ice. Marc continues on his way on Taouret’s boat.

12) The Scale Finally Balances

When the scales are finally balanced, Steven is gone, and Marc sets off for the Champ de Reeds. How to explain that the balance has finally stabilized? It is possible that the pain Marc feels in the face of Steven’s disappearance is so strong that another Quirk comes to take over: Jake. And if so, the scales would be balanced as all of Marc’s personalities have finally come to light.

And what did you think of this episode 5? What do you expect from the last episode of the series? We let you answer this question through our comments area! And if you want to know more about Marc’s third personality, don’t hesitate to consult our previous article on the subject!