Marvel’s Moon Knight Disney+ series took us on a journey through the minds of Marc Spector and Steven Grant as they did the bidding for the god Khonshu. And while the show was about stopping Arthur Harrow, it also was a look into how these characters function together and the life that they lead. But the end of the first season left us with quite the setup for future adventures for fans of the comic book character, so let’s get into what it means for Moon Knight.
**Spoilers for the entire first season of Moon Knight lie ahead.**
We’ve seen glimpse of the cabbie from New York who loves detective work, but it took until the final moments of Moon Knight for us to actually see Jake Lockley in the flesh. The “new” alter has been around, mainly in the moments when Marc and Steven black out and don’t know which alter was fronting in their body. But Jake also has saved them more than once.
He saved them in the battle in Cairo when they first arrived, and he saved them again in the battle against Harrow. But what the finale sets up is a world of pain for Marc and Steven. The show ends with Marc Spector thinking he’s free, making the choice to save Harrow while Ammit is bound to him, and trying to live his life with Steven away from their shared history with Khonshu.
The reality is that Khonshu is still bound to them as an Avatar, but it’s not through Steven or Marc. It’s through Jake.
Jake’s dangerous side
Marc and Steven might think they’re free, but the reality is that a man in a cabbie hat (so like, we should have known), comes into the asylum where Harrow is being held and releases him into a white limo. In the back is Khonshu (in a nice suit, which is honestly hilarious), and Harrow thinks that Khonshu can’t hurt him. But Khonshu explains to him that Marc thought that Khonshu wanted Layla to be his Avatar when, in reality, Marc was more “troubled” than even he knew—that trouble being Jake.
The small amount of Jake we’ve gotten throughout the series is different than the comics version of the character, but it also makes sense given how different Steven is in the show. We don’t know whether or not he’s more of the detective or what, but the Jake we do get to see is clearly more violent and willing to do whatever it takes to get things done—even if it means shooting Harrow in the back of a Limo with the license plate that reads “SPKTR.”
Jake speaks Spanish to Harrow, saying, “Today is your turn to lose,” and doesn’t seem to care about ending his life—which is clearly a drastic contrast from both Marc (who has killed but it eats away at him) and Steven (who was appalled by Marc’s violence at first). Jake’s willingness to do Khonshu’s bidding is still going to prove fascinating for the future of Marc, Steven, and Moon Knight as a whole because they believe they’re free of Khonshu, but that is definitely a secret that won’t stay hidden for long.
I’m excited to see what it could mean for the future of these characters in maybe a second season or a movie!
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