Well, those final few moments in Moon Knight were quite something, eh?
After being gunned down by Arthur Harrow, Marc Spector woke up in a psychiatric hospital, with the inference being that everything we've seen up until this point has been in Marc's head. We'll be taking a closer look inside that hospital ward in our breakdown later today, but those of you who have read Jeff Lemire's Moon Knight run might have an idea about where this is all heading.
In "The Tomb," Marc and Steven Grant meet and look to plot their escape before running into Taweret, a giant hippo-like creature who was first referenced in the premiere. She doesn't have any sort of comic book history, but based on what Steven said in that episode, she does have ties to The Ennead.
If this purgatory is where Gods, and perhaps even former avatars, go when they die or are banished, then perhaps she's there to assist in breaking them out of this metaphorical asylum. Taweret is also the protective ancient Egyptian goddess of childbirth and fertility, so perhaps she can help Marc, Steven, and Jake Lockley reconcile as they once did in the comic books to become a little more stable.
It's feasible she's just an illusion, of course, but we expect the fifth episode to fully explore both Marc's mental state and potentially even the Overvoid and the many other Gods locked away by The Ennead.
Taweret is certainly an intriguing addition to the MCU, anyway, and someone actress Antonia Salib previously said is part of the "emotional journey that Steven and Marc are going through."
Check out a new poster for Moon Knight below:
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