Spoiler Warning: Moon Knight Season One
The question still remains: will Moon Knight be getting another season? The newest Marvel series follows Oscar Isaac as the titular superhero, though there are three different personalities inside him that take on the role. The Moon Knight powers come as part of being an Avatar for Khonshu, the ancient Egyptian god of the moon.
Steven and Marc spent the first season battling for control over their body, trying to stop Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) from resurrecting a god that would probably eliminate a large portion of the Earth’s population, and keeping Marc’s wife Layla (May Calamawy) from becoming Khonshu’s next Avatar.
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We previously discussed why Moon Knight doesn’t need a second season, discussing the possibilities of collaborations and spin-offs, but let’s look at the flip side of that. Why do we need a second season of Moon Knight? Let’s dive in while we try and avoid accidentally resurrecting a god.
Moon Knight Season 2 Would Break the Mold
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If Moon Knight were given a second season, it’d be the second Marvel show in the current iteration of content to receive one behind Loki. Given how the series went, it might make more sense to give Steven/Marc/Jake additional time to breathe on their own before being thrown into the deep end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Planned Eternals cameos were written out of the first season, and maybe that was for the better. So much information was included in the show, and if time were spent on other Marvel entities, it would’ve taken away time from explaining Steven and Marc’s story. Sure, the writers weren’t limited in episode length the way cable programs are, but there’s still a timeframe they were probably aiming for.
Audiences have become used to everything in the Marvel universe somehow connecting to another character or entity. While that isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it causes viewers to look for hints everywhere that tell them where Moon Knight could appear next.
Would it be so bad to know that Moon Knight will be a bottle entry, never meant to connect to the rest of the universe? No more spending time trying to figure out how Steven, Marc, or Jake will appear in the next film or series. Would it be a better viewing experience? Is it the mental break fans need? Maybe so.
Finding Out About Jake
When season 1 ends, Steven and Marc don’t seem to know about Jake Lockley. They’re still chaining themselves to their bed at night while Jake is off doing Khonshu’s work. Neither of the other personalities seems aware of Jake’s existence, let alone that their physical body isn’t completely free of the ancient Egyptian god. What will it take for them to figure it out? Only a second season could give audiences a devoted storyline to it. If it were to be lumped into another series or film, it would get lost, missing out on the time a storyline like that deserves.
The first season saw Steven and Marc at odds, fighting for control over the physical body and arguing when they didn’t get their way. It made for some interesting fight sequences and blackouts. Season 2 could see them working together to regain control from Jake. Rather than fighting for themselves, they could be fighting on the same team, not just in fleeting moments. Like them figuring out Jake exists, two personalities trying to take the body back from a third should have their own spotlight.
Learning the Moon Knight Lore
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Part of the fun of Moon Knight is all the new lore and history we are introduced to. How many people knew the different Egyptian gods before watching? It isn’t new for Marvel to introduce interesting lore, but this is one of the first times that it’s really a whole new world that fans are being introduced to. It would be a disservice to the universe and the information to try and squeeze it into another Marvel property.
How would it feel to be watching the newest Captain America, and suddenly you’re learning more about the deities of Ancient Egypt? It won’t gel well, especially considering we don’t know who the ninth god is.
There is so much more that could be introduced, and a second season is where it could be explored. From characters to gods to storylines to a continued focus on mental health, Moon Knight deserves that time. Could the character crop up elsewhere? Sure. But we’ve only been given a small portion of his foundation. It should be completed in an additional entry in his own saga before we see him or any other characters introduced in season 1 elsewhere.
While fans wait for Disney to make the call, we can continue to speculate what we want to see in a second season and pray to the deities that we see more of Steve, Marc, and Jake’s story.
