Star Wars franchise star Oscar Isaac is back leading the Moon Knight cast this week as museum gift shop employee Steven Grant, who we now know has multiple personas existing in one body.
As well as being the mercenary named Marc Spector, the character. can also transform into the hero known as Moon Knight.
As the hero navigates his life having Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Marc/Steven finds various enemies converging on them as they become a warrior and an avatar for the Egyptian deity known as Khonshu.
Now, with the new Disney Plus series continuing in earnest, many will be wondering just how many episodes of the series will be released.
Here is everything you need to know about Moon Knight’s episode count and release schedule.
How many episodes is Moon Knight?
Marvel Studios series Moon Knight will consist of six episodes.
The episodes are expected to run between 30 and 55 minutes.
This matches the length of previous live-action Marvel Studios series on Disney Plus such as The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki and Hawkeye.
WandaVision, which was the first Marvel series on Disney Plus, instead consisted of nine episodes.
Moon Knight episodes release schedule
Moon Knight will release new episodes every Wednesday morning at 8am GMT on Disney Plus.
The following dates are the releases of each episode.
- The Goldfish Problem – Wednesday 30th March 2022
- Summon the Suit – Wednesday 6th April 2022
- TBC – Wednesday 13th April 2022
- TBC – Wednesday 20th April 2022
- TBC – Wednesday 27th April 2022
- TBC – Wednesday 4th May 2022
The Marvel Cinematic Universe series is expected to be followed by the teen superheroine series Ms Marvel, which is due the month after Moon Knight concludes on Disney Plus.
Moon Knight episode 1 recap – The Goldfish Problem
The series begins with Arthur Harrow smashing a glass with an anvil before putting the shards in his shoes and walking on the glass.
The first episode introduced us to a British Museum gift shop worker named Steven Grant who begins experiencing strange blackouts.
One night he sleeps at home in London and then wakes up in the Austrian Alps and witnesses Harrow deliver teachings to his cult of followers.
Harrow demands a golden scarab from Steven, who is nearly killed in a dramatic car chase which also sees him briefly blackout and apparently delivers violence to his pursuers.
Grant wakes up at home and soon realises from a disastrous attempt at a date that he has lost two days’ worth of time and is disturbed by visions of a strange creature.
He also finds a mobile phone with a flurry of missed calls from a woman named Layla, who he calls and refers to him as Marc.
At the museum the next day, Steven is confronted by Harrow who describes himself as a servant of the Egyptian god known as Ammit, who tips the scales to decide whether a person is good enough to live.
Later, Harrow summons a jackal monster to attack Steven who tries to escape before communing with his Marc persona who agrees to take over and fight the creature.
Marc takes over and then transforms into the caped and masked hero Moon Knight who defeats the creature.
Moon Knight episode 2 recap – Summon the Suit
Steven Grant awakens in his home and is uncertain about what happened, heading to work he discovers the extent of the damage to the museum and is blamed for it as he is the only person seen on the security cameras. Steven is fired.
He later comes across a key card that leads him to a storage facility with a large number of weapons, prompting Steven to be confronted by his reflection who reveals that there is another personality in his body – Marc Spector, a mercenary who is the avatar of the Egyptian god known as Khonshu.
Marc tries to get Steven to let him control their body but is refused. Steven is then confronted by the mysterious Layla, a woman who is actually Marc’s wife and had no idea of the existence of his other personality.
The pair discuss what has happened in Steven’s home when he is arrested by police officers who are later shown to be servants of Arthur Harrow.
As the pair talk, Harrow reveals that he was once the avatar of Khonshu before renouncing the god and following his enemy, Ammit.
Harrow now hopes to use the scarab to find Ammit’s tomb and resurrect the god to wipe out all of the humans who have and will ever commit evil.
Layla comes to save Grant and the pair make an escape but Harrow sends another jackal after them, which prompts Steven to summon his own masked and suited persona – Mr Knight.
After the jackal begins defeating Mr Knight, Steven allows Marc to take control to defeat their enemy.
However, during the chaos, the scarab ends up out of Marc’s hands and in the hands of Harrow.
Afterwards, Khonshu chastises Marc who swears to get to Ammit’s tomb before Harrow.
Khonshu warns Marc not to fail because he will use Layla as his avatar instead. Marc then heads to Egypt.
Who appears in Moon Knight?
In addition to Oscar Isaac, who portrays Moon Knight/Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Mr Knight, the main cast also features May Calamawy as Marc’s wife and archaeologist Layla El-Faouly.
Elsewhere, Karim El Hakim portrays the physical form of the deity Khonshu, while F. Murray Abraham provides the voice to the imperious Egyptian god.
Ann Akinjirin and David Ganly also put in appearances as Bobbi and Billy, respectively.
Finally, Ethan Hawke portrays the series’ chief antagonist and a zealous cult leader, Arthur Harrow.
Later in the run, fans can also expect the late French actor Gaspard Ulliel to debut as antique collector Anton Mogart aka Midnight Man.
Will there be more episodes of Moon Knight?
At present, there are no further episodes planned for Moon Knight and no second season is confirmed.
The character is expected to crossover into Marvel Cinematic Universe films following the series, but fans shall have to wait and see if and how this would manifest.
We will be sure to update you with anything we hear about Moon Knight’s future.
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