‘Moon Knight’ episode 4: All the references and easter-eggs of the hospital scene

The last section of episode 4 of ‘Moon Knight’ has left us stunned. Of all the Marvel series that Disney + has released so far, we are probably facing the cliffhanger crazier… And we still have to wait a week to solve it.

The final scene has upset everything that has happened so far, and can give it a new meaning. It is full of details that connect with characters and situations from all previous chapters, and surely you have missed some. But, before reviewing them, a warning:

SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 4 OF ‘MOON KNIGHT’

Here was a summary of everything that happens at the end of the chapter, but it is better that the directors themselves explain it to you Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead in the link above.

The summary is that Marc (oscar isaac) wakes up in a psychiatric hospital, surrounded by all the characters we had seen previously in the series and a lot of references to ancient Egypt and the ‘Moon Knight’ universe, which makes us rethink if everything that has happened has been real or the fruit of your imagination.

While we wait for Marvel to unravel the mystery in the next two chapters, the last of the first seasonwe are going to review all the references in the mental hospital scene, in case you missed any while trying to shut your mouth in amazement.

Who is who?

Almost all the characters that we have seen so far in the series have their appearance as patients or staff in the psychiatric hospital.. The first we see is Crawleythe human statue that serves as a relief to Steven in the first chapters, who in the hospital is singing the bingo numbers totally dressed in white.

then appears donnaSteven’s boss at the museum, as a hospital patient hugging a stuffed beetle. Bobbi and Billylackeys of Arthur Harrow as Ethan Hawkeare workers at the center while Harrow himself is Marc’s psychiatrist.

Layla (May Calamawy) she is also a patient, and seems to have a very special relationship with Marc. Although the most anticipated return is perhaps Gus, the finless fish we saw in the first episode.

Hidden objects

Various objects that appeared in previous chapters return in this scene as if they were clues to a past, or the origin of a daydream. A patient plays with a rubik’s cubejust like Steven did at the beginning of the series to avoid falling asleep.

The postcards Layla puts up on the board appear to be the same ones we saw in Steven’s apartment, and a patient hands them over to a male nurse. a drawing of the god Khonshu showing his avian skull.

Donna, as we said before, has a blue soft toy in the shape of a beetleand Layla herself has a drawing of another beetle on the bandages that cover her little finger.

The office of “Dr” Harrow

The parallels between Arthur Harrow and his psychiatric version are remarkable. Dr. Harrow begins his consultation by quoting Carl Yung: “No tree grows to heaven without its roots reaching to hell.“. A clear analogy to how Harrow uses his cane, which also appears, to judge the duality of people.

There’s also a reference to her sandals, and lots of Egyptian artifacts decorate her office. Besides, the landscape painting that hangs on its walls is the same mountain town in which Harrow and Steven/Marc have their first meeting.

Harrow comments on the ‘Tomb Buster’ VHS identifying himself with the movie’s villain.

Another Steven/Marc personality?

During Marc and Steven’s escape, we see another sarcophagus with someone inside trying to get out. this could be Jake Lockley, the other personality that we still have to meet and who has been leaving clues of his presence and, above all, of his excessive violence.

Who is the Hippopotamus Goddess?

The last shot introduces us to the goddess taweretwhich was already referenced in the first episode when Steven corrected Donna by explaining that the hippos in a museum toy were actually representations of the goddess.

Taweret, also known as Tueris or TaueretShe was the daughter of Ra and the Egyptian goddess of fertility.