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Moon Knight’s fourth episode blew the show wide open with a cryptic ending that threw Marc into an asylum. Now while it’s possible that the whole show has always been in his head, we think it’s more likely that Marc Spector–in his death throes–is facing a challenge in his mind. The asylum is a projection of his inner turmoil, and everything within the dream is symbolic for his struggles in the show. In this video we break down what exactly is happening in Marc’s mind, and how he can escape and defeat Ammit once and for all.

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Written and Edited by Pavel Terehovsky (https://pavel8866.wixsite.com/pavelt) [email protected]
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What if this whole ending - the psychiatric hospital, everyone else that’s there - what if all of that is all in Marc’s head? Like some kind of an Inception dream or coma hallucination?

If it’s all in Marc’s mind, then why is he manifesting this institution while he hangs in between life and death?

Is this delusion part of Marc’s dissociative identity disorder? Or is there something far more sinister going on here? Well, there is soo much to unpack about episode 4's ending, so let’s try to solve this puzzle.


Everything that happens after Marc is shot feels like a Twilight Zone episode. It’s like that coma dream Tony has in the Sopranos.

The mental hospital, the patients, Steven - all of it must be part of some subconscious hallucination. None of this is real, it’s all happening only in Marc’s head.

The biggest clue that all of this is taking place in Marc’s head is Steven. The two personalities share the same body, the only way the two of them can converse in the real world is through reflections. And that is only possible because of their DID. When Steven sees Marc in mirrors, he’s not really there, it’s a projection of his mind.
In the comics, the only times Marc never occupies the same physical space as his alters–he only meets them in his mind. So unless the show takes a drastic turn with Moon Knight, all of this is happening in Marc’s mind. But that doesn’t mean it’s not real. After all, perception is reality.

Marc is in a state between life and death. In the real world, Marc is lying in a pool, dying from two gunshot wounds. But his consciousness has been sent into a coma.

So why is Marc’s mind projecting this crazy death dream reality? Why send himself into a mental institution? Why is Layla and all everyone else there too? Why would his mind convince himself that everything he has experienced was a fabrication, created by his mental illness?

Our minds protect us from severe traumas. Marc’s life is filled with psychic anguish.
He’s suffered from dissociative identity disorder for years, maybe since childhood.

His condition has been deteriorating from the first episode. The barriers between his personalities crumbled. Marc and Steven were supposed to occupy the body in seperate times, but now they share it simultaneously. Steven was never meant to be aware of Marc, and now that he knows, they are constantly fighting for control over the body.

Not to mention the whole Khonshu business. Marc is the avatar of a god, he fights monsters. And he must save the world from a cult worshiping a goddess.

And then Marc had to face Layla, and tell her the truth about his role in her father’s death, understanding that things will never be the same between them. And after he was so sure he succeeded in stopping Ammit, he gets shot, falling to his death.

There is also the physical reaction of being shot. Of course there is immense pain when two bullets pierce your chest, but in Marc’s case, being shot is tied to a psychological trauma. When Marc confesses to Layla about his role in her father’s death, he reveals that his partner shot him. He would have died if not for khonsu. That’s where his life took an extreme turning point.
Marc must be suffering from PTSD, those memories are a poder cag, vibrating with intense mental strain.

Being forced to relive those traumatic memories, and then being shot - it's too much.
When Marc falls to his death, he experiences both the physical trauma of being shot, and at the same time plunging back into the traumas that led to him becoming Moon Knight, the gunshot wounds that festered into mental scares that drove him to a nervous breakdown.

That’s an immense stress for anyone to deal with. So much anxiety is extremely unhealthy for Marc, who is already suffering from a crippling mental disorder. A complete mental breakdown was inevitable, and that’s what’s happening in episode 4.