Marking the halfway point of the first season run, Disney+ and Marvel Studios dropped the third episode in the Oscar Isaac-led Moon Knight in the form of “The Friendly Type.” The series’ second episode maintained the same notion of keeping the viewer on the fringe of understanding the story realm while also introducing some key facts and characters such as Layla and the idea of the Egyptian Gods living amongst humanity to this day. The third episode takes the viewers from the United Kingdom all the way to the origins of this mythology, Egypt.

Ethan Hawke’s Harrow has captured the scarab from Grant and Spector in the last episode and has proceeded to pursue his leader, Ammit’s, tomb in the great deserts of Egypt. The episode also brings the trio (or duo I guess) of Spector, Grant, and Layla to Egypt in order to prevent Harrow’s and to allow Spector to fulfill his God Khonshu’s wishes. 

One of the most fascinating and unique aspects of this episode was the inclusion of the Egyptian council of the Gods with the avatars present to interact with one another. Khonshu utilizes Spector to summon his fellow Gods, an action that is dire given Khonshu has been previously banished by the council. During this unique or almost Percy Jackson-like assembly, Khonshu addresses Harrow’s attempts at summoning and attempting to locate Ammit’s tomb although Harrow does arrive at the summit and navigates around Khonshu’s claims.

During this summit, another fascinating introspection into this very different Marvel story world is the interaction between fellow Egyptian Gods and Spector. Following Khonshu’s accusation, the fellow avatars of the Gods do inquire about Spector and his relationship with Khonshu and if this relationship carries an abusive side, and if Khonshu is taking advantage of Spector as an avatar which Spector vehemently denies. This admittance from Spector, despite the obvious conflicts of interest and invasive nature of Khonshu upon his own avatar, indicates that there is even more beneath the surface of what we have seen within this world and Spector’s past. 

At the conclusion of the summit, Spector is taken aside by a fellow avatar and informed to locate a sarcophagus owned by an individual that would show him the location of Ammit’s tomb to beat Harrow at his own chase. Spector, Grant, and Layla begin to seek out an individual named Anton Mogart who owns such a sarcophagus. In the midst of this interaction, Grant’s knowledge of Egyptian mythology becomes a massive advantage to the trio and also sparks a new dynamic in the relationships between Layla and the two men. While they are at the home of Anton, Harrow destroys the sarcophagus and a fight ensues with Anton’s men with a great action sequence that the trio comes out. Following the fight, Grant’s knowledge is used once more to put together a map of the night Ammit’s tomb was finally completed, but the stars on the map only align to show what the night looked like the day it was made. Khonshu utilizes his moon and spatial powers to realign the stars to show that night and the location which uncovers the tomb’s location. In the meantime, Khonshu’s actions create a bigger controversy with his fellow Gods as they take action against him. 

The third episode ventures more into the interpersonal relationship between Layla and Spector while also introducing Grant as a more viable piece to the team as well as a possible intellectual romantic companion to Layla. This may show some divisiveness and division down the line but offers a more complete dynamic to the supposed heroes of this series. On top of this, Layla and Spector’s background is further hinted at especially with previous ties in Egypt which provides further intrigue in learning more of this world in a short six-episode span. Furthermore, Harrow’s existence and powers come to greater confusion as we the viewers have not fully gotten an explanation of what is driving this character and the mystery continues to build upon the unexpected of his actions. 

Rating 8.0/10