Series Phase 4 — Multiverse Opens (2024–2025)

Moon Knight (Season 1)

Name: Moon Knight (Season 1)
Released: 2022-03-30
Duration: 270 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, Ann Akinjirin, David Ganly

"Embrace the chaos."

Released March 30, 2022 4h 30m ★ 7.6TMDB ○ Optional

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

Watch note

Marc Spector and Egyptian god Khonshu. Confirmed not in Doomsday — Moon Knight's next appearance is in Born Again S2 in New York.

Why It Matters in the MCU

Oscar Isaac's dual performance as Marc Spector and Steven Grant gives Moon Knight the best central work of any Disney+ series — the Egyptian Museum scenes in which Steven encounters Marc's life through gaps in his own memory are the show's most formally inventive sequences. The show's commitment to depicting dissociative identity disorder as a genuine narrative mechanism rather than simply a stylistic device distinguishes it from other superhero identity-crisis stories. The Ennead mythology gives the series a visual and thematic register that has no precedent in the MCU, and Khonshu as a morally compromised divine patron is the franchise's most complex deity characterisation.

Where It Fits in the MCU

Moon Knight (Season 1) sits at position 131 of 165 in the MCU's story-chronological order, placing it within the Phase 4 — Multiverse Opens (2024–2025) era. It is rated Optional — can be skipped without losing the main thread. Watching in story-chronological order provides the most coherent character development experience — individual arcs build naturally toward the franchise's major crossover events, with each film's post-credits scenes carrying forward into what follows.