Yes. This last episode hit me viscerally also. Frankly, I was a bit exhausted after watching it, like my mind and emotions had just been put into a blender!
I agree whole heartedly with the Oscar Issac assessment! You and I are on the same page there, Comsie. I was actually going ‘wow’ at his amazing performance multiple times through this episode! He’s handling Marvel’s most complex superhero as beautifully, in his own way, as Robert Downey Jr. handled Iron Man!
The only thing I’m hoping for in this is that we get more Moon Knight scenes that are just him, straight up, thrashing bad guys! That’s the part of this series that I find a bit lacking. I love the backstory, the exploration of a character with this many problems, the exploration of Egyptian Myth in a way I’ve never seen before, but…ultimately, I wanna see Moon Knight kick butt like he does in the comics.
I’ve been re-reading some of the old issues from the mid-Eighties and all of the pathos and intrigue are there like in the show, but there’s also a lot of Moon Knight just showing Batman up for being ‘Vengeance’ personified. Moon Knight just, completely, annihilates his opponents. That’s his special charm!