History Recap / MoonKnight2022S1E3TheFriendlyType

* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Khonshu tells Marc to dangle one of Harrow's disciples -- a teenage boy -- off a cliff to interrogate him, saying the fear will make him talk. Instead, to Marc's dismay, the boy cuts his scarf to kill himself, with Khonshu casualy saying he thought it would work.

* {{Irony}}: The Ennead claims that Harrow "has committed no offense". While this isn't actually true, Marc and Khonshu are trying to stop him primarily for something he ''will'' do, which is the M.O. of Ammit herself.

* HiddenDepths: According to Yatzil, Khonshu once enjoyed Hathor's music, which surprises Marc, whose only known Khonshu to enjoy the pain his avatar inflicts on the guilty.

* DarkestHour: There's a moment where both Moon Knight and Layla are seemingly defeated by Mogart's men. But then Layla has a HeroicSecondWind and makes the tables turn in their favor.
* {{Determinator}}: Steven shows some real grit during the climactic scene of Khonshu rewinding the night sky, keeping up his efforts despite clearly being in a great deal of pain, enough so that once it's over, he passes out.

** Steven takes over in the middle of a fight and tries to negotiate with Mogart's men. Unsurprisingly, they don't listen to his calls for a time-out and begin impaling him with spears, prompting Steven to give up and hand control back over to Marc.

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Khonshu is unpopular with the other gods as it is, but in this episode he gives up the last bit of leeway he has with them. When Steven and Layla technically find the map to the place they're looking for, they can't use it because it's based on the position of the stars -- which, over two thousand years, have drifted from where they were on the night when it was hidden. Khonshu decides to help out by rewinding the skies to that night, knowing it's an offense punishable by imprisonment in a small statue.

* CallBack: Bek mentions having that Mogart and Layla's last encounter was in [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]].

* LandmarkingTheHiddenBase: The gods have a meeting place inside the pyramid of Giza.

* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Khonshu tells Marc to dangle one of Harrow's disciples -- a teenage boy -- off a cliff to interrogate him, saying the fear will make him talk. Instead, to Marc's dismay, the boy cuts his scarf to kill himself, with Khonshu insincerely saying he thought it would work.

* GodzillaThreshold:
** At the start of the episode, Marc suggests calling on the other gods to stop Harrow, but Khonshu points out that he has little leeway with the other gods and they might punish him further for even daring to call them. He organizes a meeting of the Ennead anyway as he is ''that'' desperate to stop Harrow and they're out of options. Unfortunately, Harrow takes advantage of the Gods' dislike of Konshu and Marc's own instability to discredit them before they can even make any tangible claims towards him.
** Now on even thinner ice with the gods, Khonshu winds back the night sky so Marc can find the tomb and stop Harrow, even though the gods will seal him in stone for doing so. He counts on Marc busting him out after stopping Harrow.

* CallBack: Mogart mentions having last seen Layla in [[Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier Madripoor]].

* GodzillaThreshold: At the start of the episode, Konshu points out that he has little leeway with the other gods as is and that they need to make a strong case against Harrow for them to be willing to help, even pointing out that organising a trial is a "terrible idea" as he leaves. He organizes a meeting of the Ennead anyway as he is ''that'' desparate to stop Harrow. Unfortunately, Harrow takes advantage of the Gods' dislike of Konshu and Marc's own instability to discredit them before they can even make any tangible claims towards him.

* GodzillaThreshold: At the start of the episode , Konshu points out that he has little leeway with the other gods as is and that they need to make a strong case against Harrow for them to be willing to help, even pointing out that organising a trial is a "terrible idea" as he leaves. He organises a meeting of the Ennead anyway as he is ''that'' desparate to stop Harrow. Unfortunately, Harrow takes advantage of the Gods' dislike of Konshu and Marc's own instability to discredit them before they can even make any tangible claims towards him.

** He also didn't consider that such a large gesture as altering the sky would alert Harrow and give him time to prepare for the trial. By the time Harrow is called forth, he quickly discredits Konshu and puts them on the deensive before they can bring forth any reasonable evidence.

* ChekhovsSkill: Konshu shows the ability to tamper with constellations by creating a solar eclipse at thee start of the episode to drw the Ennead's attention. Towards the end of the episode, he uses this power to rewind the night sky so Steve and Layla can track down the location of Ammit's tomb.

* CheckovsSkill: Konshu shows the ability to tamper with constellations by creating a solar eclipse at thee start of the episode to drw the Ennead's attention. Towards the end of the episode, he uses this power to rewind the night sky so Steve and Layla can track down the location of Ammit's tomb.

** He also didn't consider that such a large gesture as altering the sky would alert Harrow and give him time to prepare for the trail. By the time Harrow is called forth, he quickly discredits Konshu and puts them on the deensive before they can bring forth any reasonable evidence.

* GodzillaThreshold: At the start of the episode , Konshu points out that he has little leeway with the other gods as is and that they need to make a strong case against Harrow for them to be willing to help, even pointing out that organising a trail is a "terrible idea" as he leaves. He organises a meeting of the Ennead anyway as he is ''that'' desparate to stop Harrow. Unfortunately, Harrow takes advantage of the Gods' dislike of Konshu and Marc's own instability to discredit them before they can even make any tangible claims towards him.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: For Khonshu, anything that might draw the attention of the gods (and, by extension, mortals) counts as this. After he causes an eclipse to call them into a meeting, they threaten to imprison him in stone the next time he does anything that flashy, and when he turns back the sky to help identify the location of Ammit's tomb, they make good on the threat.

* HollywoodDarkness: The scene in the desert during the lunar eclipse is clearly shot at sunlight with a night filter on.

* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Invoked. Khonshu moves the moon and creates a solar eclipse in an attempt to cause enough commotion to summon the other gods, in order to present his case against Harrow.

* {{Irony}}: It's a good thing the gods didn't inquire more deeply about Marc's DID, because it's very similar to the possession they themselves use to interact with humans who aren't their avatars.

* IdiotBall: Steven, bless your kindness, but what were you thinking in trying to peacefully settle a fight against black market criminals well into said fight when everyone is out for blood?

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Marc and Steven finally start acknowledging that they need to work together.

* TooDumbToLive: ''Every single time'' Marc gets into a fight in this episode, Steven insists, against all reason, that he stop attacking and surrender control. This culminates in Steven forcibly taking control during the fight with Mogart's forces to try and order a time-out, which only succeeds in getting him repeatedly impaled.

* ImmuneToBullets: Moon Knight's cape is, which comes in handy when defending Layla from a hail of gunfire.

* JekyllAndHyde: Marc and Steven are both horrified by the acts of violence the other seems to have comitted while they were blacked out, but it soon becomes clear that it's neither of them, but a third alter who's clearly more bloodthirsty than Steven or Marc.

* NotMeThisTime: Steven denies any responsibility for Marc's blackouts, a fact made apparent when the second time has Marc awaken in the immediate aftermath of killing two people.

* PerspectiveFlip: Now Marc is the one having his body hijacked, causing him to wake up elsewhere with no recollection of events.

* PowerStrainBlackout: Marc/Steven collapses in the desert after turning back the night sky with Khonshu's help.

** At hearing Harrow comment on her father's murder as the reason she left Egypt, Layla is unsettled, as she hadn't told anyone her reasons for leaving and wondering if what Harrow said about Marc is also true.

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Khonshu is unpopular with the other gods as it is, but in this episode he gives up the last bit of leeway he has with them. When Steven and Layla technically find the map to the place they're looking for, they also don't because it's based on the position of the stars -- on the night when it was hidden, thousands of years ago. Khonshu decides to help out by rewinding the skies to that night, knowing it's an offense punishable by imprisonment in a small statue.

** Harrow implies that Marc was party to the death of Layla's father. Marc's love interest in the comics, Marlene Alraune, was the daughter of noted archeologist Doctor Peter Alraune, Sr., who met his end at the hands of Marc's treacherous partner Raoul Bushman during the expedition that ultimately led to Marc becoming Moon Knight.

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Khonshu is unpopular with the other gods as it is, but in this episode he gives up the last bit of leeway he has with them. When Steven and Layla technically find the map to the place they're looking for, they also don't because it's based on the position of the stars -- on the night when it was hidden, thousands of years ago. Khonshu decides to help out by rewinding the skies to that night, knowing it is an offense punishable by imprisonment in a small statue.

* UncertainDoom: Mogart is last seen riding off after having been hit by one of Marc's crescent blades, though whether he survived his wound remains to be seen.

* SadlyMythtaken: The Ennead was a collection of nine gods, not five (although Hathor does mention that the five attending the meeting are the ones that happen to be present). The meeting itself includes every god that were traditionally part of the Ennead save for Hathor, who in the actual myths was not a member of the Ennead.[[note]]The Ennead consists of Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys, with Horus sometimes included as a tenth member.[[/note]]

* ProperlyParanoid: Yatzil, Hathor's avatar, remains behind after the meeting of the Ennead to speak with Marc and quietly tell him another way he could find Ammit's tomb, saying that she isn't sure who to trust. Surely enough, we learn that Osiris' avatar (and by extension possibly Osiris himself) is in league with Harrow.