Moon Knight goes full Tomb Raider in its best episode yet

polygon.com:

As enjoyable as Moon Knighthas been to watch, succinctly describing it has remained a challenge. It took half of its six-episode run to give its protagonist a clear goal, and with three episodes left, it was hard to know what the series is building to. Thankfully, a strong sense of direction has also resulted in one of the most purely fun episodes of Marvel TV to air this side of WandaVision, leading Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) and Layla (May Calamawy) on a race to beat the villainous Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) to Ammit’s tomb. Call it Marvel’s Indiana Jones, or Tomb Raider, or Uncharted— it’s half an hour of adventure-movie action, with weird monsters and death traps and forbidden treasure. Were this what the entirety of what Moon Knight turned out to be, that would’ve been a good show. But there’s another 15 minutes to see, and they turn the entire series on its head.

[Ed. note: Heavy spoilers for the fourth episode of Moon Knight follow]

What makes “The Tomb” such a good episode of Moon Knight isn’t simply because Ammit’s tomb has such a great series of setpieces, but because it’s also the place where every character’s arc collides. Steven, free of Khonshu and locking Marc out of his body, wants to prove himself the capable hero worthy of saving the day and beating Harrow to Ammit. Layla, while willing to help Steven, has also had her own question lingering in the background: who killed her father on an expedition long ago? Marc, forced in the background, continues to be in denial over how broken he is. Harrow tips over all these dominoes by finding Layla alone and suggesting that Marc Spector is responsible for her father’s death.

The revelation builds to a confrontation in front of Ammit’s sarcophagus, where Layla