Moon Knight Writer Explains Apparent Jake Lockley Plot Hole
Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater explains the apparent Jake Lockley plot hole in episode 5. The MCU TV show premiered on March 30 and served as the introduction of the titular superhero, played by Oscar Isaac, to the franchise. The finale episode dropped on Disney+ May 4, just in time for the theatrical release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
While the series focused predominantly on Marc Spector and Steven Grant, who share the same body due to the former's dissociative identity disorder, the Moon Knight finale credits scene introduced a third alter named Jake Lockley. While he was hinted at previous episodes, indicating his existence was planned from the beginning, some viewers argue that Jake creates a plot hole in episode 5. In the Egyptian afterlife, Marc only manages to balance his scales by working through his relationship with Steven and, perhaps, by Steven's eventual self-sacrifice, but he goes through no such process with Jake, of whom he is still unaware.
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Now, in an interview with The Direct, Slater addresses this perceived Moon Knight Jake Lockley plot hole, which he believes emerges from an intentional misdirection in the episode 5 script. Claiming that Marc and Steven being unaware of Jake left him out of the calculus, he says it was ultimately Steven, and not Marc, who balanced their collective scales. While he was reluctant to voice it, Slater argues, Marc always knew who he was, and Steven sacrificing himself to save Marc was the moment that he finally understood his role in the relationship between them. Check out his full quote below:
Yeah, we kept him out of there. Essentially, Marc and Steven needed
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