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The song in the end translates to ( hush hush, here comes the kings!) and thats a good choice of songs by the director!

Oscar's transformation between his characters tells what a great actor he is!

About the episode, it was definitely well written and kinda better than the first one. We finally met Mark and understand his background story. Next episode gonna be in Egypt so that sounds good considering the show whole story.

This 2nd ep is giving promise that the show will be consistent in quality. The pilot was strong and ep 2 continues from strength to strength.

We see the majority of the ep from Steven's eyes and because of that we feel the frustration when no one believes him which is great and it really pushes that mystery theme of keeping the character and the audience in the dark.

The cinematography picks up with its lighting and use of long tracking shots and I don't think I'll ever get tired of the shots that involve reflections. They add so much to the show and even seeing them talk via reflections with cracks splitting his face up. This ep gives us more character motivations and a bit more depth and the action may be not as many were hoping but it definitely shows what's in store for future eps as it gives us more of a taste but leaves us itching for more giving more of that frustration in a good way.

I'm glad they're still steering clear of connecting to the wider MCU and so far they haven't ruined any tense moment with a cheap joke - a MCU trademark it seems.

The only gripes is that some of the jokes do fall a little flat but not enough to take away from the moment and that British accent, I can get used to the accent as the episode goes on but it's the actual dialogue that doesn't fit with the accent, you can tell a non British person wrote it. The CGI is soft at times which makes me think they're saving the budget for the bigger fights towards the end of the season.

Overall the episode is consistent but a little flatter but seems to be shaping to be one of the better MCU shows.

P.s. I do think they need to make a MCU TV intro for the TV shows.

P. P. S. The suit is definitely a fantastic outfit, if not one of my favourite superhero outfits in live action.

Summon the Suit is a strong second episode to the great opener that was The Goldfish Problem, and it delves deeper into the chaotic mind of Steven Grant.

This episode has basically everything, character study, great performances, good storytelling, and action.

I absolutely loved the conversation between Steven and Arthur about their beliefs and morals, something that I think was needed more in Infinity War. The villain's motivation is like the plot of The Winter Soldier and what Hydra wanted to do, but the conversation around it is much better.

And I really like this protagonist/villain dynamic we have here, and the villain has a fair share of screen time too. The "villain" of the story, Arthur, is of course really familiar with Marc's boss, and it gives another layer of depth to their relationship.

Summon the Suit also has another great reveal that I didn't expect to see this early and I'm really thankful that they don't waste time showing us what our protagonist can really do.

We have a really nice addition to the cast of characters that we have already seen in the promos, and she's a really good character and has a great dynamic with Steven.

I have to mention, that this is how to do a protagonist! This is how you write a great, flawed, and actually interesting character as a protagonist, something that Disney Star Wars has no idea how to, as we have seen with Rey and recently Boba Fett.

Our protagonist isn't exactly a righteous and flawless man who doesn't do the bidding of a questionable authority like Captain America, he's a man who has killed people - who might have deserved it - and will do it again because if he doesn't, he'll lose what he loves.

All in all, this show has been really great so far and fun to watch, and this episode does a great job of establishing our trouble-minded protagonist and the antagonist further and has great dialogue and good action.

And I like that Kevin Feige just gave the helms to this actual Egyptian director to depict his country's culture like what it is and not some American guy whose only knowledge of the Middle East is just putting a yellow filter on the screen.

Also, I gotta mention that I don't really like Arabic as a language, even though mine (Farsi) is really close to it but I kinda cannot stand it, but I gotta admit that end-credit Arabic rap was lowkey fire! The Armenian Genocide Really Happened and Taiwan Is a Country.

This episode is weaker than its predecessor with is being very exposition heavy. That being said I still really enjoyed this episode and thought for the most part it was well written and well paced and finally seeing some Moonknight action was fun. Although I haven't read the comics so I can't talk about the mr knight part I enjoyed his action scene too. Sadly one of my biggest gripes with both the episodes is the cgi, from the purple energy coming from the ground to the monster it just looked so cheap and didn't feel real. Konshu at points even looked bad. But the cinematography makes up for it with some amazing shots, but yet again not on the same level as episode 1. One thing that I really loved about this episode was Stevens paranoia and his confusion ,that we saw in episode 1, is still being continued here and it's really interesting to see how Layla was added into the mix. Overall I would say this is a really good episode but has some set backs.

From the first episode, I was a little worried it showed to much of Steve Grant, but this episode started to proved otherwise. I actually really enjoyed the arguing between Steve and Mark, but to be honest every seen with Mark is the highlight. The fighting style is also pretty decent. After seeing that end cliffhanger, I'm insanely hyped for the next episode. I have high hopes for more Mark Spectre to come!

Its more into character building this episode i prefer episode 1 but this one has some pretty funny moments but falls idk flat?

The cgi keeps looking unfinished i wonder why but Can't wait for ep 3!

Steven's accent is still terrible but this episode is a huge improvement from the last one. We see more of Layla, Marc and Khonshu and it seems we'll be seeing more of them in the future. And overall this episode is just great. Well paced and the cgi is better.

One thing tho, it seems like they are setting up the usual marvel third act. It's either Ethan Hawke wears a black suit and fights moon knight or the stupid cgi monster mash. Which is so fkin predictable at this point that I really hope to be proven wrong. Please let this be a breath of fresh air. This has been so good so far.

Other than that, great episode!

The second episode was really good, but in this time the conflict between Steven and marc acquire from all the second episode, and there was a long action scene, the screenplay was the protagonist in the second episode there's wasn't space for humor or even more explain about Steven, and good news the series was very cleared from second, and every pole was built, and the relation between marc and khonshu cleared.

Another good point the acting was better than in the first episode, and that is optimistic for the next episodes.

I really enjoy the mix of showing us what Marc/Steven sees, and what everybody else sees. I think the actors are all on point. I think Khonshu looks great, and kind of scarey. I think the plots good.

Some might want more of Marc, but I myself think that it just makes him being there more exciting.

Much of the mysticism from the first episode are gone, but there are still more than enough left to make this second episode great! The same great filming, dark humor, more action, acting, the story and so on that made the first episode amazing, makes this episode great!

All in all: If you liked the first episode of this series, I expect that you will like this episode as well.

Man, this show is amazing. It keeps me on the edge of my seat. Oscar Isaac is fantastic. This is the first time marvel has done something close to this, and it's been a breath of fresh air. Not sure why the score for this show is so low.

This show started off insanely strong and considering its pilot is nearly impossible to top, this isn't as good but not bad at all.

It is all still breathtaking with some of the most impressive directing I've ever seen and an amazing performance from Oscar Isaac. His portrayal of Steven along with the great introduction of Khonsh gives some super freaky scenes, but also some hilarious lines that don't feel super out of place.

Harrow continues to be an enticing villain and draws some interesting comparisons between Khonshu and Ammit. This, along with some compelling backstory for Marc, makes you wonder if Khonshu really is any better.

Speaking of marc, it is odd that Layla is his wife in this adaptation, but it works out well. What is not nearly as forgivable is the oddness of Steven being Mr. Knight - who is introduced as such a joke.

The story hints at a 3rd alter, so hopefully, we will get the true Mr. Knight. But as of right now, this portrayal is my biggest gripe for an otherwise solid show so far.