Moon Knight Theory Gives Marvel's Season 1 Cliffhanger A Disturbing New Meaning

Reddit is pretty sure that Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac) killed his mom — or more specifically, that one of his more violent alternate personalities did. In late 2023, u/HansenTheMan posted their idea on r/MCUTheories suggesting that it's kind of weird how Season 1, Episode 5, "Asylum," offers no cause of death, nor any other information outside of the fact that she's no longer among the living. According to the Redditor's theory, Jake Lockley — the lethal personality first officially seen during the show's post-credit scene — struck a deal with Khonshu (F. Murray Abraham) so that he could remove a child abuser from the equation of life.

"[I]t's [un]clear if Marc and Steven were the only personalities who suffered through all the abuse and trauma their mom had put them through ... Steven [Grant] was created from what their mom had done to Marc, and it's possible Jake was, too," said the Redditor. "My theory is that Jake got permission from Khonshu to do a more personal kill ... Khonshu allowed it since [he's] all about justice, vengeance, and punishing those who have done wrong ... [maybe] Jake traveled back home and murdered his mother, and this also could be what made him so loyal to Khonshu."

u/HansenTheMan went on to hope that the anticipated, but still unconfirmed, "Moon Knight" Season 2 would canonize their theory. The only problem is that the Disney+ series is approximately four years old without any further assurances of a future.

During a late 2022 interview with Collider, Oscar Isaac reminded MCU fans he is not in a position to confirm any further "Moon Knight" stories. "We can't definitively say that," said Isaac. "We'll see what happens. But at the moment, there's no official word." As of early 2026, "Moon Knight" is still in a state of limbo. There have been consistent rumors that Moon Knight will return for major Marvel projects but no concrete info.

"Moon Knight" was originally billed as a limited series, which means that it was not intended to continue beyond what was initially filmed. That said, it includes a post-credit scene that teases future stories. Marvel might have framed "Moon Knight" as it did just in case audiences responded negatively. But audiences loved "Moon Knight," so the studio is in a position to build on the dangling threads of Jake Lockley if it chooses to. Yet Marvel has reset and slowed down its production pipeline, and that might spell disaster for projects on hiatus.

2025 alone saw the MCU release three new films, two live-action Disney+ shows, and three animated Disney+ productions. By comparison, 2026 will see two new films and two new Marvel Disney+ productions, none of which are related to "Moon Knight" — unless he makes a surprise appearance in one of those titles. Otherwise, if more "Moon Knight" is coming, then it won't be for some time.