Every Marvel movie and show from Phase 4, ranked worst to best

15. Moon Knight

There’s a chance you’re probably outraged to see Moon Knight so low on this list. While Moon Knight is a good show, it isn’t as flawlessly executed as many of the other MCU series. Like its titular hero, Moon Knight is inconsistent, vacillating between being incredible and a total mess.

The two things that Moon Knight totally nails are its depiction of Egyptian culture and mythology, and its stellar casting. Oscar Isaac gives hands down one of the most Emmy-worthy performances from any MCU show, shifting through multiple personalities with disarming ease. Ethan Hawke is an unsettling villain, and May Calamawy kills it as Layla El-Faouly / the Scarlet Scarab. The show has a much greater sense of improvisation than you usually see with Marvel productions, from Isaac’s decision to use a British accent for the Steven Grant persona to Arthur Harrow’s glass-crunching shoes. When Moon Knight was good, it was really good.

It’s just a shame that Moon Knight went off the rails so badly during the back half of its season. Starting with its fourth episode, the show starts playing with perception and makes us wonder if what we see is what’s really happening. The downside to this is that some of the beats, like the descent into the tomb in Episode 4, aren’t just surreal but often don’t make sense. Moon Knight was geared toward an older audience, but in its final few episodes felt like it was trying to broaden its appeal to younger MCU fans. The penultimate episode features a journey into Marc Spector’s subconscious, and it’s among the most shockingly difficult scenes in the entire MCU; mere minutes later, the Egyptian goddess Taweret is slinging jokes in a scene that feels specifically designed to help sell toys.

That incongruity made Moon Knight unique, but it also knocks it down a few pegs in the rankings. Competition is stiff in the MCU!