Asylum (Moon Knight)

"**Asylum**"
"Asylum"
Moon Knight episode
	Promotional poster
Episode no.	Episode 5
Directed by	Mohamed Diab
Written by	Rebecca Kirsch; Matthew Orton;
Featured music	"Más Allá del Sol"; by Manuel Bonilla
Cinematography by	Gregory Middleton
Editing by	Joan Sobel
Original release date	April 27, 2022
Running time	50 minutes
Cast
	Claudio Fabian Contreras as Randall Spector; Carlos Sanchez as Young Marc Spector and Steven Grant; David Jake Rodriguez as Teenage Marc Spector; Usama Soliman as Abdallah El-Faouly;
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"Asylum" is the fifth episode of the American television miniseries Moon Knight, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Moon Knight. It follows Marc Spector and Steven Grant as they try to make sense of their situation in a psychiatric hospital. The episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. It was written by Rebecca Kirsch and Matthew Orton and directed by Mohamed Diab.

Oscar Isaac stars as Marc Spector and Steven Grant, alongside May Calamawy, Ann Akinjirin, David Ganly, Fernanda Andrade, Antonia Salib, Karim El-Hakim, Rey Lucas, F. Murray Abraham, and Ethan Hawke. Diab joined the series by October 2020 to direct four episodes. Filming took place at Origo Studios in Budapest.

"Asylum" was released on the streaming service Disney+ on April 27, 2022. Critics highlighted the episode for its plot twists, emotional weight, Isaac's performance, and its portrayal of Spector and Grant's dissociative identity disorder (DID).