Slater created Moon Knight, a series in which the lead has multiple identities and the narrative withholds which one is present. Egyptian mythology supplies the framework, and the writing treats the mental health element seriously enough that the supernatural material never resolves the question the series is actually asking.
He worked in feature screenwriting before moving into television, and he created a series adapted from a comic about a dysfunctional family of adopted siblings with powers. Both of his best known projects take unconventional comic sources and preserve their strangeness rather than normalising them for a wider audience.
Recurring subjects: fractured identity, families held together by shared damage, and comic sources adapted for their tone rather than their plot. His structure withholds orientation deliberately, and he is comfortable letting an audience remain uncertain about what is actually happening for extended periods of a series.
His adopted family series became one of the most watched adaptations on its platform across several seasons, and his superhero series was notable within its franchise for its willingness to be genuinely strange. Both are cited as examples of adaptations that resisted being smoothed out.
For viewers who want superhero television that is actually unsettling. Suited to anyone approaching the mythology series, and to those who should follow it with the adopted family adaptation, which is equally unwilling to behave.
