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Hawkeye Episode 4: Partners, Am I Right? (Spoiler Discussion)

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Last week on Matt Fraction's Hawkeye:

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Now time for, Partners, Am I Right?

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Well that didn’t take long to escalate, I figured that Yelena would appear sooner than later. Very Winter Solider like. So was Laura a Shield agent? She seems quite adaptable to espionage. I wonder what the significance of the watch is.
 
I was waiting to see how Yelena would show up and what an entrance! Wonder who the watch belongs to and why it is so important
 
Okay so I loved the first 2/3 of this episode, and then the finale happened.

- First, Yelena, was obvious but a welcomed addition. Her and Kate's fighting was rather decent and I can't wait for the real Hawkeye/Widow ship to take off. But...

- Who ever is writing Clint's dialogue is doing a poor job. Kate's is great, while his is terrible. Everything he says feels just off, and when he has to delivers info like during the climax it's down right awful.

- Echo feels like the odd woman out. I have no problem with her, but she feels out of place.

- I am going to assume that Kate's mother is the one who "hired" Yelena. Which should be fun to find out.

- A lot of bad directing and editing in this episode again. Hope we don't see these directors again.

- So yeah, Kate is still amazing. Clint goes from "awesome" (bonding scenes with Kate) to WTF (climax) every episode, and it feels odd.
 
I'm going to guess the watch is Cap's. Antique, old friend that's been out of the game for a while. Probably reveals he's alive somehow and been living the quiet life.
 
Glad to see Yelena back! All those flashbacks of Natasha got to me…and then they show Kate hanging from that rope similar to Natasha hanging before she fell (or rather jumped off) brought back some feels. I like how this series shows the effects of the loss of Natasha while Far From Home showed the aftermath of the loss of Tony. Each character is getting their rightful due.
 
Another really solid episode, though I Need to rewatch the last fight as I couldn't see a thing the first time haha.
 
I'm going to guess the watch is Cap's. Antique, old friend that's been out of the game for a while. Probably reveals he's alive somehow and been living the quiet life.
That's a good theory. Everyone assumed it was like an Iron Man gauntlet or something in the first episode, but I like this idea much more.

Also, I noticed the cop LARPer who retrieved the arrows is a minor Hawkeye villain from the comics (Bombshell). Probably just an easter egg, but could be interesting to see if she ever turns bad.
 
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- I am going to assume that Kate's mother is the one who "hired" Yelena. Which should be fun to find out.

That wouldn't make any sense given Black Widows post credit scene. Unless somehow Val is working for Kate's mom, which I doubt.
 
Great episode! Just wish all the so called "scoopers" on twitter were right about a certain someone showing up in a posts credit scene this episode.
 
Okay so I loved the first 2/3 of this episode, and then the finale happened.

- First, Yelena, was obvious but a welcomed addition. Her and Kate's fighting was rather decent and I can't wait for the real Hawkeye/Widow ship to take off. But...

- Who ever is writing Clint's dialogue is doing a poor job. Kate's is great, while his is terrible. Everything he says feels just off, and when he has to delivers info like during the climax it's down right awful.

- Echo feels like the odd woman out. I have no problem with her, but she feels out of place.

- I am going to assume that Kate's mother is the one who "hired" Yelena. Which should be fun to find out.

- A lot of bad directing and editing in this episode again. Hope we don't see these directors again.

- So yeah, Kate is still amazing. Clint goes from "awesome" (bonding scenes with Kate) to WTF (climax) every episode, and it feels odd.


Uhmmm...You didn't see the post-credit scene from Black Widow?
 
Uhmmm...You didn't see the post-credit scene from Black Widow?

What DarthSkywalker said doesn't conflict with the Black Widow post credit scene. It could be something like this:

Kate's mom contacts Val on the phone saying she needs Clint taken care of.
That same day, Val finds Yelena and tells her about her new assignment (the BW scene)
Yelena goes after Clint the following night
 
For a 34 minute episode, I thought this was slow until that house/rooftop action scene which they obvously saved for the final minutes... I hope this series picks up more for the final two episodes.
 
Okay so I loved the first 2/3 of this episode, and then the finale happened.

- First, Yelena, was obvious but a welcomed addition. Her and Kate's fighting was rather decent and I can't wait for the real Hawkeye/Widow ship to take off. But...

- Who ever is writing Clint's dialogue is doing a poor job. Kate's is great, while his is terrible. Everything he says feels just off, and when he has to delivers info like during the climax it's down right awful.

- Echo feels like the odd woman out. I have no problem with her, but she feels out of place.

- I am going to assume that Kate's mother is the one who "hired" Yelena. Which should be fun to find out.

- A lot of bad directing and editing in this episode again. Hope we don't see these directors again.

- So yeah, Kate is still amazing. Clint goes from "awesome" (bonding scenes with Kate) to WTF (climax) every episode, and it feels odd.

Looks like you didn't watch Black Widow! Val, from The Falcon and Winter Soldier, hired Yelena

I'm going to guess the watch is Cap's. Antique, old friend that's been out of the game for a while. Probably reveals he's alive somehow and been living the quiet life.

The watch belonged to Iron Man, who died in Avengers Endgame, and Clint probably attended his funeral
 
This episode was extremely fast and left me wanting more (so mission accomplished).

The whole Kate bringing Christmas to Clint scene and him opening up was great. That father/daughter, Batman/Robin dynamic really is coming together with the two of them. Also like how they're using Clint's wife and she's doing her part in this case.

My only thing with Kate, they could calm down with her in every other line saying "OMG Hawkeye is my partner and OMG I'm with the Avengers!", it's very Holland Spideyish after a while.

Vera Farmiga called Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine who called Yelena to get the drop on Clint. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

Overall, I thought it was another great episode.
 
Even though I loved the bonding with Clint and Kate with only 6 episodes in the series I feel thats took too long imo but the rooftop scene was great was hoping that was Yelena and YES great entrance for her. Hope the watch belongs to someone significant
 
Well what you know I actually really enjoyed this newest episode unlike last week's. I loved all the bonding scenes between Kate and Clint in this even if it did slow down the pace of the first half overall.

Halie Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner have never had stronger chemistry than in this episode IMO and as I suspected Clint is pretty much an emotional wreck right now which is something I want to see them address more in this show.

I'm fine with lighthearted fluff to a degree, but this episode gave me everything I've been wanting out of this series since the beginning and that's personal stakes which was handled really well here.

The rooftop fight at the end was pretty awesome too, especially seeing Florence Pugh show up and kick all kinds of ass which is what I expected ever since she was announced for this and boy she didn't disappoint.

Yelena is easily one of my favorite characters right now in the MCU and I hope we see a lot more of her going forward in Phase 4 as the new Black Widow.
 
A bit of a quieter episode compared to last week save for the ending but I did love the character moments between Kate and Clint.

Even though it was no surprise at all, finally seeing Yelena pop up was awesome.

- Who ever is writing Clint's dialogue is doing a poor job. Kate's is great, while his is terrible. Everything he says feels just off, and when he has to delivers info like during the climax it's down right awful.
I just want Clint to act a little livelier and I think it's more of a script thing than a Jeremy Renner thing. You'd think his family never came back from the snap with the way he's been acting, although I did like his moment where he talked about Natasha.
 
Best episode so far, for sure. Just a ton of great little moments and the rooftop fight didn't disappoint.

I do think Maya feels out of place too, like she's just there. I'm still very undecided on her spin-off.

Great to see Yelena show up and I love how you can feel Natasha's presence throughout this episode.

As far as the watch goes, I assumed it belonged to Clint but there's proof he was Ronin.

I think I keep saying this after every episode but we're in for a good one next week :funny:
 
Laura has to be an ex-operative of some kind right? Knowing your husband's secrets is one thing but she seems too adept at the workings of his world, too familiar with his people (the guy Clint called for information on Jack) and there's the language skills.
 
After this episode, I could totally see Laura being a Charly Baltimore-esque secret agent.
 
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