Rogers: The Musical was inevitably one of them, but I’m not sure how I feel about these tributes to Captain America’s legacy becoming A Thing in the MCU.
Echo was clearly desperate to acquire it, but for what purpose? And who did it belong to?Īlongside the the show’s intriguing mysteries were a number of other highlights. There’s also the mysterious watch that the Tracksuit Mafia were out to snag at the auction, found in the debris of Avengers Compound. Tantalizingly, Echo’s introduction also signals the integration of Netflix’s Daredevil crew into the MCU, with Spider-Man: No Way Home arriving in a few weeks – I feel like we all know by now that Charlie Cox is destined to make an appearance in it. Along with the style choices that the Hawkeyeteam have made for her character and the way she’s clearly thrown herself so completely into being Kate Bishop, she’s truly nailing it. Steinfeld is predictably great in the role, so it never feels awkward. Kate’s mother Eleanor (Vera Farmiga) is deeply suspicious and dexterous, and wears red in present-day scenes (either as a cheeky “red herring” or a nod to her latter-day West Coast Avengers reveal as a vampire), and Kate is clearly in line to be passed the MCU Hawkeye mantle. Two episodes in, and many of Hawkeye’s pieces are already on the chessboard. He collars her in the suit and sets about rectifying the situation, but Kate is already involved in a deadly mystery: someone has killed her mother’s fiancé’s uncle, Armand III, and she suspects there could be more to it than meets the eye. A wealthy 22-year-old over-achiever with superheroic ambitions, Kate lost her dad in the Battle of New York as a child and became fixated on Clint’s part in helping the Avengers win, taking martial arts and archery lessons and absolutely smashing it.īut when she takes too much of an interest in her mother’s new fiancé and follows him to a secret auction for the scoffing uber-rich, she ends up nicking Clint’s old Ronin suit and alerting the Tracksuit Mafia to Ronin’s re-emergence, creating all manner of problems for Clint and herself. This is when I knew Hawkeye was going to be something special.Ĭlint’s already-shaky Christmas is then utterly ruined when young, self-proclaimed “world’s greatest archer” Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) accidentally throws a spanner in the works.
But in this exact moment, we also realize that Rogers: The Musical is so godawful that Clint kinda agrees with the graffiti. Deep down, he still feels that he should have been the one to sacrifice his life for the Soul Stone, not Nat, and the survivor’s guilt is slowly killing him. As the episodes progress, Clint struggles to cope with praise and recognition from the public for his service.
Renner’s ability to do a lot of character work with a reaction shot means the audience takes a quick hit for his triumphs and losses in the wake of Thanos’ misjudged pursuit. Leaving his kids and scuttling off to the bathroom, he sees some “Thanos was right” graffiti – a call-back to our own “Thanos did nothing wrong” nonsense – and takes a moment to ingest the notion. Suffering through Rogers: The Musical’s version of the Battle of New York, complete with singing, dancing, and factual inaccuracies (wait, Ant-Man was there during the Time Heist!) Clint almost breaks down seeing a version of Black Widow on stage. We catch up with Clint in New York post- Avengers: Endgame while his grief over losing Natasha Romanoff on Vormir bubbles under the surface, barely contained by his family commitments, his joy at being reunited with them, and his intention to give them the best Christmas ever after losing them to The Blip for five years. The first two installments of Hawkeye balance a mix of set-up and character-building quite deftly thanks to Mad Men writer Jonathan Igla and Documentary Now! director Rhys Thomas. As one of them, I’m pleased to say the new show is a seasonal treat.
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