Man, I hated how they dispelled the resolution on the cliff hanger. There is no point on building tension and putting in clues in regards of the threat, show its happening and then immediately deflate it.
The only funny bit was Jack calling Clint as "The Archer" and then Kate saying it's an imago thing. The biggest thing was for Mum to dismiss Clint and at the end, telling him: "Kate's not Romanoff."
What the hell, does everyone know Black Widow as Natasha Romanoff? And yet they want to call Clint by his call-sing? And thing is Mum did it with a slight concern over her, not for Clint, but for the heir to the imperium.
Thing is, she's far removed from Mum's interest circles and she isn't aiming to be the next leader. All we have seen is that she's better off without the family then with them.
I loved that Clint nicked the blade, but in my mind, I cannot understand how that thing works and how the blade has enough of structure to block other weapons and be occasionally smashed against hard things.
In a twist, Clint's wife somehow knew exactly what he'd been doing during the dark times, and what items were associated with the suit. But could it be that Clint married a Shield Agent? Would he really share a secret about what he did when he went bonkers? I doubt he would.
It really bugged me that Mum kept going on and on about how bad influence Hawkeye had been to her daughter, even since the Attack on New York. It seemed to rub Kate wrong way as well. Pizza didn't mind anything as long as there's treats on offer.
Thing is I keep feeling that there's something in Jack that we doesn't know, but seeing Kate moping around also reminded me about Jessica Jones. I think Jack might have been in that series but I cannot remember for sure.
I certainly would not stayed there in her shoes, but getting a pizza for the home party instead of going into a fancy party to mingle with the big shoes, I don't thinks so. Pizza dog didn't minded, as more treats, better.
Maybe the biggest revelation is that Clint followed Kate's clue on the "Sword Boy"
and pulled out details that connected Jack to Tracksuits. How he got info in the money launder side, I don't know, because it felt too convenient. It also deflates the myth that Jack cannot afford to buy swords.
Who is he really?
"The best shot? One I didn't take." It must be gnawing him a great deal that Fury sent him on assassination detail to take out BW and that at the end, it was him that survived the whole ordeal with the Soul Stone and no her. 'Once taken, never to be returned.'
So many what ifs. She might have been a best Avenger, but she did sacrifice her soul willingly. But the interesting thing is that Red Skulls said back then the same thing as in the first time, that that the sacrifice has to be the one he loved most. So did Clint love her or the family?
"Is that where you met Ronin?" Kate asked. Clint rolled his eyes as she continued, "It's you, isn't it?" Why is BW's death details everyone's knowledge, but not the time when he went bad?
Clint answers was, "Blip worked differently on every people. I went back doing what I do best."
"You mean protecting people."
"Hurting people. My job was always hurting people, not saving them."
Yep, Clint is as bad as they come. He most certainly ain't as pure as Captain America. Thing is, he is a flawed hero and he really doesn't want to do hero's bit any more. Like with all old warriors, peace is better.
Not that old warriors ever seem to bury their business as the Ronin suite lead back to Mr Pretty Face. "Don't get me wrong, I think you're a doormat. You worked under William Lopez as a lietenat for, what, four years? Then you moved under Maya. You must have seen a lot business."
Not that he was interested in maybe, but rather that the real boss wasn't interrupted, because that would be bad for the business. With two episodes to go who the hell is the boss and why does he matter in the deal? If Clint had gone in the way he'd been trained, the business would have been done, but it's not like he really wants to do killing.
Maybe there's too many skeletons in the closet. But in the people's eyes Hawkeye is a hero and he cannot do wrong. And if he would tell them how broken he feels, they'd try to help him just because he carries the imago.
It kind of surprised me that Clint still hadn't associated the Ronin killing of Maya's dad to her need of revenge. It was as if he wanted all of it be buried and forgotten, so that he can be a daddy-o ... with a history.
Biggest thing is that he has never really had a partner. Not an apprentice. He acknowledge it and claimed that Kate never were, even though he were training her for the business. For taking over his image, but he wasn't willing to let Kate into the secret of what's really happening in the world, and all the sh*tty things that comes with it, like BW's sisters getting involved in the Ronin mess.
Thing is, there shouldn't be any secrets if you're going to make Kate to be the woman in the suit.
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