Hawkeye S1:E3

[chase_acow]

Echoes

After narrowly escaping the Tracksuits and their daunting leader Maya Lopez, Clint and Kate work together to find answers. With each step they take, however, they find themselves sliding deeper into a rapidly growing criminal conspiracy.

Here's an Episode 2 featurette about the battle scene. I thought it was cute.
Here's a more general BFFs featurette that uses shots from all the episodes.
If you're enjoying the music as much as I am, you can check out the soundtracks here!

Comments

[chase_acow]

I am fully on board with Maya Lopez/Echo! I love her, and it's just outstanding that this is her first acting job. I read this article to find out a little more about her, but it definitely has some story spoilers in it if you're trying to stay real clean. I'm excited to see her wallop Clint and Kate some more.

I love that they're leaning into deaf/hard-of-hearing issues, and that they hired a deaf actress for the part.

That phone call with Clint's youngest had me tearing up too. That was outstanding, and I am now also desperate for Clint to get home to be with his kids. Or maybe the whole crew will show back up in New York.

Kate gives good relationship advice. There are several blockheads in the MCU who ought to write in to her for help!

[yourlibrarian]

Passing on potential spoilers but it was good to see some development for the antagonist. And also great that Marvel's doing something with Hawkeye's hearing issues and having this be a potential point of development for him because of their antagonism. And yes, Kate and the tracksuit team were fun together.

[fueschgast]

Does the teacher not know that Maya is deaf or why isn't she trying to accommodate her?
Close ups are nice, but it also would have been nice to see the signing not cut off.
What, Maya has a leg prosthesis too? I guess Marvel's being serious about representation.
Didn't expect to see that much of her backstory. Makes it harder to dislike her.

Kate listening to Tracksuit Tomas's problem is fun. She's good at social engineering. Looks like she doesn't even mean it in a manipulative way (not that I'd blame her in this situation), it's just about being nice.
Is the Imagine Dragons fanbase mostly female or why did Kate assume that Tomas wouldn't want to see them? I know nothing about that band, I've only heard their name. Heh, he's actually taking her advice.

I thought Clint would say he was the one who killed Ronin, but he said it was Natasha, which is just so accurate.

Gotta love a place that believably has a convenient trampoline lying around!

Clint gets to go into a ballpit and I'm so envious.

That car chase with the camera rotating on the backseat was interesting.
And all the fun arrows! I'm assuming Clint didn't have the time to make new ones or changes to them, which means their effects were already purple and just happened to match Kate's outfit.

Aw, Kate helping Clint with the phone call with poor bored Nathaniel. Why did Clint suggest reading a book? I mean, is Nathaniel even old enough to be able to read?

Wait, is Kate's aunt Jewish? Looks like she has a menorah on her kitchen shelf.
Btw, towards the end I want her to come home and be shocked to discover a stranger hanging out in her home.
I just checked the Marvel wiki's entry on that character and now I'm worried about her. I know, the MCU changes a lot of things, but who knows.

Pfft, Kate still wanting to solve Clint's branding issue and coming up with a costume design.

Did I miss something? How did Kate know Kazi's last name?

[chase_acow]

I'm glad they gave us time with Maya to really see her as a person before we all get swept up in the current plot line. But Disney has big plans for the character, so it's good they're putting in their homework now.

(I was linked to the Imagine Dragons so long ago puppet pit fighting music video,[it is so weird, I have no idea what is happening] and y'know, I don't search them out, but I don't change the radio channel either!)

Did I miss something? How did Kate know Kazi's last name?

No idea? I didn't even catch his first name, so I was just kinda waiting for context clues, but I am not the best catcher of details!