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"Hawkeye's" 5th episode is easily the best episode of the series yet: with great action, shocking (and some obvious) reveals and cliffhanger that made me say "Okay, I need to watch Netflix's "Daredevil" now." It's also great to see that watching "Black Widow" wasn't entirely pointless.

Five episodes down, and I am still excited for this series as I was with the premiere.

When you think you have everything figured out a new twist comes in, and this s a gigantic one, that although many of us saw coming, it was astounding nevertheless.

Not only does Wilson Fisk makes his triumphant entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it also takes inspiration from the comic book pages as to his role in Maya's father demise.

And eager to play this twisted game is Yelena Bolova, who blames Clint for her sister's dead.

The ending is bound to be a crescendo.

This was definitely a big improvement from the last episode. Even though, it wasn't bad. I was worried that the producers would rush the ending as the show has six episodes, but the plot line in this episode was paced well-done. It was fun seeing Kate & Yelena interacting together. They have gorgeous chemistry and a good sense of humor! Although, I will admit when they meet for the second time. I was expecting them to fight, but instead have a discussion. So unexpected! Yelena is such a fun and delightful character I adore.

I feel so bad for Clint in this one. He realizes that his long-lost friend's sister is going to hunt him down for revenge. His family is threatened and decided to become Ronin again for a moment. The fight action scene between Ronin & Echo was very cool, and the moment where he gave a "speech" to Echo was wonderfully well-done.

"But if you or anyone comes after me or my family, it will be the last thing you do. You have my word. We're weapons. But when you're filled with rage, it makes you blind. It could be used, could be manipulated."

It was also great seeing Clint & Kate reuniting at the end. Now the moment that we were waiting for, it was revealed to us that the same Kingpin (( arguably )) has come to town! I hate to admit this, but I haven't seen Daredevil, but I have been exposed to Kingpin content like Into the Spider-Verse & the PS4 Spider-Man game. It is about time to catch up on Daredevil, but what a shame I can't catch up in a week. I might start doing reviews of it. Kate calling back Clint was another hilarious scene. She was not giving up, lol. I loved the way how she said "It's over."

10/10.

Episode 5 of Marvel's Hawkeye, "Ronin", finally let most of our intrepid not-quite-heroes discover that they are just pawns in a bigger game between some very strategic players. It also saved its last shot for the reveal that fans of Netflix's Daredevil have been waiting for: the return of Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin, in his very first MCU appearance. But before that, some conversations needed to be had, and these extended chats occasionally found me checking the remaining episode time. Not because I was bored - far from it - but because I felt like my brain needed some kinda additional confirmation that this installment of the series was actually planning to spend most of its penultimate episode building tension, rather than releasing it. As Hawkeye informed us from the start, this isn't about another MCU apocalypse. It's not the end of the world. It's about family, and what you're willing to do for them and without them. "Ronin" takes the time to fill in some Black Widow gaps. We go back in time to 2018 and join Yelena's ongoing mission to free other widows around the world. It shows us what happens when she is stolen away by The Snap (those dustings aren't getting any less upsetting) and when Yelena returns, Natasha is dead. We already know that Valentina has pinned her demise on Clint, but even though "Ronin" has Kate trying to put a justifiable seed of doubt in Yelena's mind about Clint's guilt, I suspect it's already there - if Yelena really wanted swift vengeance for Natasha's death, she probably wouldn't need a sweet little payday from Eleanor Bishop to get the job done. As we head into Hawkeye's finale, some murky truths have finally come to light and Ronin is no longer waiting in the shadows. He is a part of Clint's soul that he can never kill - a monster than he and his family must live with until his dying breath, and perhaps beyond. The mystery of the Avengers Compound Rolex watch once again takes a backseat in this episode, but that's ok. If the breadcrumbs of Clint and Laura's past lead to where I think they're leading, Clint won't be the only one coming home for Christmas.

I love Hawkeye at the moment and it just keeps getting better and better! Yelena was amazing in this episode and the interaction between her and Kate was great! Plus the massive introduction at the end the the big man!!

The first half was just boring talking (they tried to make the conversation between Kate and Yelena funny but it was forced and awkward - I, especially, hated the fake Russian accent that Americans like to put in their movies). In the second half, the only interesting part for me was the fight between Ronin and Echo including the revelation about her father's murder (even in the comics she went after Kingpin after she found out that he was behind her father's murder) and also the introduction of Vincent as Kingpin.

I know we watch tv to be entertained and it's not supposed to be real, but nobody makes a rational decision in this show which completely looses my interest. Yelana has a burning hatred for Clint over something that will be chalked up to be a "miscommunication." Yelana visits Kate and acts friendly for no rational reason besides some writer thought it would be good for us to see Yelana being funny. Not only does Maya go hand to hand in a fight with Clint but then he reveals who he is to her? Why? If his family and their safety really is his top priority it makes no sense to reveal his identity. If this random girl can go hand to hand with Clint in a fight, what makes him special enough to be an avenger? Obviously the whole show is fake, but without any sense of realism, and characters making illogical decisions it really just seems to loose my interest. Here's to hoping they will really be able to stick the landing with the finale.

I really dug it.

The "girls night" scene was a lot of fun. Pugh and Steinfeld clearly have some very charming chemistry. I'd imagine working with both of them on this show was a ton of fun. It'll be interesting to see what happens next time Yelena sees Clint.

My favorite scene in the whole episode was definitely the Ronin v Echo fight. I love that Clint seems to still be a good guy, but that a small part of him will always remember how terrible losing his family for five years was. Ronin really will always be a part of him. Telling Echo he'll make sure coming after his family is the last thing she'll do? Goosebumps. That's great writing in my opinion.

Like some others, I am really starting to wonder how everything is going to be tied up with just one episode left. The fact that we're finally going to see VDO as Wilson Fisk again excites me so dang much. It's a dream come true. With that being said, I'm still not sure how this is going to tie up all of these plots, but if it lands well, I'm sure it'll be really, really good. Still, this was a great episode.

As the stories converge so the plot thickens, loose ends are slowly making sense!

Yelana and Kate chat!

Maya is told by Clint who hired him to kill her father Now Maya is having second thoughts about her second in command Kazi and where his allegiance lie!

There is really something great about Florence Pugh, she does not even need to do any physical action to create a great performance!

The scene in BlackWidow when they reunited at the dinner table after more than twenty years! Florence did it there, she totally made that scene her own!

Again 'at the dinner table' with Kate Bishop she did it again.

Kates Mum mixing with shady people as Jack is arrested. Jack is innocent 'the swordsman.'

The little seed of doubt Hawkeye gives Maya will hopefully set up for a great finale. I got this great episode and get to see Spider-Man no way home on the same day. Marvel gives the best early Christmas presents :)

This episode knows how to create suspense and mystery, and puts the players in this wonderful scene where each of them experiences some sort of reveal in one way or the other.

Florence Pugh steals the episode and is fantastic once again. Seeing what happened to Yelena at the moment of the snap, and coming back to a world where Nat is gone was a nice way to begin the episode.

Eleanor is up to no good, and Jack was framed for it. Kate and Yelena talk in a great scene, and Yelena's humor is awesome. Really felt Melina and Alexei's influences, which was great to witness. Hawkeye goes and plants some doubt in Maya's head, and we get some more twists. The show seems to be headed in the direction that Kazi was plotting with Fisk from the get go to get rid of Maya's dad. And finally, Yelena helps Kate seeing the truth.

It was not only a phenomenal penultimate episode, but also one of the best episodes from the MCU tv shows up to date. KINGPIN is here !

YEAH THE KINGPIN IS BACK. ITS GONNA BE MAGNUM OPUS. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE FREAKING REVEAL FOR WHOLE TIME. FINALLY THEY REVEALED HIM. THE FINAL EPISODE IS GONNA BE LIT🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The show had so much potential.. like i said before, it should have been about anybody.. any bad guy who got their kid killed by ronin or whatever and then for some reason, a camera got his face when he took he hood off during the the avengers movie or something like that and then going after his family, maybe even kidnapping them and then if you want to put the new kid in it.. which i think was unnecessary, ok make her help him and introduce as his new protegee to give him something more to do than just nod and be grumpy... but cute and nice with his boring family.

But going back to this one... boring banter between kate and dunno her name natashas sister.. it was a shocker kates mom was the bad guy here, i thought it was the new boyfriend.. anyway, maybe he is too but she is worse

let us see what happens in the next one but i think it will be some quick action scene and maybe clint telling her what really happened to natasha.,.. and maybe some crying by kate when her mother gets it.. may it be getting killed or going to jail.