Hawkeye

[Drunk Monk]

A bit of a weaker Ep - almost a filler. There’s a night fight that was hard to see because it was night. The Clint Katniss bromance (not quite the right term here) goes on. Still enjoyable tho. It’s the best Xmas special going.

[Greg]

Will they or won't they. It was definitely a pause. Nice to finally see what we were supposed to see. There is kind of an Eternals call out. I do like the LARPers.

Who has a collapsible sword?

[Drunk Monk]

Who has a collapsible sword?

Kelvin timeline Sulu (aka Spike Spiegal)

[Drunk Monk]

E5: really? This ends next week? Bummer. But now we know who the villain is.

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Speaking of Easter eggs, I just realized how something in the new Spider-Man film ties in.

Best Xmas show ever. Move over Xmas carol & wonderful life. Step back Die hard. Hawkeye is poised to dethrone.

[Greg]

It was a pretty weak episode. Lots of sitting at tables talking. I guessed the twist. There also has been a lot of chatter on the internet about the big bad so that wasn't much of a surprise. Hopefully next week's episode will be really long.

[Greg]

I do love the graphic in the end credits, but I'm resisting the urge to post it in all it's spoilery goodness..

[Drunk Monk]

I liked Hawkeye v Echo and the girls night over macaroni. Didn't find it that weak - more like set up - but I get you. 

There's just something that happens in the new Spidey movie that links this to another cameo of another adversary of ... okay, well, not going to spoil it. But it's cool. Very cool.

[Greg]

Fuck entirely off. I have hints already. Maybe I should just leave the internet until Saturday? HAHAHAHA.....

[Drunk Monk]

Fuck entirely off. 

Oooooooh. Them's fightin words. I'll riposte with my own four letter word. 

Thor

You asked for it. You crossed that line. Don't push me anymore because I'm armed with so many spoilers....

So.

Many.

SPOILERS!!!

[Greg]

Ep06 was really good. Nice finale to the season. Stay through the credits.

[Drunk Monk]

Best xmas show of 2021. Very satisfying conclusion. Another MCU success. It's like they can do this all day. 

Who is D00M did Jack remind you of most?

[thatguy]

Thoughts and questions:

Who is Hawkeye’s better half?
Who is KP and why is he so powerful? 

(Sorry, should I know this from somewhere?)

That BBQ is probably permanently ruined.

—tg

[Drunk Monk]

Who is Hawkeye’s better half?

Agent 19 aka Mockingbird. That's why the Rolex had #19 on it. 

Who is KP and why is he so powerful? 

Wilson Fisk - Marvel's biggest crime boss. A major villain for Hawkeye, DareDevil and Spidey.

(Sorry, should I know this from somewhere?)

Mockingbird was Hawkeye's wife in the comics. I confess that I looked that one up. 

KP is portrayed by the same actor who played him in Netflix's DareDevil, thus bringing him into the MCU fold.

[Greg]

KP is one of Spiderman's big opponents as well. He was portrayed really well in Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse.

You might remember Vincent Dinofrio from Full Metal Jacket. He played Private Pyle.

[Drunk Monk]

Oooooh good one on Pyle. I didn’t put that together but it’s so obvs.

Bringing him into Hawkeye using the same actor is a significant acknowledgement of Netflix Daredevil which has been out of MCU canon (weird Marvel rights - Spidey’s rights are also weird with Sony v Disney but we don’t want to get into spoilers now, do we?) It’s a big play really. The fanbase went nuts over it. KP originated in Spidey comics.