"Hide and Seek" is the second episode of the Hawkeye series. The first episode was very Kate Bishop centric and I hoped that this episode will fix that. But even though we have a lot more Clint Barton on this episode it still feels more like her show. Maybe because she insists on being everywhere and a part of everything. They are both Hawkeye so that's okay I guess, just unexpected. I think that the best way to describe this episode is that it was fun, it had a very nice charismas spirit feeling to it and it was pleasant. Nothing super exciting, but not boring either.
This episode picks up right where the previous one left off. Hawkeye captures Bishop and when he takes off her Ronin mask he sees a teenage girl which he refers to as a kid. He is clearly not happy about this. Bishop on the other hand meets her idol. Superheroes have no secret identity in the MCU so she immediately knows that this is Hawkeye. After she gets over the shock of seeing Hawkeye, she goes into shock about the fight that she just saw and seeing a dead person for the first time. It is pretty traumatizing. When the sirens are heard Hawkeye takes her out of there, to stop her from getting into trouble I assume. Then we cut to the Marvel intro.
Afterwards, Bishop and Hawkeye are walking towards her apartment. He makes fun of her age. But Bishop is not used to being around someone with an agents' behavior. Barton is always on edge and looking for threats. It is not just a superhero behavior, it is a reminder of his days in S.H.I.E.L.D. When they reach her apartment she tells him that some people call her the world's greatest archers and he teases her by asking if she is one of those people, to which she replays in the affirmative. Of course. When Kate Bishop walks into the apartment Barton slams his head against the glass door of the building. He knows he is in a world of trouble and he is not going to get out of it fast, or easy.
Kate is super excited that Hawkeye is in her house. Barton just wants the Ronin suit so that he can leave. She explains that she found the suit in a black market auction. While they are talking, Barton sees all of Bishops trophies for archery, which are a lot. So that's impressive about her. She is such a Fangitl that she wants him to sign her bow. Then they get serious. She tells him about the murder of Armand and he tells her about the tracksuit mafia, a little bit. He wants to know if anyone can make the connection between her and the suit. She says no.
Clearly she is wrong because a few minutes later the tracksuit mafia show up at her place. Her name is on the door so now they have that. They throw Molotov cocktail at her apartment and it catches fire. Because he is a pro, Hawkeye catches the next bottle at throws it back at them. When they try to throw another bottle Bishop hits it exactly with her bow and arrow. She is good. Hawkeye wants the suit, but the area around it is on fire so Bishop has an idea. She shoots the fire extinguisher, but the hole creates pressure, it doesn't extinguish much, but it flies around the house and then straight at the tracksuit mafia outside. Bishop is upset that all of her belongings are being destroyed, but Barton just tells her to get the dog and leave. They'll have to come back for the suit another time. This is not good.
Then Barton takes Bishop to get supplies. Supplies is a lot of painkillers and first aid. Because he and Bishop are not super human, they get hurt. She asks if they will go to the Avengers tower and Barton says that Tony Stark sold it a few years ago. Which makes sense as at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron we saw their new building outside of New York. The one that Thanos destroyed in Avengers: Endgame. Now there is no more Avengers home. Bishop has a hiding place, but she has to lie to get in, which in funny. Hi, everyone will open the door to a pizza delivery person. She basically breaks into her aunt's apartment. Barton just leaves Bishop. He wants to leave the situation as soon as possible. He wants Bishop safe, the suit back and to be back with his family. But life doesn't give him what he wants.
He heads back to Bishop's burned apartment for the suit. He steals a fireman's coat in order to be able to get close. When he gets inside he finds that there is no suit, it is gone. Because he is a nice guy he returns the firefighters jacket and takes his backpack. But when he closes the fire truck's door he sees a sticker on it which says "NYC Larpers" on it. Yes, this show is actually going to show Larpers in it, which is pretty awesome.
Hawkeye has no choice but to return to Bishop's stolen apartment. He is pissed off that he can't have a proper Christmas with his family. Apparently, first aid is an acquired skill because Bishop did it all wrong on herself and now Barton has to fix it. Bishop heads to sleep and Barton goes googling NYC Larping. They have an Instagram account. Barton finds a video that someone uploaded with the Ronin suit. I guess that they don't know it is a big mistake. Plus, suddenly no criminal notices the suit popping online, how convenient.
Unfortunately all of this means that Baton can't spend the holiday with his family. He has to say goodbye to his kids. It is super cute that his youngest kid is learning sign language so he can communicate with his father better. The son is named after Natasha so that makes it even more sad and cute. You sometimes forget that Barton has hearing problems in his show until moments like these. His two older kids know that something is up, I mean he is a former Avengers and he shows up in the morning injured and sends them away, they are not stupid. His daughter is not happy with her father not being home for the holidays which is understandable, but he is an important man. He is super sad when he has to say goodbye to them, the man loves him family and it shows.
Barton still needs to find the bloody suit. He tells Bishop not to leave the house, but after a few minutes he realizes that she is not going to do what he is asking of her. So he just accepts that, which is pretty cool of him. When they are walking together he is walking on one side of her. She thinks it is gentlemanlike behavior and he points to his hearing device, she needs to be talking to it so he can hear her. She asks what happened that he needs it and we get a montage of all of the injuries and explosions that he has been exposed to, like an entire country exploding at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Those will definitely harm your hearing.
When they are walking they hear a little kid yelling that he sees a superhero. Barton thinks he means him, but then they see superhero cosplayers, because those also exist within the MCU apparently. Bishop says that the lady with the bow is him, but he says that that’s Katniss Everdeen because the Hunger Games are part of the MCU as well. She says he needs better branding and I think the show might do just that. Give Hawkeye a better brand and maybe a new suit. A purple one hopefully. She thinks he needs to show his heart more. He is explaining to her that he is not trying to sell anything, but she thinks that he is selling something anyway. She says that he is a source of inspiration. Which is sort of true. He is the most human of all of the Avengers. He is a living proof that anyone can be an Avenger or a superhero if they want to.
He walks her to work. He tells her that hopefully he will never see her again. She wants to learn everything there is to learn from him, and he is not into that. But they exchange phone numbers so this is not goodbye. She walks into work and into her mom's office. Her mom is not alone, she is with Jack Duquesne, her fiancée. And he is trying to be a stepfather, which is not going to work. He is charming though. But Bishop is miss hostility.
Hawkeye is on his way to a Larping meeting. He is actually denied entrance. The lady at the entrance says he is going to have to wait, and he has no intension of doing that. So he is just going to have to follow the rules even though he is an Avenger. Which means he signs up for the Larp. He has to put on ridicules cheap armor and it is hilarious. But his battle is even more hilarious. All of these Larpers are coming at him and he defeats them easily with his foam sword. They have no idea who they are dealing with and it is hilarious. But not in a way that disrespects Larpers, even though Hawkeye does disrespect them. Barton finds the person from the video easily enough, the man who stole the suit. But that dude just wants to win against Hawkeye and then he will give him the suit back. He just wants one moment where he is close to being a superhero, that's kind of sad. Everyone wants to be a superhero for a day.
On the other side of town Bishop keeps trying to get into contact with Barton. She thinks Barton is calling her, but it is actually the police. Her troubles just got even more real. She agrees to go to the police station the next day before work. It is about the fire in her apartment. Good luck explaining that.
Barton is also not having a great day. He is stuck in a public dual with the person who stole his Ronin suit. He pretends to get defeated even though he is clearly more talented just to get the suit back easily. The dude he defeated says that he owes one to Barton and I think Barton will come collecting. The lady at the entrance did say that everyone there were part of Law Enforcement, so that should come in handy. He tries to convince Barton that Barton had fun and it looks like despite his grumpiness he did enjoy himself just a little bit. Barton calls his wife because getting the costume back is just not enough. He still has to take care of the tracksuit idiots. He is going to do it using Nat's moves, his former dead best friend. That's got to hurt.
Bishop in the meantime is stuck in dinner hell. She suspects that her mother's fiancé killed his uncle. And it really looks like he is guilty. We learn that Jack Duquesne loves to collect swords. I mean he is Swordsman in the comics, so it’s a nice nod to it. Instead of bonding, Bishop and Duquesne decide to do a sword match. He is totally letting her win though. When Bishop tries to land a surprise attack on him, he disarms her without even looking. He has more talent than he lets anyone see, obviously. Her mother is trying to make it look like everything is going to be alright, but Kate doesn't believe her explanations. Not because she doesn't believe her mother, but because she doesn't trust Duquesne. Apparently, her mother planned all of her life for her, including her future career, which is totally bossy and uncool. Duquesne and her mother try and calm her down even further, but then Duquesne pulls out candies just like the one that were in Armand's house. The murdered uncle Armand. So Bishop storms out still believing that he is a murderer.
On the other side of town Barton allows himself to get captured. He just didn't count on Bishop interfering with his plans. She calls his phone and one of the tracksuit dudes answers. So she just tracks Barton's phone. I don't think Barton was counting on that. He got captured to prove that Kate Bishop is not Ronin. He got captured to talk to their boss. He even says I came here, not that he got captured. While the dudes are too stupid to understand him, he untied himself, which makes everyone pulls their guns on him. He is not excited by that. Barton pretends that he doesn't know Kate Bishop, but that lie doesn't really last as she literally lands in front of him from the glass ceiling. She is such a noob.
Now Bishop got them into real trouble. They are tied to toys which is a bit comical. One of the goonies goes to the boss to tell her that they captured both Clint Barton and Kate Bishop. The boss is a lady who is listening to some hardcore music. She sends the man away. This is our first look at Echo who is played by Alaqua Cox. I got to say that she looks mighty impressive.
Looks like this show is going places. Echo is a pretty impressive villain. Though I have no idea how she is connected to Duquesne. Although I am not even sure that he is one of our bad guys. Bishop is positive that he is, but she doesn't strike me like the one of the smartest characters, she's more of a heartfelt, implosive character. She is a lot of fun though, and so is her dog. I hope we get some serious action in the next episode and learn more about Echo and the major plot of the show.
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