Welcome back fellow Defenders. We're getting very nostalgic as we discuss Hawkeye Episode 5 "Ronin" in this week's spoiler filled chat about the penultimate episode of the show.
Hawkeye Episode 5 "Ronin" Synopsis
Head Writer: Jonathan Igla
Episode Written by: Jenna Noel Frazier
Episode Directed By: Bert & Bertie
Staff Writer: Heather Quinn
Executive Story Editors: Katrina Mathewson and Tanner Bean
In 2018, two Black Widows, Yelena and Sonya, in an attempt to deprogram Anna, a former Black Widow who was already free of her programming. But before Anna can recruit Yelena as a contract assassin, Yelena is "snapped" out of existence in her bathroom only to return to the same spot (just with different décor) 5 years later.
In the present, Kate Bishop returns to her mother's house after Clint Barton’s refusal to allow her on his mission, and informs Eleanor about Jack Duquesne's shell corporation, leading to him being arrested. Kate heads back to her apartment to salvage her fire-damaged belongings where she finds Yelena and her dinner waiting for her.
Over boxed Macaroni cheese Yelena questions Kate Bishop's loyalty to Clint after only knowing him for a week. After thanking Kate for the chat and evening together she leaves with a warning not to get in the way of her contract to kill Clint Barton.
Clint, in an attempt to protect his family, puts back on the Ronin suit and arranges a meeting with Maya Lopez at the auto shop where he killed her father. He takes out the Tracksuit Mafia and gets embroiled in a fight with Maya, but manages to incapacitate Maya before he unmasks himself to convince her to end her vendetta and stop pursuing his family.
He also reveals that he was tipped off by an informant working for Maya’s Father’s boss who wanted her father dead. Bishop returns to assist Barton against Maya and helps him escape. Lopez does not believe Barton at first, but later questions Kazi, who she suspects of knowing more information.
The next day, over breakfast Yelena sends Kate a text that reveals that she was hired by her mother to kill Barton and that Eleanor is working with Maya's "uncle", the Kingpin.
Hawkeye Episode 5 Cast
Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Hailee Steinfeld - Kate Bishop
Tony Dalton - Jack Duquesne
Vera Farmiga - Eleanor Bishop
Fra Fee - Kazi
Linda Cardellini - Laura Barton
Aleks Paunovic - Ivan
Piotr Adamczyk - Tomas
Carlos Navarro - Enrique
Ben Sakamoto - Cooper Barton
Ava Russo - Lila Barton
Cade Woodward - Nathaniel Barton
Alaqua Cox - Maya Lopez
Fra Fee - Kazi
Darnell Besaw - Young Maya Lopez
With Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova
A Return to Defending
As we are returning to the Marvel TV universe we are using the format of our former Marvel podcast, Defenders TV Podcast. We discuss:
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- Whether we each Defend the episode or not
- Notes, Quotes and comic references
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Question 5: Grills is cool. What three things does Kate say he can he do?
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