Never Meet Your Heroes

Episode aired Nov 24, 2021
TV-14TV-14
47m

7.6/10

S1.E1

Action Adventure Crime

Archer Kate Bishop lands in the middle of a criminal conspiracy, forcing Hawkeye out of retirement.Archer Kate Bishop lands in the middle of a criminal conspiracy, forcing Hawkeye out of retirement.Archer Kate Bishop lands in the middle of a criminal conspiracy, forcing Hawkeye out of retirement.

7.6/10

11K

Director
- Rhys Thomas
Writers
- Jonathan Igla(head writer)
- Jack Kirby(Captain America created by)
- Stan Lee(Hawkeye created by)
Stars

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Trailer 0:29

Hawkeye: Never Meet Your Heroes

Photos62

Piotr Adamczyk, Carlos Navarro, and Hailee Steinfeld in Hawkeye (2021)

Avery Gillham, Harris Turner, Jason Scott McDonald, Nico DeJesus, Meghan Manning, Tom Feeney, and Aaron Nedrick in Hawkeye (2021)

Jeremy Renner, Ava Russo, Ben Sakamoto, and Cade Woodward in Hawkeye (2021)

Director
- Rhys Thomas
Writers
- Jonathan Igla(head writer)
- Jack Kirby(Captain America created by)
- Stan Lee(Hawkeye created by)
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Hawkeye saves Kate Bishop when she's a child, and she trains in archery, hang-to-hand fighting, and acrobatics so she can become a hero like her idol. Nine years later, Kate is in NYC for Christmas. So is the Russian mafia, and Clint and his family taking in the sights. —Gislef

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Trivia
In the comics, Jack Duquesne is known as the Swordsman and knew Hawkeye when he was a youth. The character was a villain in the early days of The Avengers comics. In the comics, the Swordsman was also romantically involved with Mantis.

Goofs
When Hailee grabs the drink tray from the other waiter in the basement it has 4 glasses of champagne on it but in the following shot it only has 3.

Quotes
Jack Duquesne: What an unexpected surprise.
Kate Bishop: All surprises are unexpected.

Connections
Edited from The Avengers (2012)

Soundtracks
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Traditional
Arranged by Scott Silbert
Performed by The Craig Gildner Sextet and Tony Liberato
Courtesy of BMG Production Music, Inc.

Top review

8/10

Great show I'm sure people will hate

It's a great show with Hawkeye being an Avenger and hero despite not wanting to. Hawkeye finds a girl that was saved by him in the Avengers movie battle. She is enthusiastic about helping him stop some mafia goons but he just wants to get home for Christmas.

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