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Hawkeye (2021)
Kate Bishop: "He's still an Avenger." Yelena Belova: "What does that word even mean? Huh? That it holds so much power. You call him a hero no matter what he does?" Such an excellent Marvel show to cap off the year, and an awesome way to celebrate Christmas, with the Avenger that was always focused on his family! Throughout the show, Clint Barton deals with his PTSD after Avengers: Endgame and the loss of Natasha. You can see that losing her broke him. The ending fight and reconciliation between him and Yelena was such an emotional scene. The way they introduced Kate Bishop into the MCU was absolute genius. They had her as a kid in an apartment during the Battle of New York, she was about to get a Chitauri ship crashed into her, but Clint saved her at the last moment. That's what inspires her to be an archer! Another thing this show did well was the way they depicted deafness in both Clint Barton and Maya (Echo). That scene where Kate writes down whatever Clint's son is saying on the phone so he can answer him was so nuanced. And finally, Marvel Studio's gave us one last Christmas present this year. Revealing Wilson Fisk (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) and finally confirming that the Netflix Marvel shows are indeed canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! I've been binge-watching those shows currently (slowly getting through Iron Fist at the moment), so it was awesome to see him back. I do have a few questions about the ending. Maya shoots him but doesn't show the actual impact of it. I'm assuming he survived because in a previous scene he survived an arrow to the chest and an explosive arrow. But I'm not sure. Though the overall product is good enough that I'm willing to forgive this confusion. Overall, an excellent way to wrap up the year and I can't wait to see what they'll do with Yelena, Kate, and the rest of the Netflix MCU characters.

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