the series opens in New York 2012
with A young Kate Bishop is listening in on her parents arguing about moving
Kate’s father talks with her before she sits for breakfast with her mother
As she is getting ready for school the Chitauri invasion begins
and Kate cannot find her parents in the entire house
She runs through it as it is being destroyed in the Battle of New York
Kate is saved from a Chitauri soldier by Hawkeye
She watches as he swings away before she is picked up by her mother
Her father is killed as the house collapses
Kate’s mother comforts her and reminds her
that the Chitauri will not return to Earth because the Avengers will stop them
Kate says she wants a bow and arrow
Present Day New York
An adult Kate Bishop scales a building with her equipment as part of a bet with her friend Greer
She loses an arrow with a tennis ball attached to it
and manages to ring the bell of a tower in a nearby building
As the bell breaks its brick enclosure destroying the tower
Kate is caught by security while her friends getaway
Clint Barton watches a musical about the Avengers with his daughter
who reminds him to turn on his hearing aid
He is recognized by a child in the audience
When Clint goes to use the restroom
he notices the words ”Thanos was right”
A fan tries to get a selfie with the hero but he steps out of the theater for some air
The rest of his family comes out to him
Kate returns to her home where she lives with her mom Eleanor
Eleanor is preparing for a charity auction and reminds
Kate of the tower and her responsibility to it
Kate notices a sword and asks about it
Eleanor’s lover Jack appears to take her to the auction
Clint is having dinner with his three children and their mother calls in from home
he tells them about all the Christmas stuff there is to do in New York
then a server tells the family that the meal is on the house as thanks for the Avenging
At the hotel Kate is approached by a man named Armand Duquesne
who informs her of Eleanor and Jack’s marriage
and He suggests speaking to her mother
Kate approaches Eleanor who apologizes for the way she found out
but asks that she at least be happy for her
Kate walks around and hears an argument between Armand and Eleanor
Eleanor scolds Kate for eavesdropping but Kate is curious as to his intentions
She follows him into the back rooms and kitchen
Jack gets up from the table to excuse himself
she acts as a waiter to bring food down to a selection of guests in the wine cellar
he tells Jack about his displeasure with Eleanor and Jack suggests he back off
Meanwhile the black market auction begins
and Kate is found out but manages to hides
A retractable sword of The Ronin is auctioned
and Jack faces off with Armand in a bidding war
Armand wins the auction as the auction is interrupted
In the chaos Jack steals the sword
A team comes in led by someone who instructs them to find the watch
Kate steals and dons the cowl
and companion suit of the Ronin intended to go with the sword
She confronts the thugs and takes them on beating them one by one
Jack meets with Eleanor outside
Kate gets out and runs away as the police arrive
Clint and his family arrive back at their hotel
They see the story on the Ronin which Clint immediately recognizes
as his alter ego during the blip
Kate breaks into a home
where she notices a bowl of monogrammed butterscotch
and a dead Armand Duquesne
killed with the sword of the Ronin
The maid arrives at the horrific scene as Kate flees
She is surrounded by the thugs but even then she can hold her own
She manages to get into their van before Clint arrives to take back his suit
Kate immediately recognizes him and introduces herself to Clint
He asks how she got the suit
they walk to the restaurant Kate inherited where she is housing the dog
he asks for his suit back so he can get going
Clint identifies the gang as the Tracksuit Mafia
and she identifies Armand as Jack’s uncle
he warns her not to tell anybody about the Ronin suit because the Tracksuits would track her
Right then they are attacked by them who throw Molotov cocktails into the building
Kate turns on the sprinklers as the rest of the neighborhood wakes up
She and Clint run out and lay low
They stop in a store to pick up supplies and Kate offers Clint to stay at her aunt’s place
Clint tells her that he is going back to her apartment to get the suit
he borrows a fire dept coat and helmet to go looking for the Ronin suit
He cannot find it but noticed a sticker in the fire truck window for NYC Larpers
it means a group that might steal the Ronin suit to use for larping
Kate speaks to her mom as Clint arrives
He helps her fix her wound and updates her on the suit
The next morning Clint sends his kids off to the airport
to fly back to their mother and He promises to be home for Christmas
he and Kate walk through Manhattan and Kate talks to Clint about the branding of Hawkeye
He has her put her number into a burner phone to be used for emergencies only
He tells her that if all goes as planned he will never see her again
Kate meets with Eleanor and Jack
and the three have a tense interaction
Clint approaches the NYC Larpers and attempts to approach the guy
in the ronin suit but is encouraged to sign up
he makes his way through the crowd pretending to kill several larpers as he gets to the ronin
offers to kill the ronin for the suit but the ronin counters by having a trial by combat
he allows himself to be killed and he gets the suit back
Kate gets a call from a detective
who asks about the fire in her apartment but she agrees to tell him the next morning
Clint loses the larp duel and thanks the fireman Grills for the ronin suit back
He speaks to his wife as the kids return home
and Clint is reminded he has 5 days to be home by Christmas
Kate confronts Jack on the sword collection and challenges him to a fencing match
Kate attempts to stab Jack while his mask is off and Eleanor scolds her
Kate tries to tell Eleanor about the gang and the underground auction
but Eleanor tries to convince her that the best choice for her is to graduate from college
and begin working for the company as planned
Jack interrupts and offers the same monogram
butterscotch which Kate found in Armand’s apartment
Kate abruptly leaves now realizing that Jack killed Armand
Clint allows himself to be captured by the tracksuits
who say that their leader will want to see him alive
Kate tries to call the burner phone but inadvertently finds out about the kidnapping
She tracks the signal of his phone and tells the driver of the cab to speed up
Kate breaks in on the tracksuits as they are interrogating Clint
The two are taken prisoner as the leader is informed that they have both been caught
jumping in 2007
A young deaf girl sits in a classroom and reads her teacher’s lips as the instructions are given
She writes in a book until the teacher interrupts her
She cannot make out all of the words but her work is noticed and the teacher smiles at her
She has a sign language conversation with her father at home
asks him why he won’t pay for her to go to a school for deaf children
and he assures her that her current education would be best
She practices martial arts with her father and trains with her uncle
Maya also has a prosthetic right leg
Her opponent attempts to use that to his advantage
but she maneuvers out of the way and takes him down
Maya spars with her partner and maintains her agility
She goes to the facility where Clint or Kate is fighting the thugs
She finds her father mortally wounded and he dies in her arms
Present moment Clint and Kate are restrained to automated rocking horses
while awaiting an audience with Maya the leader of the gang
They discuss their situation and how Clint’s plan was ruined by Kate’s interference
Kate helps one of the thugs write an apology letter to his girlfriend
but the captain tells her to be quiet
Maya arrives and removes Clint’s restraints so she can speak to him in sign
but Clint is limited so she has Kazi her interpreter re-restrain him
this time with his hands behind his back
She tells him he would be better off without the hearing aid
Clint tells Maya that Kate is not the Ronin
He tells her that the Black Widow killed the Ronin and that he witnessed it
Maya attacks Kate but Kate tells her the truth in that she only put
on the outfit to stay unseen at the auction and had no idea what it meant
Clint manages to break free of the duct tape and distracts the thugs who all chase after him
Maya kicks Clint knocking out his hearing aid which she crushes
Clint gets his equipment as Maya engages him
he loses two arrows to nail her to the wall and another to free Kate
Kate fights Kazi while Clint fights the rest of the gang
They finally take out including Kazi
Clint hotwires a car and drives away in a 360-style single take where he and Kate escape
Kate uses Clint’s equipment to take out the cars as Clint drives with very limited hearing
Clint hands her specific arrows to be used to cut off the thugs but Maya stays on them
Kate releases a gas arrow into Maya’s car causing her to crash it
Clint launches a PYM arrow at a regular arrow that Kate loses causing it to become gigantic
The two narrowly escape Maya and the rest by jumping off the side of a bridge
and swinging on a grapple arrow cable to the top of a subway car
The two find their way into the train
Clint compliments Kate on her archery skills not hearing her say that they
should walk the dog previously taken in which he unintentionally repeats
In Kate’s apartment Clint ices his neck while coping with not having his hearing aid
and Kate helps him to talk to his son on the phone
At the abandoned KB Toys warehouse Maya and Kazi discuss the morning’s events
Kazi disagrees with Maya’s style and reminds her that her father put the crew first
Maya reminds him that she is in charge and he tells her to look into Clint Barton
Clint and Kate go to get his hearing aids fixed
Kate tells Clint about how she always wanted to become a hero
and Clint warns her of the dangers that come with it
Kate suggests a more recognizable costume and
draws up a crayon piece of the traditional comic book Hawkeye
Clint tells Kate that he can’t wear that costume
because he doesn’t see himself as a role model in any part of his life
he and Kate discuss their situation further and agree they are in it together
They walk with the dog through Central Park and talk about Maya
Clint asks Kate if the Tracksuit thugs were looking for anything else at the auction
She tells him that she was focused on exposing her stepfather-to-be
They arrive back at Kate’s home where she looks
up Kazi on a Bishop Securities computer while Clint looks around
He encounters Jack as Kate and Eleanor enter
Jack immediately withdraws and welcomes Clint in to talk
Kate tells her mother that she is working with Hawkeye on a case
and Clint promises to keep her safe
Clint has his wife look up Sloan Ltd and she finds
out that it is a front business for the tracksuit mafia and Jack is their CEO
She also asks him about the Rolex watch
that was at the auction along with the Ronin outfit and Clint
agrees that it’s worth looking into
Kate sits with Eleanor and Jack uncomfortable with their relationship and She brings a pizza to Clint
He tells her all about the tracksuits and Jack and She makes an effort to make a plan with him
He teaches her how to snap a coin and tells Kate
about his assignment to take out Natasha Romanoff and his decision not to kill her
They are watching It’s a Wonderful Life and Kate recalls that Clint lost his family during the Blip
She asks if that’s where he met the Ronin and then deduces that he is the Ronin
Clint describes his work as the Ronin as no different than when he was Hawkeye
he sees his training and superhero persona as making him nothing more
than a weapon to be aimed by the right people
The Ronin is tied to Clint and now his family since they are back from the Blip
That is why he came back to end the Ronin
He thanks her for coming over and suggests she get some rest
As Clint goes to sleep he recalls memories of his family disappearing to Natasha’s death
The next morning Clint assigns Kate to get back the trick arrows while he speaks to Kazi
While walking the dog Kate asks a cop from the larping group for
help and they enlist her participation in exchange
Clint speaks to Kazi warns him of Maya’s obsession with finding the Ronin
he returns to find the group cleaning the apartment
Kate agrees to help the group with costume materials in exchange
for the trick arrows being returned
Clint gets a text from his wife that the Rolex was not destroyed at the
Avengers compound and was transmitting an address
he immediately gets up to leave
but has his arrows abruptly returned to him with a bag he needs to keep safe
and Kate leaves to go with him
While scoping out the location Clint explains how
to strategize the infiltration to Kate but she goes her own way
Clint decides to walk Kate through scaling the building
Instead Kate helps a resident with his bags
She goes to the apartment uses the key to get in
and She looks around for the Rolex
As she finds the watch she notices a notepad with information on Clint and his family
As Clint directs Kate to leave he is attacked by a masked assailant
while Maya confronts Kate in the apartment
Kate goes back to help Clint but Maya follows
The assailant who attacked Clint was Yelena Belova
sister of Natasha Romanoff and trained Black Widow assassin
Clint tells Kate that she needs to stay out of this
Begins in 2018 with Yelena and Natasha discussing the cure for the Black Widow programming
Yelena and another widow approach named Ana a former widow
Though Yelena gives her the antidote it is revealed that she was never brainwashed
Ana reveals that she uses her training to make a career as an assassin
While they discuss reuniting Yelena with Natasha Yelena excuses herself to wash up
While she is in the bathroom the Blip happens
Yelena returns five years later but only five seconds have passed from her perspective
She sees that Ana has married and adopted a child
Ana tells her about what happened including Natasha’s death
Kate arrives home and is greeted by Eleanor
she tells her mother about Jack’s involvement with the Tracksuits and She agrees to look into it
Kazi tends to Maya’s wounds while she continues to plot the Ronin’s murder with him
He warns her that the Ronin’s death must be the last
When Kate arrives back at her apartment she finds that Yelena has broken in and made her dinner
She invites Kate to sit so they can speak
Clint visits Grills from the LARP guild
Yelena talks to Kate about who she is and tells her that she is there to kill Clint
Kate asks if she was hired but Yelena doesn’t answer asks his location
Kate honestly responds that she doesn’t know
Before leaving Yelena warns Kate not to get in her way again
Clint talks to Grills who tells him that the new outfits have arrived
Kate arrives home to find Jack being taken in by authorities and Eleanor in silence
Clint visits the site of the first Avengers Assembly in New York
He flips up his hood and walks away after a talk with Natasha
Kate calls Clint to talk about Yelena but fills his voicemail box
A tracksuit delivery is ambushed by an
arrow calling for Maya to meet where she first met the Ronin
Clint speaks to his wife and updates her on Maya and the Black Widow
Clint says that if he can’t end this tonight then the big guy will likely get involved
Maya waits at a used car lot where the Ronin ambushes Kazi and the Tracksuits
Maya fights the Ronin alone and loses
Clint reveals his identity to her and threatens her to never come after him or his family
Clint tells Maya that he was tipped off
by an informant to kill her father and The informant worked for her boss
As Maya attempts to kill Clint she is stopped by Kate
Kazi catches up with Maya
and She asks him why he wasn’t at the meeting with their boss the night her father was killed
He doesn’t have an answer and she leaves
As Kate and Clint leave in a cab Kate tells
Clint that she found out the assassin was Natasha’s sister
Clint knows Yelena’s name and Eleanor is followed by Yelena to a building
Back at Grills’ apartment Kate receives texts from Yelena that she was hired by Eleanor Bishop
Yelena includes a picture of Eleanor meeting with her boss the Kingpin
Wilson Fisk meets with Eleanor
she tells him that she took care of Armand and continues to blackmail him
saying that she is leaving in order to protect Kate
Yelena records and sends the entire conversation to Kate
Kate realizes that her mother is the one who killed Armand
and begins to freak out but Clint promises to stay by her side until this is finished
Maya meets with Wilson
Kazi is there and makes her nervous as she tries to discuss her father’s death with her uncle
She asks for some time off to clear her head which Wilson reluctantly gives her
Then he discusses with Kazi that the people need to be reminded that the city belongs to him
Clint and Kate build trick arrows in a workshop and he tells her that the operation won’t be easy
Kate tells Clint how he inspired her to be a hero in spite of her mortality
Kazi checks in with his tracksuit thugs as Clint and Kate enter Rockefeller Center
Their friends from the LarP guild are working the event as waitstaff
Jack is also there and Yelena arrives followed by Eleanor
Kate confronts Eleanor who is interrupted by Jack
Kazi takes a shot at Clint and begins shooting up the venue
Clint goes downstairs to change into his new outfit
while Kate tries to stop Yelena from ambushing him
Meanwhile the venue is evacuated but Eleanor is nowhere to be seen
Clint is able to launch a gas arrow into the room where Kazi was shooting from
Kate stops Yelena from killing Clint as the tracksuits arrive
Kate is ambushed by them but saved by Jack who is also looking for Eleanor
Clint fights with Kazi and knocks him out
but the rest of the tracksuits arrive and chase him out the window
Luckily his fall is broken by the Rockefeller tree
Kate ambushes some suits on the street from the Piano at FAO Schwarz
she uses an arrow to knock down the tree landing Clint in the skating rink
The two manage to take out an onslaught of tracksuits
and Grills tells Kate that he has eyes on Eleanor
As Kazi attempts to kill Clint he is stopped by Yelena and later confronted by Maya
Yelena asks Clint about Natasha but doesn’t believe his answer
Eleanor is approached by Kingpin but is shot in the chest with an arrow by Kate
and then Eleanor hits him with the car
Kazi tries to explain to Maya that he cannot leave the criminal life and she stabs him
Fisk fights Kate inside of FAO which Yelena and Clint fight in the rink
Kate takes out Wilson using several trick arrows before confronting her mother
Eleanor tries to explain her reasoning to Kate
for why she stayed involved with the Kingpin before being picked up by the police
Clint stops Yelena from killing him by telling her things Natasha had said about her
Yelena realizes that Clint did not kill her sister
Fisk is picked up by Maya who greets him with a handgun
The camera pulls away as a gunshot is heard
Clint talks to Kate about her actions that evening and the two agree they should walk the dog
On Christmas Day Clint arrives home to be with his family
He brings along Kate and the dog who they name Lucky
Clint returns the S.H.I.E.L.D. Rolex to his wife
In the back he and Kate ceremoniously burn the Ronin outfit on the grill
Kate asks Clint about a superhero name and Clint tells her he has an idea