{"id":379982,"date":"2021-12-09T23:26:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along\/"},"modified":"2021-12-09T23:26:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:26:58","slug":"hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hawkeye Episode 4 Exemplifies Why Superheroes Can Never Get Along"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0fdbba80b6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af0fdbba80b6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along\/#In-fighting_The_Marvel_Way\" >In-fighting, The Marvel Way!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along\/#The_Avengers_Are_Their_Own_Worst_Enemies\" >The Avengers Are Their Own Worst Enemies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along\/#Hawkeye_vs_Black_Widow_vs_Echo\" >Hawkeye vs. Black Widow vs. Echo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along\/#Hawkeyes_Watch_Mystery_also_Signifies_Internal_Conflict\" >Hawkeye\u2019s Watch Mystery also Signifies Internal Conflict<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hawkeye-episode-4-exemplifies-why-superheroes-can-never-get-along\/#Healing_the_Internal_to_Fight_the_External\" >Healing the Internal to Fight the External<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hawkeye Episode 4 Exemplifies Why Superheroes Can Never Get Along<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;This cliche goes all the way back to the beginning of the Marvel Universe, and it\u2019s why their comics connect with us more than any other.&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hawkeye-Episode-4.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hawkeye Episode 4 Explained\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hawkeye-Episode-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Hawkeye-Episode-4-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Lucasfilm&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Brad Gullickson\u00a0\u00b7 Published on December 9th, 2021 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Marvel Explained is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Marvel shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. This entry explores Hawkeye Episode 4 (\u201cPartners, Am I Right?\u201d) and examines how heroic infighting is essential to the comic book experience. Yes, prepare for SPOILERS.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Superheroes just can\u2019t get along. Despite numerous dangerous threats swarming around them, too often, spandex stories fall into the routine of in-fighting. They\u2019d rather clock each others\u2019 jaws than the Kingpin of Crime. They\u2019re wasting their time and ours.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hawkeye<\/em><\/strong> Episode 4 (\u201cPartners, Am I Right?\u201d) concludes with a four-way smash-up. Kate Bishop (<strong>Hailee Steinfeld<\/strong>) trades blows with Maya Lopez (<strong>Alaqua Cox<\/strong>) in one building. At the same time, across the way, Clint Barton (<strong>Jeremy Renner<\/strong>) gets decked repeatedly by the new Black Widow, Yelena Belova (<strong>Florence Pugh<\/strong>). Eventually, they all land on one rooftop and start brawling wildly.<\/p>\n<p>All four might not know it, but they\u2019re franchise headliners. Maya\u2019s <strong><em>Echo<\/em><\/strong> series is already destined for Disney+, and Yelena will certainly find herself Avenging in the next blockbuster team-up. So, why must we suffer through their pugilistic miscommunication? Cuz, comics.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In-fighting_The_Marvel_Way\"><\/span>In-fighting, The Marvel Way!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jack Kirby<\/strong> and <strong>Stan Lee<\/strong> built Marvel Comics on internal hostility. Their first book, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comicbookcouplescounseling.com\/podcast\/episode\/1aca3ee7\/the-fantastic-four-60th-anniversary-party-special\"><em>The Fantastic Four<\/em> #1<\/a>, published in August of 1961, celebrated family. In doing so, they equalized the internal turmoil with the external turmoil. The Mole Man might be threatening to tear the planet from the inside out, but The Thing\u2019s self-loathing and The Human Torch\u2019s childish tantrums are just as catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p>When Kirby and Lee first assembled <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marvel.fandom.com\/wiki\/Avengers_Vol_1_1\">the Avengers<\/a>, they did so by pitting the incredible Hulk against the other members. Brainwashed by the trickster Loki, Bruce Banner\u2019s raging alter ego tears through a passenger train. Earth\u2019s mightiest heroes come together to contain the brute and, in the process, discover the God of Lies\u2019 influence. They put Loki in his place and recognize that they\u2019ve got a good thing going on as a team.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel Studios adopted this strategy for\u00a0their first <em>Avengers <\/em>movie adventure. Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America \u2014 these are three big personalities. They each have their own way of seeing things and doing things. Give them a target, and they\u2019ll take it on differently, and their dueling points of view bring them to blows while Tom Hiddleston\u2019s Loki watches and giggles from the rafters.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the trickster does what his comic book counterpart did. He gets inside Hulk\u2019s noggin and sets him against Thor. The two titans toss each other through the S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier until one plummets from the sky. Their playful rivalry is then carried throughout the rest of the franchise.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Avengers_Are_Their_Own_Worst_Enemies\"><\/span>The Avengers Are Their Own Worst Enemies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Marvel Comics has always separated itself from other superhero distributors through their gleeful antagonism toward their protagonists. Marvel delights in putting their champions through the wringer, and often, the wringer is churned by the ones battling it. The Avengers are their own worst enemies. And that\u2019s a direct reflection of their readers\u2019 flawed humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about my recent dreadful Thanksgiving experience (I cannot get into the details here, but it was bad), I can easily understand why loved ones prefer to bash each others\u2019 brains in rather than taking the fight to areas where such conflict could be beneficial to others. No one stirs passion as violently as family. Around the dinner table, everyone has access to our buttons, and pressing them is as easy as, well, pressing a button.<\/p>\n<p>The Hawkeye we see in Episode 4 is silently screaming. Clint\u2019s mission to retrieve the Ronin suit is linked to severe shame. When his family was dusted during The Blip, Clit channeled his anger into brutality. He rejects Kate labeling him a hero because he\u2019s never acted like one. He tells her that he was a weapon directed at the \u201cright\u201d targets by the \u201cright\u201d people. But he worries that he would have killed anyone without that \u201cright\u201d direction.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, there was the shot he never took. This conversation with Kate connects with the story of Clint\u2019s first encounter with Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow he was sent to assassinate but chose to recruit instead. He is more than a weapon. Natasha was proof of that, and now she\u2019s dead, sacrificing herself in his place, so he could continue enjoying his family. A family he\u2019s not going to spend Christmas with unless he finally puts this Ronin shame to bed. He must make peace with Maya and Yelena to do that.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hawkeye_vs_Black_Widow_vs_Echo\"><\/span>Hawkeye vs. Black Widow vs. Echo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ronin killed Maya\u2019s father. He was a heavy, working under a big boss gangster, probably <em>Daredevil<\/em>\u2018s Wilson Fisk. It\u2019s easy to dismiss him as a henchman, but he was a father, doing what he knew how to do so his daughter could have a comfortable life. You can\u2019t hate a man like that, yet Clint put a sword through his chest.<\/p>\n<p>Clint lived, and Natasha died. Her absence is a hole in Yelena\u2019s heart, and as we saw during <strong><em>Black Widow<\/em><\/strong>\u2018s post-credits end-scene, Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine (<strong>Julia Louis-Dreyfus<\/strong>) will use that hurt for her nefarious machinations. The Contessa has pointed that pain toward Clint, and that\u2019s why Yelena\u2019s up there on the roof in <em>Hawkeye <\/em>Episode 4.<\/p>\n<p>People hurting good People. That\u2019s the Marvel way. That\u2019s humanity.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hawkeyes_Watch_Mystery_also_Signifies_Internal_Conflict\"><\/span>Hawkeye\u2019s Watch Mystery also Signifies Internal Conflict<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The bad guys are never as interesting as the good guys. This reality is at the root of Marvel\u2019s early villain problem. When Marvel Studios started treating their antagonists like they do their protagonists, the threats became a little more interesting, a little more complicated. But they should never surpass the heroes. The Avengers\u2019 internal turmoil takes front and center, and all the plotty-plot-plot-plot should service their character.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, the mystery of the stolen watch starts to become less puzzling. Shortly after <em>Hawkeye<\/em> Episode 4 aired, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/endgamebarnes\/status\/1468583372859457543?s=20\">fan theory speculation<\/a> turned inward regarding who the Rolex belongs to. Maybe it doesn\u2019t belong to Tony Stark. Maybe the owner is much closer to the titular archer. Maybe it belongs to Laura Barton (<strong>Linda Cardellini<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Hawkeye<\/em> Episode 4 goes a long way in establishing Laura as a capable agent. She\u2019s who Clint turns to when he needs some names researched. She\u2019s on that computer lickety-split, clearly sporting access to S.H.I.E.L.D. software.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019ve known about the watch\u2019s absence since the <em>Hawkeye<\/em> premiere, Laura is the one who first brings it up to Clint, suggesting that it could have gone missing along with the Ronin costume. Clint then tells Kate that the watch once belonged to a former agent, and details on that person are hidden within it. He can\u2019t let that info get into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, Clint is a little too late on that front.<\/p>\n<p>When Kate discovers the watch in Maya\u2019s apartment, she also discovers a checklist featuring Clint\u2019s family. Maya\u2019s \u201cUncle\u201d already knows who\u2019s on his trail, and he can use this watch to threaten Clint on a much more personal level. Something Maya won\u2019t have an issue with considering Clint killed her dad. He owes her a loved one.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Healing_the_Internal_to_Fight_the_External\"><\/span>Healing the Internal to Fight the External<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So, we end there \u2014 four people on a roof, ready to rip each others\u2019 throats out, with Kate currently being the only one not displaying some rage toward the others. Although, that could easily be on its way. We\u2019re still waiting to see how her Swordsman stepdad will feature in the larger Sloan Ltd narrative. Her mom\u2019s culpability remains in question as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hawkeye<\/em>\u00a0follows a traditional Marvel path. Its heroes exhibit an agony in stasis. Sure, we want them to take down the baddies, but more importantly, we want them to end their adventures with a better understanding of their internal torment. We need them to share that torment and be united by the sharing. This is the greatest lesson they have to offer their audience.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is hurting, and that hurt is the center of most conflict. Heal the pain. Put off the fisticuffs.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><em>Hawkeye<\/em> Episode 4 is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/series\/hawkeye\/11Zy8m9Dkj5l\">now streaming<\/a> on Disney+.<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Marvel Explained\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/brad.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Brad Gullickson is a Weekly Columnist for Film School Rejects and Senior Curator for One Perfect Shot. When not rambling about movies here, he&#8217;s rambling about comics as the co-host of Comic Book Couples Counseling. 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