‘SPOILER ALERT’

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