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Hawkeye episode 2 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — gives us pieces of what Marvel's Christmas series is good at. Deep into the second episode, Jeremy Renner's title character goes LARPing. That's short for live-action role-play. It's like a mix of cosplay and acting where you behave like a fictional character — it's like fandom but extreme. Hawkeye/ Clint Barton (Renner) has to do this because LARPers take their craft very seriously — a bunch of them are cops and firefighters — and so if Hawkeye wants to avoid…

Hawkeye episode 3 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — gives us more villains; I'm considering Jack Duquesne (Tony Dalton) to be one for now. It properly introduces the antagonist Maya Lopez/ Echo (Alaqua Cox) who was teased last week at the tail end of Hawkeye episode 2. Heck, Hawkeye episode 3 was nearly named after her (“Echoes”). Maya is important to the Marvel Cinematic Universe given Marvel has already confirmed the Echo spin-off. Hawkeye episode 3 also teased a big bad in “Uncle” whom you don't want to mess…

Hawkeye episode 4 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — kicked off the second half of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries by driving into a higher gear. There was more intrigue in general around female characters this episode. Hawkeye episode 4 introduced the Black Widow character that we were promised last December — and then set up at the end of the Black Widow movie earlier this year. Florence Pugh returned as the wise-cracking super spy Yelena Belova, though she didn't get any words in on Hawkeye episode…

Hawkeye episode 5 is out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. If you're still reeling from the no-holds-barred rooftop fight from last episode, fret not. This episode is all about more revelations, some known, some rumoured, and some, well, King-size. We get a whole lot of Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, as she finally faces off with Kate Bishop — albeit not quite in the way you may have imagined. We also see Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), who is forced to don an old suit to take care of a few things. The episode…

Hawkeye episode 6 — out now on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar — put a neat albeit predictable bow on a humdrum Marvel series, the smallest of the lot we've gotten so far. The Tom Hiddleston-led Loki was seismic due to its multiverse angle. The Elizabeth Olsen-starrer WandaVision was innovative and brilliant at times. And The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan, dealt with some big ideas even though it failed to deliver. The only debate I'll have about Hawkeye, now that it's done, is which…