Hawkeye episode 4 recap: Clint and Kate encounter a familiar next-level threat - CNET

After last week's magnificent car chase, episode 4 of Hawkeye landed on Disney Plus on Wednesday.

Clint Barton teams up with newcomer Kate Bishop for this Marvel Cinematic Universe adventure, as he's forced to face the fallout from his rampage through the criminal underworld as the vigilante Ronin in Avengers: Endgame, before he returned to his Hawkeye identity.

Due to the lies of her employer Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine (aka Val, who's seemingly putting together a deadly crew for nefarious purposes), Yelena blames Clint for Natasha's death and is out for blood.

It's possible they're trying to undermine the Avengers, starting with Clint, so they can replace the heroes with their own people.

"They're been out of the game a long time," he tells Kate?

We don't know how Laura and Clint met -- it was implied in Avengers: Age of Ultron that they were an item before he joined SHIELD, but it's possible she or someone close to her has a past in espionage (especially since she suddenly speaks German in this episode).

Maybe it has a big "LAURA BARTON" engraving somewhere.

Eleanor mentions the late Avenger when urging Clint not to work with Kate -- likely to get her daughter away before Yelena struck.

A frazzled Clint tells Kate to go home after that, but she's in way too deep now -- her mother's fiance is working with criminals.

15, when episode 5 of Hawkeye hits Disney Plus