Now our aim is focused and clear

on Marvel Studios' "Hawkeye."

ANDRE MEADOWS: The new Original Series stars Jeremy

Renner as Hawkeye, aka

Clint Barton, who teams up with Kate Bishop

played by Hailee Steinfeld for some archery,

heroics, and holiday fun.

What better way to celebrate the new series

than with a good old- fashioned Hawkeye recap.

Here to help catch us up on Hawkeye's story so far

is Ryan Penagos from the "This Week in Marvel" podcast.

Welcome, Ryan.

What's up, you guys?

Thank you for having me.

So excited.

All right, Ryan, are you ready to recap?

I'm going to recap the heck out of this.

ANDRE MEADOWS: We first meet Hawkeye in Marvel

Studios' "Thor" as the eyes of high archer when Thor breaks

into S.H.I.E.L.D. unsuccessfully attempting to recover Mjolnir.

Marvel's "The Avengers" finds Hawkeye on Tesseract duty

with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., who

are soon infiltrated by Loki.

Hawkeye gets mind-controlled, but with Black Widow's help,

snaps out of it just in time to help the other Avengers

save New York City.

By Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Age of Ultron",

the Avengers have officially formed with our guy Clint

as a key member.

Unfortunately for our heroes, the villains of Hydra

have been testing on humans, including the Maximoff

twins, Wanda and Pietro.

And thanks to some of the Avengers AI shenanigans,

the synthezoids Vision and Ultron have been created.

Vision, he's great.

Ultron, real bad.

While the Avengers try to save Sokovia

from Ultron's catastrophically messed-up plans,

we learn about Clint's family, and they're pretty awesome.

ANDRE MEADOWS: During the final battle

against Ultron and Sokovia, Wanda's brother Pietro

dies saving Clint.

Afterward, Clint retires the bow and arrows

to live a more peaceful life off the grid with his family.

JENNY LORENZO: Lines are drawn in Marvel Studios' "Captain

America: Civil War," and the Avengers

are split down the middle after the Sokovia Accords.

We haven't met yet.

I'm Clint.

Hawkeye comes out of retirement to fight

alongside Cap and-- aw, dang it-- he gets

imprisoned inside the raft.

Steve eventually breaks out the imprisoned heroes,

and Clint promptly retires once again, but this time,

under house arrest.

ANDRE MEADOWS: When Thanos successfully collects and uses

all six Infinity Stones in Marvel Studios' "Avengers:

Infinity War," he wipes out half the universe

with a snap of his fingers.

Clint's family are among those who

disappeared during the blip.

JENNY LORENZO: In Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Endgame,"

Clint, consumed by grief and rage,

goes on a bloody rampage against the surviving

criminal underworld using the name Ronin.

Eventually, Natasha pulls him back into the Avengers'

fold for one last mission -- retrieving

the Infinity Stones through an epic time travel-based heist.

RYAN PENAGOS: Clint and Natasha pair off to retrieve the soul

stone from the distant planet Vormir,

discovering their mission requires

that a loved one must be sacrificed in order

for the stone to appear.

JENNY LORENZO: Clint and Natasha fight side-by-side

one last time, each also racing to sacrifice

themselves for the stone, hoping to spare

their best friend's life.

Arm outstretched, Hawkeye watches as Natasha completes

the mission to help save the universe,

but loses her life in the process.

ANDRE MEADOWS: Clint, soul stone in hand,

returns to the Avengers in the present to help

reverse the blip and defeat Thanos in one last showdown.

Woo!

Woo!

Go Hawkeye!

This catches us up to Marvel Studios' "Hawkeye"

where we're post-blip, Clint's retired, his family is back,

and they're celebrating the holidays together.

This all gets derailed when Clint's

past comes back to haunt him.

Cannot wait.

Ryan, thanks so much for being here

and helping us catch up just in time

for Marvel Studios' "Hawkeye."

Before you go, tell us a little about your role at Marvel

and the "This Week in Marvel" podcast.

I've been at Marvel for 15 years.

I'm a vice president in our digital media group,

and I get to do all kinds of stuff, host a lot of videos

like what you all do here.

Great job, by the way.

"This Week in Marvel" has been a baby of mine for 10 years.

We're celebrating 10 years right now,

and I co-host the show with Lorraine Cink, who's

been on your show, and Tony Award winner James Monroe

Iglehart where we just geek out and get

excited about everything happening

in a given week in Marvel.

So comics, movies, games, TV shows,

lots of guests, a lot of people getting

excited and hyped about Marvel, because we're hyped

and we love Marvel.

Well, thank you so much, Ryan, for being here,

and thanks for helping us out with this Hawkeye recap.

We aimed to get a good recap going,

and I think we hit a bullseye.

I like it.

ANDRE MEADOWS: Marvel Studios' "Hawkeye" starts

streaming November 24 on Disney+

with a two-episode premiere.

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