HAWKEYE "Partners, Am I Right?" Stills Take Us Back To That Rooftop Battle And [SPOILER]'s Return

Am I the only one who feels like Kate's fighting ability has been rushed?! She's rarely sore, has the ability to defeat various opponents that are older/larger/fighting for years and is just as good of an archer as Clint already it seems. I'm not super familiar with her from the comics so maybe I'm off here... Maybe she is just that good, even when she's young. She just seems overpowered too early and I feel like they missed an opportunity to add tension to the show, with having her being in danger at times. Maybe I'm wrong here... Just my thoughts...

I'm seeing lots of negative comments about this last episode. I thought it was great and checked all the boxes needed of character development between Clint and Kate but we'll see if it sticks the landing I guess.

Feels like some people are already turning on this series, even though imo this last episode was still great.

Prediction for the next episode. Kazi, who disagrees with Maya, call the uncle. Kazi doesn't want to betray Maya, but he thinks she's not good for the gang.

So Kingpin doesn't send Wesley. He thinks Maya deserves a personalized treatment. He will talk to her.

So I was going to post this in another article thread but time got away from me and I figured that by now no one would read it (not that anyone reads my posts to begin with, but yet I continue to indulge myself): here's my theory on how this season/series might play out:

***SPOILERS IF YOU DON'T READ THE CREDITS***

- Kazi has known Maya since they were kids (it was pointed out in another post on here that in the credits for episode 3 that the little boy who was fighting with the bigger boy before little Maya took him on and schooled him was in fact Kazi). This implies that the have known each other and possibly been involved in "Uncle's" organization for a long time

***END SPOILERS/BEGIN SPECULATION***

- Kazi was hoping to become "Uncle's" number 2 one day. Maya's dad had that slot. so Kazi (being aware of the Ronin's activities against the criminal underground) used that opportunity to disguise himself as the Ronin and HE'S the one who actually killed Maya's dad, presuming that he would take his place (I mean, after all, why would "Uncle" promote Maya given her disabilities (my apologies to any and all deaf amputees reading this)). But "Uncle" DID put Maya in charge of the TSM and Kazi is jealous.

So, if my theory is correct, by the end of this show Maya will figure out that Kazi killed her dad, not Clint, (as well as the whole Yelena and Nat thing), so Clint is off to hook for those two things (as well as Kate) BUT that sets up the "Echo" show with Maya on a path of goodness now (more or less) and Kazi as the INITIAL bad guy (I honestly don't see him as being the main villain for the whole show).

Insert DareDevil and Kingpin and you have a hell of a show right there (for "Echo" I mean). Plus, what if the twist (or one of many) is that Kingpin actually ordered Kazi to kill Maya's dad (for some reason)? AND what if at the end of "Hawkeye" during the confrontation between Maya and Kazi, Maya somehow disfigures Kazi which causes him to don the clown makeup for the "Echo" show?

OR what if instead of hitting the cocaine first thing in the morning and coming up with these crazy theories I just stick to day-drinking like I usually do on Mondays and spare you all this mental flatulence*? What if?

*Disclaimer: StSteven is a choir boy highly regarded in his local community for his dedication to public service with parks and recreation as well as his tremendous singing voice (tenor). He would like you to know that those responsible for the above paragraph have been sacked.

I mean, for God's sake the "Saint" part is right there in the name. It's "Saint F'n Steven". Jesus Christ! (StSteven would also like you know that those responsible for sacking the writers of the previous previous paragraph have been sacked as well as the writers of the current paragraph).

Moving forward, StSteven's comments will authored by an Ecuadorian Llama. ;)