Despite being a deleted scene, Clint getting his mom arrested stuck with me MORE than the scene where Eleanor was arrested. I seriously forgot about it until you mentioned it.

I do agree about the “””hype””””section of the video, episode 5 was a few days before Spider-Man NWH too so we basically got both kingpin and daredevil confirmed so the hype was definitely real.

That small deleted scene revealing they knew each other as kids should definitely have been in and I really don't get why they cut it. Building up hype is not worth taking out much - needed character development like that. Clint Barton's backstory completely getting scrapped is also mind - boggling to me. Not having enough time in a guy's OWN SHOW to use some of the airtime to his backstory is completely ridiculous!

Bruh the whole "don't reveal the villain until the end" and therefore not having any cool hero/villain dynamic or any villain exploration they literally just did in Book of Boba, Disney love that shit.

100% agree. I think the deleted scenes with Wilson were so crucial and a way better introduction. Some stuff seems like it was literally ripped from Daredevil since he had his black suit on. What a waste, man. But yea, the Disney+ shows haven’t even come close to the heights of the Netflix shows. Daredevil seasons 1 and 3 are basically flawless from start to finish. I don’t think we’ve had that with Marvel Disney+ shows just yet. I also think the 6 episode structure hurts these shows.

And i've never more pissed at marvel for deleting scenes than for this series..How could you mess up that bad🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

i get they wanted to put a little bit of emphasis on kate bishop since she's a new character but the fact that we have an entire show dedicated to clint barton and we still don't know anything about him other than "he has a wife a kids" is honestly laughable.

I'm just so sick of the whole "saving everything for the last episode" thing. These guys have yet to figure out how to properly write & pace a TV show.

I’m so tired of every marvel show having a garbage finale because they think revealing a last minute villain or reveal makes a show good. Also can we stop having these shows be an excuse to give them a “comic accurate costume and storyline”. Literally no one would question it if they suddenly show up in the next movie with a new costume.

I think they relied on Clint’s relationship with Nat way too much in the mcu. He’s literally considered as her spy friend for half of his appearances. This show focused more on him coping with her loss than his backstory and instead gave all of that to Kate. This show gave nothing to me as a Clint Barton fan aside from his relationship with Kate

The fact that we have a whole Hawkeye show and we still don’t really know anything about him is extremely depressing

I was watching the Clint backstory scenes wondering why on earth they would delete this god-tier flashback but then Clint’s mom talked about how the rich don’t use their power to help the poor and then I realized that Disney would never let any of their Marvel properties tackle class disparity.

If they deleted the scenes for times sake that would be the dumbest thing possible. For a streaming service, fitting an episode into a one hour time slot just isn't something a service has to worry about.

Imagine the first episode being an hour+ long action story featuring Ronin being absolutely brutal . That makes the show have more emotional weight later on due to the consequenses and trauma . Who would say no to more Ronin 🤷‍♂️

While I still really liked the show, I do agree that cutting these deleted scenes was in poor taste because it does take out depth from characters. I even felt this same way about SOME of the Shang-chi deleted scenes.

It's especially weird they cut the flashback of Clint and his mom but left in the unnecessary Yelena flashback in episode 5.

What bothers me most about Hawkeye is that it brings to light something Marvel is afraid to do: have characters talk. Every third act in a marvel production always resorts to punch, punch, and more punch. The best scene in Hawkeye was the conversation between Clint and Yelena because even though they fought beforehand, the conflict is resolved with words. But then it cuts back to Kingpin throwing Kate around and it is not nearly as compelling. It’s something I actually really liked about Eternals. Makkari punching Ikaris to hell wasn’t what solved the problem, it was his love for Sersi and his inability to let her go that resolved that conflict. Basically, things are more compelling when people are punching each other into the dirt

Also it's ironic how the netflix shows were criticized for having too many episodes but most of the disney+ shows are being criticized for having too little episodes here's hoping moon knight is good

So glad you talked about how Kingpin was being banked entirely on knowing him in Daredevil. I hear lots of people talk crap about how interconnected the MCU is but there's two things I think make it not so bad. 1) for phase 1-3 the MCU was structured as a coherent saga so it was all one thing really. You knew where you had to go if you wanted to understand something. 2) when characters did crossover in movies they were given an appropriate amount of screentime for what they were there for. Marvel screwing with the show ruined something I thought was done well before.

After seeing this video and hearing about how many deleted scenes have taken away character development in replacement for hype and twitter talk is so aggravating. We already have a good show shot and filmed it just needed to be edited in and this is such a kick in the balls to the fans and everyone involved in those deleted scenes that put their work on it. This is so much worse than hearing talks and articles about things that could have been produced but scrapped, but here we already have it, they just need to put it in. SMH

I’m glad I stuck out Hawkeye but yeah I was underwhelmed and not happy how they knee-capped Clint and Fisk for no logical reason. Also, I’m of the opposite mind that the Yelena inclusion was not done well and I hated how shoehorned in it was and was poorly executed (I’d venture to speculate the deleted scenes are a casualty of this arc shoved in).

It did wonders for Kate It did absolutely nothing for Clint as a character I felt like the first half of the show should’ve been solely about him and him alone. But instead this show was busy busy busy throwing in every new character that they could with storylines they couldn’t fit in six episodes. I really hope they take a lesson from these shows to make them better

The scene with hawkeye talking to his son on the phone was just perfect. Renner and hailey do so good in that scene.

This “hype culture” also sadly extends to the Book of Boba Fett, where we could finally get to see a fan favorite character be fleshed out and given more time, but sadly by the middle part of his OWN show, he gets sidelined by newer characters and more “interesting” subplots. It was so bad that people even started memeing, saying things like “Oh, Boba Fett finally got a cameo in the BOOK OF BOBA FETT.” I really hope writers don’t sacrifice depth for excitement.

All I wanted was the fight scenes to be like a Dude Perfect trick video with Hawkeye.

That Kingpin dinner scene is straight out of season 1 of daredevil even the way its shot.

As much as I loved this show, I agree that the deleted scenes shouldn't have been deleted.

After thinking about it...adding in those deleted scenes would have levelled up Hawkeye for me, especially the flashbacks with a young clint barton and now comparing that to what Kate Bishop experiences...that would have added so much more to the show.

Totally agreed man. The show had some excellent moments, but it could have been SO much more.

This show really made me realize how much I dislike this format of extremely short series. 6 episodes was not enough to fully explore these characters and plot lines they introduced. The biggest benefit that shows have over movies is that you get the extra time, so why not use it. I really dislike the idea of a "6-hour movie." A 6 hour movie is a bad idea! The writers should be taking full advantages of the strengths of TV.

As a fan of the hawkyeye comics I'm severely disappointed with how kazi was used in the show

They expect us to care about Maya and Fisk’s relationship when they have 2 scenes together in the last episode.

3:31 "Shortsighted, rushed and sloppily executed" These three words perfectly describes this whole show in a nutshell.

Hawkeye, is the first MCU entry in a long time that feels knees deep in studio interference. Because you watch these deleted scenes and then you watch the show we got, and they feel completely off tonally. My speculation is that I think the studio wanted something a lot more light hearted and fun for the holiday season. While the crew was making something a little bit more serious like Falcon and Winter Soldier. It would explain how we go from things like the deleted scene of Elanor and Fisk to the actual scene we got where he's surrounded by sparkly lights and a hiwian shirt. And from Hawkeyes backstory to somehow knowing more about Jack.

They should have kept those scenes. The small character moments were the best part of this series. Kate translating a phone conversation for a deaf Clint immediately comes to mind.

We’ve all seen movies/shows that suck and had bad ideas… but these make me even more upset because we don’t even have to imagine how these unused scenes and concepts would make the story 10x more interesting. Wasted potential is worse than no potential.

I think another problem with the Kingpin reveal is that it rides only on one aspect of what made Netflix Kingpin so great. What made Kingpin so compelling in Daredevil was that he shared almost as much screentime as Matt did, and so we got to see his struggles and more of his character grow and develop alongside Matt’s. In Hawkeye Kingpin isn’t handled this way, and so he had to be *completely* carried by Vincent D'onofrio's performance. And sure, it’s great, but it’s not the sole reason Kingpin was so interesting and cool to watch in Daredevil.

Widows are supposed to be brilliant, high level intellect people. Some random woman shows up and tells yelena barton killed his best friend and she just accepts it without question?? What!!!??? Why??? Coz cheap forced conflict and they need yelena - kate

Hawkeye could've been so much better had they added Eleanor & Clint's flashback (w/ Fisk & his mom respectively) scenes. Both add much needed layers to these characters. PS: Also very excited to see your series!

I feel like every MCU movie/show right now is just a preview for the next thing. But like, when is the next REAL thing? What is this all building to?

if they had included all these deleted scenes it would have been the best D+ MCU show. Right now it just feels rushed and underdeveloped

this really hit the nail on the head. I just recently binged Hawkeye knowing full well the Kingpin reveal and the deleted scenes fiasco (though not what was deleted.) When I finished the show I felt off but couldn't put it in words, now I can say I wasn't left with the usual Marvel feeling, the feeling Wandavision left me and to a lesser extent Falcon & Winter Soldier. Marvel does big superhero stuff but their best work is always the most character-focused and the final product of the Hawkeye show just, wasn't. It felt more like the Loki show, just hitting story beats for an eventual other story down the line, just moving characters into the places they need to be for the next project.

It should have been about Clint's time (5 YEARS), AS THE RONIN! Like bro it's the PERFECT setup for the introduction of Kingpin, the dark & gritty world he deals in, making it the perfect place for a character like the Ronin to be involved. I love the scene in Endgame where we see him taking down members of the yakuza. BUT ITS ONLY 2 MINUTES & 30 SECONDS! Let us see Clint struggle to cope, let us see him rage in the wake of massive loss. Then in season 2 (after Endgame) we introduce Kate Bishop & Yelena to drive the story from there. And use Clint's time as the Ronin to appeal to Yelena. Because just like her, he knows what it's like to be angry & seek revenge for those that were taken from him

This was SUCH a good vid, and super interesting. I almost had the opposite experience haha. Hawkeye was my least anticipated last year, but I ended up liking it -- and came away pleasantly surprised. Was actually working on a script about all the stuff I loved. ...But then the deleted scenes cropped up and man, I lost all steam. The show could've been GREAT. So much backstory cut and wasted, and it made me like it *less* in hindsight. Some of the most baffling deletions I've ever seen, and you're spot on; it was all for hype. Part of me wonders if the reasoning for delaying Kingpin was even worse. Did they want to time it with NWH for that one-two Charlie-Vincent punch? IIRC it was within days of each other, and I wouldn't put it past them to sacrifice Hawkeye's story for it. (P.S. Speaking of hype: hell yeah for IRC!)

Great point. Those deleted scenes put the whole series in a new light - Maya, Kate and Clint all having a bad parent (or parental figure) who failed them highlights Clint's struggle to be home for Christmas and be there for his family, *breaking that cycle.* It has more depth than the simple "make it home for Christmas" story.

Sometimes I wonder if it was a good idea to put all the deleted scenes on Disney Plus for us to compare. I also noticed that most of them are pretty short. Since the episode runtimes in these shows varies anyway, I don't see how it would've harmed the episodes by adding them. Besides the "hype factor" you mentioned.

Coming back here after the moon night finale and it feels like they've done it again. Hype built up all the way to a post-credit scene, resulting in a story that's wanting more.

Hawkeye could've been great, but the whole idea of having Kingpin be a last-ep reveal ruined alot of the story potential. The show could have focused on Clint's and Kate's origins while balancing how the Kingpin returns and how Echo is involved with that. Instead we never get told how Kingpin is back, he just is. The show could've built up from Daredevil, why do we need a Kingpin reveal? Everyone in New York would already know about his whole deal, and the show could play into that but instead made the most recognisable crime boss in the city a mysterious figure

I just realised how they could have made a hawkeye show in the tone of the netflix daredevil… facing off with kingpin’s intellect and bring hawkeye back to his senses. instead we got cheesy bad guys and a one note kingpin…

Also, if they do make Season 2, a good villain idea would be Trickshot. No hype, just story telling to the actual characters: Hawkeye and Barney (Maybe throw in a little Kate here and there too). The way the MCU treated Hawkeye is just... disappointing... They treated him like Hank Pym. *LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY.*

As others are saying, the fact that crucial parts of the titular character's backstory were cut in favor of giving more airtime to *new* characters in the titular character's own show... Beyond ridiculous, and shows where their priorities lie.

Glad somebody else feels the same way about the show. The whole thing just felt like a mess of plotlines dedicated to setting up more shows and the one that felt the most neglected was Clint's.

A big reason I dropped the MCU, maybe even the main reason, is because when you have the most profitable franchise of all time pumping out at least 8 projects a year now, they need to be more than good for them to feel like more than homework. None of the Disney+ shows were *bad*, they just…weren’t as good as they ought to be. Hawkeye was the first one I didn’t watch, and I don’t regret it.

Same I was looking forward to this one too since I’ve always been an advocate for the “Lamest” Avenger for a while but I came out of his show feeling half empty due to how much stuff they crammed into this six eps series. It’s even worse knowing how stylistic the Fraction and Aja run was and yet this show was shot and delivered just like most other MCU properties, it didn’t have much of a unique identity that would make it stand out amongst their vast library of content. If only they maintained the same style of the car chase as well as injecting the heart and humor found in Ep 3 throughout the rest of it, it would’ve been a much better show I feel and that’s why Ep 3 is my fave of the six

This show was the last nail in the coffin for me for mcu TV shows, so much so that I don't watch moon knight, despite how good I hear it is. With how Hawkeye was written in the movies, I had so many high hopes for this show. We ended up with a Kate Bishop show and little to nothing about Clint which broke my heart.

The MCU has done Hawkeye so dirty, Clint deserves better. Earth's mightiest heroes did a way better job

This series is The definition of "just okay" for me...so much wasted potential..and i still stand by the opinion that kate bishop's character wasn't needed..this series should've focused solely on clint..and if they ever make a s2 then you can focus on his successor

What a great way to verbalize that uncomfortable feeling I had at the end of the series.

I loved Hawkeye in the movies especially in AOU and Civil War . His show was just underwhelming. I think not having his own antagonist hurt itb

Looking back on it now...I agree with you. Hawkeye is so painfully mid that it feels so sad. The writer's didn't know what they were doing, and the deleted scenes had way more to offer in the story than what we actually got...I'm disappointed with the writer's and team behind Hawkeye. *Hopefully* they can redeem themselves when Echo comes out, or make a second Hawkeye season (doubt it, but maybe it's worth a shot). I think Echo will take itself more seriously though, and have capable writer's. I think the DD writer's might write Echo. I hope Echo is just a cover-up to a semi Daredevil season 4. All I can say is... *do better* .

Our chad saving our day! But yea, shows pretty medicore, im so tired of these mcu Disney+ shows just Being meh, Like im just tired of mcu becoming star Wars, too much Milki'n, they better not do this to my moon guy!

Great review, a great show with a poor ending, but I want to add I love Haile Steinfeld she is both beautiful and talented and charismatic. the Kate Bishop character works because it’s her, honestly had she be played by another actress, she would be less likeable.

Honestly seems like another show falls victim to marvel/Disney’s insistence on having these shows being 6 episodes instead of being like 8 or 9 episodes which they clearly need to start doing it honestly triggers me these shows could be so much better with just a few more eps

It sucks too because I really loved Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld's performances here. That scene where they were just talking in the apartment during Christmas are some of my favorite character moments in the MCU.

Holy shit. I was already pissed at how much this show sucked, but knowing that they had the material to make it better and chose NOT to use it?? Truly maddening. I suspect to some extent the rigid 6 episode mandate led to some of those scenes being left out, which just makes me hate this stupid 6 episode cap they're putting on everything.

its so weird how they cut it out. marvel made infinity war/endgame, which had 5hrs total and honestly feels like one movie, but will cut out character development, im assuming partially for run time, rather than just... making an episode a bit longer? also fisks reveal would have rec3ived so much hype no matter where in the series it was put. daredevil has a die-hard fanbase (as it should, i would say its thebest marvel series we've ever gotten, maybe even the best superhero series ever), and if fisk was in hawkeye more, i imagine a lot more people would be hooked on it (most people i know didnt bother watching it)

WandaVision really was a mistake. Not every Disney plus show needs a mystery. Who's behind what's going on at Westview? Is that really an Alternate Quicksilver? Who's the Powerbroker? Who's running the TVA? Who's Maya's boss? Who killed Armand? Too many mysteries. They just really declined in quality and TVA twist only worked cause they played it off properly.

we still dont know anything about clint even after his own show...

I totally agree about the issues with Fisk and building hype. On the other hand the emotional moments totally worked for me. Therefore it’s still my second fav D+ marvel show. Right after Moonknight. And the others aren’t even close.

They should do what Netflix did with Daredevil and hire writers who are actually fans of the source material.

WHAT. THE. HELL??? There was a scene with Clint's background growing up, with his mom, with perhaps a brief look at the circus where he honed his archery skills, and they CUT IT???? WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE THEY THINKING???

So I watched the show for the first time and interspliced the deleted scenes where they would fit best and it made the show probably my second favorite MCU show behind Loki

Really glad you've made this video as it really bothered me that they cut all Clint's backstory. I had not considered it was all cut to feed the hype and pacing of these shows where they all need a big "reveal". I just can't see how revealing Fisk in a proper scene earlier to develop his relationship with Maya would have been any less "hype" than seeing him in thumbnail at the end of an episode. It really sucks that these shows need a big moment over satisfying character development

We still don't know Clint's backstory. I feel cheated. It felt like they rushed it and just threw in all these characters. I love Hawkeye he's my fave Avenger. We did not get much of him in the Marvel Movies. It would have been nice if we had a lot more of him.

This was the final nail for me. It felt like what the MCU would be like if the CW produced it.

i didn't really enjoy this show it was so forgettable these scenes just go to show that disney values hype over substance. it's not a bad show.... it's just dull sorry if i offended anyone. but it is what it is.

Exactly! This hype based mentality is ruining not only the MCU but also star wars now. To someone who hasn't seen Daredevil, the Kingpin reveal would mean nothing. They think they don't need to write anything to develop this character when the audience probably already saw Daredevil. Disney cares more about fan service nowadays than good storytelling.

They RUINED Kingpin. He was so much more intimidating and cunning in Daredevil. Now he’s been reduced to a dumb brute.

I kinda feel like it fell on his face in half of episode 6. Hawkeye episodes 1-3 r great. 4 and 5 r also pretty good but the issue becomes the deleted scenes making episode 6 way less satisfying. The yelanna story arc works a lot better than the Kingpin and Echo story I’d say that doesn’t build as well.

I really don't think the problem with the show is the hype. I actually think it's the fact that they advertised it as a Hawkeye show and kind of was trying to trick us into believing that it was going to be Clint barted when it's not, and then once it came out and you realized it wasn't his show it got weird because as you kept on watching you realize that he was the best part of that show and he was the most interesting character and it should have just been his show anyway instead of kates

Thanks for sharing this. Didn’t realize there were these deleted scenes. I enjoyed the show, but man it would’ve so much better with these included.

I’m tired of the MCU’s backbone being big reveals or teases for a future plot line. We need full shows. This isn’t great. Definitely some good stuff here, just hate that it doesn’t have much at stake.

I want to see FULL director's cut of Hawkeye series now as Jeremy Runner ACTUALLY told about that in his SNS post.

dropped Hawkeye 4 eps in, I feel like I should finish it but nothing I hear makes me want to continue

Yea let’s be honest they scraped most of these because they wanted to focus more on Kate bishop. Honestly I just wanted a Hawkeye series about Hawkeye, I don’t even need a villain for this to be a good series

whoever made that call to delete all these scenes is just dumb af. probably wanted to keep it a 6 episodes instead of yknow… putting in effort.

i have a belief that the Fraction/Aja Hawkeye run adapted into a show by the creative team of the Bill Hader show, Barry(HBO) is probably the best combination of materials that could ever happen, but sadly, nothing close to that ever will happen😔

It’s a similar issue with the Eternals, all of deleted scenes added so much more depth to some of the characters.

I honestly think that the best thing about the show was the stuff with Yelena and Kate; they had some awesome chemistry and the banter between them was awesome, it makes me honestly want to see more of them interacting. It would've been awesome to see more Kingpin though, because he's awesome.

This show really demonstrated that six episodes is not enough, idk how they ruined an ending with the kingpin but they managed to.

I had no idea about these deleted scenes. Holy shit, what a crime it was to take these out of the show.

This show needed 8 episodes, not 6

Personally imo I think it’s the best out of the Disney+ shows. It was absolutely the most consistent and the Christmas vibe added a little more to it. Kate was a good new character, and I really liked Clint since they explored him and how Ronin affects him now. Obviously Fisk was wasted and the deleted scenes should’ve stayed in, but even his one conversation at the beginning of the finale I could tell that Vincent was still playing the same character. Also the closure of Nat for Clint and Yelena was fantastic. To each their own I guess tho

After watching BW my expectation was really low for Hawkeye so it didn't disappoint me that much but back of my mind I always felt it was flat. Now I know why.

I think the biggest issue with the Disney Plus shows as a whole is the extremely short runtime. Safe for The Defenders, every Netflix series got 13 episodes almost totaling an hour. Except for Wandavision, every show is being cut down to six episodes with their own 40ish minute runtime isn’t enough time to really tell a story. We love Daredevil because we get enough time to understand Matt and the struggles he faces with his friends. We like Jessica Jones because we have enough time to see Jessica’s good and bad sides. We love Luke Cage because we get to see how a man can mourn and move on while helping those around him. Iron Fist…we tolerate for Gao. Of all the Disney Plus shows, Loki and Moon Knight were the only ones to me that didn’t really feel cut down. For all we know they could have left just as much on the cutting room floor as they did with Hawkeye. But ultimately, I wish we got more time with these characters and more of an arc with them. Even Ms. Marvel, the most recent and one of my now favorite Disney Plus shows has this issue. Kamala has a complete arc, but the story is asking her to complete multiple. From her learning to understand her powers, to the arc of her and her mother learning to understand each other, the arc of the people in her life learning about her powers, the Clandestines, exploring the partition and her grandmother Aisha’s history, to stepping up and really learning to understand the concept of heroism that she’s infatuated with. It’s not a bad show by any stretch, but like most of Phase 4, it was cut down and cut short so they could get to the next thing. Marvel needs to drop this quantity over quality mentality. We get that we had a light start to things cause of covid. But that doesn’t mean Marvel Studios has to start cranking things out every two months to make a deadline. We’ll wait if its a good story. That’s what we want. A good story

The 6 episode mandates are killing these shows. Should be 8-10 eps

I'm so excited for your anime in April!!!

This Kingpin is nothing like the one from Daredevil, he had none of the depth he had in the Netflix show and the fact they removed scenes with him that gave said depth only highlights its. The show as a whole was wasted potential.

I really enjoyed this show, but it could have been so much more. I didn't watch the Daredevil show, so I only know Kingpin from the Spiderman 90s tv cartoon. I think introducing him earlier in the show would really make me more invested in his character. And the deleted scenes are amazing!

I really feel like the 6-episode format of these shows has the potential to REALLY hurt some of the ideas that these shows want to put forth. This show is a PERFECT example of that. Dear god, Spider-Man: Freshman Year and X-Men '97 better be thirteen episodes at least...