‘Hawkeye’ theory provides Laura Barton-SHIELD agent connection

Fans rejoice when Linda Cardellini is officially added to the cast of the Disney Plus series Hawk Eye, creating expectations that the popular star would have something more important to do than simply take care of the Bartons and worry about her husband’s freaky superhero antics.

As it turns out, her role in the latest exclusive streaming of the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes on even more significance, after she spent the first four episodes taking care of the Barton kids and worrying about her husband’s crazy superhero games; This time by cell phone.

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We continued to uncover more and more secrets about Clint, and perhaps one of his deepest insights was that his wife and children’s mother knew a thing or two about espionage himself, that’s why she has proven to be very helpful when assisting him in the latest case. Murphy’s Multiverse even theorized that Laura Barton might even have been a SHIELD agent, and that’s someone we could totally buy in a second.

She knows Ronin, she speaks fluent German so the kids can’t eavesdrop, and finds information about Sloan that requires at least some degree of confidentiality. On top of that, there’s been a lot of talk that the mysterious Rolex protecting someone’s identity could be hers.

In the comics, Clint was once married to Bobbi Morse AKA Hummingbird (who also faked her own death to get out of the game and protect her family at one stage), so who can say that Nick Fury didn’t give her a cover of identity, especially when Age of Ultron makes it clear that Clint’s family is a closely guarded secret.