There’s a chance Laura Barton might not just be Clint’s wife she also might be a superhero.
This post contains spoilers for episode 4 ofHawkeye.
Okay, we’ll just come out and say it: could Laura Barton actually be the S.H.I.E.L.D.

Linda Cardellini as Laura Barton on ‘Hawkeye’.Marvel Studios
agent known as Mockingbird?
He turns to his wife, texting Laura and asking her to run some names.
The two have a long history together and were, like Clint and Laura, married superheroes.

Clint Barton in Hawkeye.Marvel Studios
(Though unfortunately, it didn’t last.)
as one of their top agents.
But the evidence of Laura havingsomehistory with S.H.I.E.L.D.

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(Though this could also be a timey-wimey TV hand wave.)
That only adds more intrigue to the fact that Laura might have been a S.H.I.E.L.D.
So: Laura Barton as Mockingbird?
Maybe it won’t happen.
But it would sure be really cool if it did.
And we’d beverymuch on board.