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.

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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.

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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.