[6.6/10] I like the idea of trotting out the old chestnut of “two guys who don’t get along are handcuffed to one another and have to figure out how to make it work” in a superhero context. The problem is that we don’t know Hawkeye, and his personality is barely sketched out here, and while we sort of know Beetle, he’s already been watered down as a villain and it’s not like the show spent a lot of time giving him a personality before now anyway. So the result is Spider-Man and a barely-defined ally versus a barely-defined villain, which doesn't make for a very exciting episode.
There is some solid buddy cop humor, with Spidey’s names for Hawkeye’s various arrows. And there’s occasionally some creative bits with those arrows, whether it’s a sonic blast or an “ensarrow.” But for the most part, the action was solid but unmemorable, despite the “glued together” conceit.
The entire theme of Spidey and Hawkeye not really liking each other, only to develop a begrudging respect due to their “literally stuck with one another” circumstances isn’t the worst idea, but the episode doesn't really go anywhere, just hitting the same beats over and over again. There’s potential for comedy and action there, but on the whole, this one just comes off as a perfunctory pairing between Spidey and one of the fewer Avengers we haven’t run into yet on the show.
Overall, this one isn’t bad, just a little generic, with a premise that has promise that’s never realized.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2018-12-09T22:53:41Z
[6.6/10] I like the idea of trotting out the old chestnut of “two guys who don’t get along are handcuffed to one another and have to figure out how to make it work” in a superhero context. The problem is that we don’t know Hawkeye, and his personality is barely sketched out here, and while we sort of know Beetle, he’s already been watered down as a villain and it’s not like the show spent a lot of time giving him a personality before now anyway. So the result is Spider-Man and a barely-defined ally versus a barely-defined villain, which doesn't make for a very exciting episode.
There is some solid buddy cop humor, with Spidey’s names for Hawkeye’s various arrows. And there’s occasionally some creative bits with those arrows, whether it’s a sonic blast or an “ensarrow.” But for the most part, the action was solid but unmemorable, despite the “glued together” conceit.
The entire theme of Spidey and Hawkeye not really liking each other, only to develop a begrudging respect due to their “literally stuck with one another” circumstances isn’t the worst idea, but the episode doesn't really go anywhere, just hitting the same beats over and over again. There’s potential for comedy and action there, but on the whole, this one just comes off as a perfunctory pairing between Spidey and one of the fewer Avengers we haven’t run into yet on the show.
Overall, this one isn’t bad, just a little generic, with a premise that has promise that’s never realized.