Jeremy Renner reprise his role as Clint Barton from the film series, with Hailee Steinfeld joining him as Kate Bishop.

Tony Dalton, Alaqua Cox, Fra Fee, Aleks Paunovic, Piotr Adamczyk, and Zahn McClarnon also star.

[2][3] Executive producers for the series include head writer Jonathan Igla, Rhys Thomas, Brad Winderbaum, Trinh Tran, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, and Kevin Feige.

[7] Directors Bert and Bertie described "The version of Maya we've seen has been born of losing her father, and she reacts to things very emotionally and very in the moment" while calling Kazi "a passionate, more level-headed character".

[9] The episode stars Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton, Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, Tony Dalton as Jack Duquesne, Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez / Echo, Fra Fee as Kazi, Aleks Paunovic as Ivan, Piotr Adamczyk as Thomas, and Zahn McClarnon as William Lopez.

The directors were enthralled to have a family connection between the two, with Bertie noting Besaw learned ASL for the role, and had "a wonderful naivety and charm to her that sets up the character in exactly the right way".

[25] Hawkeye was the top streaming series for viewers in the United States for the week ending December 5 according to Whip Media's TV Time.

[27] Matt Purslow of IGN was happy with the direction of Barton and Bishop's dynamic, saying that the series' creative team knew exactly what they were doing with them.

He was happy with the fact that the pair were in almost every scene and shot of the episode together as it was "convincingly pushing forward and building up their partnership" as a result.

Purslow praised the action, including the variety of trick shots by Barton in the warehouse, as well as the one-shot during the car chase.

Purslow commended Marvel on casting Cox because it ensured "deafness is more than just a passing mention" as it allowed for authenticity and representation.

Siede said that the episode "never loses sight of the fact that our hero killed Maya's dad" and as a result it "adds some dark emotional weight to even its zippiest action moments".

Siede said the laugh of Lopez's "uncle" made her think of Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk from the Netflix Daredevil series.

He felt that between the scenes of young Maya and her father, as well as her seeing her dad killed by Ronin, the series "does a fantastic job of making the audience care about Echo in a relatively short amount of time".

[31] Carl Richard Burden, Noon Orsatti, Renae Moneymaker, and Crystal Hooks were nominated for Outstanding Stunt Performance at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.