It’s best taken as a fast-paced reminder of Falcon's advantages-the way his robotic wings can shield bullets, or that he has a few hand-to-hand combat moves for a swift beatdown. The first big sequence this series has to offer is a big TV display of Falcon’s high-flying abilities, to swoop in and around rocks and explosions, chasing after bad guys who have hijacked a plane and later glide below to helicopters. And after all, Kevin Feige said himself that the series “ really starts off with a bang,” so let’s dig into it. After all, both Winter Soldier and Falcon have been a big part of some of Marvel’s best action sequences in movies like “ Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “ Captain America: Civil War.” And since so many arcs are just starting to develop here in the first episode, this seems like the best way to actually judge an episode-like how you can engage musical numbers on their own. I came to this series (or this episode really), excited to check out the action. ![]() A fringe group sounds like a compelling grounded foe for these post-Blip times, especially if they execute more crimes like the one that happens later in the episode. “They want a world that’s unified without borders,” says Torres, who has been tracking them on message boards. The world has a budding terrorist group in the Flag Smashers, who, according to Falcon’s charming army friend Torres ( Danny Ramirez), are fans of “The Blip” and what it achieved for the world. The evil brewing underneath this episode is of course a great mystery, but it is successfully intriguing. The big moment for him in this episode is that he gets a date with a bartender ( Miki Ishikawa), who challenges him to a drinking game of Battleship and starts to peel away his layers. We’ve seen all types of Bucky in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and this episode shows him in a fairly isolated but sardonic state he doesn’t have many friends (except for a kind old man), he struggles with therapy, and he is still very much an outsider, reminded every so often that he’s actually 106 years old. As the story establishes more of Sam’s personal side, it uses these family elements to humanize him while showing that it’s not like Avengers are salaried.Įlsewhere in the United States, James "Bucky" Barnes aka the Winter Soldier ( Sebastian Stan) is dealing with some PTSD from his days of working for the evil Hydra, who brainwashed him before the people of Wakanda helped free his brain. ![]() He’d rather focus on his family, namely the boat that his parents owned and ran a business with for years his sister Sarah (a scene-stealing Adepero Oduye), on the other hand, wants to sell the boat because of the expenses, and the financial devastation that came in from five years of “The Blip,” as the vanishing events from " Avengers: Infinity War" are now called. ![]() But as we see early in this episode, Sam does not want that role, and instead donates it to the Smithsonian. “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” picks up months after the events of “ Avengers: Endgame,” in which Chris Evans’ Captain America handed over his shield to Sam Wilson/Falcon ( Anthony Mackie), essentially passing on the title to him. But the action-which I bet will define this series overall-leaves one hoping the show's later episodes are treated with more imagination and ambition. ![]() Disney has only provided the first episode for review, so there isn’t a whole lot of new story to chew on. With “WandaVision” having hit its season finale, the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues its expanse into TV with “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” a series that intends to spotlight previously supporting Avengers as major TV characters.
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