The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
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One persons hero is anothers villain; one groups terrorist is another groups revolutionary.
The Whole World is Watching opens in Wakanda in the final days of Buckys deprogramming.
Everything is a cycle.
She gives Bucky eight hours to use Zemo before they come for him.
No one has any patience in the MCU.
Karlis profile as an international villain has grown exponentially after bombing a GRC supply location, killing three.
And John Walker will learn he certainly wasnt good enough for it before his arc is done.
Sam, Bucky, and Zemo need to find Karli and her super serums before someone else does.
They get to Riga, where the funeral for Donya Madani is going to be held this afternoon.
Sam wants a little assistance and so calls in Sharon to be his eyes in the sky.
The most famous hero in the world is about to make that clear at the end of this episode.
Walker and Hoskins catch up with this shows Three Musketeers, and its almost immediately confrontational.
There will be a lot of discussion about the arc of John Walker, aka U.S. His take on Walker isnt just an alpha male who takes heroism too far.
That desperation comes through in his restlessness around Karli.
The new Cap gives Sam a little bit of time to work his charismatic magic.
Karli would call it his hopeless optimism.
While Sam is talking to Karli, and seems to be making ground, Walker is getting restless.
Sam tells Karli shes a supremacist, echoing what Zemo said earlier, but he seems to be connecting.
And then Walker ruins it all.
He spooks Karli, who runs, and then they lose her.
Suddenly, Zemo has found her, and hes shooting.
Theres super serum everywhere.
Walker bursts in, knocks out Zemo, and spots one remaining vial of super juice.
Ayo takes Buckys arm off!
Spears and shields are thrown.
In the chaos, Zemo pulled an El Chapo, escaping through the sewers.
Are villains made more evil by power and heroes made more heroic?
Then what is John Walker?
And does power amplify weakness as much as strength, even in heroes?
Is it that easy?
Did John put it in his coffee?
Fewer side effects than the Moderna vaccine?
Anyway, hes kicking dudes down flights of stairs and bending pipes.
Did they just fridge Battlestar?
Did they kill a Black character to give a push to a white ones arc?
And Sarah once again this week became a gadget on the other end of the phone.
Lets see how this plays out next week.
Before then, John Walker sees nothing but red.
Everyone sees it, including Karli.
They all have their phones out.
And Captain Americas shield is covered in blood.
Easter Eggs Assemble
This is totally a stretch, but every MCU product makes people more flexible.
When Zemo mentions Cherry Blossom tea, it feels like a reference, right?
Could it be a coincidence that theres a Marvel character named Cherry Blossom?
Likely not a connection, but MCU fans have made wilder ones.
They dont all need to require a thesis in Marvel Comics to connect.
