![]() ![]() Even his letters to his late wife were prevented from reaching her.Ĭoming face-to-face with a man whose idealism has been brutally knocked out of him by the hand life has dealt him is a pivotal moment for Sam, a man who shares Steve Rogers’ belief in humanity’s potential for good. He and his fellow test subjects had no idea what drugs they were taking – he was arguably the lucky one, in the sense that his iteration of the Serum didn’t kill him – and was subsequently locked up to make sure nobody knew he existed. Most powerful are his scenes with Isaiah Bradley, as the forgotten Black Super-Soldier reveals the full tragedy of his life story. From the moment he has his wings permanently clipped by Walker, he gives the story its narrative drive and heart. (Image credit: Marvel/Disney)īut make no mistake, this is Sam Wilson’s episode. We have no doubt he has more of a role to play in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (whether it’s in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier or another movie/TV show), but to have his role reduced to being carted away by the Dora Milaje seems a waste of a character who tends to be the best thing about every scene he’s in.īucky needs to call in some favors from the Dora Milaje in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5. So it’s a big shame that he’s so marginalized in ‘Truth’. Helmut Zemo is clearly speaking sense when he says she’s been completely radicalized. ![]() Hurting the powers-that-be now seems more important to her than helping people in need – to the point she’s prepared to join forces with known criminals like the returning Georges Batroc. ![]() ![]() While The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has – up to now – made great efforts to emphasize the Flag Smashers’ humanitarian motives, here Karli starts morphing into a more two-dimensional villain – and she’s much less interesting as a result. Karli Morgenthau is also struggling to stay on the right side of the Serum’s corrupting influence. Especially now that the incredibly charismatic Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine has paid him a visit, seemingly looking for a way to exploit his unique set of skills. Now disillusioned with the army, but still obsessed with fulfilling his calling as Captain America, Walker may be more dangerous than ever. When the finely tuned human weapon malfunctions, is it the fault of the Super-Soldier himself, or the institution that created him? As he tells the tribunal, he’s spent his entire life living by military mandates, only doing what they’ve asked of him – and doing it well. In fact, it’s only his exemplary record that saves him from a court martial.Īnd yet, despite the many questionable decisions he’s made in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – and his false claims that the man he murdered was Lemar Hoskins’ killer – you still sympathize with the way he’s been treated. It turns out that Captain America killing a foreign national in a public place is kind of a big deal – enough, in fact, to see Sam and Bucky removed from the investigation – and Walker finds himself given an “other than honorable discharge” from a US Army he’s served with distinction. Inevitably, this means the book being thrown at Walker with all the intensity of a flying shield. John Walker isn't going to come in quietly in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5. ![]()
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