EW recaps and considers the season finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Well, here we are at the end.
Now that we do…I must say I’m disappointed.
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First, let’s go through it.
You’ll never guess what was inside!
Just kidding, yes you will, it’s his new Captain America suit!
The thing we’ve been awaiting for five episodes has finally happened: Sam is the new Captain America.
Unless I’m mistaken, this is Redwing’s first appearance in the show since the premiere.
That’s far from the only bookend moment in this finale.
Luckily one of the hostages knows how to fly a helicopter and takes control of the vessel afterward.
Here’s where things get confusing.
What is a surprise is how he acts.
Speaking of which, are you ready to learn who the Power Broker was?
Guess what, it’s Sharon!
Then comes the most insufferable part of this episode.
Having saved the members of the GRC from violent revolutionaries, Sam proceeds to give them a wannabeAaron Sorkinlecture.
This Sam monologue is the apex of the show’s tendency in this regard.
But is that true?
This is the first time he’s taken up the shield, and everyone seems pretty psyched about it!
Earlier we cut to a crowd scene of people of different races cheering him on.
Who’s the bad guy here again?
John Walker is such a hateable figure, they should’ve leaned into that and made him a heel.
), but instead the show only ever treated him as a misunderstood hero trying to do his best.
We all loved it!
“Agatha All Along"was the song of the winter!
This is a superhero story, folks, and superheroes are only as good as their supervillains.
I will also say that the treatment of female characters in this show is frankly kind of weird.
I don’t know, I’m just left feeling kind of hollow.
It will be interesting to see which pathLokiandHawkeyetake.Grade: C
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