Instead, we get that explanation from his sister Sarah, who is blunter about how the government and new Captain America don’t care about people like her.īucky gets a rather emotional flashback scene showing the first time in Wakanda they read the activation words since his treatment started. Yet the show doesn’t go far enough to explain why Sam is able to empathize with her. Unlike Walker, he tries to reason with her so she won’t become the same type of villain she’s fighting. We see Sam empathize with Karli and her desire to help people. While this shocking ending certainly makes up for some of the episode’s weaker points, the episode is not without fault.Īs much as I appreciate what the show has to say about Captain America’s legacy, this episode fails to spend adequate time on two very important parts of that legacy: Sam and Bucky. All throughout the season characters have asked, “can and should there be another Captain America?” The ending of Episode 4 seems to give us an answer. The Flag-Smashers wanted to kill Captain America, but instead, Walker does that all by himself by completely tarnishing everything the name stood for. Seeing that shield, that symbol of hope, dripping with blood is one of the most disturbing images to ever come out of the MCU. In the final moments of the episode, the audience is treated to a horrifying scene where Walker bashes one of the Super Soldiers to death with the shield while a crowd of people watch and film him. It’s a heartbreaking moment, but heroes’ origin stories are filled with tragedies. The biggest test of all comes after he’s taken the serum and watches his partner Lemar accidentally killed in a conflict with The Flag-Smashers. He steals the last vial of Super Soldier serum instead of turning it in.Īfter his fragile ego has been stomped on by the Dora Milaje, he takes the serum. He wants to fight Karli instead of trying to reason with her. From Tragedy to HorrorĮvery decision Walker makes on this episode shows why he could never live up to Steve Rogers. As much as the show tried to humanize him, the audience picked up from the start that he did not have what it takes to be Captain America. There was never any question that John Walker would become a villain. That’s true for the dark turn of events on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 4, “The Whole World Is Watching.” Knowing something is going to happen doesn’t make it any easier to watch.
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