With Steve’s blessing, Sam suited up in a new red, white, and blue version of his Falcon armor, and toted along the most iconic symbol of Captain America, his ricocheting shield. Given his new geriatric body, Steve retired from the field and named Sam as his successor. A supervillain had recently neutralized the super soldier serum in Steve’s blood, which not only removed all his enhanced physical abilities but also made him susceptible to all of his 90-odd years of aging.
How Sam became Captain America in the comics shares at least one similarity with how it has happened in the movies: Steve Rogers was really old at the time. Image: Angel Unzueta Galarza/Marvel Comics The answer was a resounding “yes.” In the opening moments of episode 6, Sam soars into battle with hybrid Falcon-Captain America look straight out of the comics. Could Falcon really become Captain America after everything that had happened? After training with the shield all episode, what was in the box was both obvious and an unnerving twist. Karli Morgenthau’s planned attack on a GRC conference in New York City forced the duo back into action - and forced Sam to suit up with an un-revealed new set of armor. With John Walker out of commission after slaughtering a Flag-Smasher in episode 4, Sam and Bucky spent most of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s fifth hour reflecting on the state of the world while building a boat. Falcon’s new Captain America costume is familiar to Marvel fans Image: Marvel Studios The episode tried to address all of the issues raised over the season’s run, but the clearest message was directed at Marvel’s most prickly Twitter followers. Episode 6 made room for a classic Marvel Comics reference and, in the spirit of the show, a barrage of other ideas. In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier finale, “One World, One People,” Sam’s struggle came to an end, although maybe not a conclusion.
Abrams playbook.Ĭould it actually take a stance in the end? Could any character come out of a situation like Sam’s, in which a soldier fills the role of both Avenger and moral philosopher, with a clearly defined place in the world? Did the world need a new Captain America? Questions, not answers, seemed to be Spellman’s priority, but the ambiguity of the politics bared down on the drama.
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But by episode 4, the Disney Plus series had asked so many questions, it felt like an ethical Mystery Box out of the J.J. Creator Malcolm Spellman made clear, even before the first episode, that his series would grapple with race, heroism, and the dark side of American history. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier defined itself in the Marvel Cinematic Cosmos through big ideas and blunt interrogation.
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