You don’t deserve it! My father made that shield!”Ī defeated Tony Stark spoke those words at the end of “Captain America: Civil War” after Steve plunged his vibranium shield into Iron Man’s arc reactor (an image mirrored in an incredibly dark way at the end of this episode). Zemo, single-minded in his goal, tries to destroy all the serum, before being stopped by Walker, who spots and pockets the last remaining vial (bad decision No. Walker busts in on Sam and Karli which allows the latter to escape, but not before getting shot by Zemo and dropping all the remaining super soldier serum. It should be noted that during Sam’s cordial chat with Karli, New Cap (like New Coke) John Walker is spazzing in another room with Zemo, Bucky, and Battlestar, which leads to him making his first, but certainly not last, bad decision of the episode. Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, and Clé Bennett in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” That description could also describe Steve Rogers, who even after becoming disillusioned by the government would fight for a just cause. Sam asks back, “Well, can’t I be a little bit of both?” And he’s right. “You’re either brilliant or hopelessly optimistic,” chides Karli. After Zemo (really the only person moving the plot forward) finds out where the funeral for Karli’s surrogate mother Donya Madani will be held, Sam attempts to use his grief counseling background to rationalize with the lead Flag Smasher, acknowledging the helplessness of the needy, but assuring her that killing people doesn’t make it a better world. #FALCON AND WINTER SOLDIER EPISODES FULL#Karli has not gone full Red Skull, but she is seemingly fighting the divergent aspects of her personality. Revisiting that line, however, in the wake of “The Whole World Is Watching,” brings all sorts of shades of gray to what was once a fairly black-and-white issue (Cap:good::Red Skull:bad). In the film, this is used primarily to distinguish Steve from Red Skull, the first recipient of Erskine’s formula, whose quest for power would become his ultimate undoing. Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) the night before Steve Rogers is given his dose of the super-soldier serum (alongside a whole bunch of vita-rays), which transforms the scrawny and scrappy kid from Brooklyn into the original Star-Spangled Man with a Plan, Captain America. These, of course, are the words spoken by Dr. Because a strong man, who has known power all his life, will lose respect for that power.” But there has never been another Steve Rogers, has there?” When Bucky states that “the serum never corrupted Steve,” Zemo responds, “Touché. Zemo, no fan of super soldiers, is quick to remind Bucky and Sam that as someone who willingly took the super soldier serum, Karli is a supremacist on a radicalized path. Cap would never blow up a van, killing civilians, nor threaten to murder someone over the phone.Įrin Kellyman in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” The world of the MCU post-blip is awful (and, unfortunately, sounds a lot like our world), with income inequality growing more cavernous and government aid less and less reliable.ĭuring a mission to retrieve the rest of the super-soldier serum she and the other Flag Smashers stole from the Power Broker, Karli and one of her acolytes have a long conversation about Captain America, where her follower suggests she could be the new Cap as “a leader who looks like them, who understand their pain.” Karli is trying to rectify the ills of the world through an “eat the rich” philosophy, but her methods seem a tad messy and too often villainous. De-facto leader of The Flag Smashers Karli Morgenthau (Erin Kellyman) finds herself in a very similar position. It’s what led to his dissatisfaction with the stars and stripes and his crossing of a patriotic Maginot Line. If he saw a situation pointed south, as in “Captain America: Civil War,” he couldn’t ignore it. Steve Rogers, the Jack Pearson of superheroes, was unflinchingly perfect. “I don’t want to kill anyone, but I don’t like bullies I don’t care where they’re from.” – Steve Rogers Oscars 2023: Best Original Score Predictions Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movies: 40 Films the Director Wants You to See 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Review: Episode 2 Reunites the MCU's Preeminent Comedic Duo 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Review: Episode 3 Seeks Out the 'Power Broker' in Zemo Dark Thirty
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