Being bested by the Dora Milaje, who have no superpowers but are supremely good warriors, pushes him over the edge to take the serum and become a super-soldier himself.īut as Zemo points out, power ultimately corrupts everyone it touches. And it’s the same within the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well, so he’s constantly trying to prove himself as being worthy, proving that he has what it takes to follow in Steve’s footsteps. What’s particularly interesting about this is that we’ve all been programmed to hate Walker from the start because he’s not Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ). He thinks that because he’s wearing the red, white and blue and brandishing an iconic symbol of America that he has carte blanche to do whatever he wants. He rushes into situations with a hot head. It’s a shame there are only two episodes left because this is the most compelling the show has been yet.Īt the risk of getting too political, everything about the character of John Walker is obviously meant to represent how people around the world often view the United States.

We’re finally getting to the real meat of the show’s story, digging into what happens when the wrong people are given immense power they’re not equipped to handle or control. SEE ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ brought back a familiar face from Wakandaīut the image of blood dripping from Captain America’s iconic shield after Walker, now with super-soldier serum running through his veins, killed one of the Flag-Smashers in front of a crowd of people because Karli killed Lemar is an image that people won’t forget any time soon. By the end of the hour, though, Zemo has escaped custody, the vials of super-soldier serum have been destroyed, Lemar is dead, and Bucky’s vibranium arm has fallen off during a fight with Ayo ( Florence Kasumba ) and the rest of the Dora Milaje (he reattached it, don’t worry). Walker ( Wyatt Russell ) and Lemar ( Cle Bennett ) are hot on their tail, letting the trio do the heavy lifting for them. Most of the episode focuses on Sam ( Anthony Mackie ), Bucky ( Sebastian Stan ) and Zemo’s ( Daniel Brühl ) attempt to track down Karli ( Erin Kellyman ) and the Flag-Smashers after they blew up a GRC supply depot and killed several people last week.

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