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Yep. Setting the tone. Reestablishing the characters. Nice cameo by Don Cheadle. This episode was really grounded, and was your typical MCU action. Can't wait to see it develop.

8/10

Really enjoyed this episode. It focused on the daily lives of the characters and the very human struggles they deal with. Some may find that boring but I find it intriguing. Particularly, Bucky's storyline. The therapy scene, him making amends and going on a date. I love it!

The opening sequence featuring The Falcon showed more promise than the first episode actually delivered.

The series could had been truly cinematic. Showing that a streaming platform could elevate episodic television above that of normal television and cable stations.

Instead it became a slow burn episode after the breathtaking opening that features villain Batroc.

Sam has money worries and is looking for a bank loan along with his sister. Being a superhero for hire doesn't pay enough.

After the blip, the world economy is not doing as well with half the population suddenly returning.

As for The Winter Soldier. Bucky has PTSD issues after decades of being an assassin. Haunted by all those people he killed.

The big surprise was that both Sam and Bucky do not yet meet up.

A nice touch, the first scene is Sam doing the ironing. Iron Man!

How does a guy with superhuman strength stomp on somebody's head and in the next scene that are more or less fine, they should be dead with a boot crater in their skull and one eye hanging out, terrible directing. Yeah it's only one scene, but it's an action scene, and I expect more realism from marvel.

At one point Falcon says to his sister when talking about getting a loan "you know I don't play with these white folks" and it just made me cringe, why does race need to be written into the lines of every black character, I don't remember 90s Will Smith having cringy out of place race one-liners. Then they head to the bank and to reinforce this weird narrative there is a clueless white guy who rejects their loan, so I guess black guys don't work at banks?

I don't appreciate this writing, it feels very cheap and makes black actors seem like 21st century caricatures of themselves and takes away from their acting. I know it's just one passing line but this cringy trend always happens if the actor is black. The set up and premise of the bank scene could have been done just as easily without that cringe racial undertone.

Or maybe I just don't get it because I'm not American?

I'm not liking the feeling of this show already, lets hope it gets better.

Falcon and the Winter Soldier opens with one hell of an action scene in the vain of Captain America: Winter Soldier and it's awesome. After that it becomes somewhat of a slow burn which I'm not complaining about, I think we actually need that little lull to help us breathe and really get to know these characters behind the scenes, where they've been after everything that's happened and how they go about their lives when there isn't an Avengers level threat to deal with. Both Sam and Bucky's stories are equally heartbreaking for completely different reasons. We see the emergence of a new threat in the form of a radical terrorist group who's true end goal is still unknown. We also are briefly introduced to the US Agent which is dope. It's not perfect but it's pretty brilliant way to open in my opinion and I like how Tony and Steve's passing looms heavily over the show. A strong 8 from me. Thanks for reading :)

The episode starts with an epic action scene, and you can see some of the flying suit jumps were actual jumps from a plane/heli. We see Batroc back at it again for the first time since 2014 (I think)

The rest of the episode has a slower pace and shows us that even though they saved the UNIVERSE, they're not being compensated the way they should be and Sam struggles just to get a freakin' loan, which is sad, but also a great way of showing us they're real people.

Bucky is trying to make amends, and the guy he tries to tell that he actually killed his son is the sweetest, old man I've seen in the MCU, and you really see his struggle, with the nightmare and everything.

All in all this episode made me craving the next one, which is all I could ask for, the only thing I really think Disney+ should do, is to set the actual episode time and not the full time, because we get 1 minute of intro plus the 7 minutes of end-credits (with no mid- or post-credit scenes yet.)

Ending of the episode was very antagonizing because the shield does not belong to that wacko of an imposter, but SAM, another way they show that the governments of the world don't give a s**t about their real heroes...

9.5/10

Solid start of the series with strong performances by the cast. Good build up of the Flag Smashers. Explored the back story of the leads and their Post Blip & Post Endgame struggles. They mixed real life struggles of the POC with the Marvel storyline in a nice way and they will explore this issue even more in the coming episodes. Looking forward on how bucky will tackle with his trauma and how Sam will take the announcement of New Cap & the unjust behavior of the society with him & his community. Also it will be interesting to see how Sharon Carter will fit into the storyline. How the world will response to New Cap. America? Action was really awesome. Supporting cast was good too. All the characters get enough screentime to built their character's narrative. First attack of the Flag Smashers was so cool and the last 10 seconds really started the Fire.