Finished
Overall dope finale.
I WILL say they severely fukked up by not giving this series 8 episodes or even 10. This was a decent series that had ALL the tools to be an instant classic but they stuffed waaayyyyy too much into six episodes.
I didn’t care about Karlie at ALL. The flag smashers as a CONCEPT is excellent, but the execution was lowkey trash. They didn’t have enough time to really make Karlie a tragic or even sympathetic character. She just came off as a whiny hypocritical brat. Even villains who are hypocrites need the right amount of character development to make you at least understand their humanity. We didn’t get that Karlie. They never even explained why SHE ended up being the leader. All of her followers were legit looking at her like
half the episode and I was seriously expecting the Asian dude to turn on her after she sprouted that weak ass “One World” slogan.
If they were going to condense the series to six episodes then Zemo should’ve just been the main villain because we already know his backstory and can understand his motivations.
I really liked how they gave Sam the respect he deserved when embracing the Captain America mantle. The part where he saved the senators in the falling truck was AWESOME and I had to rewind and watch it twice.
I also liked the juxtaposition of Walker trying to help and failing while Sam tried to help and succeeded. Showing that the INNER strength of a black man was worth more than the super physical strength of the white man.
The series also did a great job showing Bucky and Sam becoming genuine friends. I like their chemistry.
The conversation with Isaiah gave me all the feels
. That final shot of him getting his memorial was outstanding. You can TELL a breh wrote that shyt. Excellent
John Walker also got the shaft due to time restraints. In my opinion they didn’t even do a good job of showing him as a super soldier. He was pretty much the same to me except now he could properly fight the flag smashers but they STILL kicked his ass.
And didn’t the government FORBID him from wearing the uniform? Why wasn’t he immediately arrested after the battle?
I LOVED the Captain America And The Winter Soldier title card at the end, that was a nice touch. Its also a big hint that we’ll be seeing a season 2 which if they get a proper episode count for i’ll all in.
Overall i’d give this season a 7.5/10. I’m convinced with 8 episodes it could have been an easy 10. But it is what it is