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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Episode 2: The Star-Spangled Man | Full Reaction
🕑 Added 2025-06-26 13:00:12 +0000 UTCThis episode left me sitting with A LOT.
Watching Steve Rogers' legacy get passed down to John Walker felt a bit like a gut punch, obviously. I'll admit his resume, demeanor (at least in the beginning?), and overall vibe seemed pretty even-keel. Almost a bit like a copy/paste of Steve Rogers. I bit my tongue a lot not to call him Walmart Steve Rogers. But it all still felt wrong. The suit, the shield, the pageantry at the football field.. It just felt like watching someone wear a friend's clothes and call them their own.
But I think what hit hardest in this one was Bucky and Sam's trip to Baltimore. That scene with Isaiah opened something in me that I never thought about before. The way Isaiah's story was buried, the way he was used and forgotten. And then Sam's reaction to it all. It pulled up suffocating feelings of how history chooses whose stories get told.
And I really felt for Bucky here, too. His anger isn't just about the shield, but grief. He's still holding onto the one friend who never gave up on him. Then being forced to watch the last piece of friendship be handed off like a government prop, again. His feelings are valid, but so are Sam's. There is so much left unsaid between him and Sam. I think the messy, tense therapy session broke through a few important walls, though. Enough to get the healing started at least.
There was a lot of weight in this episode. It wasn't flashy in the usual MCU way either. It was loaded with deep emotion, dark American history, and questions that never have easy answers. I'm impressed that the MCU didn't shy away from any of it.
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LINK: https://youtu.be/XZS8BdwqI4M
I watched this on Disney Plus
Comments
Aldo Gonzales
This was the buddy cop show I didn’t know I needed. Sam and Bucky are probably the best duo in that department since Rush Hour. By the way, since you saw The Last of Us this is the project that introduced me to Danny Ramirez. That’s why I was surprised to see him in season 2 as Manny.
Kali Wali
Yeaaaah, I definitely get how it can seem super petty that Sam and Bucky are mad at Walker even though it's truly not his fault. But I do think it's a pretty human response. We often lash out at the face of a problem rather than its source. I wish more people were like you, though. And honestly, I try to think like that and not take things out on the wrong person/thing- But I do, sometimes...
Seth
This episode was a mixed bag for me. You had the great stuff which was johns introduction, sam and buckys dynamic, the awkward therapy session lol, isaiahs introduction, zemos return but the one thing i didnt like is the fact that sam and bucky are angry at john for taking up the mantle its not his fault they should be criticising the government not john anyone would take the chance if they were given it and not wanting to team up with him because they'd be much stronger together. While sam did retire the shield lets be honest the government aren't going to let it rot in a museum. I'd probably be mad too to be honest but i wouldn't take it out on walker.
The Dingo
Now you are seeing what I meant when I said there was more about the shield's legacy that you didn't know yet. There is more to come
