re: Official Falcon and Winter Soldier Episode 4 Discussion thread

I enjoyed the episode and I'm enjoying the show.

The one downside for me is sometimes things seem a little too plot driven rather than character driven. ie: Characters do things to move the plot along rather than the logical thing for that character.

An instance from earlier is that I don't think Sam would have ever gone along with freeing Zemo or would have worked with him. I'm not even sure Bucky would have gone there.

In this episode, the Dora Milaje came across as morons by letting a fight with Walker distract them so that Zemo could escape. (Granted, they have never come across as particularly level headed, but for God's sake, keep your attention on what you went there to accomplish).

What I did like was they tried to present both John Walker and Karli Morgenthau as complex characters with both sympathetic moments and shortcomings. Granted, they were more successful at that with Walker (especially for places like this board), but they didn't go black/white for either. Same for Zemo.

I also liked that they kind of tied up having super soldier serum floating around. By killing the scientist, smashing most of the vials and killing off some of the Flag Smashers (and I'm guessing arresting others that were incapacitated in the fight), that should tighten things up.