Sam introduces them to a new part of the exhibit, a statue of Isaiah Bradley and a display telling his story, and the “dozen African American soldiers who were recruited against their will and without their consent” who were experimented on in the attempt to re-create the super-soldier serum. But we’ve witnessed a Black man become Captain America, and to see him succeed in that role can’t be tidy or safe business.įor all the action beats, character deaths and reveals in the sixth and final episode, the scene I keep coming back to is Sam, Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), and Eli Bradley (Elijah Richardson) at the Captain America exhibit in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. In some ways it’s uncommonly tidy for the MCU. There are, of course, seeds for the future that are planted, but most characters end up where the course of their arcs have been leading them all season. On the surface, the finale seems to wrap everything up nice and neat. Both men, by contending with history, theirs and others, emerge better for having done so. The journey that audiences have seen Sam and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) take following the conclusion of Avengers: Endgame has been rife with challenges, both physical and psychological. And what a glorious suit it is! But it’s the man in that suit that gives it meaning. We have a Black Captain America, so what now? The finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, “One World, One People,” saw Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) don the Captain America suit.
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