It'd be a whole easier if I had Cap's wingman on my side." I'm just trying to be the best Captain America I can be. "You didn't think the shield was gonna end up here," he says, understanding Bucky's anger. He even has a Bucky-style partner in Lemar Hoskins (Clé Bennett), also known as Battlestar, and tries to convince Sam and Bucky to work with them. Much as I wanted to hate the politician-approved Captain America, John Walker ( Wyatt Russell) starts out pretty likeable and has excellent Steve Rogers-esque hair. Between this and the scene in the bank in the previous episode, it's clear this show isn't steering clear of race as an issue. It's an uncomfortable scene to watch, especially after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis last May. The officer backs down only when he realizes Sam is an Avenger. It attracts the attention of some passing police officers on the street, prompting one of them to ask if Sam is "bothering" Bucky and to ask to see Sam's ID. Immediately after learning of the racially problematic treatment of a Black super soldier, Sam is understandably upset as he and Bucky leave. Between this show and WandaVision, the MCU could be building up its own version of the teenage superteam. Eli's comic counterpart is empowered by an infusion of his grandfather's blood and becomes Patriot, a member of the Young Avengers along with Wiccan and Speed.
Living with Isaiah is his grandson Eli Bradley (Elijah Richardson). His treatment is evidence of the chilling lack of ethics in attempts to recreate the formula. Isaiah's mention of "your people" is a reference to Hydra, which infiltrated SHIELD after World War II. It sure sounds like something similar happened in the MCU. He was ultimately released and sworn to secrecy, but the legend of the Black Captain America began to spread. On a mission, he took on the Captain America mantle - an act the military saw as treasonous, and which got him thrown in prison. In the comics, Isaiah was one of 300 Black soldiers used as guinea pigs by the US as it tried to recreate the serum. "People running tests, taking my blood, coming into my cell. "You know what they did to me for being a hero? They put my ass in jail for 30 years," says an angry Isaiah. Isaiah Bradley, a super soldier who fought Bucky in the 1950s, doesn't want to revisit the past.īucky tries to convince Isaiah to tell him and Sam how there are more super soldiers out there, but he isn't happy about the questioning and ultimately boots them out. Isaiah apparently took half of Bucky's bionic arm - much like Iron Man would later do in Civil War. They had a tussle in 1951, during the Korean War, when Bucky was under Hydra's control. Experiments with the formula also led to the creation of the Hulk and the Abomination.īucky reveals the existence of Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), a super soldier during the Korean War.
It was recreated by groups like Hydra and the US government in the years since, enhancing people like Bucky. The Super Soldier Serum was used to turn Steve Rogers into Captain America during World War II, but the original version was lost and its creator Abraham Erskine was killed by a Hydra assassin. This episode reveals that he's in prison in Berlin, and he'll no doubt play mind games with the boys in the next episode. He blamed the Avengers for this, and became obsessed with destroying the group.īlack Panther stopped Zemo from taking his own life after his plan was complete, and he was last seen in CIA custody. The former head of a paramilitary group in Sokovia, Zemo lost his family when Ultron attacked his country's capital city. We last saw Zemo in Captain America: Civil War, when he reactivated Bucky's programming and used him to drive the Avengers apart. Marvel Studios/Screenshot by Sean Keane/CNETĪt the end of the episode, lacking any leads on the Super Soldier Serum-empowered Flag Smashers and at odds with new Captain America John Walker, Sam agrees to Bucky's plan to meet an imprisoned Helmut Zemo ( Daniel Brühl) for intel. Let's leap into SPOILER town for episode the second.Įven in prison, Zemo looks like he's hatching an evil plan. We've also got antinationalist group the Flag Smashers running around causing trouble. Sam and Bucky didn't cross paths in the first episode, but they're done plenty of verbal jousting in the past. Our other hero, Bucky Barnes ( Sebastian Stan), is struggling to make amends for his many murders as brainwashed assassin the Winter Soldier. The politicians clearly saw this as an opportunity, so they quickly chose a new Cap - likely one they could control. However, he decided no one should take up the mantle and handed the iconic shield over to the US government. Wingsuit-wearing Air Force vet Sam Wilson, also known as Falcon ( Anthony Mackie), was chosen to be the next Captain America by Steve Rogers.
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