I love this show. Along with the Sam/Bucky delightfulness - which I could watch all day long - it falls into one of my two fave MCU storylines (Cap's world - my other fave is Asgard), so yeah, I'm loving this about 1000% more than WandaVision, which was charming and a good palate-cleanser after both the pandemic state of the world and Endgame. But yeah, this is way more my jam.
I read a really good breakdown of the end credits easter eggs:
If you didn't pay close attention to the credits of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s first episode, you might have missed some vital Easter eggs.
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so hearing a reference to Power Broker confirmed what was already shown there. But along with that, we got a glimpse of Zemo and a scene with Isaiah Bradley (the always magnificent Carl Lumbly
).
Erin Kellyman's Karli was cool too - I hope her character survives all this. She was one of very few memorable people in Solo. I'm just captivated watching her onscreen.
It had to be pointed out to me in another article I read, but Bucky's shrink was Felicity's shrink. And I'm sure that casting was on purpose. But I loved her then and still love her now.
And very happy to see John Walker get some good scenes. I like that we got to see his idealism and the best of him as it looks like yeah, that's already breaking down under the weight of the shield. (See: face stubble - always a bad sign lol - unless you're Sebastian Stan in which case it's perfect. lol)
Oh, and forgot to mention after last ep how much I like Joaquin Torres and looking forward to seeing how his storyline plays out onscreen.
We'd already seen teases of the 'big three' scene and the team shrink scene, but the latter in particular was terrific as the actors (especially SS) had to go from buddy comedy to revelatory shame and sorrow without missing a beat. Hilarious and beautiful.
I'm also really enjoying how relevant the show is, touching on social themes and issues in each episode in a way that fits the story and characters and makes a statement.
Just loving this show. Can't wait for next week!