Walker causes issues for Sam and Bucky in episode 4 of 'The Falcon and Winter Soldier'

 

In this week's episode, Bucky, Sam, and Zemo are racing against the clock to try and find the Flag Smashers. This one is a long one with a lot of things happening so strap in and let's go. 

The show starts off on a very depressing note, so be careful. We get to see how Bucky was able to get past the codes with the help of the Wakanda. It's very emotional to see Bucky face his fears and a turning point for his character.

The solider for Wakanda gives Bucky 8 hours to finish their mission before they come to get Zemo. So they have to find Karli before she disappears and it's too late. Of course, Zemo is able to get the information but he is not going to share all of it knowing that Bucky and Sam are going to turn him in. Sam enlists the trust of Sharon (who is very reminiscent of her role on Revenge with her low voice and connections everywhere). 

Walker comes in hot wanting to take control of the situation. Sam of course wants to try and talk to Karli, trying to deescalate the situation and Walker wants to go in guns blazing. Sam was able to buy 10 minutes and about seven of those minutes were successful until of course Walker's pride gest the better of him and he is able to trick Bucky into going after Karli. Now, she blames Sam thinking it was a trick. 

Zemo was able to corner Karli and wound her, causing her to drop the viles of super solider serum. Surprisingly, Zemo doesn't try to take one but he starts breaking them. He gets through most of it until Walker knocks him out. Walker shows his true self by taking a serum for himself. This is where Steve and Walker differ. Steve would have turned over that serum and done the right thing but Walker's pride is not going to let Rogers be the better Captain America. 

Once again Walker messes things up with the Wakanda soldiers come to get Zemo. He starts a fight with them and this allows Zemo to slip out. But all it does it hurt Walker's pride more because he gets his butt handed to him. 

Karli wants to talk to Sam and she is using Sarah to get to him. During the meeting, once again Walker goes guns blazing and causes the meeting to be cut short  between Karli and Sam. And it looks like he's a bit different then last time. Fighting ensues and things are going as these things normally go, until Walker's partner, Lemar gets killed by Karli. And he snaps. He goes after Karli's solider and very publicly kills the man with the shield. This part is definitely one of the more graphic scenes that we have seen in Marvel universe.

The takeaways from this episode is that we officially do not like Walker. While on paper, he may be similar to Steve Rogers, he definitely does not have his moral compass. Zemo has escaped and we all knew that it would be a matter of time. Sam and Karli have a certain kinship and this will likely important later on. There are only two episodes left and if they are anything like this episode, it's going to be a roller coaster ride.

What did you think of the show?