Well, no, that isn t true. We re
some the wiser, and we ve definitely got some educated guesses.
On the latest episode of
TBR Spotlight: The Falcon and the Winter Solider [LISTEN from 39.45 below], Eoghan finally admits that Rory may have been correct about his wild theory that began way back in the third episode.
We ve successfully whittled it down to five major suspects. It could be any one of these, or someone else entirely that we haven t guessed here, but sure isn t that half of the fun??
5. BARON ZEMO
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Consider him to be the absolute outsider at this point. Earlier in the series, it did seem like Zemo may have been the Power Broker himself, thanks to his immense wealth and influence and knowledge of all things Madripoor. However, with the fifth episode ending with the Wakanda warriors escorting him to The Raft, it seems his plot is all wrapped up. There isn t zero chance that he could break out, but it does feel like two prison escapes in one season for t
The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Episode 5 Ending Explained
The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Episode 5 Ending Explained Marvel Studios/Disney+
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Marvel s latest Disney+ original series
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has taken viewers on an action-packed thrill ride full of twists and turns. Episode 4, The Whole World is Watching, started out slow but rose to a wild crescendo in the final few moments. As a result of his use of Super Soldier Serum, John Walker (Wyatt Russell) went absolutely berserk in front of Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and the entire world, using the Captain America shield to kill a Flag Smasher in broad daylight.
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When I saw that the title of the fifth episode of
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was going to be “Truth,” I may have fist-pumped a bit. That was the title of the 2003 comic book miniseries by Robert Morales & Kyle Baker that introduced Isaiah Bradley, subtitled
Red, White, and Black, and I was hoping that we’d see more of Carl Lumbly’s MCU version of Bradley. I was not disappointed, as the scene with him and Sam Wilson was one of several excellent scenes in this take-a-breath episode that paused from the fight scenes to remind us of some of the themes that were introduced in the first couple of episodes that had fallen a bit by the wayside.
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In the best scene in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) asks Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) why Erskine chose him a skinny, small, sickly kid who desperately wants to serve his country in World War II to become a super-soldier through Erskine’s serum.
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“The serum amplifies everything that is inside so good becomes great, bad becomes worse,” Erskine explains. “This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows compassion.”