The monk makes the robes. What They Say: The Review: Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers) Early on in the episode, Batroc the Leaper faces off against Sam, now decked out in his Captain America togs. He says, in French, “Robes don’t make the monk,” getting at the central question about who and what Captain America is. Unlike John Walker, who believed that the uniform and shield made him Captain America, Sam was Cap all along, bringing empathy and dignity to the symbol that Walker never could. The monk makes the robes, not the other way around, and Sam proves that time and again in this episode.