[Chiefspants]

Spoiler!

It's a meh from me.

At the end of the day, I think the writers got caught up in the fact that they had 6 episodes and overextended themselves with the characters, storylines, and thus this series just suffered from having too much going on the entire time.

What I liked...

ZEMO and his Butler - seriously, so much fun. Wish they would have had more time -- this will be a common complaint.

I ended up liking John Walker. Cut the flag smashers and have him and Sam be teaming up to stop threats on a week by week basis while Sam is noticing him getting more and more aggressive throughout the series eventually the threats could have been linked to the Power Broker or some such. There were so many better ways they could have approached the antagonists (and the protagonists!) in this series. JLD was also inspired casting on their part. Very excited to see what they do with him as US Agent.

What I was meh on...

It's not a good sign when I just felt completely "meh" about the protagonists over six episodes. It was like the internal doubt Sam felt in the series was also felt by the writers trying to transition The Falcon from a supporting character to a main character. Big waste of Anthony Mackie's talents, dude is a born lead.

Bucky --- I know a big part of this series was him disconnecting from the WS (which explains his nerfing throughout), so it felt weird he kept the title in the end (was hoping they'd go White Wolf).

The Power Broker reveal. Just... eh. I know it's something "different" for Sharon. But even if she had 7 years. 7 years feels like way too short of a time to have cultivated the reputation she did in the city. Also, it feels like they went that direction to make her "evil" just to have a twist. Again, more time would have been really beneficial here. It's possible The Power Broker could have a Dread Pirate Roberts reveal where many held that title before her to build that legacy. Marvel fans are really hoping it's a set-up for the secret invasion storyline, but most admit they hope this because otherwise this reveal was just a big, big meh.

What sucked.

The Flag Smashers. I know COVID completely altered their storyline but they were unnecessary from the beginning. You devote a total of 30 minutes over 6 episodes to the antagonists and then go for an emotional death with Karli? Not at all feeling it. The show would have been much better cutting them from the get go and giving more time for everything else to breathe.

And to beat a dead horse.. THERE WAS TOO MUCH GOING ON. Nothing had time to breathe. The reveals and politics often felt forced, and while Anthony Mackie did the best he absolutely could, there was only so much he could do with such a crammed script and his development being left to montages. At the end of the day, didn’t the Falcon and the WS end exactly at the place we thought they’d be at the end of Endgame?

Rant over