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Well, I felt that the finale was
moderately clunky yet inspiring. "I'm Captain America." YES YOU ARE.
Everything with Bucky is amazing. Sebastian Stan did such great work in all of his character development scenes, many of which required some nuanced, quiet stuff.
The one thing that completely didn't work for me was
the Power Broker stuff. People had obviously figured out that it was Sharon, but there's no connection between the character we've previously been shown and this character. A huge part of CAatWS was the value of doing what was right, even if people disagreed with you, and even if the costs you paid were high. And her eulogy in Civil War: "Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, 'No, you move'."
So I'm expecting
that she's a Skrull or whatever. *handwave*
Dana, full agree.
One thing that bugged me was
how quickly the show wanted us to come around on John Walker. What's it been, a week? I know I said I found him sympathetic last time but that was kind of based on the idea that he'd feel guilty or something. Russell
still did a good job though. Also,
I had to do a movie-logic handwave about the Smithsonian visit - how did he get that there? Did he get the govt to ADMIT to that? Seems surprising. Also, Isaiah specifically said to let him stay erased and might have had a really bad reaction to you completely ignoring that. But, deep breath, "emotional moment trumps logic," and I'm good.
So during the first ep's
Battleship date I remember thinking that Bucky really looked too old for her (and then realizing I didn't have a guess as to her age)
and then this time
when he looks through the restaurant window, he looks perceptibly younger. I don't know if anyone else had that reaction, but it made a nice contrast for me. Even though I have some issues with Sam's advice. Ah well.
So it was weird, but I liked it.
ETA one last ETA. Is there some shortage of
razors post-blip? That was a LOT of scruff onscreen.
Well, some really good moments, but I don’t love the whole as I expected to.
One thing that bugged me was
how quickly the show wanted us to come around on John Walker. What's it been, a week? I know I said I found him sympathetic last time but that was kind of based on the idea that he'd feel guilty or something. Russell still did a good job though.
Yeah, I thought the moment when
he visibly made the choice between going after Karli and trying to save the people was well done. Don't know what the hell his actual status is supposed to be now, considering, you know, he killed a guy.
Yeah, that was bumpy, but here's the one thing I'm going to pick out that bothered me:
the end credits saying Captain America and the Winter Soldier. I mean, I get it, obviously, but half the point of the show was that Bucky's not the Winter Soldier!!
Yeah, Jesse, I wanted them to
switch both. Like, do a crossing out, then crossing out again.
Also, no love for
Bucky's therapist.
I assume that the
Smithsonian exhibit said that Elijah was dead, so at least no one would go looking for him.
I am curious about what the writers wanted Bucky to mean with that “depends on the therapist” remark
I totally have mixed feelings about that
Captain America and the Winter Soldier
thing, but they couldn’t really call him
the White Wolf
at this point, at least that doesn’t feel right to me.
Captain America and Off-Duty Bucky!
(there is a post up there)
