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I'm sad they killed off Batroc, it was nice having a lower level villain around.

Pretty good finale, wrapped things up and left things open for a season 2. Seeing Sam in his full Captain America suit took a while to grow on me, but I liked it for the most part. Only thing I could've done without is the part that comes up from the shoulders and behind his head. I originally thought it all looked a bit bulky, but then the more I looked at it, the more it reminded me of Rogers' suit in Winter Soldier, but with different colors. Walker redeemed himself a bit there, abandoning his revenge quest to save the people in that armored truck. He seemed to have calmed down since the hearing that stripped him of the Captain America title. It was funny to see his shield get beat up so easily. It just sounded like garbage. When Batroc showed up to shoot the smoke grenades down, I was thinking we'd get a Power Broker reveal, but nope. Sharon being the Broker isn't a huge shock, they pretty much set it up and made it obvious. I'm definitely looking forward to a potential second season. Hell, they could even give Sam his own movie and i'd be down for that too.

That fight between Bucky, Sam and Fake Cap was super awesome, surprised to see them break Walker's arm just to get the shield back from him. I really ove the times in the MCU where people use their powers/abilities for little things. Back in Iron Man 1, I remember Tony using the foot jets to lift him up off the ground just slightly in order to give a jumping punch a little more weight/momentum to it. Seeing Sam do something similar with his jetpack for that backflip kick made me smile. I didn't recognize the name of Julia Louis Dreyfus' character, I was originally thinking she may have been Madame Hydra (Edit: She apparently takes the moniker of Madame Hydra at some point, but she's not the first?), but I don't think the name she gave was the same. Interesting to see Zemo get taken back by the Wakandans, not sure why he's gonna be on the Raft though, seems like that'd be much easier for someone to break him out of than anywhere in Wakanda itself. That scene with Sharon talking to Batroc on the phone has me thinking she actually is the Power Broker, but if she isn't I see whomever it is potentially getting revealed in a post credits scene after the final episode. I wonder who's side she's actually on in this, considering where Batroc showed up later in the episode. It seems weird for her to help arm Karli and her people. Seeing Sam practice with the shield was super cool too, I think this may be the first time i've ever seen the shield not thrown perfectly. I can't imagine how that thing actually works, it just seems to magnetize itself back to whomever's throwing it, regardless of the angle. I was originally thinking the case that Bucky brought back to Sam would've been new, vibranium laced wings, but since it wasn't really opened until the end of the episode, i'm thinking it's his new costume as well. I'm wondering if we'll see Walker back again in the final episode, i'm not really sure where he fits in at the moment. I haven't heard anything about them starting a US Agent series or anything like that, so i'm not sure where he goes from here. Obviously he goes to visit Julia Louis Dreyfus' character, but will they show that in this, or save it for something down the line? Edit: There IS a mid-credits scene in this one. It's Walker putting together a new shield.

"That head tilt thing"

Glad we got to see the last of Bucky's de-programming in Wakanda, his reaction when he realizes he's finally free was amazing to watch. It was also super interesting to see the Dora Milaje just completely take his arm off. I didn't know what she was doing until it fell off, but it makes perfect sense that they would know how to take it off. I think this may be the first time we've really seen them in action outside of a scene or two in Black Panther. Glad to see they got Walker taking the serum in this episode, I guess this sets him up as the "villain" for the rest of the series, although I gotta wonder what Sharon is up to. Fake Cap killing that one guy while he lie there defenseless is gonna stick with me for a bit, too.

I'd have to re-watch the episode, but I remember seeing someone else say they walk past the bar Wolverine would frequent, and go into another, so...

I was really not expecting to see Madripoor brought up without the X-Men. I feel like every time I see that city it involves either Wolverine himself, or the X-Men as a whole. It was even cooler to see it realized in the MCU. I was really hoping they'd bring up Tyger Tiger while in Madripoor too, but maybe she's not in power yet at this point in the MCU timeline. I'm really surprised that Zemo stuck with Sam and Bucky after the explosion at the secret lab, I figured he'd be off doing his own thing from that point on. You know he's gonna try and bail at some point, although I gotta wonder if that Dora Milaje agent that Bucky ran into at the end (or another of them) will end up with their hands on Zemo. I'm hoping he gets away somehow, he's too interesting of a bad guy to get rid of this quickly (not that it's stopped other Marvel villians from dying). The theory on reddit is that Sharon is the Power Broker...could be interesting.

When he told Sam and Bucky to stay out of his way, oooh I wanted to punch him so bad. Someone else on reddit pointed out that from Fake Cap's perspective, he's trying to help them out by bringing them in and they keep rejecting him, so it makes sense. But for Sam and Bucky, it's just some asshole running around in Cap's clothes.

I still can't stand this new Captain America (and i'm sure that's the point). He may have been a good soldier, but he's no Steve Rogers. He also seems to be blindly following what the government wants, which is something Steve never really did. That fight scene on top of the truck was pretty cool, but too short for my tastes. I'm glad Sam and Bucky had that little therapy session midway through the episode, it was a nice way to break the tension, although I wish Sam had responded to what Bucky had said.

I knew that name sounded familiar, but the only thing I could think of was the Nuke character, which I know isn't the same thing.

That opening fight scene was awesome, so glad to see Batroc was brought back. I was also happy to see he wasn't killed off, so he can return again. Didn't expect that Rhodes cameo, that was a nice touch. As soon as the Japanese man got sad and talked about his son, I figured it was someone Bucky had killed as the Winter Soldier, but didn't put together that it was the guy he killed in that scene until I saw the picture in the Japanese man's apartment. Also, for a second I thought that, in that news story Sam's sister came in to show Sam was about the shield being stolen, I didn't think they'd show the new Cap (who may turn out to be US Agent later on? I don't remember the comic character's back story) with it. Not even on screen for 30 seconds and I already hate him. He didn't earn that shield! Edit: Saw that someone on reddit said that the guy giving the announcement for the new Captain America was the one that convinced Sam to donate the shield to the Smithsonian. That motherfucker...