With "WandaVision" Marvel pushed boundaries and decided to do something truly different for once. This raised my hopes for next entry of the fourth phase of the MCU. Unfortunately, I was extremely disappointed. There are well directed fighting scenes, creators touched many delicate topics, but characters are pretty average: no one really stand out. The spotlight is mainly on The Falcon, The Winter Soldier is just a supporting role, and honestly does not take much screen time. I wish screenwriters developed him deeper, telling more details about his past, and how he became the person that he is today. Unfortunately movies did not managed to do this properly, in my opinion. The show was the perfect opportunity to really exploit him at the maximum.

The series treats many interesting topics, however sometimes I have to admit that is too political. The speech of Falcon on the last episode contains a few interesting points, but I did not like at all how he pictured Flag Smashers. Motives of the group are in some extents noble; the leader just wants the best for humanity after the blip, contrasting unfair decisions by the UN Congress. Still their actions most of the time are unjustified, so I would call them terrorists, without any regrets. Disney wanted to give a different perspective, but I was not convinced. They could definitely use some political background, but this feels forced.

Titling this series just "The Falcon" would be fairer to be honest. It is a generic production that wanted to be something more, but cannot deliver. Action and editing are very neat, but nothing extraordinary. Marvel decided to play safe this time, once again a lost of opportunity to create something that would put some distance to similar productions.