As a long-time Captain America fan, I was overwhelmingly underwhelmed with the opening episode of this cheap miniseries. Now, having watched the whole thing, the first episode was probably the best one.

My main issue with this series is that it is not what I, as a fan, was promised. It's hard not to compare it to Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) seeing as the creators of the show invited us to and it is also a continuation of the Cap trilogy, but the plot, the dialogue, the characters and even the fight scenes are not up to scratch.

I found Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson so unbelievably dull that I can't even find something about him that somebody might like. He certainly is not strong enough to lead a series on his own, because, let's face it, this was 90% Falcon, 10% Winter Soldier. And it's a shame - I genuinely believe that Mackie gave his all to the role. The bad writing didn't help but maybe he just isn't the right kind of actor to lead something like this.

Whereas I had total faith in Sebastian Stan and I used to think that Bucky was one of the most unique and interesting characters in the MCU but maybe the writers just forgot about him? There was so much potential there and they just didn't do it? Honestly, I feel cheated.

I found Zemo quite pathetic, the Flagsmashers forgettable but US Agent was actually okay. I thought Wyatt Russel was the perfect fit for the role and there was such depth and duality to the character which made him a very believable antihero and one I'm actually excited to see more of in other projects.

I won't go too much into the political aspect of the show but I'll go as far to say it was a mistake and I didn't like it. I think it was episode 2 where we caught a glimpse of where the story was going before COVID-19 hit and it was better, living up to the hype. It's a shame they had to change the storyline, and even more of a shame that they changed it how they did.