I'll be honest, my original thought was that I wasn't going to watch these Marvel series. There were a couple reasons I changed my mind. The first was that a website I saw had these as part of canon and I was intrigued to see where they were going to go with the overarching story now that Thanos is eliminated and who the new villain would be. The other is that I could feed my newborn daughter while watching these. Plus, they count as a movie on Letterboxd.

For this show, we are seeing the world post-Endgame and with the void created by Captain America (Chris Evans). The shield was given to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) aka The Falcon. He turns it over to the American government for them to decide what to do. They decide to create a new Captain America with John Walker (Wyatt Russell). He has always done the right thing, but with this newfound power, things aren't as simple as they used to be now that you can do more.

Upset with Sam is Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) aka The Winter Soldier. He is still dealing with his demons when he was an assassin for Hydra. This become more complicated when there is a terrorist group that is fighting for what is right. They're led by Karli Morgenthau (Erin Kellyman) who has gotten her hands on the super soldier serum.

What I'll give credit to the show is taking everything that I've land out here and incorporated not only geo-political ideas, but also tackling ones closer to home like race. Falcon becoming black he discovers that Captain America wasn't the only super soldier. There was a Black man who did things for the government and then was cast aside. Bucky is upset with Sam for giving the shield over. They have an uneasy friendship there. Also the terrorists are not out for world dominance. They just want their people to be given the proper medical care and for their place. Their methods are the best though.

Going along with the story concepts, the acting is good. I'm a fan of Mackie and Stan. Russell is good in this complicated character trying to step into Captain America's big shoes. Kellyman is good as our 'villain' along with her group. We also get appearances by Daniel Brühl and Emily VanCamp who are reprising roles. I'd also say that seeing Carl Lumbly, Georges St-Pierre and even Julia Louis-Dreyfus was good. This is well-made. They spent money so the CGI isn't bad. This isn't as heavy show on it, but it is still there. This had trouble keeping my interest, but I understand what they're doing and it works.

My Rating: 6.5 out of 10.