The Falcon and The Winter Soldier (Sam and Bucky) deal with life in the post-blip world.

This is an enjoyable series that presents some good character arcs, develops the MCU world on Earth following the events of 'Avengers: Endgame' and tackles some interesting social themes.

The plot is quite character focussed, with the Sam and Bucky going through some contrasting and compelling journeys as they deal with the post-blip threat posed by The Flag Smashers. Throughout this there are some fairly explicit commentaries on racial divides in America and America's policies towards the outside world. Most of it is done very well aside from one ridiculously over-the-top speech in the final episode.

Sam and Bucky just about carry the show as lead characters, but the best moments for me involve other characters such as John Walker, Isiah Bradley and one villain previously introduced in an MCU movie.

The visuals as you can imagine are spectacular, with impressive looking effects and hyperkinetic action sequences. At times the cinematography made me feel a bit giddy but it is mostly very good and there are some memorable images involving the Captain America shield.

Most performances were solid. Sabastian Stan and Anthony Mackie have a good chemistry, but some of the "buddy" banter between them in the early episodes feels quite forced. For me this is down to the material and not their performances. Stan is actually quite excellent in the more emotional scenes. Carl Lumbly has some brief but superb moments. Wyatt Russell, who quite scarily resembles both his mother and father, gives for me the most memorable performance of the show. My only disappointment was Erin Kellyman who doesn't really have a powerful enough presence for the role she is cast.