The Falcon and The Winter Soldier season 1, episode 4, “The Whole World is Watching"

Shocking. Twists galore. Action. Clash of ideals.

The episode 4 of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier has it aplenty.

This episode explores more of the MCU's past and gives a twist to some of the the moments. Some moments were delved well and showed how the characters felt during the crucial situations. Below are the key moments that will make an impact on many viewers:

In the previous episode we have seen how Bucky and Sam were guided to the place called "Madripoor" and their adventures there before the big reveal came about at the end: Bucky finding out that Wakanda's Dora Milaye is following him, based on the beads(called as Wakanda's "Kimoyo Beads") that he spotted outside a building where he was supposed to enter, behind Sam and Zemo.

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8 Hours White Wolf. And then We come for him"

Oya of Dora Milaye gives Bucky just 8 hours before she comes back to take away Zemo. During this time, he has to convince the ones tracking them: John Walker and Lemar Hoskins(who later becomes "Battle Star" in the comics) to allow Zemo to guide them to the location where Karli is operating from. This task, as expected turns out to be tougher than anticipated as the people of Madripoor dont trust anyone, not even the Avengers. By the time they are close to tracking Karli, John Walker and Lemar Hoskins track them out. After some conversation, John agrees to give Sam 10 minutes of one-to-one time with Karli before he would go out and catch her.

Clash of Ideals

Sam and Karli have a conversation thats well balanced with none of them getting into the aggressive mode. Things do get messy when the others start to join. There is justification for Bucky to stay close to Sam, but others? No. That really spoilt the situation in the building, which is really like a maze with lots of interconnected rooms on several floors.

Restless Captain America

One thing we can He has very little patience during moments that are crucial. He does have the ability to welcome other people's opinion and show compassion towards them once he is off duty, but on duty, he is torn between his emotions and duty. He is also unaware of the etiquettes to be followed when dealing with complicated situations and foreign personalities in a foreign land. The way he behaved with Dora Milaje's Oya needs to be noted. He very casually put a hand on her and the reaction to it is highlight of this sequence during which Zemo escapes from the room, not to be found again. We wonder how he will be caught again, and what he could do in the mean time.

Shield in Blood

He spoils the image of Captain america and this could have huge implications not just in the upcoming 2 episodes but also could lead to sub-plots in MCU's future going forward. John Walker will have lots of explanations to give to the government. This is one of the very few scenes(if ever) in the whole of MCU that we get to see plenty of blood sticking to a weapon. The background music goes grim from this point, indicating darker times are ahead of us in this series.

This end scene makes us think: If the original senior Captain America had been in a similar situation, how would he have reacted? The loss of your closest partner was never experienced by Steve Rogers, but he did stick around with his friend Bucky no matter what he did in his past and no matter how much enmity that created between him and Tony Stark. Does John Walker too have a similar trait?

What next?

The next episode(#5) will definitely be focussing on the repurcussions of John Walker's deadly act in full public view and will be interesting to watch the whereabouts of Zemo as well. After all, it is due to his escape that all of the events cascaded and lead to this tragedy of sorts. The image of "Captain America" would be at an all-time low, and the world would also be sceptical about the Avengers after what they saw: Sam and Bucky were there among the crowd, not able to bring the situation under control. Will Karli play a bigger game to trap Sam and Bucky and will there be a surprise entry of another character? Fingers crossed!

With love.. Anil