The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Episode 1 Ending Explained

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier puts Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan center stage as the MCU's Sam Wilson and James "Bucky" Barnes. The story spotlights these sidekicks as they work to find their place in a post-Captain America world. Here's how it begins, and what that shocking ending means.

Right off the bat, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier puts the spotlight on Sam Wilson — aka the Falcon — and his difficult decision to leave Captain America's shield behind.

He packs it up before the episode jumps to his work with the United States military. Wings and all, Sam rescues one of the military's liaisons from an organization known as LAF, of which the often-forgotten MCU villain Georges Batroc, aka Batroc the Leaper is a part.

Don't remember him? He was in Winter Soldier. This is him getting punched right here.

Sam's mission against the LAF is a success -- though not without plenty of close-calls -- and then the episode moves us to a presentation at the Smithsonian Institution, where Sam hands over Cap's shield so that it can be put on display in a museum.

As the audio in the opening scene reminds viewers, when Steve Rogers hands Sam the Captain America shield at the end of Avengers: Endgame, Sam admits that he feels it belongs to someone else. Steve does his best to convince Sam that it belongs to him now, and Sam is honored to take it, but it's clear he's not prepared for the responsibility.

Later on, he explains to James "War Machine" Rhodes that Captain America's shield is synonymous with Steve -- and Steve alone. It's implied that Sam would rather give it up instead of possibly making a mockery of its legacy.

Considering how much both Sam and Bucky respect Steve, it's reasonable to assume one or both of them will get a hold of the shield by the end of the series.

At one point or another in the pages of Marvel Comics, they both take on the Captain America mantle, so surely The Falcon and the Winter Soldier wouldn't pass up the opportunity to do the same. The first episode does a keen job of planting the seeds for this possible plotline, and fans will simply have to wait and see how it all blooms in future episodes.

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