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 presentat