The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s premiere, “New World Order” was great until it wasn’t. A solid first episode to begin with that’s certainly setting the stage up for a lot, but nonetheless, a bit jarring here and there.
Sam Goes Home to Louisiana
Sam has always been one of our favorite characters introduced into Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and to learn more about him is something that we’ll always take. On “New World Order” he goes home to Louisiana and we meet his sister, Sarah (Adepero Oduye). As we learn, Sarah wasn’t part of the blip, and while the world disappeared for five years, she tried to make ends meet in order to take care of her sons and their home. Sarah wants to sell their family boat, but Sam doesn’t, instead deciding that they could get a loan and fix it all up. (It’s a little early, but we’re already saying it, Sarah is likely going to be our favorite character on this show.)
Sam’s persistence and getting to know this side of his character riveting—his sister’s concerns, entirely understandable. Part of what’s making this series so fascinating is watching these characters navigate through a world five years after they’d been missing. As we know because of Avengers: Endgame, they came back straight into battle then to a funeral. The after is something we’re intrigued with, the sadness and heartaches it’s bringing, entirely something we can’t wait to see explored. The deplorable racism by the bank teller? Get him out of our faces.