![]() It wasn’t because Steve believed Bucky’s reputation and past made him unfit to hold the shield, but because he wanted to save his friend from the pressure of having to deal with being Captain America. ![]() That’s probably why Steve chose to give the Captain America shield and title to Sam instead of Bucky. While Bucky hasn’t exactly been corrupted by the power he’s had as a super-soldier and HYDRA agent either, it’s clear his own power still haunts him. Unsurprisingly, it hasn’t been an easy journey, as the moving opening flashback of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 4 shows. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier doesn’t just make it clear why Steve chose Sam - it also explains why he didn’t give the shield to Bucky.Įver since its premiere, the Disney+ series has been interested in exploring Bucky’s struggle to move on from his past life as the Winter Soldier. Looks like Steve chose Sam for the exact same reason. Abraham Erskine believe he was the right man to receive the super-soldier serum. That’s important considering it was Steve’s compassion that made Stanley Tucci’s Dr. In other words, when given the option, Sam will always choose to exert compassion over power. ![]() The exchange makes several a few things explicitly clear: Sam is not interested in accruing power, he does not believe in dictating who can and cannot live, and he views violence only as a last resort. Moments later, when Zemo tries to persuade Sam into killing Karli Morgenthau and the superpowered Flag-Smashers because “super-soldiers cannot be allowed to exist,” Sam responds simply with, “What about Bucky? Blood isn’t always the solution.” ![]() It happens during a key conversation in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 4, one between Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Daniel Brühl’s Baron Zemo, that gives us our best explanation yet for why Steve chose Sam to take his place.ĭuring their conversation, Zemo asks Sam whether he’d have taken the super-soldier serum if he’d been offered it, to which Sam immediately answers no. ![]()
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