The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · Season 1
The desire to become a superhuman cannot be separated from supremacist ideals. Anyone with that serum is inherently on that path. (Karli Morgenthau) will not stop, she will escalate until you are forced to kill her. Or she kills you.
Maybe you're wrong, Zemo. The serum never corrupted Steve.
Touché. But there has never been another Steve Rogers, has there?
So you want me to stop because people are getting hurt, right? But Sam, what if I'm making the world a better place?
It's not a better place if you're killing people. It's just different.
[grins] You're either brilliant or just hopelessly optimistic.
[chuckles softly] Well, can't I be a little bit of both?
No.
Sam, you can't hold out hope for Karli. No matter what you saw in her, she's gone. And we cannot allow that she and her acolytes become yet another faction of gods amongst real people. Super Soldiers cannot be allowed to exist.
Isn't that how gods talk? And if that's how you feel...what about Bucky? Blood isn't always the solution.
[Walker and Hoskins are getting their asses kicked by Ayo and members of the Dora Milaje while Sam, Bucky and Zemo just watch.]
We should do something.
[shouting to Walker] Looking strong, John!
Bucky...
If you had the chance to take the serum, would you do it?
Hells, yeah.
You wouldn't be worried about how it might...how it might change you?
I mean... Power just makes a person more of themselves, right? Karli Morgenthau. Steve Rogers.
And me?
You already have three Medals of Honor. You consistently make the right decisions in the heat of battle.
Yep. Three badges of excellence to make sure I never forget the worst day of my life. We both know that the things that we had to do in Afghanistan to be awarded those medals felt a long way from being right. Being Cap is the first time I've had the chance to do something that actually feels right.
Listen, it was the heat of the battle, okay? If you explain what happened, they may consider your record. We don't want anyone else to get hurt. John ... You gotta give me the shield, man.
[Walker regards them for a moment.]
[softly] Oh. So that's what this is. You almost got me.
You made a mistake.
You don't wanna do this.
Yeah, we do.
Anyway, all we can do now is sit tight and just chill. Sometimes, there's nothing to do until there's something to do.
That's bizarrely wise.
[grins] Well, I'm a bizarrely wise man, Sam.
[walking up to Walker and his wife] Well, these boots are not made for walkin'. Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Actually, it's Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. I know it's hard, but I don't like to repeat myself, so you can just call me "Val". But don't call me "Val", just keep it in your head.
You know Karli won't quit.
Ah. You call me when you have a lead and I'll be there. [picks up his bag] Not necessarily as a team.
Nope.
We're not that good.
Definitely not.
We're professionals.
Definitely.
And, uh, we're partners.
Co-workers.
But we're also a couple of guys with a mutual friend.
Friend's now gone.
So we're a couple of guys.
I can live with that.
Perfect.
God, I missed you so much. There's a fight out there, and then there's our fight here, and bro, you have taken them both on. So you really gonna let Isaiah Bradley get in your head? You gonna let him decide what you do next?
Isaiah's been to Hell and back. If I was in his shoes, I'd probably feel the exact same way. But what would be the point of all the pain and sacrifice if I wasn't willing to stand up and keep fighting?
[over the radio] Do I hear Sharon?
Unfortunately.
Hey, Sam. I thought I'd get the band back together.
Thank you. You're risking a lot coming here.
I hear pardons aren't all they're cracked up to be anyway.
Depends on the therapist.
Aren't you tired of fighting for the wrong side, Mr. Barnes?
[scoffs] I've done this before, kid. I know how it ends.
It doesn't matter if I don't survive this. I'm fighting for something bigger than myself. And with all the bodies you've collected, have you ever been able to say the same?
You don't think I ever fought for something bigger than myself? That's all I ever tried to do. And I failed twice.
[The remaining Flag Smashers are lured into a trap through their own phone app by Bucky and Walker.]
"Mercy bears richer fruit than strict justice."
It's a great app. Thank you.
[The Flag Smashers are taken into custody by ground troops.]
Lincoln? Really?
Great man. Great quote.
Not when you say it.
How did it feel to be helpless? If you can remember how it was like to be helpless in the face of a force so powerful, it can wipe out half the planet, then you would know you're about to have the same impact. This isn't about easy decisions, Senator.
Y-You just don't understand...
I'm a black man carrying the Stars and Stripes! What don't I understand? Every time I pick this [the shield] up, I know there are millions of people out there that are going to hate me for it. Even now, here, I feel it. The stares, the judgment. And there's nothing I can do to change it. Yet I'm still here. No Super Serum, no blonde hair or blue eyes. The only power I have is that I believe we can do better. We can't demand people step up, and we don't meet them halfway. You control the banks! Shit, you can move borders! You can knock down a forest with an e-mail. You can feed a million people with a phone call. But the question is, who is in the room with you when you're making those decisions? Is it the people you're gonna impact? Or is it just more people like you? I mean, this girl died trying to stop you, and no one has stopped for one second to ask why. You gotta do better, Senator! You gotta step up! Because if you don't, the next Karli will! And you don't wanna see 2.0. People believed in her cause so much that they helped her defy the strongest governments in the world. Why do you think that is?! Look, you people have as much power as an insane god or a misguided teenager. The question you have to ask yourself is, "How are you gonna use it?"
I ain't gonna lie. You're special.
Thank you.
I mean, you ain't no Malcolm, Martin, Mandela, but...
[grins] No argument there. But I know what I gotta do.
So. A black Captain America, huh?
Damn right.
The fight you takin' on ain't gonna be easy, Sam.
Yeah, I might fail. Shit, I might die. But...We built this country. Bled for it. I'm not gonna let anybody tell me I can't fight for it.
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