Sometimes I’m really glad my wife doesn’t read my posts, because John Walker is a topic we argue about a lot. Falcon and The Winter Soldier was a race baiting, pandering, poorly executed show, but it did do one thing right and that’s John Walker.

Lets look at where the main characters were before the show:

-Bucky was rehabilitated

-Sam took on the mantle of Captain America

-Zemo was in prison

And as the show ended

-Bucky went back to be rehabilitated

-Sam took on the mantle of Captain America

-Zemo is back in prison

Having the characters take a 360 degrees character arch isn’t good story telling. But Walker was different. He might be one of the most well-developed characters the MCU ever produced. A character who had the mantle of Captain America thrusted on him. A guy who is a military hero, a superior athlete and someone who most importantly gets the job done.

Walker’s suit is the best one yet and I love the scene where Walker makes his own shield. A great homage to the comics where Walker made his own shields and outfitted them with medals he earned and names of soldiers who died in battle.

I find the “How it Should’ve Ended” video weird because it shows Steve Rogers taking the shield from Walker with no problem. Let me start a fight here. Walker would utterly destroy Rogers. The first reason is the serum, this one is much more powerful than the one Rogers got. When Rogers took it, he was a small, wimpy kid. Walker was an athlete when he took it. He was at the peak of his physical abilities. And then takes a serum that amplifies that. I mean it made tiny Carlie into a threat. Imagine what it did to a high trained, physically gifted soldier like Walker.

With Walker siding with Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, who at some point becomes Madame Hydra, it’s obvious that he will be a big character moving forward. We are seeing Fontaine align herself with a few other MCU characters looking to start The Dark Avengers, a team I imagine will have Walker front and center.

So what do you think of John Walker? Do you like his role in the TV show and his fate moving forward?

Simptastic Joe