“The Whole World Is Watching” was kind of repetitive, kind of monotonous, and filled with maybe a little too much talking, but it was also sprinkled with plenty of good bits.

Yep. We just saw what happened when a perfect soldier got the shield and the serum instead of a good man.

Precisely.

To be fair, I couldn’t understand it either, so I turned on the captions and it basically says [something in Wakandan] so I assumed it wasn’t something actually understandable.

Kudos to Marvel for having kept Rogers fairly clean during his Cap days because Walker’s break was absolutely well done.

Ayo said “Bast damn you, James.” Bast being, of course, the Orisha and protector of the Black Panther clan. 

The fact that she could of easily just wapped him over the head real quick but instead chose to clang her nuke bracelets together destroying a quarter of that building just to kill one man with a gun speaks volumes. I actually laughed pretty hard at that

I enjoy how all of Zemo’s scenes have him eating or drinking or about to eat or drink. It reminds me of Brad Pitt’s character always eating in Ocean’s Eleven, which was a fun bit.  Like he’s cooler than the room and knows it.

I came away with a different take on that scene from Germain. It didn’t read to me like he was considering taking it, just looking at something that was the underlying cause of so much trouble. Kind of like the trope where heroes look at an evil object before destroying it.

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On the other hand, people still seem cool with owning the classic Anakin Skywalker lightsaber, even though it was used to murder like 25, 30 children.

Oh, I fully expect him to betray Sam and Bucky. I just thought his angle would be that he wanted the serum FOR HIMSELF. It’s weird to see a villain of his type be... morally consistent, is all.

There they are, maybe the most valuable asset on the planet, right at Zemo’s fingertips. After a brief second of consideration, he smashes them up, proving that while he may be evil, he does not deviate from his code: super soldiers should not exist.

In the last episode, when everyone was disguised and scheming in Madripoor, Sam openly and honestly appeals to Sharon’s better nature despite having nothing definite to offer her. We also see he’s not good at subterfuge.

John Walker is basically every mediocre man who was promoted to a job way above their level of competence (likely after massive bragging) and now failing in every possible way. Deep down he know he isn’t good enough for the job, but at the same time he feels entitled to it, so he keeps failing and making things worse. 

To all the idioic fans harrassing Wyatt Russell online, get a life.

Let’s spell out what they’re doing here: Entering a foreign nation, seemingly without the permission of the local authorities, declaring that they have authority and jurisdiction on the basis of “because we say so”, attack with seemingly willingness to use lethal force on two people who, assholes or not, seem to…

Everyone who owns a replica Captain America shield at the end of this episode:

Last episode the lab guy said he made 20 vials of a refined serum that he reverse-engineered that “didn’t need clunky machinery” or something of that nature. That’s why Zemo shot him.

Didn’t the scientist from the last episode say he updated the formula to not need all the equipment?