The following contains spoilers for The Falcon And The Winter Soldier episode two.
With the release of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’s second episode on Disney Plus comes a sprinkling of reveals for the audience. From Marvel Cinematic Universe history to the return of old villains, the audience received a lot of teases as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes meet up.
While the two try to focus on a new threat, they also have to deal with the new Captain America – something neither of them are really interested in doing. Of course, all of the reveals throughout the episode place the focus squarely on the story. That might mean the audience misses some well-placed Easter eggs throughout the hour.
The episode title isn’t simply a memorable name. It also gets a mention in the episode. The title happens to be the name of the song performed in Captain America: The First Avenger. Fans even get to hear an instrumental version in the episode. The marching band performs it before John Walker appears for his Good Morning America interview. There are a couple of other Easter eggs in Walker’s opening sequence as well.
When Walker takes a stroll through the locker room to find his old high school locker, one of the names he passes is Choroszylow. That surname doesn’t belong to a comic book character, but to someone who works on the show. Erin Choroszylow is an assistant property master on The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Property masters are the people responsible for making sure all of the props end up on set. They hire teams to make the exclusive ones for the show and keep track of pretty much every item seen on screen.
Walker’s alma mater is Custer’s Grove High School in the town where he grew up. That is straight out of the comics. Custer’s Grove first appeared in Marvel comics in the ’80s and it also happened to house a cell of Watchdogs. TV fans might remember that terrorist group from its appearances in Agents Of SHIELD where it targeted Inhumans.
Some new characters make appearances this week. After being teased last week, Karli Morgenthau makes a larger appearance. The Power Broker, teased in the credit sequence is also spoken aloud, though still not seen. Even Carl Lumbly’s character, teased in the credits in the first episode, appears.
Lumbly is in fact portraying Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super soldier to become Captain America. The story he tells Sam Wilson and Bucky Bucky Barnes is almost completely lifted from the comics. Isaiah worked for the government after Steve Rogers disappeared, but when he decided to wear the Captain America uniform and do things his way, the government punished him with solitary confinement – for decades. His grandson is also a comic book character.
Elijah Bradley becomes a superhero in her own right, using Mutant Growth Hormone to boost his strength for a while. He leads the Young Avengers and eventually gains super strength thanks to a blood transfusion from his grandfather.
Lemar Hoskins also hails from the comics, as does his codename “Battlestar.” He works with John Walker during his tenure as Captain America. The big difference is that he gets super strength and durability from the Power Broker in the comics.
Bucky says that he and Sam should just steal the shield back from JohnWalker, but Sam reminds him just what happened the last time they stole Captain America’s shield. That happened in Captain America: Civil War and led to an all-out brawl between Avengers at an airport in Germany. Fittingly, the duo ends up in Germany again in this episode, even though they didn’t steal the shield again. Bucky also reminds the audience that he hasn’t forgotten his time in Wakanda – or his White Wolf nickname.
The Flag-Smashers hide out after fighting the duo in Munich. During the brief scenes the audience gets with them, a dossier for Karli appears on screen. Some of the numbers on her dossier might have particular meanings for Captain America comic book fans.
One of the numbers is 109. In Captain America #109 most of the story is actually a flashback. It fleshes out some of Captain America’s origin story as well as his partnership with Bucky Barnes. Steve Rogers spends a lot of time feeling guilty for Bucky’s death while recounting the story. The other visible number is 122. In Captain America #122 features Sharon Carter being outed as a spy to one group of villains, but it also features Steve considering, as he saves the world again, whether he can ever have a normal life.
Though Baron Zemo and Sharon Carter both appear in the credits for the series, this is the first that either of them appear. Zemo only appears in the final moments of the episode as Bucky and Sam decide they need to pay the Civil War villain a visit.
When the audience gets a glimpse of him, it’s as the camera pans across his cell. His cell is #2187. That number won’t have significance to comic book fans, but it will for Star Wars fans. That’s the same cell number Princess Leia is held in during the first movie. It also happens to be Finn’s assigned stormtrooper number when introduced in the new trilogy: FN-2187.
More Easter eggs will undoubtedly be revealed as The Falcon And The Winter Soldier drops new episodes every Friday.
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