History Recap / TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldierEpisode1NewWorldOrder

* CurbStompBattle: The shootout at the flashback lasts doesn't even last a minute, with The Winter Soldier killing everyone in the room without suffering so much as a scratch.

** Sarah accuses the banker of not giving them a loan because they're black. Textually, this ''isn't'' the case, since the Banker goes on to (somewhat) [[JerkassHasAPoint validly argue]] that most financial institutes have tightened their requirements after the Snap and his hands are tied in the matter, but racial discrimination like this has actually been an enormous problem for African-Americans, as historically banks have been able to choose the flimsiest of pretexts to deny loans, while actually choosing to deny them for racist reasons. Creator/AnthonyMackie actually starred in [[Film/TheBanker a film]] regarding this very problem.

* ActionHoggingOpening: All of the action in this episode is from the ActionPrologue in the first 10 minutes.

* TemporaryScrappy: Just like in the comics, [[ComicBook/USAgent John Walker]] is appointed to be the next Captain America after Steve Rogers retires and Sam Wilson declines the role. Steve and Rogers' other old friend, Bucky Barnes, has some hangups with this arrangement even before meeting the man. Walker's brash arrogance doesn't do him any favors as he tends to act like he's owed respect and recognition just for bearing the title. Eventually, the stresses of the job (and feeling inferior compared to Steve's legacy) get to him, and when [[spoiler:his best friend is killed in combat]] he breaks and beats a man to death in public. This results in Walker losing the mantle and being slapped with an Other Than Honorable discharge to avoid a PR catastrophe. Ultimately, he's there to help give Sam the push he needs to claim the legacy Steve left to him.

* GuiltInducedNightmare: Bucky has a nightmare in which he relieves killing Yori's son to cover up an assassination.

Sam Wilson, aka The Falcon, has gone back to working for the US Air Force and learns of a new threat on the horizon whilst dealing with family troubles back in Louisiana. Meanwhile, Bucky Barnes desperately tries to reintegrate into society but struggles with nightmares of his past as the Winter Soldier.

!!Tropes in this episode include:

* AskAStupidQuestion: When listing out the rules for Bucky to make amends, Rule #1 being to do nothing illegal and Rule #2 (the most important one) to not hurt anyone, Bucky immediately questions why 'not hurting people' isn't Rule #1. Raynor doesn't indulge him by stating the obvious (i.e. hurting people ''is'' illegal).

** Batroc returns and, as with his [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier previous outing]], he gives a superhero a run for his money, even surviving their encounter. This time, however, it’s Sam fighting him and not Cap.

** Bucky is seen sleeping on the floor while having nightmares. One specific trauma discussed both by Sam and Steve ([[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier in the former's debut film with the Winter Soldier, no less]]) would be how returning veterans would find their bed 'too soft,' complicating their adjustment to civilian life.
** Bucky being set up on a date by an older gentleman refers to the time [[Film/TheAvengers2012 his best friend received similar treatment by Stan Lee]] in a deleted scene.
** Again, like his friend, Bucky has his own [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier list]], although his is a lot less fun.
** Bucky uses a device to remotely control a regular sedan. [[Film/BlackPanther2018 One can guess where he got that tech]].
** This isn’t the first time that Bucky [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger has broken up a fight in an alleyway]]. Leah also points out Bucky not being drunk, which is an allusion to Bucky's friend [[NeverGetsDrunk who also has that same disposition]].

** Sam carries the shield to the Smithsonian event in the same case that Steve had it in when he gave it to Sam at the end of ''Endgame''.
** When the subject of his dating history comes up, Bucky notes that he hasn't been on a date since 1943. In other words, the double date that he and Steve had back in ''The First Avenger''.
** One of the photographs in the Captain America exhibit at the Smithsonian is an image of Steve using a door from a cab as a makeshift shield to deflect bullets from a HYDRA assassin. While the image used is just a still frame from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger,'' sure enough, there actually ''was'' [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyLwJFBUcAIwTjW?format=jpg&name=medium a person taking photographs of Steve]] doing that in the original scene.
** The text of the Smithsonian exhibit also mentions that Steve Rogers had gotten help during his time on the lam post-''Civil War'' from contacts within [=SHIELD=], making this the first MCU installment other than ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' to acknowledge the agency's continued existence and second period of public operations after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.

** Bucky's list of names. One of those included is "[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar H. Zemo]]."

* IntergenerationalFriendship: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]: Bucky's a younger-looking man looking after an old, distraught father, Yori Nakajima-- but considering he's actually a century-old, Yori is technically younger than he is. This is also PlayedForDrama, as it is eventually revealed that Bucky's friendship with Yori is his ongoing attempt to atone for [[AwfulTruth murdering his son as the Winter Soldier]]-- who had the misfortune of being on-site during one of the Soldier's assassination missions.

* MustMakeAmends: Bucky has a list of people to whom must make amends for what he's done as the Winter Soldier. Some were victims or relatives or such, while others are ones that HYDRA helped out. Once he has made amends, he has to follow Raynor's Rule Number 3, which is saying, "I am not the Winter Soldier. I am James Bucky Barnes, and you are part of my efforts to make amends."

** The first name on Bucky's list is "A. Rostov." Col. Andre Rostov was a KGB officer in the comics and the villain known as the Red Barbarian.

* NeverTrustATrailer: In the Official Trailer, a closeup of Sam is shown where he assures Bucky that he ''does'' have a plan. In this episode, the same shot is used, but instead, it’s with Sam telling Torres that he’s found another way to keep going after he fixes his jetpack, with Bucky never directly interacting with Sam during the course of the episode.

* StukaScream: The plane that was hijacked by Batroc briefly makes a Stuka siren sound when it starts plunging after one of the bullets that bounced off Falcon's wings-in-shield-mode kills the pilot, despite being a Lockheed C-130 "Hercules" and not a Junker 87 "Stuka."

* UngratefulBastard: Institutionally, the U.S. government comes off like one. Sam willingly surrendered Captain America's shield as a permanent exhibit to the Smithsonian, publicly acknowledging that no one has the right to claim [[TheParagon the heavy moral high ground that Captain America represents]] just yet. By the end of the episode, the U.S. government openly declares that they have "[[CaptainPatriotic a new Captain America]]" and they even gave him Captain America's shield. Then again, it's very likely that -- much like how Steve and Sam were treated in ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]]'' -- the U.S. government treats them and their equipment as U.S. government property, which they will use as they see fit.

* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Subverted as it's the opposite here. The Super Soldier Steve took down Batroc fairly easily back in ''The Winter Soldier,'' but he proves a significantly harder challenge for Sam, who lacks any superhuman abilities.

* BadDreams: Bucky has been having nightmares about the people that he killed as the Winter Soldier, especially the innocent ones.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even superheroes must prove credit-worthy. People who were snapped out of existence for 5 years have to account for those 5 missing years, probably to truly confirm that they were Blipped and not committing fraud. (''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' established that at least one person [[FakingTheDead faked her death]] by pretending to be Snapped.)

* MetaCasting: A variant. Sam Wilson is revealed to be involved in his family's fishing business in Louisiana and is frustrated at the idea of having to sell it due to his sister falling on hard times.

* MustMakeAmends: Bucky has a list of people to whom must make amends for what he's done as the Winter Soldier. Some were victims or relatives or such, while others are ones that HYDRA helped out. Once he has made amends, he has to follow Raynor's Rule Number 3, which is saying, "I am not the Winter Soldier. I am James Bucky Barnes, and you are part of my efforts to make amends." [[Creator/AnthonyMackie His actor]] is from New Orleans and has a strong passion for fishing; [[https://youtu.be/Fp1Y92rG6NU?t=352 he once bragged]] that he could fish year-round by being in Louisiana in the winter and New York in the summer. Since the comic book character is from Harlem, this is likely drawn intentionally from Mackie's life.

* MustMakeAmends: Bucky has a list of people to whom must make amends for what he's done as the Winter Soldier. Some were victims or relatives or such, while others are ones that HYDRA helped out. Once he has made amends, he has to follow Raynor's Rule Number 3, which is saying, "I am not the Winter Soldier. I am James Bucky Barnes, and you are part of my efforts to make amends."
* MetaCasting: A variant. Sam Wilson is revealed to be involved in his family's fishing business in Louisiana and is frustrated at the idea of having to sell it due to his sister falling on hard times. [[Creator/AnthonyMackie His actor]] is from New Orleans and has a strong passion for fishing; [[https://youtu.be/Fp1Y92rG6NU?t=352 he once bragged]] that he could fish year-round by being in Louisiana in the winter and New York in the summer. Since the comic book character is from Harlem, this is likely drawn intentionally from Mackie's life.