History Recap / TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldierEpisode6OneWorldOnePeople

** Sharon Carter has been the true unseen driving force behind the entire conflict of this series as the Power Broker, and now that she has killed everyone who knew her identity and had leverage on her, been fully pardoned by the United States government and reinstated to her old position, she is the person who has been rewarded the most in this series. [[HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee After leaving her Senate subcommittee meeting]], she now has access to government-level weapons that she can sell on the black market to make her even more powerful.

--->'''GRC Representive:''' [[BrickJoke I thought Captain America was on the moon]].

* SymbolicWeaponDiscarding: John Walker arrives in New York to fight the Flag Smashers' assault on the [=U.N.=] Headquarters, and eventually discards his homemade Captain American shield to signal that he's finally accepted the fact that he's not the next Steve Rogers, and should stop trying to be.

* ManlyTears: Isaiah Bradley rightfully gets teary-eyed when he realizes that Sam has brought his story to light and given him the recognition that he so rightfully deserves.

The final battle against the Flag Smashers begins.

* AsideGlance: Zemo smirks at the camera when he hears the news that the remaining Flag Smashers have been killed (by Zemo's butler).

** Zemo also manages another small victory, having killed the remaining super-serum-powered Flag Smashers when it seemed like they were about to escape.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork:
** Batroc and Karli are killed by Sharon just minutes after she is revealed to be the Power Broker.
** When it looks like a few of the Flag-Smashers are going to escape, they are killed in a car bomb on Zemo's orders.

** During Sam and Karli’s fight, Karli knocks Sam down and yells at him to stay down. Sam slowly gets back up, the music rises, and it seems like he’s about to say Steve’s classic {{catchphrase}} "I can do this all day." But instead, he says, "No."

--> '''Sam''': I'm Captain America.
** ... and just when Sam's whole character arc has you digging in for him to deal with some racist retort:
--> '''GRC Representive''': [[BrickJoke I thought Captain America was on the moon]].

* BigBadFriend: Sharon Carter was the Power Broker the whole time, and she intentionally gave Karli and her friends the super-soldier serum to serve as her enforcers in Madripoor before they went rogue to start their revolution as the Flag Smashers. All of the conflict and suffering in this series has been indirectly her fault.

** Sam, in full Captain America regalia, crashes in to save the GRC members from a Flag Smasher.

** And all of this culminates in Sam swooping in to save everyone from the remaining Flag Smashers.

* BittersweetEnding: Sam has taken the mantle of Captain America and immortalized Isaiah's legacy in the Smithsonian, Bucky has found some closure with his past and developed a close relationship with Sam and his family, Walker has been given new purpose with his own mantle as ComicBook/USAgent, Lemar has been truly avenged, and Zemo is content with imprisonment after destroying the remaining super soldiers. But Sam was unable to save Karli, Bucky's necessary confession to Yori is implied to have cost him his friendship with Yori and his relationship with Leah, the Flag Smasher movement is still alive amongst normal people, the political conflict with the GRC's methods is still unresolved, and by pardoning Sharon, Sam has unknowingly given the Power Broker a significant advantage.

** One of the citizens cheering for Sam refers to him as "Black Falcon," just like the boy he met in Baltimore in the second episode. Another citizen quickly corrects him that Sam is, in fact, Captain America.

* BookEnds: Sam's first engagement in the miniseries as Falcon involved an aerial dogfight with helicopters, where he had to rescue someone out of a chopper with a straight dive. At the very end of it, his first fight as the new Captain America involved another aerial dogfight with choppers, with him taking out the hostile pilot with a straight dive.
* TheButlerDidIt: Zemo's butler Oeznik explodes the prison transport carrying the remaining serum-enhanced Flag Smashers.
* CallBack:
** Sharon uses the same type of nano mask and voice modifier [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier as Natasha]] and [[Series/AgentsOfShield Agent 33]].
** Once again, [[Recap/Daredevil2015S1E13Daredevil it seems like the villains who are being arrested and transported to prison have men on the inside who are going to help them break out during the transport ride.]] This time, however, [[TheButlerDidIt Oeznik]] puts a stop to that.
** Batroc refers to Sam's new Captain America outfit as a [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar "bird costume"]].

* CavalryBetrayal: Several of the cops and agents assigned to evacuate the GRC delegates are actually Flag Smashers setting them up to be kidnapped.
* ChekhovsGun: The phone that the Flag Smasher mook gives to Bucky so that Karli can distract him becomes the undoing of the Flag Smashers when Bucky uses the Flag Smashers app installed on it to indicate a safe haven for the members, which lures them out of hiding and into a police ambush to be arrested.
* ChekhovsGunman: Zemo's old butler from episode 3 shows up again to kill the remaining superpowered Flag Smashers under Zemo's orders.
* CloseOnTitle: The show's title is shown before and after the CreativeClosingCredits. Or rather, its new title: '''''Captain America''''' ''and the Winter Soldier''.

** Even Zemo has once again achieved his goals by arranging for his butler to kill off the remaining super-soldier Flag Smashers.

* EasilyForgiven: Neither Bucky nor Sam calls out John for trying to kill them in the last episode. Given that he never gave any indication of having a JerkassRealization about his actions immediately post-serum, it's similarly noteworthy that Walker doesn't seem to have much to say to the duo, despite them breaking his arm and taking the shield in the prior episode.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Karli's fellow Flag Smashers are taken aback when she says that they will kill their hostages if they can't escape with them (their initial plan was to use the hostages as leverage to force a negotiation for the GRC to stop their vote), and don't seem pleased when she declares that their cause will live on even if they did. For once, they are reluctant to join her chorus of 'One World, One People.'

* ExternalCombustion: Oeznik uses a car bomb to kill the surviving Flag Smashers after they are taken into custody.

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Karli and her allies have spent most of the series using their Flag Smashers app to gain support and communicate with their followers around the world. Bucky and Walker ultimately use the app, on a phone given to Bucky by one of Karli's operatives, to guide the remaining super-soldiers straight to the police.

** A (semi-)villainous version: as the Flag Smashers who survived and were arrested are being loaded up into a police van, one of the officers whispers their creed to them, causing Dovich to smile as he and his compatriots realize that they still have allies on the outside and maybe even a chance to escape and avoid being sent to the Raft. And then the police van explodes, with Zemo's butler being revealed as the culprit.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Dovich and the remaining Flag Smashers wisely surrender when they are cornered by Bucky, Walker, and several dozen armed cops and Federal agents.

** Sam's debut as the new Captain America by foiling an attack on a United Nations-like organization resembles the debut of the [[RetroactiveLegacy 1950's Cap]] in ''Young Men'' #24 when he and "Bucky" foiled a DirtyCommunist attack on the UN.
** The BaitAndSwitch / HopeSpot moment with the captured Flag Smashers is just like the SequelHook that concludes ''[[ComicBook/SecretEmpire Secret Empire: Omega]]'' with Hydra Supreme (the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSteveRogers "Hail Hydra" Steve Rogers]]), instead leading to the comics [[KilledOffForReal Killed Him Off For Real]] a couple of months after, with the deed also done by unexpected villains.
** When Sam is revealed in his new suit, one of the civilians asks if he's now calling himself "[[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]]," something that Marvel fans frequently joked about when he initially took up the mantle of Captain America.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Near the beginning of the episode, a random Flag Smasher gives Bucky a phone for him to speak to Karli with, intending to distract him while the hostages are in danger. The phone still has the Flag Smashers' app installed, which Bucky and Walker use to draw the remaining members into a trap at the end of the episode.

* PaintItBlack: Walker replaces his blue-and-red costume with a black-and-red one after he decides to work for Val, who's a lot more morally ambiguous than his former superiors due to her unknown allegiances.

'''Sam:''' (''scoffs'') I'm a Black man carrying the Stars and Stripes! What ''don't'' I understand? Every time I pick this 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... ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis We. Can do. Better.]]'' We can't demand people step up, and we don't meet them halfway. (''turns to another Senator'') 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? Hmm? 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. (''turns back to the first'') ''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: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion how are you going to use it?]]
* PietaPlagiarism: The way Sam cradles Karli's body as she dies is reminiscent of this-- up to and even including his descent from the sky with her body.

* RivalsTeamUp: After giving up his revenge against Karli to help save the hostages, Walker joins forces with Sam and Bucky in pursuing the Flag Smashers, following Sam's lead without any hesitation or objection.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Turns out that Karli and the other enhanced Flag Smashers were given the serum by the Power Broker so they could be her super-powered EliteMooks in Madripoor. Instead, they went rogue and decided to change the world their own way.

** Walker declaring that he's back after getting a black version of his old Captain America outfit when Val makes him the U.S. Agent. One could say that he's [[{{Music/ACDC}} "back in black."]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The non-powered allies of the Flag-Smashers remain by and large unaccounted for.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While chasing down the remaining Flag Smashers, Walker comes across a hijacked GRC vehicle about to go over a ledge. After a moment of thought, he abandons chasing after the Flag Smashers and chooses to save the people inside.

* YouCannotKillAnIdea: Sam tells the GRC that Karli's death doesn't mean that the Flag Smashers movement has died, and they're going to continue being a problem unless the world's governments help the refugees.

* ShoutOut:
** When Sam is revealed in his new suit, one of the civilians asks if he's now calling himself "[[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]]," something that Marvel fans frequently joked about when he initially took up the mantle of Captain America.
** During his battle with Batroc, Sam raises the shield and uses his rockets to ram into him, resembling the Charging Star attack from ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' and beyond.

*** ... and just when Sam's whole character arc has you digging in for him to deal with some racist retort:

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The episode proves that once and for all, a trained, experienced soldier with the super-soldier serum (or, in Sam's case, the proper equipment) will beat an untrained civilian with the super-soldier serum. Bucky and Walker take down the various enhanced Flag Smashers who come their way, and while the sheer weight of numbers temporarily beats down Walker, a combination of Bucky's intervention and his willpower enable him to fight through the pain and triumph. Later on, during their fight, Sam holds his own against Karli, easily deflecting her blows and dodging her, even though she has the serum backing her up.
** While Walker's homemade metal shield was obviously never going to stand a chance against the real Vibranium shield, it doesn't even prove to be a useful weapon when he fights against unarmed Flag Smashers, quickly becoming dented and broken.

** The BaitAndSwitch / HopeSpot moment with the captured Flag Smashers is just like the SequelHook that concludes ''[[ComicBook/SecretEmpire Secret Empire: Omega]]'' with Hydra Supreme (the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSteveRogers "Hail Hydra" Steve Rogers]]), instead leading to the comics [[KilledOffForReal Killed Him Off For Real]] a couple of months after, with the deed also done by surprise villains.

** The BaitAndSwitch / HopeSpot moment with the captured Flag Smashers is just like the SequelHook that concludes ''[[ComicBook/SecretEmpire Secret Empire: Omega]]'' with Hydra Supreme (the [[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSteveRogers "evil Steve Rogers"]]), instead leading to the comics [[KilledOffForReal Killed Him Off For Real]] a couple of months after, with the deed also done by surprise villains.

** The BaitAndSwitch / HopeSpot moment with the captured Flag Smashers is just like the SequelHook that concludes ''[[ComicBook/SecretEmpire Secret Empire: Omega]]'' with Hydra Supreme (the "evil Steve Rogers"), instead leading to the comics [[KilledOffForReal Killed Him Off For Real]] a couple of months after, with the deed also done by surprise villains.

'''Sam:''' (''scoffs'') I'm a Black man carrying the Stars and Stripes! What ''don't'' I understand? Every time I pick this 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... ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis We. Can do. Better.]]'' We can't demand people step up, and we don't meet them halfway. (''turns to another Senator'') 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? Hmm? 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. (''turns back to the first'') ''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 going to use it?

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Karli has one of her operatives give Bucky a phone, so she can distract him while the GRC personnel are moved. Since it's connected to the Flag Smashers app, Bucky is able to use it to lead the remaining super-soldiers into a trap.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: A random Flag Smasher gives Barnes a phone, which Karli uses to talk to him as a distraction. Unfortunately for the Flag Smashers, he uses their app to draw four of them toward him, Walker, and the police at the end of the episode.

** ... and just when Sam's whole character arc has you digging in for him to deal with some racist retort: