Sharon Carter and the 5 biggest letdowns from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

4. It felt more suited to a movie or a binge-watch than a weekly TV series

You might find the title of this entry odd considering yours truly just praised how well The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was able to delve into some of the more thematic and emotional elements of the characters’ backstories and the MCU in general but the truth is that the show never really nailed the TV format. Well, at least not in the way that WandaVision did.

The two shows should not be compared because they are drastically different stories intent on focusing on drastically different aspects of the MCU but now that both have finished their seasons, it’s clear that WandaVision made better use of the new format.

The pacing issues are an obvious example of how The Falcon and the Winter Soldier struggled to split its narrative across the episodes but there are other ones too. From the fact that Sam and Bucky never interacted at all in the first episode to their sudden reunion at the beginning of the second (and the immediate fight that followed), it just felt like this one would have worked much better if it had all been dropped at once – or it had been a film instead.

Of course, the fourth episode’s jaw-dropping conclusion is one of the real occasions when the format did work but, all in all, WandaVision had a more seamless transition to the small screen than The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.