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14 best superhero TV shows of 2021

By Michael Patterson

Superman & Lois -- "The Eradicator" -- Image Number: SML114a_0320r.jpg -- Pictured: Tyler Hoechlin as Superman -- Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW -- © 2021 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved
Superman & Lois -- "The Eradicator" -- Image Number: SML114a_0320r.jpg -- Pictured: Tyler Hoechlin as Superman -- Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW -- © 2021 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved /
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(L-R): Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Falcon/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in Marvel Studios’ THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER. Photo by Julie Vrabelova. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved. /

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was actually supposed to be the first of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV shows to arrive on Disney Plus but delays in filming resulted in it getting pushed to second behind WandaVision. That may have worked against it because it was virtually impossible to get out from the shadow created by its predecessor’s success, but it ultimately held its own.

Starring two of the most popular MCU characters, it brought back Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan in their respective roles as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes as the pair attempted to live in a world without Steve Rogers. But how does Captain America’s best friends live in a world without Captain America? The only way they know how: Live as he would have lived, and to carry on that legacy.

What The Falcon and the Winter Soldier does is highlight how difficult that is for both of those men, as they are tasked with taking down a new threat (and trying not to kill each other in the process). It could have gone the buddy comedy route, and even though it certainly does lean into that with how much the two dislike each other, it mostly forgoes that for a powerful story that tackles a number of thought-provoking issues and raises some logical questions.

Essentially coming off as a six-part movie (after WandaVision‘s experiment with the TV medium), the pacing is affected on occasion, but it’s a thrilling watch nonetheless.

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