Everything to Remember BeforeThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Just two weeksafter the end of WandaVision , the next history in theMarvel Cinematic Universeis quick to be told . ( Which is squeamish considering we waited well over a year between the last two installments . ) That story is calledThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier , and the six - episode Disney+ series will center on two of the MCU ’s most enchanting , complex paladin .

Now , a short wait between MCU appearance should be a good matter . The problem is , you might not have time to properly go back and watch everything that come before it in cooking . We ’re here to ensure you ’re well - verse on the tale of Sam Wilson ( aka the Falcon , act by Anthony Mackie ) and Bucky Barnes ( aka the Winter Soldier , played by Sebastian Stan ) and quick for any callbacks to the intricate fib that ’s been layer over and over the retiring decade .

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Falcon and Winter Soldier are back.

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Below , you could read what ’s happened , so far , with all the independent graphic symbol ( that we know of ) from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier who ’ve antecedently been introduced . It should be a good refresher course so you could jump right on in when the show debut on Disney+ Friday , March 19 .

Sam Wilson/The Falcon

We first meet Sam Wilson in Captain America : The Winter Soldier as he’srunning around Washington DCcontinually getting lapped by Captain America himself , Steve Rogers . ( The noted “ on your unexpended ” successiveness . ) The two bail bond over their shared experience of war when Steve visits the VA office where Sam holds meetings for veterans . come to hope him , Steve and Natasha ( the Black Widow ) wind up up asking for Sam ’s assistance while on the run from the evil group HYDRA . He informs the two that as a former Pararescue airman , he was part of a secret military project to test and aviate extremely ripe EXO-7 “ Falcon ” wings and can habituate them to help in the missionary work .

After Falcon — as he number to be known — joins the two Avengers in consume down HYDRA , he goes off with Steve to notice Bucky Barnes , Steve ’s childhood friend who was recently revealed to be the assassin known as the Winter Soldier . Though Captain America and his honest-to-goodness protagonist fare to blows , Bucky vanish in the end . So whileSteve and the Avengers fight Ultronin Sokovia , Falcon spends that time keep an eye on up on inhuman leads to find Bucky . Once the Avengers are successful in defeating Ultron , Sam / Falcon becomes a part of the superhero squad .

Sometime later , after arun - in with Ant - Manat Avengers Headquarters in upstate New York , Falcon finds himself siding withSteve Rogers over the Sokovia Accords , a piece of lawmaking meant to control the Avengers . It ’s signed in part because the public believes the Winter Soldier acquit out the terrorist flack that killed King T’Chaka of Wakanda . Sam and Steve track down the Winter Soldier and realize he was n’t the person who killed the King ; instead , it was a novel villain nominate Zemo , who has a plan to unlock more super soldier like Bucky and tear the Avengers apart . Before they can stop Zemo , Falcon join Steve , the Winter Soldier , and others in fighting other Avengers who agree with the Accords , ensue in a impasse . During the battle , Falcon and the Winter Soldier terminate up fight alongside each other against the newly go far Spider - Man .

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After Zemo ’s licking , Falcon is force into hiding with Captain America because they are operating out of doors of the Sokovia Accords . They reemerge when it ’s discovered that Thanos is track down for Infinity Stones . After one conflict , their fellow Avenger , Vision , is critically wound and Falcon link up Cap in taking him to the one place he can be bring through , Wakanda . That ’s where they reunite with Bucky and fight Thanos ’ huge regular army . However , once Thanos get the final stone , he kills half of human race , including Sam and Bucky . gratefully , the Avengers acquire the stone several years later and lose it everyone back into macrocosm . Falcon is thefirst one to reveal his returnduring a gargantuan battle , telling Steve he ’s “ on his left field . ” Thanos is also eventually shoot down , but the engagement ensue in the demise of Tony Stark . At Stark ’s funeral , Falcon stands with Bucky .

We last see Falcon hang out with Bucky and Captain America as Cap get back in clip to return the Infinity Stones to their right timeline / locating . However , Cap does n’t come back to the moment he leave . or else , he stays in the past to live a farseeing , glad lifespan . He returns a short while after the moment of his departure , now an one-time valet , and Falcon read he ’s really happy to detect Steve is cognitive content . The problem is , Sam says he ’s sad he has to live in a world without Captain America . It ’s then thatCap asks Sam to sample his shieldand Sam looks at Bucky take over he would have been the individual for the job . Instead , Bucky gives him a reassuring nod to go in the lead and take the buckler . Falcon thanks Cap and say he ’ll do his best .

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier

James Buchanan Barnes , Bucky for short , grew up in Brooklyn , New York in the 1920s and 1930s and MCU devotee were first introduce to him all the way back in 2011 ’s Captain America : The First Avenger . The start of World War II witness him and his practiced friend Steve Rogers enlist . While Steve is initially too boney to be accept , Bucky is n’t , and his unit of measurement goes missing in action somewhere behind enemy lines . finally , he and everyone with him is saved by none other than Steve , now enhanced with an experimental supersoldier blood serum and operating as Captain America .

Bucky joined up with Steve and several other soldier in a special forces grouping known as the Howling Commandos , supporting Captain America ’s efforts against the renegade scientific discipline division of the Nazis , call HYDRA . However , during a raid on a HYDRA string , Bucky fall off at an overpass and is declare miss , presumed dead . Steve and his Friend mourn him but we later find out that HYDRA sherlock — mainly Dr. Arnim Zola—“rescued ” Bucky and subjected him to experimentation and brainwashing , and giving him a metallic arm to turn him into a soldier on equation with Captain America . hold him in cryostasis in Siberia until required for missions , Bucky becomes an infamous wetworks intelligence officer cognise as the Winter Soldier .

In advanced times , the Winter Soldieris finally revealedto Captain America as his old friend while HYDRA seek to take over SHIELD from the inside . finally , Captain America , Falcon , and others defeat HYDRA — and after a engagement between Cap and the Winter Soldier , the latter remembers parts of his true identicalness . trounce by Steve , Bucky goes into hiding , fox about who he is and his friendship with Steve .

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Sometime later , after being framed by a baddie name Zemo for the demise of King T’Chaka , Bucky is hunt not just by Captain America and Falcon , but now T’Chaka ’s son , T’Challa ( aka the Black Panther ) . Cap and Black Panther wreathe up fight each other as they seek and protect and capture Bucky respectively , but eventually they ’re all contain . In hands , Zemo use former code words to reactivate Bucky ’s HYDRA programming , but once again , he ’s saved by Cap and the pair , along with Falcon , go off to stop Zemo . Before they really discover him though , Bucky joins Cap , Falcon , and others to fight Iron Man ’s squad of Avengers , which lead in the Winter Soldier and Falcon fighting together for the first time .

During the hunt for Zemo , it ’s revealed that in 1991 , the Winter Soldier , still brainwashed , kill the parent of Tony Stark . The Book of Revelation sets Tony off , leading to a showdown between him and Steve and Bucky . All three men are leave wounded by the engagement , but Bucky especially . Steve secretly sends his best ally to see Black Panther in Wakanda , where he is given time to recuperate ( as well as acquire a new mechanically skillful arm , crafted from Wakandan Vibranium ) . Bucky remains in the rural area until a squad of Avengers arrives with an injured Vision , and the villainous Thanos following them . There , he fights alongside Falcon , Captain America , Black Widow , and even eventually Rocket Raccoon , Groot , and others against Thanos ’ ground forces .

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alas , when Thanos gets all of the Infinity Stones and bust his fingers , the Winter Soldier is the first one to disappear , mighty in front of his good booster , Captain America . Bucky return once the Avengers reacquire the Infinity Stones and defeat Thanos . We last see Bucky in the same stead as Sam , witnessing Captain America going back in clock time toreturn the Infinity Stonesbut returning later as an sometime man .

Sharon Carter

Sharon Carter first emerge onto the scene in Captain America : The Winter Soldier , act as as Steve Rogers ’ neighbor during his New work with SHIELD . Once HYDRA begins to take over though , she reveals herself as a member of SHIELD charter by Nick Fury to keep an eye on over him . Shefights alongside Steve and his teamto licking HYDRA ; later , she get together the CIA andhelps Steve locate Buckyafter his suppose assassination of King T’Chaka . It ’s also discover Sharon ’s great aunt was Peggy Carter , Steve ’s honey from World War II who he finally stayed back in prison term for . Last we see Sharon , she and Steve kiss , revealing their feelings for one another . Awkward , y’know , give the eventual time - travel rascality Steve experience up to .

Zemo

A Sokovian soldier who lose his father , married woman , and child in the backwash ofthe Avengers battlewith an malevolent robot in Avengers : Age of Ultron , Zemo shows up for retaliation in Captain America : Civil War . He know he ca n’t defeat the Avengers on his own so hehatches a very elaborate planthat includes unlock the Winter Soldier ’s programming with computer code words . He also know that revealing to Tony Stark that his parent were killed by Bucky Barnes will likely buck the Avengers aside .

The revelation does indeed shatter the heroic squad from the inside ; however , upon his winner , Zemo tries to take his own life — only to be stop by Black Panther so he can be arrested and tried for his affair in the bombing that killed T’Challa ’s founding father . He ’s currently being held in immurement by CIA operative Everett Ross .

Though they started as enemies , Sam and Bucky are now friends ( mostly ) , due to their respective bass trust and friendship with Steve Rogers . Steve , who is still alert , albeit very old , in this timeline has passed the pall of Captain America to Sam , who is not superpowered but uses his Falcon technology to continually save the day . Agent Sharon Carter is still working for the CIA and Zemo is still in CIA captivity . From there ? We ’ll happen out on Disney+ .

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