Power Broker (episode)

Power Broker is the third episode of the first season of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
==Synopsis==
Sam and Bucky go to a criminal safe haven to find information about the Super Soldier serum.
==Plot==
In a campaign to track down the Flag Smashers and any civilian allied with them, GRC forces led by John Walker infiltrate a hideout in Munich that had harbored the anarchists. As the men inside speak German, Lemar Hoskins is brought in as a translator, but the two deduce that the group had already run elsewhere. Despite multiple unproductive rounds, Walker decides to continue finding civilians.
In Berlin, Bucky Barnes decides to visit Helmut Zemo in his cell alone. Knowing that super soldiers go entirely against Zemo's beliefs, Barnes reveals to him the existence of multiple super soldiers running rogue throughout the world, later helping Zemo break out of prison by initiating an inmate brawl as a distraction. Wilson is reluctant to accept Zemo as an ally, but relents on the condition that the Sokovian would be under their constant supervision.
Zemo informs the two he spent years hunting down HYDRA affiliates who worked on the serums, leading them to Madripoor, a criminal sanctuary located in the Indonesian archipelago. The three assume the identities of local criminals for disguise. Meanwhile, Karli Morgenthau is at a GRC camp in Riga, Latvia, comforting and mourning her dying adoptive mother.
At a bar, Zemo uses a Russian trigger phrase to pretend to activate the Winter Soldier, causing a ruckus that earns the trio a meeting with Selby. Upon offering Barnes as a bargaining tool, Zemo learns from Selby that Doctor Wilfred Nagel is responsible for the recreation of the serum, having been hired by the Power Broker. Before Selby can offer Nagel's location for a fee, Sam Wilson receives a call from Sarah and is forced by Selby to put it on speaker. The call blows Sam's identity, and as Selby declares the trio be killed, she is killed by an unseen gun. Wilson, Barnes, and Zemo flee the premises.
The entirety of Madripoor is alerted to Selby's death, with a bounty placed on the trio's heads. The mysterious gun kills several bounty hunters, later revealing herself as Sharon Carter. Having stolen Steve Rogers' shield during the Avengers Civil War, she is now a fugitive living off the grid on the archipelago. Wilson offers to obtain a pardon for Carter in exchange for her help in tracking Nagel's location, to which she accepts. At a shipyard, Carter brings them to Nagel's laboratory, hidden inside several shipping containers.
While Carter remains outside to fend the lab against the remaining bounty hunters, Nagel is interrogated at gunpoint about the serum. He reveals that he was recruited into HYDRA's Winter Soldier program, and was brought into the CIA once HYDRA collapsed. Using blood samples from an American super-soldier, Nagel isolated the stable particles that comprised the serum. Upon re-emerging from The Blip five years later, he took his work to the Power Broker, who eagerly hired him. Nagel later revealed that he was able to produce 20 vials of the serum, which Morgenthau stole.
As more bounty hunters close in on the lab, Carter storms in to alert the men. Zemo suddenly shoots Nagel dead, and shortly after, an RPG destroys the lab. A firefight erupts at the shipyard. Zemo, slipping on his purple mask, defeats multiple bounty hunters before stealing a getaway vehicle from inside a shipping container. While Barnes and Wilson rejoin the Sokovian, Carter remains behind, as she is a fugitive of the United States.
In Lithuania, Morgenthau mourns her mother's death while reminiscing with fellow Flag Smasher Dovich about what their lives were like before the Blip caused their displacement. The Flag Smashers later raid a GRC facility for their materials, aiming to deliver it to the displaced children sitting in the camps. The facility is then set ablaze with people still inside. Meanwhile, Walker and Hoskins arrive in Berlin only to find out Zemo has escaped, knowing Barnes and Wilson were involved.
Looking forward to meeting with Morgenthau, Zemo redirects them to Riga. There, Barnes separates from the two to investigate mysterious beads littered on the street. He comes face-to-face with Ayo, who demands Zemo's location.
==Cast==
Main Cast:
*Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
*Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
*Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter
*Wyatt Russell as John Walker/Captain America
*Erin Kellyman as Karli Morgenthau/Flag Smasher
*Florence Kasumba as Ayo
*Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres (voice only)
*Adepero Oduye as Sarah Wilson
*Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo/Baron Zemo
Guest Stars:
*Clé Bennett as Lemar Hoskins/Battlestar
*Desmond Chiam as Dovich
*Dani Deetté as Gigi
*Indya Bussey as DeeDee
*Renes Rivera as Hector Lennox
*Tyler Dean Flores as Diego
*Noah Mills as Nico
*Veronica Falcon as Donya Madani
*Neal Kodinsky as Rudy
*David Bowles as Base Commander
*Nicholas Pryor as Oeznik
*Forrest Conoly as Brass Monkey Bartender
*Giovanni Rodriguez as Brass Monkey Goon
*Imelda Corcoran as Selby
*Robert Larriviere as Docent
*Olli Haaskivi as Doctor Wilfred Nagel
*Michael MacCauley as Warden Schlogl
*Meaghan Gillenwater as Sharon's Bodyguard
*Shane Berengue as German Prison Guard/German S.W.A.T. (uncredited)
*Christopher Cocke as S.W.A.T. Soldier (uncredited)
*Brandt Cook as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
*Timothy Cox as Skinhead Gang (uncredited)
*John Gettier as German Prison Guard/German SWAT (uncredited)
*Anthony B. Harris as Brass Monkey Patron (uncredited)
*Marie Martinová‎ as Brave Girl (uncredited)
*Eddie Matthews as Prison Guard (uncredited)
*Alexandra McGuire as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
*Bethany Kasulas as Madripoor Guard (uncredited)
*Frank Sorick as German Prison Inmate (uncredited)
*Alessandro Folchitto as German Prison Inmate (uncredited)
*Unknown Actor as Menz (uncredited)
==Appearances==
===Locations===
*Munich, Germany
**1337 Connect
*Berlin, Germany
**Berlin Correctional Facility
*Helmut Zemo's Garage
*Riga, Latvia
**Latvian GRC Resettlement Camp
**Helmut Zemo's Latvian Residence
*Madripoor
**Brass Monkey Saloon
**Princess Bar
**Sharon Carter's Art Gallery
**Buccaneer Bay
***Wilfred Nagel's Laboratory
*Vilnius, Lithuania
**Lithuanian GRC Supply Depot
*Delacroix, Louisiana
**Wilson Family Residence
**Merchant & Treasury Service (mentioned)
*Langley, Virginia (mentioned)
*Wakanda (mentioned)
*Novi Grad, Sokovia (mentioned)
**Sokovian Memorial (mentioned)
*Indonesia (mentioned)
*New York City, New York (mentioned)
*Siberia, Russia (mentioned)
*Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (mentioned)
*Vienna International Centre (indirectly mentioned)
* (mentioned)
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===Events===
*Liberation of Helmut Zemo
*Skirmish at the Brass Monkey Saloon
*Ambush at Buccaneer Bay
*Flag Smashers' Political Ultimatum
**Raid of the GRC Supply Depot
*Snap (mentioned)
*Blip (mentioned)
*Bombing of the Vienna International Centre (mentioned)
*Battle of Sokovia (mentioned)
*World War II (indirectly mentioned)
===Items===
*Vibranium
**Captain America's Shield
**Winter Soldier's Prosthetic Arm
**Kimoyo Beads
*Captain America's Uniform
*Baron Zemo's Mask
*Steve Rogers' Notebook
*Super Soldier Serum (mentioned)
*Sokovia Accords (mentioned)
*Rebirth Pod (mentioned)
*Gamma Ray Projector (mentioned)
*EXO-7 Falcon (mentioned)
===Vehicles===
*Helmut Zemo's Private Jet
*Paul & Darlene (mentioned)
===Sentient Species===
*Humans
===Creatures===
*Goldfish
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* (mentioned)
===Organizations===
*Global Repatriation Council
*Flag Smashers
*Dora Milaje
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*HYDRA (mentioned)
**Winter Soldier Program (mentioned)
***Winter Soldiers (mentioned)
*Avengers (mentioned)
*United Nations (mentioned)
*CIA (mentioned)
===Mentioned===
*Smiling Tiger (photo)
*T'Chaka
*Steve Rogers
*Yori Nakajima
*Red Skull
*Isaiah Bradley
*Abraham Erskine
*Cass Wilson
*L. Atwood
*Sharon Carter's Father
*Marvin Gaye
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==Music==
Song title 	Artist 	Location(s)
Forces of Time 	Dos Brains 	
Official Teaser
 	Shanti Dope 	
*Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and Helmut Zemo enter Low Town Madripoor.
Xiang 	Howie Lee 	
*Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and Helmut Zemo enter the Brass Monkey Saloon.
Le Petit Homme 	Édith Piaf 	
*Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and Helmut Zemo meet with Selby.
Came For The Low 	Zhu & partywithray 	
*Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and Helmut Zemo attend a party at Sharon Carter's Art Gallery.
 	Mel Tormé 	
*Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes and Helmut Zemo enter Dr. Wilfred Nagel's laboratory.
Glory to Bast (Black Panther Soundtrack)	Ludwig Göransson (uncredited)	
* Ayo demands Zemo's location. (post credits)
==Videos==
ONE HOUR DANCING ZEMO - Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier - Disney+
==Trivia==
*The episode carries on from the previous episode the analogy between Helmut Zemo and in : the meeting between Zemo and Bucky Barnes is reminiscent of the meeting between Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling.
*In March 2022, a year after the show's release, the episode was reuploaded on Disney+ with alterations to certain scenes involving blood and violence. This included Wilfred Nagel's death scene, digitally erasing the blood on Nagel's mouth and shirt and shutting his eyes after Baron Zemo kills him, as well as altering a scene where Winter Soldier impales a mercenary with a pole by instead making the pole bounce off of her.Disney+ Just Edited Falcon and Winter Soldier to Censor Violence The original version of the episode was restored in April 2022.
*The notebook in which Barnes keeps his amends list is revealed to be the same notebook in which Steve Rogers kept his to-do list.
*Sam Wilson's outfit in Madripoor when he poses as Conrad Mack are reminiscent of his attire in the comics when he worked as a pimp in San Francisco under the nickname "Snap Wilson".
==References==
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