Truth

Truth is the fifth episode of the first season of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
==Synopsis==
John Walker faces consequences for his actions, and Sam and Bucky return to the U.S.
==Plot==
Having just publicly executed Nico, John Walker runs away into an abandoned facility. With the death of Lemar Hoskins and Nico's murder still fresh in his mind, he is confronted by Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, who demand he give up the shield. Walker retaliates by fighting them both, momentarily incapacitating Barnes and severely damaging Wilson's EXO-7 Falcon by destroying the wings. As he proclaims that he is Captain America, Walker attempts to kill Wilson but is stopped when Barnes pins Walker down. Wilson uses his remaining thrusters to take Walker's shield away, breaking one of his arms.
In Riga, the GRC raids the camp in an attempt to find Karli Morgenthau, but can only subdue her followers. Reuniting with Joaquín Torres there, Wilson is informed that government officials are taking over and investigating Walker's actions. Morgenthau is also revealed to be laying low after Nico's murder, with Wilson and Torres believing she will be rebuilding her forces and cover during this time. As Wilson leaves the camp with the shield in tow, Torres is told to keep the damaged EXO-7.
Walker is summoned to a council of government officials in Washington, D.C. who strip him of the Captain America mantle, OTH-discharge him from the military, and revoke all of his benefits in retirement, leaving him frustrated and manic. As his wife Olivia suggests seeing Hoskins' parents to cope with the loss, the couple is visited by a woman named Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who voices her support with Walker's actions, including taking the Super Soldier Serum. She informs him about the legal gray area surrounding ownership of the shield before leaving behind a mysterious contact.
While wandering the abandoned GRC camp, Morgenthau-- furious about the deaths of her fellow Flag Smashers and Donya Madani-- rallies her remaining teammates and plans to ramp up their mobilization. At a memorial in Sokovia, Barnes confronts Helmut Zemo with a cocked firearm. Zemo reiterates his belief that Morgenthau cannot be redeemed from her radicalization, and because her influence stretches across the globe, the only reasonable solution is to kill her. Barnes decides to disregard his advice. He aims the gun toward Zemo, only for him to reveal that it is unloaded. The Dora Milaje arrive to detain Zemo for imprisonment in the Raft; he bids his well-wishes toward Barnes before leaving. Ayo advises Barnes to distance himself from Wakanda for the time being due to his role in Zemo's escape.
Wilson returns to Baltimore to visit Isaiah Bradley, wanting to know from his past. Bradley informs Wilson that, along with him, a number of additional black soldiers were taken in to be unknowingly injected with different versions of the serum. Despite the serum being unstable within a vast majority of the recipients, they were all sent out on missions. While some began dying off, some became prisoners-of-war. After overhearing an officer's desire to destroy the POW camp to eradicate the evidence, Bradley infiltrated the camp alone and liberated his comrades. Due to being the eventual sole survivor of the serum, Bradley himself was captured and experimented on for the next 30 years. During this time, letters written to Bradley from his wife Faith before her death were not allowed to reach him.
It was only until a nurse helped falsely declare Bradley dead that he was able to escape. A distraught Wilson insists on sharing his story with the world. However, Bradley is adamant about keeping his name buried in history, fearing the people who erased him from society would come for him if news of his survival broke. He tells Wilson that America would not allow a black man to be Captain America, nor would a self-respecting black man want to be. Wilson glances at the shield before eventually leaving the house with it, calling his sister Sarah to inform her he would be coming home.
Sam learns from his nephews that Sarah could not sell the family boat, as it was a total loss. He gets the idea to call the Delacroix community to come together to fix the boat, as they are indebted to the Wilson family from years past. Barnes arrives with a case Ayo delivered to him as a favor and stays to help with the fix-up. During this, the two brief each other about Morgenthau; while Torres would be drafting a plan to defeat her, Barnes mentions Zemo's beliefs about her. Wilson also convinces Barnes to stay in Louisiana despite the latter's scheduled flight out the following day.
Elsewhere, Walker is with Hoskins' family, hoping to bring them solace, "knowing" that he had brought Lemar's killer to justice. While walking out on the street, he encounters his promotional poster on a wall. In Madripoor, Sharon Carter contacts Georges Batroc hoping to offer him a job. Before Sam and Barnes could complete their boat repair, Sarah relieves them of their work. As Sam begins to practice throwing the shield between trees, Barnes apologizes to him regarding his previous frustrations about his decision to retire it, noting that its symbolism was the closest thing he has left to a family.
Wilson urges Barnes to stop apologizing to the people he had affected as the Winter Soldier and start building meaningful closures with them, one-by-one. Before leaving, Barnes tells him to give a call once he has a lead on Morgenthau. Motivated by Bradley, Sam insists unto Sarah that they cannot afford to lose their boat, their totem of African-American history. With the belief that Bradley's pain and sacrifice would be for naught if no one continued to fight, he continues to train with the shield that once belonged to his friend, improving his accuracy to near-perfection.
Two months later, Morgenthau reveals to the rest of her teammates that she has hired Batroc: he gets his chance to enact payback on Wilson, while the Flag Smashers gain the armed strength of his forces, the LAF. As the GRC prepares to debate on the highly controversial Patch Act, which would force relocations of millions back to their home states, the Flag Smashers rally their supporters all across Europe. A few supporters infiltrate the GRC building in New York City, enabling a mass-hacking that disrupts the debate. Before the assault, Torres passes a lead to Wilson about the locations of Flag Smasher incidents. Wilson then opens the case, marveling at the sight of the gift from the Wakandans.
In a mid-credits scene, Walker melts his military decorations to weld a personalized replica of the shield.
==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
*Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
*Florence Kasumba as Ayo
*Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres
*Georges St-Pierre as Georges Batroc/Batroc the Leaper
*Adepero Oduye as Sarah Wilson
*Daniel Brühl as Helmut Zemo/Baron Zemo
Guest Stars:
*Clé Bennett as Lemar Hoskins/Battlestar (archive footage)
*Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley
*Desmond Chiam as Dovich
*Dani Deetté as Gigi
*Indya Bussey as DeeDee
*Renes Rivera as Hector Lennox
*Tyler Dean Flores as Diego
*Chase River McGhee as Cass Wilson
*Aaron Haynes as AJ Wilson
*Gabrielle Byndloss as Olivia Walker
*Janeshia Adams-Ginyard as Nomble
*Zola Williams as Yama
*Gordon Danniels as Tommy
*Alphie Hyorth as Government Official
*Elijah Richardson as Eli Bradley
*Tyler Merritt as Patron #1
*Charles Black as Carlos
*Antonio D. Charity as Mr. Hoskins
*Tara Warren as Mrs. Hoskins
*Shenai Hylton as Ms. Hoskins
*Demi Castro as GRC Leader #1
*Salem Murphy as Prime Minister Lacont
*Jane Rumbaua as Ayla Perez
*Noah Mills as Nico (archive footage)
*Christian Brunetti as Secret Service Agent
*Brad Brinkley as Secret Service Chief (uncredited)
*Nirvi Shah as Reporter #1 (uncredited)
*Regina Ting Chen as Reporter #2 (uncredited)
*John Gettier as GRC Security (uncredited)
*Andrew S. McMillan as Park Jogger (uncredited)
*Kim Rosen as NYC Pedestrian (uncredited)
*Unknown Voice Actress as Miss Paddy (uncredited)
*Unknown Voice Actor as Mr. Thurow (uncredited)
==Appearances==
===Locations===
*Riga, Latvia
**Latvian GRC Resettlement Camp
*Washington, D.C.
**United States Capitol
**Washington Monument
*Former Sokovian Territory
**Sokovian Memorial
*Baltimore, Maryland
**Bradley Residence
*Delacroix, Louisiana
**Wilson Family Residence
**Wilson Family Seafood
**Merchant & Treasury Service (mentioned)
*Madripoor
**Sharon Carter's Art Gallery
*Custer's Grove, Georgia''
**Hoskins Family Flowers
*New York City, New York
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**Chrysler Building
**GRC New York Headquarters
*Raft (mentioned)
*Wakanda (mentioned)
*India (mentioned, plaque)
*Philippines (mentioned, plaque)
*Oslo, Norway (mentioned, computer screen)
*Copenhagen, Denmark (computer screen)
*Amsterdam, Netherlands (computer screen)
*Dublin, Ireland (computer screen)
*London, England (computer screen)
*Paris, France (computer screen)
*Berlin, Germany (computer screen)
*Vienna, Austria (computer screen)
*Warsaw, Poland (computer screen)
*Minsk, Belarus (computer screen)
*Budapest, Hungary (computer screen)
*Bucharest, Romania (computer screen)
*Istanbul, Turkey (computer screen)
*Athens, Greece (computer screen)
*Rome, Italy (computer screen)
*Milan, Italy (computer screen)
*, Tunisia (computer screen)
*Tripoli, Libya (computer screen)
*Algiers, Algeria (computer screen)
*Casablanca, Morocco (computer screen)
*Madrid, Spain (computer screen)
*Barcelona, Spain (computer screen)
*Montréal, Canada (computer screen)
*Toronto, Canada (computer screen)
*Winnipeg, Canada (computer screen)
*Chicago, Illinois (computer screen)
*Charlotte, North Carolina (computer screen)
*, Florida (computer screen)
*Houston, Texas (computer screen)
*Mexico City, Mexico (computer screen)
*, (computer screen)
*, (computer screen)
* (mentioned)
===Events===
*Battle for Captain America's Shield
*Arrest of Baron Zemo
*Flag Smashers' Political Ultimatum
**Attack on the GRC
**Ambush at the Latvian GRC Resettlement Camp (flashback)
*Ultron Offensive
**Battle of Sokovia (mentioned)
*Liberation of Helmut Zemo (mentioned)
===Items===
*Vibranium
**Captain America's Shield
**Winter Soldier's Prosthetic Arm
**Vibranium Spears
*EXO-7 Falcon
**Combat Goggles
*Captain America's Uniform
*Steve Rogers' Notebook
*John Walker's Shield
*Super Soldier Serum (mentioned)
===Vehicles===
*Royal Talon Fighter
*Paul & Darlene
===Sentient Species===
*Humans
===Creatures===
*Dogs (mentioned)
===Organizations===
*United States Department of Defense
*United States Air Force
*United States Army
*United States Congress
*Global Repatriation Council
**Patch Act
*Flag Smashers
*Dora Milaje
*WHiH World News
*New York City Police Department
*CIA
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*Wakandan Design Group (mentioned)
* (mentioned)
** (mentioned)
*HYDRA (indirectly mentioned)
===Mentioned===
*Matias
*Donya Madani
*Nico
*Steve Rogers
*Paul Wilson
*Darlene Wilson
*Sam Wilson's Grandfather
*Faith Bradley
*Winnifred Barnes
*Dinh
*Bennett
*Elling
==Music==
Song title 	Artist 	Location(s)
Black Panther Theme	Ludwig Göransson 	
*Ayo, Nomble and Yama arrive at the Sokovian Memorial and arrest Baron Zemo.
Hey Pocky A-Way 	The Meters 	
*Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes fix up the Paul & Darlene.
Chocolate Samurai 	Fantastic Negrito	
*Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes leave the boat after Sarah kicks them off.
==Trivia==
*The title of this episode is a reference to the limited series Truth: Red, White & Black, which depicted Isaiah Bradley's story.
*Valentina Allegra de Fontaine quotes Nancy Sinatra's popular pop song "" before presenting herself to John and Olivia Walker.
==References==
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