The Falcon & The Winter Soldier: 10 Biggest Takeaways From Episode One

10. Sam & Bucky Are No Longer Fugitives

During Captain America: Civil War, James Buchanan Barnes was a fugitive from the US government, and Sam Wilson went to Germany to help keep him that way. Falcon even went so far as to escape from prison, leaving both of them on the run from law.

Both were in breach of the Sokovia Accords, and when Infinity War began two years later, Sam was still on the run with Cap and Natasha, while Bucky was being treated by Shuri in Wakanda. Both were then snapped away, and after returning five years later, it was unsure if they would still be in the government's bad books.

WandaVision confirmed that the Sokovia Accords are still in play after the Blip, but after helping to bring half the population of Earth back to life, both Sam and Bucky have been pardoned for their roles in what happened in Germany.

One of the conditions of Bucky's pardon is that he attend regular therapy sessions, allowing him to live as normal a life as possible in Brooklyn, while there were no conditions for Sam that were made apparent. He is back working with the US Air Force, living very much as he did before he joined the Avengers.