Sir, one minute warning. Congratulations again.
Heard anything from Betty, my daughter?
No, sir. We've tried her several times.
Thank you.
In one of the most important elections of our lifetimes,
we've recognized the urgency of this moment.
From the disappearance of half of mankind
to the emergence of a celestial mass in the Indian Ocean,
the threats we face show no signs of slowing down.
But the only way we can overcome them is TOGETHER!
Tonight, President Ross embraced the theme of togetherness in his acceptance speech.
But his past tells a different story,
especially when it comes to working with heroes like Captain America.
As two of our nation's most important leaders,
some question if they can overcome their at times
tumultuous history to face the challenges ahead.
Here you go, Captain.
It's money away. It's on the house.
Thanks, sir.
...Ross being branded with the moniker of the Hulk Hunter.
Falling Hulk and the abominations destruction of Harlem
Ross was criticized for what some called an
unwarranted outburst during a press conference.
In fact, many blamed Ross for the collateral damage
believing it was his relentless pursuit of Banner's Hulk that led to the rampage.
It also resulted in the President's elect's estrangement
from his daughter, Dr. Betty Ross, Bruce Banner's ex-girlfriend.
But in the surprising turn of events, he managed to shift the narrative
and silence his harshest critics by apprehending
the man responsible for the abomination.
...the
...surfer mercenaries entered with a package about an hour ago.
They're handing it to the buyer any minute.
You know what they're carrying?
That is classified per the White House.
Of course it is.
Where's Eagle One? We have strike authorization.
Eagle One is entering the target airspace now.
...Soccer ball, huh?
Upload the compound's covert entry points.
Covert? Really? You must be new!
... ...
...
Wait for it.
...
Sam, SEAL team is six minutes out.
Copy that!
How the hell did he just do that?
Caps gear was a gift from the Wakandans for helping him out.
I heard even the wrapping paper was made by brand new.
No, man, I'm kidding. Come on.
Joaquin, Red Wing's picking up hostages inside.
I'm going in.
Negative. The package is the priority.
Have the SEALs track down the package. I'm on the hostages.
Red Wing, bring the stain up the building!
Evil man.
What is it?
And Sidewinder, he's the head of Silverman. He's not supposed to be here.
He prays, Padre.
Red Wing, only humans left... Show them!
Where is thechemist?
Ok, kill them.
Kill them one at a time.
Get the package out of here!
Serpent's on the move with the cannons, Sir Sam.
I'm kind of filthy right now!
Stop!
Say that!
Or we'll shoot them!
Don't worry.
You have been very brave.
Thank you, Captain America.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Serpent's in the far doorway with the cannons, Sir Sam.
And Sidewinder's headed to the chapel.
I already know what you're trying to do.
Can't be at two places at once.
Alright, this time.
But don't get yourself killed.
No dying, copy that.
Fire didn't show.
Looks like you need better clients.
You don't need to worry.
I'll find whoever wasted my time.
You have bigger concerns.
I'm going to kill you.
Captain America, I dreamt of killing who's bigger than you.
I'm happy to disappoint you.
I bet you break easy.
Not that easy.
...where'd your rib go?
You need a minute?
Nope.
Let's get this over with.
I got shit to do today.
Wait!
Keep your face always to the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.
The quote was Betty's idea.
She's still not speaking with you?
No. She doesn't believe I've changed.
Really changed.
I don't think I'm gonna get another shot.
I'm coming up on the end of my first hundred days, Leila.
They're gonna define me.
This treaty's gotta work.
Hello?
Mr. President, the mission was a success.
Alright, fill me in.
Cap and the SEAL team saved the hostages.
The package is secure and en route to the US.
How's your brother?
Wow, you remember?
He's in the Air Force.
Probably because of you.
Try not to hold that against him.
It's a weird place for a handoff, right?
Wide open, soft perimeter.
You think the buyer ever intended on showing up?
You think Serpent got played?
What are they saying?
Same thing. Contract was anonymous.
50 mil to steal the canister en route to Japan.
You show up here and meet the buyer.
Let us know you get a trace on Sidewinder.
Good work.
Thank you.
You'll notice, I did not die.
And people are saying I did not die in style.
Who's saying that?
People.
What people?
Everybody.
Everybody is saying that.
Tell me I don't make your old gear look brand new.
You got on degrees upside down.
I'm joking.
You look good.
Fair enough.
That means you're probably going to introduce me to Ant-Man?
Nope.
Well, at least you got to teach me your aerial kick, man.
Look, if I'm going to be Falcon, I got to know everything.
Then no way are you ready for that.
But I got a guy who'll teach you the fundamentals from the ground up.
Absolutely.
Now, he's not a people person.
So you got to learn how to keep your mouth shut.
Can you do that?
He's going to love me, bro. Are you kidding me?
That's not the right answer.
What's up, OG?
Who's the pretty boy?
Pretty boy? You can tell Gramps about me. I'm the new Falcon.
No, you're not.
I am Joaquin Torres.
I've been working with him for three years.
I haven't figured out how to shut him up yet.
So what are we doing here?
Orthopedics.
How to relearn how to walk after you break a hip.
That's Isaiah Bradley.
The Isaiah Bradley.
You brought me to the Forgotten Cab.
Why didn't you say something?
It is a pleasure to meet you.
You and your career are legendary.
And after that, no action?
I mean, a lot has changed in the world.
We could have used another super soldier.
The United States government threw me in prison for 30 years.
They experimented on me for decades.
Yikes.
That sucks.
Can we start?
Let's do it.
No barbarian wings.
No shield.
No super soldier seal.
I want to see if he's got three in him.
Get those flags, Sam.
Let me cut.
That's one.
Let's go home.
I'll beat it.
That's two.
I'm sorry.
What were you saying?
See? Not a people person.
In a fight, the last hit... Is the only hit that matters.
I know. Shut up. Thanks.
All right. That's it. Take me in. I'm ready.
Captain America doesn't get to take five.
Let's go.
I need to take this.
I'm not taking five.
Oh, you still got the... No, I don't... Classic on.
Maybe I wanted it on there.
Oh, you want me to make the text bigger?
So you could read it?
Yeah, I'll hold for the president.
Where are you going?
You want to talk about it?
It just doesn't sit right with me.
Captain America.
Answering to the president.
The president of the country who stole your life?
It's not just that.
We're talking about Thaddeus Thunderbolt Ross.
Son of a bitch earned that nickname, too.
Look, I know, Isaiah, firsthand.
Remember, Ross threw me out.
Threw me in the raft.
Hounded me, Steve, and Natasha for years.
So why are you working for him?
As long as you do,
Captain America stands for people like him.
You've got no business working for the government.
You see what's going on out there?
The country is lost.
I'm standing next to the president, even if it's Ross.
It gives people hope.
Now come on, give me some credit.
I have a friend who works in the White House.
She'll let me know if Ross starts acting out of turn.
None of this means I forgot about you.
I see what you're doing.
What?
Pulling that counseling bullshit on me.
Look, trust me.
My eyes are wide open on this, okay?
I know Ross will never change.
But...
he is the president.
So you gonna tell me what he wanted or you plan on making me guess?
He invited Joaquin and I to the White House.
And I said under one condition.
If he extended an invitation to you as well.
No, you gonna say no, but...
it would mean a lot to me if you were there.
We just...
gotta get you a suit.
I have a damn suit.
For real? And why you always wearing that ratty ass sweatsuit?
Come on,
you gonna come or what?
Like this.
See, Isaiah, this is what I'm talking about.
Now you're going to the White House.
Look at that. You look good, OG.
I told you I was gonna get you out of those sweats.
Look at you now, man.
Yeah, I didn't know a men's warehouse made that size.
Hey, Faith and I got married in this.
Okay.
I'm sure she would be proud.
I hope so.
It's strange to walk right into the belly of the beast.
Yeah, I'm sure it can't be easy.
It ain't.
Which is why we gotta celebrate.
I don't care if it is Ross in charge.
We are guests of honor at the White House, man.
When did that ever happen?
And they sent us a limo, man.
And we look good.
Old school, you got your smell good on.
We got the houndstooth eyes.
And we got the good stuff.
It's party time.
It's time to get it done.
can't stop when we start we get it done take no days off we number one
laser beast kicks and we run like this we're gonna
get it done we start when we stop Gotta get it done
man we gotta get it done oh man.
Look at this.
иль Tres amigos on three. Uno, dos, tres.
That's my new wallpaper. Look at that.
Pretty good. Can you send it to me?
Yeah, I'll airdrop it to you right now.
You know what airdrop is, right?
Of course I know what an airdrop is.
Excuse me, gentlemen. The president needs Mr. Wilson.
See you guys inside.
Hey.
Sam, just keep an open mind.
Why? What am I walking into?
This is not the picture you took.
Oh, I sent you the wrong picture.
Oh, my lord.
Wilson.
Folks, can you give us a room?
Thanks.
Doctor's orders.
Not quite a cigar, but in that damn gum.
Thanks for coming in.
Welcome to the White House.
Thank you for the invite, sir.
I have to admit, I'm still getting used to the new look.
Yeah, well, they said lose the mustache or lose the election.
Thanks for your help down in Mexico.
Retrieving that canister might just have saved this treaty.
It's just doing my job, sir.
You and I haven't always agreed on how much latitude enhanced individuals deserve.
But what you've accomplished has given me reason to reconsider.
Which is why I want you, Captain America, to help me rebuild the Avengers.
The Avengers?
Yes, sir.
With all due respect, sir.
When you passed the Sokovia Accords, you tore the Avengers apart.
Why the change of heart?
I represent all Americans now.
Hell, half of them wouldn't even be here without the Avengers.
The country needs this.
And when we disagree on how to manage a situation, what happens then?
We figure it out together.
Look, you don't have to give me an answer now.
Just think about it.
Prime Minister Ozaki.
Good to see you, sir.
And you. Thank you for being here.
Here we are.
Sam Wilson, Prime Minister Ozaki.
Not bad.
Would you like a picture?
Sure. Sam, please.
Stand a little bit closer.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Thank you.
Work with me, Sam.
We'll show the world a better way forward.
That was unexpected.
Maybe it's an opportunity.
How was that?
He asked me to restart the Avengers.
What? That's huge, man.
I don't know.
We'd have to work for him.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the President of the United States, Thaddeus Ross.
Good evening, everyone.
Good evening.
It's my great privilege to host you at the White House
on this historic evening.
When the celestial mass
emerged in the Indian Ocean,
we did what we often do.
We squabbled over it.
Countries rushed in to claim it as their own.
Setting up research facilities to exploit its resources.
What was found inside that island
is nothing short of the discovery of the millennium.
Its potential applications in tech, in medicine,
in defense, are immeasurable.
It's even more indestructible than vibranium.
And it's not controlled by an isolationist nation.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I present to you adamantium.
The first and only
refined sample
was stolen from a Japanese mining site, but happily
it's been recovered
and is in a secure location.
And we have two incredibly
brave men to thank for that.
Joaquin Torres and our own Captain America Sam Wilson.
What we do next
with this discovery
will determine how history judges us.
If we ratify this treaty,
together we can produce enough adamantium to fairly
and equitably distribute it
around the world.
No nation will be left behind.
Isaiah! What are you doing?
God, a rapist!
God, this is terrible!
God, we areati...
I will start or you hit.
Go, go, go!
But you gotta stop.
I cannot go back inside, Sam.
Run and it'll be worse than that.
When you're ready... Please, Isaiah.
Then take it easy!
Watch him.
My suit! Please!
What's my suit?
Captain, I can't let you in.
Sam!
Sir, sir, you can't...
Sir!
Sorry, Mr... Hey, hey, hey!
He stays.
Everybody else, out.
Agent Taylor, you too.
Are you okay?
I should be asking you that, sir.
Not my first time being shot at.
Look, I know how this must look, but...
Can we have a minute?
She stays.
Meet Ruth Batsaroff.
My security advisor.
Sir, there's no way Isaiah could have done this.
Except he did.
Maybe somebody got to him.
You're really defending a man who just tried
to kill the president in front... We don't...
What do we know?
There were five shooters.
Isaiah was one of them.
As was Secret Service and Active Military.
This was a coordinated terrorist attack, sir.
What else do you have?
The song that preceded the shooting.
We think it was a cue for the attack.
Sir, Isaiah looked like he wasn't in control.
He had no idea where he was.
Sir, you're suggesting what?
Let me investigate.
Don't you think you're a little too close to this?
Sir, your inner circle has been compromised.
There's a possibility of another attack now.
And what exactly do you have to offer that our
entire intelligence and defense apparatus can't?
Well, I won't sit around and let Isaiah...
Look, I know how important Bradley is to you.
But consider the optics.
Captain America conducts a personal investigation
of a friend who tried to assassinate the President.
Isaiah sacrificed everything for this country.
He's a soldier, a patriot.
He had no reason to do this.
He had every reason.
Bradley was in prison for rescuing his own men, experimented on for 30 years.
The things done to him are enough to make anyone snap.
Sir, you invited me here to work together, so let's work together.
I'm afraid that offer expired when your friend tried to kill me.
Sam, you shouldn't even be in these situations.
You're not Steve Rogers.
Ruth, you have my full authority to put this thing to
bed before this treaty gets compromised any further.
So that's it.
I'm done.
You're done.
This is bullshit and you know it.
This is politics.
So you better wise up, son.
Son? You call it son?
Sam!
What the hell are you doing?
I'm going clear, Isaiah.
Storming in there ain't gonna help him.
You need Ross on your side.
Ross? Open your eyes.
All for the help and he sends me packing.
Ross is on his own side. He always has been.
Either you can't see that or you don't want to.
Hey.
Don't be that guy.
What guy is that?
The one who has to do it the hard way.
Looks like I am that guy.
The nation remains on high alert.
The Justice Department has signaled a death penalty
case will be pursued against Isaiah Bradley.
Just five minutes, Captain.
I could be court martial for this.
I appreciate it, Bill.
Yes, sir.
Are you holding up?
Up for good, but I'm a fan.
Isaiah, look me in the eye.
Tell me you didn't conspire to kill Ross.
Of course I didn't.
What in the world happened to make you shoot at the President?
I don't know.
You gotta give me more than I don't know.
Is there anything you remember?
I got a haircut, picked my suit up at the cleaners and came to you.
We rode in the limo.
Took our photo.
Look.
My phone was on the fridge.
Then...
we went over to the East Room.
One moment I'm sitting there, the next I'm standing in that park.
I should have stayed in my damn house.
Minded my business.
No, this isn't on you.
Someone's behind all this.
Sam.
The last thing I want is for this to touch you.
Listen.
There ain't no escaping from me this time.
Or I'm gonna die in here.
No you're not.
I'm gonna get you out.
You wanna help me?
Of course.
Don't come back.
Surgeon Paiumo, get me a copy of the conversation.
I wanna take another look.
Yes ma'am.
Any good work with Wilson?
Let me know if he pays another visit.
Roger that.
You get in?
Well I think I committed treason and espionage.
But I made it into the White House's CCTV system.
And what am I looking for?
When Isaiah went off in the White House,
it made me think of a friend of mine.
He was being controlled by trigger words.
You see any strangers talking to Isaiah?
No, well we got there, took a picture.
I airdropped it to him, but nothing crazy.
Yeah, but he said his phone was on the fridge.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, Sam.
I think I got something.
What is it?
His phone is like flashing at him.
Oh shit, I got the same thing happening to one of the other shooters.
Morgan Cooper, Ross here.
The prisoner, he secure?
I can confirm the prisoner is in his cell.
Do we have eyes on the bastard?
Personally.
I'm looking at him right now, sir.
Thank you, Cooper.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I keep going back to Mexico.
We were at the White House because the buyer never showed.
Why hire Serpent if you have no intention on collecting?
Maybe they were expecting Captain America to come.
What if the buyer wanted Captain America to come?
And what if they wanted us at the White House?
But how would the buyer predict that we'd get the invite,
or that you would invite Isaiah?
The buyer must be watching us somehow.
Another thing.
Ruth Batsaroff, Ross' security advisor.
Find out what you can about her.
Copy that.
I'll call you back later.
Target eliminated.
Stand by for proof of death.
No way you came all the way from Mexico just to blow up my car.
You must have made up with the buyer.
Get him on the phone.
Let me see if I can resolve this.
Resolve this?
The buyer told me everything.
He mentioned that if you survived the grenade,
there was a 77% chance you'd try to talk me down.
The buyer told me a lot, actually.
After he didn't show in Mexico,
he agreed to pay me back.
He said he'd double to take you out.
What he doesn't know
is that I would kill you for free.
How often do you get a chance to kill Captain America?
You're desperate without your beer.
Nope.
Just a little meaner.
Hello.
Well done, Captain.
But you're not going to like what's coming next.
Who is this?
How can we trust you to lead
when you can't even keep your own house in order?
We have the shooters in custody.
All I'm asking for is patience.
Patience?
From the Hulk hunter?
That was a long time ago.
Well, Mr.
President, I was almost killed in your home yesterday.
And today, you are still locked in your bunker.
You're not in a position to be asking for anything.
I agree.
We should continue this conversation another time.
Gentlemen, wait.
Please.
This treaty is too important to let it fall apart now.
We made a promise to our people.
We made a promise to the world.
We must prevail.
We'll need Japan to proceed.
And Prime Minister Ozaki's absence speaks volumes.
I'll get Japan back to the table.
Ozaki and I go back a long way.
He's running for re-election.
He needs to assert leadership on this treaty.
All right, Mr. President.
We'll remain patient
while you try to get Japan on board.
But if you don't,
we'll have to take measures into our own hands.
Gotta get out of here.
Sit down.
Sir, the snoop's not complete.
The longer I stay here,
the weaker I look.
The hell happened to you?
Sidewinder tracked me down.
Well, it looks like he did a lot more than that.
He's in police custody now.
You good?
I will be.
Last call.
Trace it.
All right.
Yo, get this.
Ross's advisor, Ruth Batsarev?
She was born in Israel and trained in the Red Room.
She's ex-widow.
That basically means stay the hell out of her way.
Trust me.
Yo.
Now, this is weird.
Isaiah had Ross in his crosshairs.
Couldn't miss.
I don't get it.
Why go through all that trouble just to not kill Ross?
I don't know.
Oh, shit.
I think I located Sidewinder's last caller.
It's in the middle of nowhere, West Virginia.
It's just, like, near some forest.
Database only shows one name.
Camp Echo One.
No satellite imagery.
Away from air traffic.
No infrastructure in the area.
Do you think it's military?
Yep.
It's a place they send you and you never leave.
Ross told me stay out of this.
Eh.
He's just the President of the United States.
You don't have to come with me.
Duh.
I know.
That's what makes her so noble.
Pack as much gear as you can.
I don't know when we'll be back.
What?
You mean, like, right now?
Right now?
Yeah.
Oh, shit.
Okay.
Well, it's a long-ass drive to West Virginia, so we're gonna need some snacks.
Why did I invite you?
What?
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Ruth, what's her off?
Isaiah Bradley's in holding cell 14.
The other shooters are in 15.
Okay.
Do you need an escort?
I think I'll be just fine.
Thanks.
Yes, ma'am.
Okay.
I'd like to speak to them one at a time.
Can you...
Excuse me.
Hayumo.
I'm talking to you.
Hey.
No!
Drop your weapon!
Hayumo, what are you doing?
Drop it.
Increase that radius.
End resistance.
Just stay your lane.
Stay your lane.
Okay.
That's enough.
If Dr. Echols asks, you tell her I did the whole five miles.
Bad luck.
We touched down in Tokyo at 0600.
You still think this is a bad idea?
Sir, whoever orchestrated the attack on the White House is still in the wild.
International travel brings security risks we can't anticipate.
Okay.
We barely got Congress together on this thing.
We lose our international partners.
This treaty's toast.
I have to make this work.
Three miles and change.
I'll let Dr. Echols know.
Five.
Do we have eyes on Wilson?
He left the base a few hours ago with Joaquin Torres.
They ditched their smartphones.
They're off grid.
Well, I don't want a variable out there that I can't control.
Get a team.
Pick them up.
Bring them in.
Yes, sir.
Yeah.
Breaking news out of Washington.
President Frost is on his way to Japan just a
day after surviving an assassination attempt...
I thought you used to play this old-ass game all the time.
Ah, this is hard.
You're right.
How far are we from Camp Echo One?
We are about an hour away.
Damn shit.
They just shot up Isaiah's prison.
Is he okay?
Yeah, Isaiah's good.
But the others... they're dead.
Shit.
Should we go back?
No.
We keep going.
The buyer's pretty smart, but we're not taking a bait.
Only way to help Isaiah is to figure out who's behind this.
And whoever is behind it, they do not want us getting closer.
Cooper, what's happening?
Mr. President, as a precautionary measure, I have moved the president to...
President Ross.
I miss our little visits.
Tell me something.
Do you ever stop to ask yourself who's playing the music?
It's you.
The White House.
The assassination attempt.
That's a way of putting it.
I helped you more than anyone else.
Only to get what you want.
What do you want?
I wanted my life back.
But it's too late for that now.
You gotta...
You gotta understand my position.
I... Oh, I do.
You let me rot in this prison.
And it was my curse to watch your betrayal written in probabilities.
I'm making my own choices now.
So many surprises left.
When I'm done, everyone will know just who you are.
And Betty will despise you even more.
Goodbye, Mr. President.
The hell's going on?
Putting you in solitary.
Yeah.
Nobody's gonna put me in solitary ever again.
It's for your protection.
I'll tell you this one more time.
For your protection.
I ain't going in a box ever again.
I won't be able to guarantee your safety.
Safety ain't always cracked up to be.
You still think I had something to do with all this?
I don't know.
Mr. President.
I need you to drop whatever you're doing.
Camp Echo One's been compromised.
Yes, Mr. President.
This is it.
Camp Echo One.
Telescopes must be a facade.
We gotta see what's underneath.
We've got cameras and guards.
Red Wing, cut the fence and go loop the feed.
We've got a 28-second window to get past the guards.
We gotta do the door manually.
Three, two, one, go.
Fifteen seconds.
Come on.
Shit.
I can't believe it.
There's no prisoners in here.
Why is there a lab in this prison?
What the hell is this place?
What the hell?
Well, Zarkasan.
I want to assure you.
America remains committed to sharing our adamantium with the rest of the world.
I trust you.
Japan shares that commitment.
The world needs this treaty.
Diplomacy must be hard for you.
A man in a country.
So used to taking whatever you want by force.
Excuse me?
How else to explain your theft of our adamantium?
Only to return it to us in Washington.
What you're accusing us of is baseless and insulting.
So the information my intelligence team received and verified is incorrect?
I'm a fool.
I'm a fool to negotiate with someone so naive
they don't realize they're being played.
Naive?
If I'd stolen the sample...
...why would I order Captain America to retrieve it?
I suppose the world would never know the truth.
Whatever game you're playing...
...Japan wants no part in it.
Don't test us, Mr. President.
He's got optogenetic data on a lot of people.
Don't make me look up words, Joaquin.
I think he's figured out a way to plant commands
into people's subconscious using flashes of light.
This Mr. Bluesong seems to be some kind of trigger.
Mind control?
Yeah.
That explains Isaiah.
And that's more important.
Take risks.
Use those incredible brains of yours.
Wasn't half bad looking, was I?
Samuel Sterns.
You know, it takes an awful lot to surprise me.
There was an 89% chance you'd turn around if I put Isaiah Bradley at risk.
Yet here you stand.
You're the buyer.
Indeed. Hiring Serpent was a necessary step
to create a chain of statistical certainties.
Maybe you're not as smart as you think you are.
I am.
Actually.
My mind sees it all.
Every probable outcome.
So you hire Serpent to steal the adamantium.
Shoot up Ross's summit announcing it.
And now you're just sitting here waiting.
Why do you want to kill Ross?
Why does everyone think that I want to kill Ross?
Is it because he imprisoned me here without a trial after
an infusion of gamma warped the structure of my brain?
...
Damn.
Once Ross discovered how useful I could be, he kept me here for 16 years.
Turning my mind to solving his problems.
My solutions brought in the highest office in the country.
If I wanted Ross dead, he'd be dead.
Well, whatever you're doing, you're hurting a lot of people. Including my friend.
So this is the last chance I'm going to give you to stop it.
Why are you protecting him?
Ross knows I'm responsible for the White House.
Yet he's still letting Isaiah sit in prison for it.
You know he'll never change.
Let me finish my work.
I'm afraid I can't do that.
Please don't be boring!
You think they'll stop us?
For long enough.
You're a fascinating problem.
But soon you'll be off the board.
So you don't surprise me again.
You messed up, man.
It's not even your choice.
I know.
I'm just trying to use your life.
I'm taking them in.
I'll deal with this.
Okay.
What the hell are you guys doing here?
Well, that's what I should be asking you.
Where's Stearns?
If Stearns is in the wind, we need to set a perimeter.
Roadblocks, air support... he can't have gone far.
Why are you helping us?
Because you were right.
I thought that was obvious.
Freeze!
Oh, it's okay.
We have orders to take Captain America into custody.
You already have one Captain America in custody.
You want another?
You're under arrest for trespassing on restricted government property.
Being right always go like this?
Most of the time.
... ...
I have the clearances.
It's been a long day.
She's X-Widow.
I just sapped the guy.
These orders come from the President himself.
Get them out of here.
And I'm just calling.
Move!
Uncuff us, now!
... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... Go, go.
Md.
President, Japan's claim seems to be true.
We're trying to determine the point of the breach.
Sir, we have to tell Ozaki's team something.
We got to stop the bleeding.
... I need some time alone.
You don't have much time, sir.
Ozaki just decided upon advancing his Navy on Celestial Island.
He intends to secure the adamantium himself.
...
Jesus. France and India are drawing up occupation strategies.
Mr. President, I suggest that we return to D.C. immediately.
No, I disagree. We are going to lose our opportunity to go shopping.
We need to regroup and we need to figure out a different solution.
We can't do that. No, absolutely not.
We need to ask for another meeting, sir, so we can have this opportunity now.
We might lose our opportunity.
We're not going to miss the argument.
We have to have another meeting.
All right!
I want Carrier Strike Group 5 deployed immediately.
Tell them I'm on my way there now.
Sir, are we seriously talking about taking control of Japan's adamantium?
I'm not going home empty-handed.
If only one country is going to control adamantium, it's going to be us.
Make the call!
Taylor!
I want to be en route to the Indian Ocean within the hour.
Mr. President, this is extreme.
Absolutely dangerous.
If a war breaks out... I was a wartime general.
I'm a wartime president.
Yes, sir, Mr. President.
What are we doing here?
You say Ross's orders was to take us into custody, so I called in a favor.
Thanks for doing this.
No problem, Captain.
Brass Center makes it down here.
Terminal set up.
Ready to go.
You sure you can knock out Stern's mind control?
I should be able to run the program that blocks the light
signals that Stern's has been sending out to control people.
What if he's already gotten to someone?
That's a good point.
Are you crazy?
We're clear here at least.
Do you have anybody that you trust that can
take a look at these and tell me what's in them?
Sure, I got someone.
I'll get on it.
Thanks.
Our guy here?
Through there.
Listen in.
I'm amazed you're still standing.
Most men don't survive but axe to the gut.
Kevlar weed, I presume?
Perks at a job.
You said you were going to find the man who wasted your time.
I want to know what you learned.
Samuel Stern's.
Gruesome fella, don't you think?
I've seen worse.
Not without your Avengers.
Full immunity and I'll talk.
You're crazy.
Who are you kidding?
You're here because you're all out of options.
You heard what he did to those shooters.
A guy like Stern's doesn't like loose ends alive.
Reduced sentence.
Alan Wood.
My own cell.
Let me hear what you got first.
You know it was my old unit that found Stern's and the wreckage of Harlem.
They said he'd been infected with Bruce
Banner's blood but it didn't give him strength.
What did it give him?
A mind.
Capable of impossible calculations.
Ross being Ross.
He saw an opportunity.
Instead of removing the Gamma from Stern's blood, he upped the dose.
Made Stern's his own personal think tank.
Creating technology and weapons for the state.
Holy shit.
Why did Stern's go along with it?
Camp Echo One was the stick.
I imagine a pardon was the carrot.
Ross told Stern's he'd let him go.
Once he became president.
And yet, here we are.
So Stern's hired you to steal Japan's adamantium.
Knowing it would divide the two countries.
He paid us through a CIA black fund.
That could kill the treaty and start a war.
And Ross would be blamed for the chaos.
How do you think a man with Ross's temperament
will deal with being caught in a trap?
If you break out of Allenwood, I'll find you.
When I break out, Captain, you won't walk away alive.
Did you know?
Of course not.
But Ross is not that man anymore.
None of us have to be defined by our past.
Yeah.
My guy needs 24 hours on the pills.
Okay.
We need to get to DC and tell Ross what Stern's is planning.
President Ross isn't in DC.
He's on the USS Milius.
They just moved into the Indian Ocean.
Japan's warships are also in proximity.
Shit.
Suit up.
We need to move.
I'll help you.
Hello, Admiral.
May I use your phone?
Hey, honey.
Who's at the door?
Holy shit.
You ever see anything like this?
No, I haven't.
Let me do the talking or you'll never listen.
I haven't seen Ross like this since the army.
He better snap out of it because whatever Stern's is planning, it's happening soon.
What's he doing here?
I told you not to get involved with him.
I brought him, sir.
I want him out of here.
Sir, you asked me to run this investigation
and the situation is way more complicated... Don't bother with the excuses.
You had a simple job and you failed.
Mr. President,
we've uncovered intel at Camp Echo One
that could put millions of lives at risk.
But you and I both know Isaiah Zensen.
I'm happy to have this conversation in public, if you like.
Jackal.
Jackal, do you copy?
Make it quick, Wilson.
I've got Japan's fleet on my ass
trying to make it to that island before we do.
That's exactly what he wants.
Stern's has been pulling the strings on everything.
Serpent's theft of the adamantium,
the attack on the White House, the CIA leak, the attack on Japan.
He's pitting you and Japan against each other to ensure that this moment happens.
How the hell did he do all that from prison?
Mind control.
He created a technology that allowed him
to control the minds of anyone he targeted.
Including maybe you, sir.
Have you been feeling like yourself lately?
Of course I have.
But he has your data, sir.
Why?
I don't know.
If he can control minds,
surely he can hack files.
Well, the logs show that you visited Camp Echo One numerous times.
To ensure a high-value prisoner was secure.
Yeah, but the scans, the EKG, the blood work,
was all taken there, sir.
This is ridiculous.
Mr. President, answer the question.
I don't have to answer you.
Why visit a black site in the middle of nowhere... Wilson, stop.
I order you to stop.
...to conduct these tests.
I order you to stop.
Why?
Because I was dying, goddammit.
Goddammit.
Because my heart was failing.
No one could figure it out until he did.
These things kept me alive.
And in return, I gave him hope that he might get his life back.
He got a lab to do the work.
I even tried to get him moved.
But you couldn't risk losing the pills.
After your friend the Hulk and the Abomination destroyed Harlem,
someone had to take the fall.
The story was just collateral damage.
I have dedicated my entire life to serving this country.
The one person that matters doesn't seem to understand.
But he never forgave me for it.
He never forgave my God...
...for setting the army at your banner.
I had to survive...
...so...
...my daughter...
...knew that there was more to her father...
...that I'm the same man that used to take her to see the cherry blossoms.
She still can, sir.
I know what it's like...
to feel you have something to prove.
Everyone only seeing one thing.
But when showing there's more to you,
it's not about when times are easy.
It's about moments like this.
We're here because
Stearns wants revenge and doesn't care if he incites a war.
We're playing right into his hands.
Mr. President, two of our F-18s just fired on the Japanese fleet.
Keep healing those pilots.
Damage to the Japanese fleet minimal.
What the hell are those pilots doing?
Call them back here.
We tried, sir. Jackal and Whiskey won't respond.
Gotta get our birds in the air.
You have two ready to fly now, sir.
Go.
Stearns got to our pilots before I shut down the system.
We need to get the Japanese out of the air.
Stay close and don't get yourself killed.
No dying. Copy that.
Return to your fleet.
We'll be right back.
... ... ...
...
Jackal headed towards the Japanese fleet.
... Mr. President, do not send more fighters up.
We need Japan to see we're trying to deescalate.
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ...on the right!
Sir, you need to convince Japan to ground their planes!
This isn't what we expected from a lost presidency.
Mr. Prime Minister, two of our pilots have gone rogue.
Call off your planes. We're being manipulated.
Certainly.
By you.
Hiding your assassins behind a Captain America.
He's trying to bring them down now, sir.
If those pilots are not taking orders from you, then who gives them their commands?
That's what I thought.
Mr. President.
Now we're getting somewhere.
That fire, you just let it out.
Are you alright, sir?
I just feel fine.
I need a moment.
Joaquin, Whiskey's coming in!
Copy that!
Sam, once we're done, you gotta teach me your moves!
Out of the way.
Whiskey's away. Send rescue.
Roger. Sending rescue.
We got two Japanese fighters coming up on your tail.
Why the hell are they still chasing us?
We're trying to help them.
Because we're all just gonna tell them who's really behind this.
All that hatred you try to hide.
All the ugliness.
It's still there, Ross.
Smoldering behind the eyes.
Joaquin, I'm going after Jackal!
Roger that. I'll keep these guys busy.
What have you done to me, you bastard?
What we agreed on.
Maybe a hair more.
You poisoned me!
Stop taking the pills, then.
But we both know you won't.
Give me what I want.
Stop fighting it.
No!
Sam, Jackal just fired his last missiles!
To the other!
Back off! I'll get it!
No, no, no! I got it!
Back off!
I got it!
Joaquin!
Joaquin's down. I'm going after him.
We'll send search and rescue.
You have to stop Jackal.
Dammit!
I'm putting an end to this now!
Give in to your rage.
I'm taking your legacy as we speak.
Come on, Ross. You're almost there.
You can rip their fleet apart with your bare hands.
And kill Captain America.
Oh, shit.
Let the monster inside you out.
How did he? How did he? How did he?
How did he? How did he? How did he? How did he?
Unleash your anger. Unleash your hatred.
Red Wing, stabilize!
Nothing can stop you, Ross. You can crush them all!
Run!
Are you okay? Captain America neutralized the rogue pirate.
The Japans were calling their planes.
Get Arasaki back on the line.
We can fix this.
Where's Joaquin?
That effect just got to him.
Thank God.
A crisis was narrowly avoided when a brief dogfight broke out
between Japanese and U.S. military forces over Celestial Island.
U.S. Air Force Captain Joaquin Torres was shot down during the skirmish
and is now in surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
His condition is critical.
We're gonna need to pack this.
Suction.
I can't see anything. More suction.
Retractors.
It's a private room.
Go away.
I missed you too.
I hate to admit it.
I'm glad you're here.
You looked good out there on that six o'clock.
But then I saw this.
The doctors had to restart his heart.
They don't know it.
This isn't your fault.
It makes me think of Steve.
How many alien invasions did he stop again?
Two.
Wow.
What made me think I could follow that?
I should have took the serum.
Like Steve. Like you.
Why?
Because this is all starting to seem much bigger than me.
Ross.
He asked me to restart the Avengers bug.
But Joaquin's in here.
Isaiah's in prison.
And Stern's.
I had him. I had Stern's.
Right in my hands.
And he got away.
He damn near pushed us to the brink of war.
Because I wasn't.
Say what you need to say.
Steve made a mistake.
No he didn't.
He gave you that shield.
Not because you're the strongest.
But because you're you.
You think if you had that serum you'd be able
to protect all the people you care about.
Steve had it and he couldn't.
You're a human being and you're doing your best.
Steve gave people something to believe in.
But you...
You give them something to aspire to.
Did your speech writers help you with that?
They did, yeah. The ending a little bit.
Did you like it?
No, it was good. Solid. B plus. Emotional.
Very. I felt it.
But just enough.
Yeah.
Listen, I gotta catch a plane.
I have a campaign fundraiser. It's so stupid.
It's gonna be alright, man.
Thanks, man.
I love you, buddy.
Was that... Yep.
...future Congressman James Buchanan Barnes?
He's taller in real life.
Nice smile too. Good amount of teeth.
Great posture.
He's 110 years old.
I can work with that.
I need some air.
It's a stunning fall from grace for a man
brought out from the shadows by Captain America.
Just two years after being exonerated for unjust charges,
Bradley now finds himself held in solitary confinement...
...and facing a possible death sentence.
Talk to me.
Dunphy.
You check out my report?
Alrig hu ce frontline I'm a whipped rail?
Those pills you gave me?
They're loaded with gammi radiation engineered to be absorbed between the blood.
Where the hell did you get these?
Shit.
I gotta make a call.
Ccop II, ur without, 有 accepted in the bay- This sound.
..
...is currently affecting your equilibrium.
Please stop thinking about the teachers.
When I turn this dial, it will disrupt your heartbeat.
I take no pleasure in your death.
But I can't have you calling a captain.
Who are you?
Isn't it obvious?
I'm the hero.
Sir?
Agent Taylor?
Just wanted to let you know that every guest has been screened
and we also did three sweeps of the Rose Garden.
Thank you.
See you out there.
Yes, sir.
Hello.
How are you?
I'm sorry. I should have called after the attack at the White House.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
It's really good to hear your voice.
I didn't think you'd answer.
Betty, I...
I know I've made a lot of mistakes.
But I'm trying to change.
To be a better person.
Maybe we could take a...
a walk sometime.
See the cherry blossoms.
Like the old days.
Yeah.
That could be nice.
Okay.
I love you.
Bye, Dad.
Please.
Good afternoon, everyone.
When I took office, I promised we would create a true, lasting peace.
Today, we begin to realize that promise.
Captain America, would you do me the kindness of
counseling a bitter man at the end of his rope?
That's what you do, isn't it?
Guess we have five minutes until the MPs drag your ass out of here.
You ruined my grand finale on the Indian Ocean.
So now I'm forced to turn myself in to get what I want.
Well, if you're waiting for an apology, we'll be here a while.
I'm waiting for you to realize that we both want the same thing.
For the world to see Ross as he truly is.
I'm proud to say our treaty will finally be signed.
I'll take a couple questions.
Sir, what do you say to reports that relations with Japan broke
down over your handling of the White House assassination attempt?
Despite fabrications that some have used to turn us
against each other, our bonds have proved strong.
You kept Ross alive for years.
Didn't kill him when you had the chance at the White House.
The way I see it, the Indian Ocean wasn't about starting a war.
You wanted to destroy his legacy.
Yes.
But you haven't figured out how.
The pills. I got somebody on that, too.
Not anymore, you don't.
Is it true hostilities in the Indian Ocean occurred because the Japanese discovered it was
in fact your government who paid for the Serpent Mercenary Group to steal their adamantium?
We did not pay them.
Ross turned me into a monster.
It's only right that I do the same thing to him.
Why aren't you smiling?
On the ground!
Come on, come on!
You ever use that big brain of yours to consider that maybe you're wrong about Ross?
Wanna bet?
Yeah.
Where are you going?
To stop this.
Get on the ground, now!
Captain America!
If I'm right about Ross, you're going to die!
You're gonna die!
Mr. President, Dr. Samuel Stearns just turned himself in.
He claims you promised him a pardon if he
worked on secret government projects for you.
That is a lie.
President Ross.
I miss our little visits.
What do you want?
I wanted my life back.
But it's too late for that now.
I helped you more than anyone else.
You gotta understand my position.
Oh, I do.
You let me rot in this prison.
Leave me alone!
Sir, I cannot let you.
You can't let me.
Everyone will know just who you are.
And Betty will despise you even more.
Stop!
Since when were they red?
President Ross?
Make it kill him! Do it! Fire!
This is what Stearns wanted.
Bertha.
Don't.
Get out of the house!
I told you, don't do that!
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No!
I won't!
I'll kill you!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
I said I'm not doing that!
All right!
Sam, I've got to get these people out of here!
Set up perimeter around the White House!
Come on back!
Sam, Jones incoming!
Ruth, I need you to clear Hanes Point. I'll lure Ross there.
Sam, are you crazy? He'll kill you!
Do it!
You can still fight this, Ross!
You see where you are?
You remember this place?
You used to come here with Betty.
That didn't work.
You want me?
Come and get me!
No!
Please tell me I knocked that son of a bitch out.
Wait.
No! Tell them wait!
What?
Should have taken that serum. Bucky is full of shit.
I want to lose that bet.
Ross!
We both know you can take me out with one punch.
But I don't think you want to do that.
Well, I know you've done some terrible things.
Now, I might be crazy.
But I think you're trying to change.
Now's the time to prove it to the world.
Prove it to Betty.
The army is transferring Stearns to a secure facility.
We should get you to the hospital.
There's somewhere we gotta go first.
That's three, old man.
I told you I'd get you out.
Took you so long.
Thank you, Sam.
I got you.
I have a few broken bones, so...
Come on, Mr. Bradley.
We got a little paperwork to fill out.
And then you're free to go.
Worldwide talks continue in the arms race for the newly discovered element
as we enter the brave new world of Adamantium.
Back in our nation's capital, ground was
broken on the restoration of the White House,
marking a significant step towards normalcy for the country.
Right this way.
Mr. President.
How are your digs?
Intentionally uncomfortable.
I heard the food hasn't got any better either.
You heard right.
Bradley got out?
Yes, sir.
That's good.
Mr. President, about your blood work.
It seems Stearns raised the level of gamma in those pills over time.
They built up in your body over the years.
That led to your... Led to my little tantrum.
Which is why I have to be in here.
Good solid walls, these.
Yeah.
But I have to say.
It wasn't nothing to see you take full responsibility for your actions.
Give up your office.
Accept your sentence.
I have to let the country move on.
Japan decided to uphold the treaty, by the way.
Us too.
The Ozaki-Ross Accords.
You did it.
Sam, why are you here?
Sir.
We're on different sides of this thing.
Every step of the way.
Look, if we can't see the good in each other,
we've already lost the fight.
Besides, I wanted to make sure an old soldier was okay.
I'd love to stay, but it looks like you have another visitor.
Hi, dad.
I guess I have to give you a rain check on that walk.
It's all right.
We could just sit and talk for a little while.
I'd like that.
Me too.
How's the kid doing today?
Yeah, still a little out of it, but doing better.
Sam, I'm gonna let you two catch up.
Where are you headed?
Back to Baltimore?
No.
I got Ruth and me tickets for tonight's game, courtside.
It's the least I could do for getting me out.
I'm happy you found a friend as grumpy as you are to go to games with.
Say it again.
Up.
I'm playing.
I'll cheer you.
Up.
The Falcon awakens.
Gonna let you have all the fun.
I'm sorry I screwed up.
Screwed up?
Get out of here.
I did.
You never messed up like I have.
You never got shot out of the sky and nose-dived into the Indian Ocean.
You were always on point.
Yeah.
Because if I'm not on point, I feel like I let down
everyone else who was fighting for a seat at that table.
That's pressure, man.
It weighs on you.
Makes you wonder if you'll ever just be...
enough.
Where I grew up, I only ever got to see heroes online or on TV.
I always felt so far away.
And I kept thinking maybe if I get out of
Miami, you know, maybe one day I could be... Don't say Ant-Man.
Oh, man.
I wanted to be you.
Well, Sam Wilson.
Because that guy, that guy won't ever give up.
That pressure, that responsibility you talk about, I want that too, man.
You know it's all about timing, right?
Control your spin.
And hit your thruster before you kick.
No.
Yeah.
No, that's it.
That's it.
Should I get shot out of the sky more often?
Yeah, you will.
You know, you're gonna come back from this.
When that time comes, make sure the suit's ready.
Because the wrong suit's right about one thing.
The world needs the Avengers.
For real?
Yeah.
Hell yeah.
I wasn't thinking about it before, but now that you bring it up, you know, since...
Oh, boy.
...the wings are damaged, I was thinking.
I'm like, oh, what could make this... Nope.
...you know, you didn't hear what I was gonna ask.
Nope.
Whatever you're gonna ask, nope.
I'm just saying, maybe you have, like, the Wakandans on speed dial.
That could get me some... a hookup on an upgrade on the wings.
You're gonna ask the Wakandans for a hookup.
Yeah.
That is the most Miami thing in the whole... Are you kidding?
They're gonna hook me up, man.
Yeah.
I'm just going to tell you.
I can do whatever I want, whenever I want.
I don't mind.
I love myself.
People aint gotta get up like the Warner Deutschland.
Love my... ...self.
One day ya'll gonna go shine.
Everybody lookin' at ya crazy.
...crazy Watcha gonna do?
...watcha gonna do?
Lift up your head and keep movin'.
...keep movin'?
Well, let the paranoia haunt you.
...haunt you?
Beast of fashion, police.
I wear my heart on my sleeve, let the runway start.
You know the man's about do love company.
What do you want from me?
...and a line full of fiends and a motto full of leanin'
and a motto on a zine, y'all these days are for...
Told you you were gonna lose that bet.
You want to know what's funny?
I'm not in the mood for your jokes.
You killed a lot of good men trying to get your revenge.
Trust me, we don't share the same sense of humor.
We share the same world, don't we?
This world you would die to save.
It's coming.
I've seen it in the probabilities.
Seen it plain as day.
All you heroes protecting this world...
...do you think you're the only ones?
Do you think this is the only world?
We'll see what happens when you have to protect this place...
...from the others.