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that's what i was saying in my initial spoiler takeIt's hard to say, but I guess there was a lack of real character development. For instance, the John Walker character goes from good guy to insance murdered back to good guy with no real explanation. He clearly goes insane because of the serum, but no explanation of how he comes back from that. I also thought that the tension between Bucky and Sam was kind of contrived and only saved by the fact that Anthony Mackie is a great actor. Then there is the lack of development to the story of the flag smashers, the Valentina woman, and Sharon Carter. And, from a pure enjoyment point of view, I wanted more Wakanda stuff in the show.
I get that all those things will probably be fleshed out in the broader MCU and that this may set up a lot of things like Captain America 4, but it seems like this entire show was more of bridge show to set up further properties in the MCU than telling a cohesive story.
Sam gets a full arc (even a classic Joseph Campbell hero arc)
everybody else gets a beginning and a resolution without much middle