‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ has a mystery cameo the showrunner refuses to reveal

It plays like a buddy-cop action movie full of hilarious banter in trailers, but those clips barely scratch the surface of what The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is supposed to be. We're now two episodes in, and Falcon’s action and humor take a back seat to what Kevin Feige & Co. want to achieve here. We know from Feige’s previous comments that Marvel’s Disney+ TV shows will not be mandatory to understand what happens in MCU movies. These mini-stories will contain Easter eggs linking them to the main storylines, but they’re meant to allow us to explore MCU characters who do not have time to shine in those massive blockbuster films and who don’t have standalone stories of their own. WandaVision and Falcon are both proof of that.

We might not see any significant storyline developments in these series, but we’re going to get some surprises. The newest teasers come directly from the Falcon and the Winter Soldier showrunner, who said in separate interviews that Episode 5 is the one to watch. It’s not going to feature a surprise character, but it’s also going to make you cry. If all of this seems familiar, that’s because we dealt with a similar line of marketing for an MCU TV show just a few weeks ago — the Paul Bettany teasers.

Before we get into it though, I’ll warn you that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision spoilers follow below.