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matt_zimmerWhat If...? "What If... The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier?"
That was great.
Cartoon or not, David Harbour and Sebastian Stan have great chemistry together. What's especially impressive about that is they probably recorded their dialogue separately.
They put in the dramatic and emotional legwork for their friendship in the way they didn't for Sam Wilson and Bruce Banner in the season premiere.
Didn't get the Rook was supposed to be Stane until the end credits.
I love that if Tony's parents had lived, Red Guardian would have been a founding Avenger. That's awesome.
So here is the deal. The show hasn't actually gone bad. It's just as hit-or-miss as ever. Its quality is inconsistent, and the good episodes only occur with good premises. That's good to know, and this specific idea qualified as that. ****1/2.
