This week’s episode of The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, ominously titled “Power Broker,” had not one, but three major MCU character returns, two of them from Captain America: Civil War, and one from Black Panther. The latter was a member of the Dora Milaje, while the former were Zemo, the man partially responsible for pulling the strings that led to the collapse of the Avengers, and Sharon Carter, who was last seen giving Steve Rogers a little post-treason smooch and then, apparently, driving off into the sunset.
That last one requires some serious unpacking, so let’s handle Zemo first.
As we learned last week, Zemo’s been spending his time since Civil War in a maximum security German prison where he’s being treated with some …