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A random thought I had before the finale: It's interesting that the show has never suggested the idea of Bucky being then next Captain America, even though he would turn it down.

Obviously, that's not the way this story can go, just for the optics alone. Even if it made sense from the characters' perspectives to do this, we are not going to have a story about a black man giving up the role of Captain America to a white man, even if it's a white man who is qualified, deserving, and that we like very much. Isaiah Bradley presents the counter-argument for why Sam shouldn't be Captain America, but at the end of the day that is what this story is going to be. So yeah, Bucky can't be Captain America for this reason. And I presume that he doesn't want to be, anyway - it seems like he and Steve both discussed Sam being Steve's successor together, and that's what he's signed off on, so the job is Sam's.

But Bucky was the closest person to Steve, he's a super soldier who can easily wield the shield at its full potential, he's directionless in his life and wants to make amends, etc etc - there's a lot of reasons why he would be a good Captain America! I'm just surprised the story never even brings it up at all, if only to dismiss the possibility.