How Many Episodes Falcon & Winter Soldier Has (& When The Finale Releases)

The number of Falcon and the Winter Soldier episodes will be different compared to other Marvel TV shows, which is why its season finale will release before fans may be ready for it. Coming out months after it was originally expected to drop, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier reunites Sam Wilson aka Falcon with Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier after their fight against Thanos and his Black Order in Avengers: Endgame, and it also sees the return of other MCU characters.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier didn’t wrap its production in time to release last summer, and so, WandaVision beat it to the punch and became the first Marvel Studios TV series, as well as the first project in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, to hit screens. In a way, it was appropriate given when WandaVision takes place in the timeline, not to mention it tied directly into the events of both Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. And now, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will continue from that but show viewers a bit more than just one small town in New Jersey.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has six episodes, the first of which is scheduled to premiere on Friday, March 19, 2021. Although it has three fewer episodes compared to WandaVision, the length of the series is expected to be the same at roughly six hours. That means more content in each episode, but a shorter amount of time to be with Falcon and Winter Soldier. Just like the season premiere, every episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will release on Fridays.

As long as Disney+ maintains its schedule without any sudden delays, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier season finale will release on Friday, April 23, two weeks before the next project in Phase 4 comes out – Black Widow. So instead of debuting after the prequel film, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will help set the stage for it.

Unfortunately, unlike the case between WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the next Marvel TV series, Loki, won’t launch until almost two months after The Falcon and the Winter Soldier season finale. Loki is currently scheduled to release on June 11; the reason for the long delay between the second and third Marvel show is because the studio wants to leave room for Black Widow to shine. After all, every one of these projects is part of the MCU, regardless of where they release, so it makes sense to maintain a timeline that factors in everything.

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