When you think about it, it’s a hard way for Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson to start his official journey as Captain America.
It’s only when the young woman demonstrates that she is clearly ready to kill him that she loses her life – and it’s not Sam who is responsible, but instead Sharon Carter.
In the episode, Cap intervenes when Karli and the Flag-Smasher attempt an attack on the Global Repatriation Council, but during the operation he is very clearly trying not to use deadly force.
During their final showdown, the freedom fighter does everything in her power to try and get the star-spangled hero to properly engage her, but each step of the way he employs more defense than offense.