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The Final Scene of <em>Avengers: Endgame</em> Is More Than Worthy

The film’s last moments may be polarizing audiences, but they fit Captain America’s journey perfectly.
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This article contains major spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.

Steve Rogers had a date. In 2011’s , his introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Chris Evans’s titular super-soldier promised to take Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) dancing. It’s a promise he couldn’t keep: To save the world, he crashed into the Arctic and stayed frozen for nearly 70 years. When and learned of his new reality, he wasn’t relieved to be alive; he was regretful. There in the middle of 21st-century Times Square, his first thought wasn’t of this modern world; it was of that

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