Peacemaker

Episode Reviews

Aug. 8, 2025 – S2, E1: “The Ties That Grind”

Peacemaker and the rest of Task Force X struggle to find jobs after saving the world. Although they’re heroes now, team member Leota Adebayo also disclosed the illegal actions of their boss, Amanda Waller, to the world. And Waller still has just enough power to make their lives miserable.

While exploring his dad’s quantum-space storage locker, Chris inadvertently stumbles across an alternate universe—one where he never killed his dad or his brother. In this world, the trio fights crime together. And Chris is touched by the loving relationship the three of them share. (Later, we hear that this portal is the result of an interdimensional rift.)

Unfortunately, when the Peacemaker of this universe shows up unexpectedly, the two superheroes come to blows. Alternate Peacemaker uses his superpowered helmet to send “magic stars” (ninja throwing stars) at Chris. They track him around corners, eventually hitting him in the back, where they continue to spin and cut him up. The duo exchanges several punches, kicks and tackles. Blood is shed. Alternate Peacemaker whips out a knife, intending to stab and kill Chris; but Chris manages to activate Peacemaker’s jet pack, which sends him flying into a sort of spiked chandelier, killing the alternate universe’s superhero.

Back in Chris’ world, former Task Force X team member Emilia Harcourt starts a bar fight after several men catcall her. Initially, she seems to be winning, using a broken beer bottle to great effect and breaking several bones. But then the men gang up on her, throwing her across the room and generally knocking the stuffing out of her. They kick her in the head and body several times after finally shoving her to the floor. And it ends with Harcourt tossed out on the street, with her face heavily bleeding.

In frustration, Harcourt punches the dashboard of her car repeatedly until her knuckles bleed. (Later, Chris wraps ice around her hand.) Some sort of alien creature in the quantum locker incinerates a dead cat-looking thing.

Chris hosts (but doesn’t participate in) an orgy at his house. Dozens of fully nude people have sex in this scene, with just about every gender pairing imaginable. Elsewhere, we see Chris wearing a T-shirt and briefs. Several men catcall and leer at a woman. One even makes a sexually suggestive hand gesture toward her. She responds with some equally crude insults.

Adebayo complains to Chris that her wife might be leaving her. A conversation hints that Chris and Harcourt spent a drunken night together. There’s a crude reference to masturbation. A woman storms out of a superhero recruiting office in tears. We later learn the microphones used by the interviewers were broken, allowing the interviewees to hear every cruel word spoken about them. In the case of the crying woman, the guy kept mentioning her “camel toe.” During his own interview, someone suggests that Chris likes to perform oral sex on men. People talk about weight in a couple of places. One conversation specifically describes what people’s butts look like in reference to weight gain. A man accidentally sends a picture of his anatomy (which we don’t see) to a woman. He quickly apologizes and tells her the picture isn’t of himself.

Chris drinking heavily, smokes a bong and snorts cocaine in one scene. Characters drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes elsewhere.

We hear that people are distrustful of “metahumans” (those with superpowers), especially after learning about Waller’s unethical actions and multiple escapes from prisons where criminal metahumans are kept. Even though he saved the world in Season 1, Chris gets turned down by a superhero team, since he technically served time in one of those prisons for committing murder. Chris owns up to his past indiscretions but also tries to explain that he is a changed man—though people dismiss him anyway.

A woman is told she suffers from “toxic masculinity” because she is sexist toward other women. We learn that even though Waller faces congressional hearings for her illegal actions, she still has enough power to keep the members of Task Force X from getting jobs. (Harcourt has multiple past-due notices because of her lack of income.) A man is disrespectful and rude to his boss. We learn the government is using a former member of Task Force X to spy on Chris.

There are roughly 50 uses of the f-word. We also hear multiple uses of the s-word, c-word, “a–,” “b–ch,” “d–n,” “d–k” and “h—.” God’s name is abused eight times (thrice paired with “d–n”), and Jesus’ name is taken in vain four times.

Jan. 13, 2022 – S1, E1: “A Whole New Whirled”

After recovering from his wounds, Peacemaker gets a new job as an assassin.

A fully nude couple has sex. We later see them in the underwear. We hear lots of talk and jokes about sex, male and female genitals and bestiality. A hospital gown reveals a man’s unclothed rear end. A lesbian couple embraces and kisses. Chris makes a comment that could imply he engaged in homosexual activity while imprisoned. Someone uses a sex toy as a pretend microphone. Chris’ dad calls him a “Nancy boy” and makes other rude comments insulting his masculinity. People call some men out for sexist comments.

A woman is blown into thousands of pieces by a sonic blast (which also damages several vehicles and a parking lot). This same woman previously roared like a lion and attacked Peacemaker with a knife, using super strength and speed to beat and cut him up. (She also throws him through a wall.) Peacemaker escapes by jumping out a window.

A woman beats up a man in a bar. An eagle drops a dead animal on the ground. It also bites a woman. We hear a man survived being shot and having a building dropped on him. There is old blood on Peacemaker’s uniform. A vigilante friend of Peacemaker’s leaves several voicemails about ongoing crimes. We hear a man tortured his son by locking him in a crate with starving rats for 24 hours. There are death threats. People carry (but don’t use) guns.

People drink and smoke. People talk about smoking marijuana. We hear about a heroin deal going down. A woman says she wants a bathtub filled with champagne. A man tries to escape returning to prison. We see someone flying an upside-down American flag. There is a joke about abortion. Someone references the “big man in the sky.”

We hear multiple uses of the f-word and s-word, as well as “a–,” “b–ch,” “d–n,” “d–k,” “d—-bag,” “f-g,” “h—” and “p—y.” There is an incomplete use of the c-word. God’s and Christ’s names are abused. We hear several racial slurs. (And Peacemaker is called out for racial profiling.) Someone makes a crude hand gesture.