"If there's a unifying theme to the penultimate episode of Peacemaker's second season, it's this: Everything is a matter of perspective... until it isn't. Following last week's season-altering revelation that Alt-Evergreen is a universe in which the Nazis won World War II - a twist that would seem to recast Peacemaker season two in shades of black and white - James Gunn seems intent, instead, on interrogating the easy assumptions viewers might otherwise make."
"Since his introduction in Peacemaker 's first season, the sarcastic, Cheeto-devouring martial arts expert has been one of the sharpest thorns in the sides of the 11th Street Kids. Having been defeated to the point of embarrassment, Judomaster's thirst for payback was enough that he signed up for Rick Flag Sr.'s anti-Peacemaker task force, then followed Chris into the portal that led to Alt-Evergreen."
Everything is a matter of perspective until it isn't. The episode uses the Alt-Evergreen revelation — a universe where the Nazis won — to challenge simple moral judgments. Judomaster, once humiliated and seeking revenge, joins an anti-Peacemaker force and follows Chris into the portal, yet intervenes to save Adebayo from suburbanite Nazis because he hates unfair fights. He later stages a Scrobble game to argue that Chris Smith is a villain, labeling him a "jingoistic garbage person" with juvenile musical taste. The episode underscores Chris's recurring self-centeredness despite prior heroism and mines comedy from his obliviousness to obvious dangers.
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