Peacemaker season 2 premiere, "The Ties That Grind," opens after major DC Universe changes, with Christopher Smith awakened by his bird Eagly in a snowy scene. He accesses a secret quantum dimension to retrieve gear and discovers a doorway to a parallel world. He steps through and finds his father alive and unexpectedly friendly in a large house. The season emphasizes multiverse exploration as a way to probe Christopher's trauma rather than deliver cameos. The episode includes a recap and subtle retcons of prior events while situating Chris as cast out in a newly reborn DCU.
So much has happened to the DC Universe since Peacemaker was last on HBO Max. In the time since, James Gunn rose to become overlord of all of DC Studios. A terrible Flash movie here, an acclaimed Superman reboot there. Peacemaker returns when the DCU has been born anewand quite fittingly, Christopher Smith (John Cena, reliably excellent) feels cast out in this universe. So it stands to reason he'll go somewhere where he's actually appreciated. Wouldn't you?
With snow on the ground and his pants somewhere else, Chris resorts to the secret quantum dimension where he keeps his Peacemaker gear. But there, around the corner of other doorways to other dimensions, Eagly finds a familiar door surrounded by familiar arsenal. A curious Chris steps through and finds in a great big house his father (Robert Patrick), alive, and uncharacteristically friendly.
Exactly. Peacemaker is jumping into the multiverse, but unlike web-slingers and scarlet speedsters, Peacemaker's foray into a parallel world is less about buzzy cameos and deep-cut Easter eggs and more about interrogating a wounded antihero haunted by his past. As Peacemaker himself might say at an orgy: This is going to get deep. Here's everything that went down in Peacemaker season 2, episode 1.
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