Peacemaker Season 2 Finale Live-Blog: I'm Reacting To Chris And Harcourt's Past, Adebayo's Future, And Rick Flag's Multiverse Revenge Plan

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Warning: SPOILERS are ahead for the Peacemaker Season 2 finale, titled "Full Nelson," are ahead for anyone who isn't streaming the episode with an HBO Max subscription.

Well, Peacemaker fans, the Season 2 finale has arrived onto the 2025 TV schedule. When we left off with this show last month, Christopher Smith, Emilia Harcourt, Leota Adebayo, John Economos, Adrian Chase and Judomaster made it back from Earth-X, and Christopher surrendered both himself and the Quantum Unfolding Chamber gateway device to A.R.G.U.S. Oh, and Earth-X's Keith Smith looked like he was ready to become a supervillain.

So now we find ourselves at the final chapter of another batch of Peacemaker episodes. What awaits us, and will these events have ramifications for the larger DC Universe franchise? Let's find out!

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The Peacemaker Season 2 Finale Live Blog Starts Here!

Christopher singing to Harcourt in a restaurant in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Thank you to everyone joining me tonight for the Peacemaker Season 2 finale! Judging by the preview attached to last week's episode, we're in for a wild ride even by this show's standards. James Gunn has also said the episode's length exceeds 50 minutes, so there'll be a lot to absorb.

A Flashback Set One Month Ago

We're kicking things off with Chris and Harcourt on a date at Big Belly Burger, a fast food institution in the DC Universe. I appreciate him explaining the song to her, and also embarrassing her in the process. As a bonus, shots!

Jennifer Holland as Emilia Harcourt in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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We're Finally Learning What Happened On The Boat

After preventing Harcourt from getting into a fight, Chris is taking her to see the band Nelson on a boat, something he'd not prepared. I wonder what's going to happen that led to this drama.

A.R.G.U.S. Is Exploring The QUC

Rick Flag Sr. is wasting no time sending his containment-suited agents into the QUC to see what other universes are out there. Fleury is, of course, being obnoxious.

Murderous creature in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Messed-Up Candy Universe

Ok, I knew from the preview that the agents would be going into a universe looking like candy, but I didn't expect one of them would get brutally murdered in the process by those imps we'd previously heard about in the Season 2 premiere.

Economos Makes A Good Point

He's not entirely wrong that a lot of what they do hasn't been in service of the greater good.

Poor Eagly

Awww, Eagly missing Chris! We need to reunite those two ASAP!

Adebayo Wants To Use The Blood Money

Look, if that money's just sitting there, why not put it to good use? It's certainly better than Adrian's plan to kill the judge and his family.

Peacemaker's Already Out Of Prison

Chris is already out of jail. Good call to use those piles of money.

Chris Is Already In The Wind

The good news, Peacemaker and Eagly are reunited. The bad news, now they've disappeared. That's not ideal.

Giant spiders with equally giant human skulls on top of them walking around hellscape in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Cue The Multiverse Montage

The exploration of these different worlds continues. I honestly thought those spider creatures would get more attention.

Frank Grillo's Rick Flag Sr. in Peacemaker Season 2

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A Planet Called Salvation

A safe-looking world called Salvation has been discovered, and Rick Flag Sr. wants to imprison metahumans there, calling back to the Salvation Run comics storyline. Arkham and Belle Reve just aren't cutting it for him anymore. Yeah, I'm sure this will go well.

Adebayo and Bordeaux shaking hands in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Sasha Bordeaux Meeting Emilia Harcourt And Leota Adebayo

Sasha is not vibing with Rick Flag Sr.'s plan for the metahuman prison, so she's sought out Emilia Harcourt to vent. Harcourt's sympathetic, so she's arranged for Bordeaux to meet Adebayo.

Chris And Harcourt Enjoying Nelson

Those two were having a great time at the Nelson concert. Ok, great, so where did things go wrong?

Harcourt crying after kissing Chris in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Chris And Harcourt Kissed On The Boat

So these two did indeed kiss on the boat, but Harcourt abruptly left right afterwards. It's nice to have that added context for how she's been around him this season.

Adebayo speaking with her ex-wife Keeya in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Adebayo Letting Keeya Go

Ads finally realized that things aren't going to work between her and Keeya. They want different things out of life, so it's time they go their separate ways for good. Heartbreaking, but necessary.

Chris getting tasered by Vigilante on the ground in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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The Team Finds Chris

They tracked down Chris' location at the motel, and Adrian hilariously tases him to make sure he can't drive away. I didn't expect that, but it's also pretty in character for Vigilante.

Adebayo crying while giving Chris an inspiring speech in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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The 11th Street Kids Are Whole Again

Chris agreed to stay after hearing his friends' heartfelt pleas. Even better, Harcourt finally admitted to him that their kiss meant something.

"Oh Lord!"

Another Peacemaker finale, another theme song playing in the episode.

Langston reading spider facts to Vigilante in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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A New Group Has Formed

Fleury, Bordeaux and Judomaster have joined the 11th Street Kids in this organization they've formed. I need more of Adrian and Fleury together talking about random animal facts.

Checkmate

This new group is called Checkmate, which is a government agency in the original DC comics. I think we can big things from it in the DC Universe franchise.

Chris alone in the middle of a field on Salvation planet in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Rick Flag Sr. Has Kidnapped And Exiled Chris

Chris is sent to Salvation as its first prisoner as a test to see what effect this dimension has on the human body. It doubles as revenge for Flag Sr. since Chris killed his son.

"What the fuck is a vaporizing barrier?"

Fair question. I think Rick Flag Sr. has this handled.

John Economos Has A New Fan

His attempt at telling jokes earlier was hella uncomfortable, but hey, at least one woman in the room liked it!

Rick Flag Sr. smug face in Peacemaker Season 2 finale

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Peacemaker Season 2 Is Over

Well, that does it for Peacemaker Season 2! I'll admit that I was way off about Rick Flag Sr. looking for other universes to find a doppelganger of his son. And while I was hoping that this season would end on a happier note for him than Season 1, I was shocked to see that just as he got the life he wanted, he's now stuck on another world that's populated by unseen, yet probably dangerous creatures. The creation of Checkmate was also incredibly cool, and I hope other established DC characters will be included in its lineup.

Peacemaker Season 3 hasn't been announced, but with that kind of ending and James Gunn being DC Studios' creative head, I find it hard to believe that more new episodes aren't incoming. Let's just hope we don't have to wait another three years to check back in with these characters. Thanks for coming along for tonight's fun, everyone!

John Cena sitting in restaurant booth in Peacemaker Season 2

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P.S. (But It's Peacemaker Script)

Well, it's been a day since the Season 2 finale aired, and fans have a lot to say about what unfolded. Of course, that ending took a lot of people off guard, with @captaincupkicks putting it succinctly:

Seriously, there's a lot of hate out there for Rick Flag Sr., and @OnlyLugiaFans hilariously channeled Spider-Man 3 to express their discontent:

But even amidst all these twists and turns, a lot of fans are enjoying the pure emotion and character work in the finale, specifically when the 11th Street Kids are in the hotel room together. As @DavidOpie wrote:

Thankfully, I wasn't the only one who got a kick out of seeing Adrian and Fleury together at the Checkmate headquarters. @bikaxash posted:

Unfortunately, James Gunn shared after Season 2 concluded that there are currently no plans for Peacemaker Season 3. That's not to say Chris and the other characters couldn't appear in other DCU projects, but for now, don't expect another batch of episodes in the coming years. However, if there comes a time when that chanves, we'll let you know.