Cena and Jennifer Holland (Harcout) Katie Yu/HBO MaxĮpisode 5 brings us to the team’s first successful mission. He doesn’t go through with it, but he does show off his fighting skills, beating the shit out of a group of white supremacists after he’s mocked them by explaining the foundational contributions of Black musicians to American popular music, including country. Still, we do get one prison brawl when Vigilante volunteers to get himself imprisoned in order to murder White Dragon as a favor to his BFF Peacemaker. We still haven’t seen him in action, but the fact that even the menacing Project Butterfly members want him to stay in prison does as much to reinforce the idea of White Dragon as a dangerous villain than as battle could. Patrick does an excellent job selling the complete disdain for everyone who doesn’t look like him, giving off a hateful vibe while masking his true intentions and abilities. If a group of white supremacists kneeling before him and doing a Nazi salute shouting “heil!” wasn’t enough of a hint, we get confirmation of his supervillain status, complete with an over-the-top white-and-red suit. She’s also the only one in a team of blood-thirsty killers who has genuine hesitations about shooting people, which adds both comic relief and a deep emotional undercurrent to her relationship with Peacemaker. She sympathizes with Peacemaker while seeing through the barriers he puts up. Adebayo is both the daughter of and undercover agent for the team’s feared puppet master, Amanda Wallace (Viola Davis), so she completely understands what it’s like to have family loyalty to a control freak with no regard for human life. Despite Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) and Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) telling him how big of an asshole his father is, Christopher continues to defend him, no matter how sexist, racist, hateful his words or actions.īrooks remains the MVP of Peacemaker. Peacemaker) being forced by his father to murder a man in cold blood as the show continues to make a big effort to build out John Cena’s Peacemaker as a tragic, misunderstood antihero whose tough and ruthless front hides a deeply hurt individual with huge daddy issues. We get a flashback to a young Christopher Smith (a.k.a. Indeed, episode 4 is largely focused on Peacemaker finding out about the incarceration of his dad, Auggie Smith (Robert Patrick), the villain in question. Episodes 4 and 5 show this group of misfits coming together as a James Gunn found family, while building up a threatening villain who’s truly horrific. Until then, excelsior.This is exactly what Peacemaker is all about! Though the first three episodes showed signs of greatness, and played every greatest card in the James Gunn book, they were still mostly focused on establishing the characters as more than just comic relief in The Suicide Squad. but has yet to receive a live-action version. He was recently a major character in the HBO Max Harley Quinn series as well. He doesn’t have powers but uses kite-based weapons and gadgets. Kite-Man is traditionally a Batman villain named Charles “Chuck” Brown. That one could be any of the previously mentioned. Peacemaker does mention having fought a gorilla at Burning Man that was far stronger. Unfortunately, this isn’t any of the famous gorillas from the comics Gorilla Grodd, Ultra-Humanite, or Monsieur Mallah. The butterflies took over a gorilla from the zoo. Not much of an easter egg, but yeah, he mentions Superman. You can also check out my previous breakdowns of Peacemaker Episode 1, 2 and 3 here, as well as Episode 4 here. In the meantime, you can check out my breakdown of the ending and easter eggs in The Suicide Squad by heading over here. The series also stars Danielle Brooks as Adebayo, Freddie Stroma as Vigilante, Jennifer Holland as Harcourt, Steve Agee as Economos, Chukwudi Iwuji as Murn, and Robert Patrick as Auggie Smith. The series will explore the origins of the character that Cena first portrayed in James Gunn’s 2021 film, The Suicide Squad, which is already currently available on HBO GO. Peacemaker  is a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it. I’ll be discussing heavy spoilers so if you haven’t seen it or want to avoid spoilers, now’s your chance to stop reading. The fifth episode of Peacemaker Season 1 is now streaming on HBO GO and HBO Max.
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