What’s a reformed villain gotta do to impress the Justice League? That’s the dilemma faced by John Cena’s titular antihero in the first teaser for S2 of Peacemaker, James Gunn’s Emmy-nominated series spun off from his 2021 film, The Suicide Squad. We’ve got the same colorful cast of characters, but the new season will serve as something of a “soft reboot” as part of the new DC Universe (DCU) franchise.
(Spoilers for S1 and The Suicide Squad below.)
The eight-episode first season was set five months after the events of The Suicide Squad. Having survived a near-fatal shooting, Peacemaker—aka Christopher Smith—is recruited by the US government for a new mission: the mysterious Project Butterfly, led by a mercenary named Clemson Murn (Chukwudi Iwuji). The team also included A.R.G.U.S. agent John Economos (Steve Agee) of the Belle Reve Penitentiary, National Security Agency agent and former Waller aide Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), and new team member Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks).