James Gunn’s Peacemaker Season Two Pushes Boundaries with Dark Humor and Heart
So, let’s talk about Peacemaker season two, because James Gunn has really taken things up a notch. Now, if you know anything about John Cena’s Peacemaker, you know he’s not your typical superhero. Cena pulls off that ridiculous costume, silver helmet and all, but what makes it work is that he’s actually a terrible hero—self-sabotaging, violent, and hilariously clueless. And yet, that’s exactly what makes him fascinating to watch.
James Gunn first brought this character into The Suicide Squad back in 2021. Most of that cast didn’t survive the movie, but Peacemaker did, and Gunn spun him into his own show in 2022. That first season was outrageous, yes, but it also dug into Chris Smith’s tragic past—how he accidentally killed his brother because of his father’s cruelty. Still, against all odds, Peacemaker managed to save the world from a butterfly-shaped alien invasion.
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Cut to season two, and Gunn is clearly not holding back. With Gunn now running DC Studios, he’s rebooted Superman in a way that critics actually liked, but here with Peacemaker , he’s reminding everyone that he can still be raw, foul-mouthed, and punk rock. The new season adds quirky faces like Tim Meadows as a strange government agent and Frank Grillo as a pompous, ruthless colonel. And the story picks up just a month after the new Superman film’s events. Peacemaker is trying—and failing—to turn his alien-invasion fame into a real superhero career. His friends aren’t doing much better. Economos, played by Steve Agee, is being blackmailed into spying on him, while Adebayo is heartbroken after a breakup, and Emilia Harcourt is practically blacklisted from her own agency. The only one doing fine, bizarrely, is Vigilante, who’s now obsessed with owls.
But the moment that really gets people talking is the orgy sequence. And this isn’t just a throwaway HBO-style scene. It’s long, it’s chaotic, and then Gunn does something nobody really expected—he actually follows it up with a whole episode about the awkward logistics of cleaning up after one. That’s where Gunn’s irreverent humor really shines: it’s shocking, but also oddly grounded in reality.
Of course, under all the crass jokes and buckets of blood, there’s something deeper happening. Peacemaker discovers that his weapons stash is actually a gateway to alternate universes. In one of them, he isn’t a failure—he’s beloved, respected, and even has his own souped-up bike, the P-Cycle. So now he’s torn between grinding it out in a world that constantly beats him down, or escaping into a dimension where he finally gets the love he craves.
And let’s be real—none of this would work without Cena. He throws himself into every ridiculous scene, from romantic awkwardness with Harcourt to a hungover moment where he literally yells at himself mid-bathroom break. It’s over-the-top, but it’s also Emmy-worthy comedy.
At its heart, Peacemaker season two is wild, crude, and violent—but it’s also surprisingly full of heart. Gunn clearly cares for these damaged characters, and by putting them through such painful, absurd trials, he makes their smallest victories feel huge. That’s why, for all its insanity, this season stands out as one of the most unpredictable and strangely touching superhero shows on TV.
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