It is Peacemaker season 2 finale week. That is proper, the eighth and final episode of the favored HBO Max TV present airs later this week, so we’ll be bidding farewell to the titular anti-hero and the eleventh Road Children once more within the close to future.
With Peacemaker season 2’s closing episode set to be the longest one of many lot – it will clock in at 57 minutes – there’s rather a lot that might occur. Right here, then, are 4 predictions I’ve obtained for this episode, titled ‘The Full Nelson’ forward of its airdate.
1. Somebody necessary will die
This can be an apparent prediction to make. Nonetheless, given DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn’s penchant for killing off characters in earlier tasks, DC Universe (DCU) or in any other case, it is protected to imagine any individual won’t be lengthy for this world.
So, who’ll be up for the chopping block? Everyone seems to be truthful sport so far as I am involved. However, if Gunn desires Peacemaker‘s season 2 finale to be as emotionally devastating as attainable, three candidates stand out greater than most.
Of that trio, Chris Smith/Peacemaker could be essentially the most heart-wrenching.
For a personality whose total life has been outlined by tragedy, it might be a welcome change if he earned some type of glad ending within the DCU Chapter One undertaking’s second season. Equally, it might be bittersweet if Smith, who desires to be considered as an precise hero, not a joke, by metahumans and the overall populace alike, sacrificed his life to avoid wasting his mates and/or the world itself.
The subsequent more than likely candidate is Emilia Harcourt. Like Smith, she’s not had many heroic moments to talk of. Watching Harcourt exit in a blaze of glory, then, would make for a equally tear-jerking second. It’d additionally make no matter romantic second that occurred between her and Smith between seasons (which Gunn has confirmed we’ll lastly see in a flashback in ‘The Full Nelson’) a fair harder watch.
That mentioned, it would be good if, like Smith, one thing optimistic occurred to Harcourt. Whether or not that is her and Smith lastly getting collectively, Harcourt getting her job again at ARGUS, or becoming a member of a brand new spy-based company (extra on this later), it is excessive time the solar shone on her.
If the aforementioned duo reside to struggle one other day, the attainable demise of Adrian Chase/Vigilante would arguably be the subsequent most heart-breaking.
An extremely well-liked character who’s been underused in season 2, his loss of life wouldn’t solely be a dagger in our collective hearts, but in addition make Smith notice how a lot he took Vigilante with no consideration. Contemplating Smith has handled sufficient trauma in his life, although, killing of his male bestie won’t be the narrative transfer to make.
2. There will be a significant cameo
Once more, this is likely to be a straightforward guess to make. If Peacemaker is as essential to the DCU’s long-term future as Gunn has prompt, although, it would be a missed alternative if its season 2 finale bypassed us with a visitor look.
There are different candidates, too. Rumors abound that Blue Beetle would possibly pop up in some capability and, with a June 2025 report from Deadline indicating {that a} Blue Beetle animated sequence is within the works at DC Studios, a cameo from Jaime Reyes is not out of the query. As work reportedly ramps up the DCU’s Booster Gold TV present, and amid hypothesis that Kumail Nanjiani has secretly been employed for that manufacturing’s titular function, the identical could possibly be true right here as properly.
And, whisper it quietly, what a couple of cameo from Robert Pattinson’s Batman? I hypothesized about this in my Peacemaker season 2 finale trailer fan concept piece final week and, whereas I admit it is extremely unlikely, it might be superb if some type of crossover between The Batman universe and the DCU occurred.
3. We’ll be taught what Peacemaker’s TV sequel is named
One other concept I mentioned in my season 2 episode 8 teaser piece, which I linked to within the above paragraph, this prediction relies on feedback that Gunn has made about Peacemaker‘s future.
To me, that seems like a brand new DCU TV sequence will likely be spun out of Peacemaker. Will it’s a live-action tackle ‘Checkmate’, a DC comedian ebook sequence that is featured people who’ve appeared in Peacemaker, together with the titular character, Vigilante, Amanda Waller, Sasha Bordeaux, and Maxwell Lord, amongst its roster? May it’s an ARGUS-based program alongside the strains of Marvel’s Brokers of SHIELD? Or will likely be a very left-field factor? I hope we discover out within the days forward.
4. It will arrange the plot of Man of Tomorrow
I briefly touched upon this earlier, however Peacemaker 2 looks as if it will act as a leaping off level for Man of Tomorrow‘s story.
Some narrative breadcrumbs have been laid by Luthor’s cameo on this season’s sixth episode. Relying on how ‘The Full Nelson’ ends, with a attainable cameo from Supes himself, and/or perhaps a teaser of Superman 2‘s major villain, ties between the 2 tasks could possibly be additional strengthened.
Now, I would be very shocked if we be taught something vital in regards to the story of Gunn’s subsequent DCU undertaking in Peacemaker season 2’s finale. In any case, whereas we do not know when Gunn began writing Man of Tomorrow‘s screenplay, filming wrapped on Superman and Peacemaker 2 in July and November 2024 respectively. If Gunn did not begin work on his Superman sequel’s script till the beginning of this 12 months, ‘The Full Nelson’ will not actively set up Man of Tomorrow‘s precise story.
Nonetheless, I totally count on that one thing will likely be teased sooner or later earlier than Peacemaker season 2 episode 8 ends. Within the meantime, learn all the pieces we all know to date about Man of Tomorrow.
What do you assume goes to occur in ‘The Full Nelson’? Do you agree with any of my predictions or do you’ve gotten a few of your individual? Let me know within the feedback.
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