‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Episode 6 Brings In [Spoiler] ‘Superman’ Character to Additional Tie the Universe Collectively

Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6 simply went there. And, to cite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson pre-Black Adam: “The hierarchy of the DC Universe is about to vary.” Okay, that may be barely hyperbolic, however then once more, so was the originator’s assertion.

**Spoilers forward for Season 2 Episode 6 of Peacemaker, now streaming on HBO Max**

When you tuned into the newest episode of the John Cena-led HBO Max sequence, you have been in all probability watching in shock as Rick Flagg Sr. (Frank Grillo) got down to Belle Reve, a supermax penitentiary routinely referenced in DC, to get assist from a prisoner, revealed later within the episode to be… Superman‘s Lex Luthor, performed by Nicholas Hoult.

In an early scene, as Flagg is coping with the disappearance of Peacemaker (Cena) and his whole ragtag workforce — together with Adebayo (Danielle Brookes), Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), Economos (Steve Agee), and Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) — he decides that the one technique to discover the group and their dimension-opening portal is to trace down Luthor, whose expertise with alternate realities is the core battle of Superman. Whereas he doesn’t initially say who at Belle Reve he’s searching down, about midway by way of the episode, we see Hoult stroll into a jail communication room with a cane in hand.

The pair briefly trip, discussing the state of affairs involving Peacemaker, which ends up in Lex coughing up data that may turn out to be useful to Flagg. You see, whereas Lex could have been carted off to Belle Reve on the finish of Superman, he nonetheless has a reasonably large stock of weapons and different applied sciences that would (and can) assist him out.

Lex, figuring out it’s his solely bargaining chip to get out of Belle Reve — which additionally homes the Creature Commandos, one other James Gunn DC sequence — tells Flagg that he could have a tool that would detect Peacemaker, however he’ll solely reveal the situation if he can get one thing out of it. Finally, this leads to his relocation to “Van Kull,” one other supermax jail positioned simply exterior Metropolis. The deal now additionally implies that Flagg and ARGUS are in league with the DC villain, who we already know will play a serious position within the Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow.

Whereas it definitely comes as a shock to anybody watching at house to see Lex in Peacemaker, it’s not totally sudden as the 2 DC initiatives have gotten more and more intertwined. Peacemaker and Flagg each appeared in Superman, and earlier within the season, Hawk Lady (Isabela Merced), Inexperienced Lantern (Nathan Fillion), and Maxwell Lord (Sean Gunn) every appeared as their Superman characters.

Moreover, there’s main hypothesis that Superman himself, David Corenswet, will visitor star in Episode 7 or Episode 8, because the initiatives shot consecutively and Brooks posted a photograph to her social media pages with the actor. Cute crossover second or tease for what’s to come back?

We’ll simply have to attend to seek out out. Within the meantime, we’ll simply be over right here reveling within the look of considered one of our favourite dangerous guys of the DCU.

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