Peacemaker Season 2 Drops The Ball On One Of The DC Present’s Largest Subplots

This text incorporates spoilers for “Peacemaker” season 2, episode 8 — “Full Nelson”

Regardless of going down in a number of dimensions, “Peacemaker” season 2 has a fairly hermetic narrative about a number of members of the ever-expanding Workforce Peacemaker coming to phrases with themselves and one another. Sure, elements of the story happen in worlds which are dominated by Nazis or man-eating sweet imps, however even that serves to deepen the characters and convey them nearer collectively. The place else however Earth-X may Judomaster (Nhut Le) and Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) have a heart-to-heart that results in the previous lastly becoming a member of the fitting crew? Would Vigilante (Freddie Stroma) and Langston Fleury (Tim Meadows) ever have found their mutual fondness for animal details had Fleury not bonded with the crew whereas exploring the quantum unfolding storage space? James Gunn is aware of methods to make the insanity serve the story.

Nonetheless, there may be one plot thread that Gunn appears to have left hanging. After “Peacemaker” season 2’s large Eagly struggle, A.R.G.U.S. hires eagle hunter Pink St. Wild (Michael Rooker) to take down the hen. For a number of episodes, the present devotes loads of time to the more and more outlandish cat-and-mouse chase between a crazed Pink and the seemingly oblivious Eagly, with the eagle hunter turning into satisfied that Eagly is definitely the Prime Eagle, a legendary entity that leads all eagles. 

As hilarious as the thought is, “Peacemaker” season 2, episode 6 (“Ignorance is Chris”) reveals that Eagly is certainly Prime Eagle and due to this fact probably the most highly effective member of Peacemaker’s crew … however within the very subsequent episode, the present drops the entire thing, and Eagly is again to his common, luncheon meat-munching self. Let’s discover why “Peacemaker” season 2 selected to desert this arc. 

Whereas “Peacemaker” season 2 does abandon the Prime Eagle plot, the story can be inherently tied to Pink. The character’s ramblings about Eagly’s supposed powers are supposed to appear outlandish and peculiar, which makes his arc’s revelations — first Pink’s personal mystical powers, after which the truth that he was proper about the entire Prime Eagle factor — all of the extra entertaining. After the large Eagly revelation and Pink’s subsequent dying, there may be actually nowhere to take this story with out taking out from the grander plot. Would it not be enjoyable to see extra characters freak out when Eagly randomly whips out a flaming aura and a dozen eagle minions? Positive. Would it not serve the story? No. 

Eagly is a relatively minor character, following no matter plan of action occurs to be the funniest, coolest, or most heartwarming in any given state of affairs. The viewers realizing about Eagly’s secret powers, however Peacemaker (John Cena) and the eleventh Road Children remaining completely unaware, really elevates the character. Now, followers know that Eagly can summon a military of eagles and deploy who is aware of what different legendary powers on a whim, which makes it doubly extra amusing when he opts to helplessly peck at a fridge, beg for processed meats, or journey a automobile along with his head out of the window, tongue lolling like he was a canine. 

Likewise, Eagly’s seemingly wiser and simpler moments, reminiscent of wiping the ground with a number of human opponents or exhibiting affection to the people he appreciates like Peacemaker or John Economos (Steve Agee), make much more sense along with his secret Prime Eagle standing. Maybe some storylines are finest left unexplored … a minimum of, for now.

“Peacemaker” season 2 is streaming in its entirety on HBO Max.