I finished up season 2 of Peacemaker and...
What the hell, James Gunn?
Chris Smith's ideal alternative Earth with a brother and father who are still both alive and the father is not a heartless prick who despises him....
Of course there's a catch.
It's an Earth where the Nazis won World War II!
Holy fuck, it's Earth X!
Earth X was introduced in Justice League of America#107 in 1973.
And this alternate world made it's TV debut in Crisis On Earth X in the CW's Arrowverse shows in 2017.
Chris Smith does not notice he's on an Earth ruled by Nazis?!?!
To be honest, he is pretty caught up in the joyous notion of being in a world where his father loves and respects him, his brother is alive and this world's Emilia Harcourt actually loves him.
Meanwhile, Peacemaker's friends from his Earth, the self described 11th Street Kids, have crossed over to bring Chris back.
It takes Emilia Harcourt-1 to point out what's weird about this Earth.
- No people of color
I hate to say I didn't catch that. Which makes it the 2nd time THAT plot twist ("Dot and Bubble" from Doctor Who in 2023) has caught me off guard.
My middle age straight white male privilege is showing.
- A swaztika instead of stars on the American flag.
- Everyone has a copy of Mein Kampf
- The big honking Hitler mural on the wall.
Jesus! Peacemaker can be so oblivious!
Peacemaker and the gang escape Earth X and spend the final episode of season 2 dealing with A.R.G.U.S. shit led by a clearly corrupted Rick Flag Sr..
Flag has made a deal with the proverbial devil with Lex Luthor who is pulling strings from his jail cell in Belle Reve.
Flag is using Chris's dimensional doorway to seek out another Earth to use as a prison for meta-humans.
Meta human villains, right?
Yeah, go with that if it makes you feel better.
Flag finds one and calls this new Earth "Salvation".
Well, that's a pretty name for a prison, ain't it?
Meanwhile, led by Leota Adebayo, the 11th Street Kids joined by some surprising recruits from A.R.G.U.S. launch Checkmate to serve as a balance against people like Rick Flag Sr.
What drives this series is the strong characer development for Chris, Leota, Harcourt and John Economos. They've been through some shit for 2 seasons. These are some seriously broken people who have no one to count other than each other.
With Leota starting Checkmate, they're finally getting the happy ending they deserve.
Well, we can't have nice things, can we?
Checkmate takes a hit when A.R.G.U.S. kidnaps Chris Smith.
Rick Flag Sr. wants to first test his other dimensional prison world on Chris Smith.
Rick Flag Sr. makes it cleear as the door closes on Chris that this is payback for Peacemaker killing his son, Rick Flag Jr. (as seen in The Suicide Squad movie.)
Left with nothing but the clothes on his back, Peacemaker has to fend for himself on a savage world filled with... whatever is making that growling noise?
Dinosaurs?
I guess we'll find out in season 3.
Except....
James Gunn says as of right now there is NO season 3 planned for Peacemaker.
Damn that's cold!
Peacemaker season 2 lacked the cohesion that season 1 had with the season long alien invasion story arc. It is a bit disjointed in terms of plot but it's the character work that sustains this series.
It's a shame it ends with Chris Smith being fucked over when he just finally found a chance at a noble purpose in life and maybe, some happiness.
Coming up next week on the Touchbase - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
And after that.....
- High Potential
- Brilliant Minds
- Fallout
Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.
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