US Edition‘Peacemaker’: James Gunn & Stars on That Rick Reveal and What It Means for Harcourt
Episode 3 uncovers Harcourt's past romance with Rick Flag Jr. and introduces an alternate universe storyline, escalating conflicts involving ARGUS and Peacemaker's allies.
- In Season 2's third episode, Peacemaker reveals Joel Kinnaman returns as Rick Flag Jr. in two forms and exposes his affair with Emilia Harcourt, reshaping her dynamic with Peacemaker.
- Emilia Harcourt's hostility traces back to a secret romance with Rick Flag Jr. that ended when he left for Corto Maltese and was killed, framed by flashbacks set three years earlier and hours before The Suicide Squad.
- An alternate-universe Flag appears when Peacemaker explores the other reality, meeting Joel Kinnaman's Rick Flag Jr., while director Greg Mottola cranks ultraviolence to 11 as Peacemaker kills many antagonists.
- When Peacemaker returns from the alternate reality, ARGUS agents are already waiting, setting up direct conflict; the episode also explains why Christopher Smith returns to his original dimension after saving lives.
- These revelations position the season toward larger conflicts as characters reckon with alternate realities, investigations into interdimensional energy spikes and the Sons of Liberty's aims expand the stakes for Peacemaker and Christopher Smith.
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