10 Best Episodes of ‘Peacemaker’

‘Peacemaker’ takes the helmeted antihero from ‘The Suicide Squad’ and drops him into a small town mission that spirals into government secrets, alien parasites, and a very complicated family history. Across its chapters the series tracks Christopher Smith as he tries to live up to the word peace while carrying the weight of past choices, and it does so through tightly connected cases that pull in allies and enemies from every corner of his life.

Season one centers on Project Butterfly and the team assembled to run it, while the new season picks up after Leota Adebayo’s public reveal of Task Force X and the people behind it. These episodes map the whole journey, from the first mission brief to the fallout that reorders every relationship around him, with details that matter for the larger DC world and for the character’s future.

A Whole New Whirled

The story picks up with Christopher Smith leaving the hospital and getting pulled back into government work under the eye of Clemson Murn, with Emilia Harcourt, John Economos, and Leota Adebayo assigned as his day to day team. The mission known as Project Butterfly is outlined, the helmet arsenal is introduced, and Vigilante steps into the picture as an overeager ally who wants in on every operation.

A trip back to Smith’s home life establishes his uneasy bond with his father Auggie Smith and shows how Eagly fits into his routine. The assignment that follows goes wrong in a motel room brawl that ends with a sonic boom helmet blast, drawing local police attention and setting up the investigation that shadows the team through the next chapters.

Best Friends, For Never

Police detectives Sophie Song and Larry Fitzgibbon begin connecting the dots from the explosion while the task force scrambles to cover its tracks. John Economos falsifies evidence that points back to Auggie Smith, which removes heat from the team but sends Auggie to jail and deepens the rift between father and son.

Inside the task force, Leota Adebayo’s role as Amanda Waller’s daughter is explored through the quiet jobs she is asked to do, including steps that place planted material in Peacemaker’s home. Vigilante’s fixation on staging a partnership with Smith grows, and that fixation soon pushes him into a case that turns far more dangerous than he expects.

Better Goff Dead

The team targets Senator Royland Goff, a suspected host for a Butterfly, and sets up surveillance at his secluded house. When orders escalate to include the senator’s family, hesitation on the trigger opens the door for judo master Judomaster to hit the field and for Vigilante to be taken captive.

Interrogation scenes in the basement reveal hard facts about the parasites and the physical toll of their presence, including the first clear look at the creature piloting Goff. A rescue attempt funnels everyone into a fight that confirms the scale of Project Butterfly and explains why the mission rules were drawn so strictly from the start.

The Choad Less Traveled

Peacemaker secretly removes the alien from Goff’s body and hides it at his home, a decision that complicates every later move the task force makes. Evidence of Butterflies spreads in the town and the team argues over tactics while Smith keeps his unauthorized sample out of sight.

Auggie Smith’s situation inside the county jail shifts as his followers organize around him and push him back toward his White Dragon identity. The episode closes with a quiet reveal about Clemson Murn that redefines his guidance of the team and forces Leota Adebayo to rethink who can be trusted.

Monkey Dory

A lead points to a bottling plant that distributes the viscous food source Butterflies need, which turns the episode into a full facility breach. Peacemaker uses the x ray helmet to confirm hosts among the workers and the team clears rooms with a mix of improvised and planned tactics.

The operation culminates with a massive blast that destroys production and with a fight against a gorilla named Charlie inside the plant. John Economos steps up at a crucial moment to save the team, and that single act changes his standing in the group and how later plans are assigned.

Murn After Reading

Detectives make progress and a new police captain named Locke takes over the case, which alters how the department handles evidence tied to the task force. Leota Adebayo uncovers the truth about Murn and learns why his approach to the Butterfly threat differs from what the rest of the invaders want.

Events at the precinct place Detective Song in direct contact with the alien inside Goff, which shifts control of the investigation as host bodies change hands. At the same time the diary planted in Peacemaker’s home is pushed into public view, turning the series wide spotlight onto the team and their entire mission.

Stop Dragon My Heart Around

Auggie Smith suits up as White Dragon and rallies his followers with the goal of hunting down his son, which pulls the action into rural ground away from the task force base. Peacemaker, Vigilante, and Economos try to survive a pursuit that uses White Dragon’s armor and tech to track and target them.

The chase forces Christopher Smith to confront the source of his trauma and the events that made him into Peacemaker. By the end of the confrontation the task force is smaller and the case for finishing Project Butterfly takes on even more urgency, with timelines pushed forward and resources cut to the bone.

It’s Cow or Never

With their covers blown the team races to find and destroy the teleported creature that produces the food supply for the invaders and that the Butterflies call the Cow. A risky plan sends Leota Adebayo into the fight using the human torpedo helmet, while Harcourt leads the infiltration under heavy fire.

The battle decides the fate of the Butterfly colony and leaves several members of the team wounded or changed in permanent ways. A late arrival by the ‘Justice League’ confirms how far the conflict has traveled beyond a single town, and a public statement by Adebayo reveals the existence of Task Force X to the world.

The Ties That Grind

The new season opens with the country reacting to Adebayo’s televised disclosure of Task Force X and to the leaks that put names and places in the public record. Christopher Smith attempts to find legitimate work while federal watchers evaluate whether he can be useful in any formal capacity again.

Emilia Harcourt and John Economos deal with the professional fallout in their own ways, as a fresh lead draws the old crew back into the same orbit. The episode clears the table by showing where each ally landed after the Butterfly crisis and sets the parameters for the next assignment that will test whether they can function under new scrutiny.

A Man Is Only as Good as His Bird

A mission thread puts Eagly at the center of a choice that affects how Peacemaker balances the job with the only constant in his personal life. The team’s search expands into new territory and forces them to rethink how they gather intelligence without the tools they once relied on.

Operational pressure exposes how fragile the rebuilt trust is among the crew, especially after the public exposure of their last operation. By the end, the line between private loyalties and mission goals is drawn clearly, setting up the conflicts that drive the remainder of the season.

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