Peacemaker: Season 1

2022 · 8 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 1 of Peacemaker

Christopher Smith, known as Peacemaker, wants peace at any price, even if he has to eliminate anyone who stands in his way. After being wounded in the events of The Suicide Squad, he returns home, but the agency A.R.G.U.S. gives him no rest. It recruits him into Project Butterfly, a secret operation against parasitic creatures shaped like butterflies that have taken over human bodies around the world. Peacemaker must work with agents he has a difficult relationship with, and time is against him. The series, created by James Gunn for HBO Max, picks up after the movie and follows a man who firmly believes in his cause.

8episodes

Jan 13, 2022premiered

Feb 17, 2022last episode

5.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 A Whole New Whirled
Jan 13, 2022 · 47 min · ★ 7.1
After making a miraculous recovery, Peacemaker returns home–only to discover that his freedom comes at a price.
Directing: James Gunn · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Crystal Mudry, Elizabeth McCarthy, Faith Wright, Tim Zhang
1x02 Best Friends, For Never
Jan 13, 2022 · 41 min · ★ 7.1
After Peacemaker’s hazardous escape, tension and mistrust build within the team. Later, as Peacemaker grapples with his new assignment, he receives a surprise visitor.
Directing: James Gunn · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Crystal Mudry, Gabriela Reynoso, Veena Sood, Mel Tuck
1x03 Better Goff Dead
Jan 13, 2022 · 40 min · ★ 7.7
On their first official mission to assassinate suspected “butterflies,” Economos and Murn bond, and Peacemaker and Harcourt reach an understanding. But the whole job goes sideways with the arrival of Judomaster.
Directing: James Gunn · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Nhut Le, Natalia Safran, Antonio Cupo, Jackson Ferguson
1x04 The Choad Less Traveled
Jan 20, 2022 · 47 min · ★ 7.4
Following a somewhat successful mission, Murn recruits Vigilante. Meanwhile, after learning that the team helped land his father in prison, Peacemaker confronts his complicated past.
Directing: Jody Hill · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Nhut Le, Mel Tuck, Neetu Garcha, Paul Lazenby
1x05 Monkey Dory
Jan 27, 2022 · 43 min · ★ 7.7
The team scouts the apparent hub for the aliens’ food supply, only to come face-to-face with a full-fledged invasion. Meanwhile, Auggie’s attempt to sell out his son to the police is complicated by Murn’s mysterious contact.
Directing: Rosemary Rodriguez · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Alison Araya, Lenny Jacobson, Yvette Ferguson, Troy Mundle
1x06 Murn After Reading
Feb 3, 2022 · 47 min · ★ 7.8
Murn reveals his deepest secret. Auggie is set free. The botched arrest of Peacemaker sends alien Goff into an unexpected new host.
Directing: James Gunn · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Alice Matheson, Juliette Tidi, Rizwan Manji, Alexander Brophy
1x07 Stop Dragon My Heart Around
Feb 10, 2022 · 39 min · ★ 7.6
Harcourt, Murn, and Adebayo find themselves surrounded by an alien force, while Peacemaker squares off against his father with help from Vigilante and Economos.
Directing: Brad Anderson · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Nhut Le, Douglas Roy Dack, Trevor Hinton, Michael Newman
1x08 It's Cow or Never Season Finale
Feb 17, 2022 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
With Peacemaker and Adebayo at odds, can the team kill the cow once and for all – or will their fracture give the aliens the opening they need to complete its teleportation?
Directing: James Gunn · Writing: James Gunn · Starring: Nhut Le, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Viola Davis