‘Peacemaker‘ season 2 is firing on all cylinders, and episode 7 may be the most emotionally devastating and narratively pivotal installment yet. With alternate universes, shocking deaths, returning characters, and a broken hero at its center, the episode sets the stage for a finale packed with multiversal consequences and personal reckoning.
By the end, Peacemaker is in a cell, his allies are fractured, and the Quantum Unfolding Chamber is in the hands of people who have no idea what kind of door they’ve just opened. So, let’s look at what ARGUS really wants with the door.
ARGUS’s Real Plan Isn’t For The Greater Good, It’s Personal
Episode 7 finally confirms what’s been building quietly all season. ARGUS never wanted to destroy or contain Peacemaker’s portal device; they wanted to use it. When Christopher Smith surrenders himself and the Quantum Unfolding Chamber to Rick Flag Sr., it’s not just a tragic emotional moment; it’s the final piece of Flag’s long game. The QUC is now with a man who’s still grieving his son.
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Sydney Happersen, the same portal specialist who appeared in Superman, confirms to Flag that the device is stable, unlike Lex Luthor’s volatile portals. For the first time, ARGUS has access to alternate realities without the fear of their tech imploding or tearing holes in existence. And that’s all Flag needed to hear. His motivation isn’t political, nor strategic; it’s personal. The pain of losing Rick Flag Jr. has never healed. Episode 7 subtly hints that Flag intends to use the QUC to search for a universe where his son is still alive.
We’ve already seen flashbacks and even the Earth-X version of Rick Flag in the show. Kinnaman’s absence since then feels intentional. It might be a setup for an emotionally explosive reunion in episode 8. Whether it’s to save him, recruit him, or rewrite history, Flag’s quest is tearing open the walls between worlds. And ARGUS is letting him do it. However, there’s a terrifying side effect no one seems to be thinking about. And that brings us back to Peacemaker.
Peacemaker Finally Hits Rock Bottom
By the time episode 7 ends, Christopher Smith is shattered. He’s emotionally wrecked, spiritually exhausted, and convinced that everyone around him dies because of him. So he turns himself in. Not because he believes in justice or because he owes ARGUS anything. But because he believes prison might be the only place where he can stop hurting people. In the finale trailer, Chris refers to himself as “the angel of death.” The episode pushes him over the edge.
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The tragedy is that prison won’t hold him for long. Not because he’ll fight to leave, but because the world may soon need him more than he needs his freedom. With ARGUS opening portals across dimensions, something is going to go horribly wrong. And when it does, the only person stubborn enough to fix it is Peacemaker. And then there’s Keith. Peacemaker’s rage-filled brother, still alive and burning with vengeance, is now perfectly positioned to track his way into the DCU through the QUC.
However, one of the most shocking reversals yet: Earth-X’s Blue Dragon, the Nazi version of Auggie Smith, isn’t a racist villain at all. In fact, he tries to help Peacemaker and his allies escape safely, even admitting he rejects the ideology of his world. It’s a brilliant subversion. After season 1 cemented White Dragon as a hateful monster. That makes his brutal death even more tragic. And now Peacemaker has to carry that guilt, too.
