And so, it turns out, that night on the boat meant "everything," after all. Following a turbulent season that has seen Peacemaker/Chris Smith (John Cena) and Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland)'s burgeoning friendship fall dramatically apart, the show's final episode brought them back together if not quite as a couple, then certainly as people who clearly love each other no matter what.
It was a satisfying emotional payoff. Peacemaker season 2 has been all about digging deeper into these characters – sometimes to the detriment of other aspects of the series. I was a little soft on the start of the season (as you can read in my Peacemaker season 2 review) which, lacking a pressing threat like season one's Butterflies, meandered down odd tangents, like Red St. Wild's hunt for Eagly. It was never bad and often very fun, but it was only with episode five's cliffhanger that it felt like the season truly kicked into gear. Peacemaker left the DCU behind to go and live a better life in a parallel universe with his father and brother, and his friends set off in hot pursuit to bring him back.
