Season 2 of James Gunn’s over-the-top superhero dark comedy Peacemaker launches with an episode that may prompt major déjà vu. Given how much has changed on the show, however, it takes a closer look to figure out why. In season 1, Gunn put the title character through a lot of changes, socially and emotionally, and it let him make progress as a person and as the hero he so desperately wants to be. So it’s startling to see where season 2’s premiere eventually dumps him — especially when you start to see how closely that premiere parallels the series pilot. The two episodes leave emotionally vulnerable anti-hero Peacemaker (John Cena) in painfully similar (and similarly painful!) situations.

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