The 'Peacemaker' Finale Is an Overindulgent Rug Pull

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Heading into the Peacemaker finale, James Gunn was riding on the wave of two killer episodes that put John Cena’s Chris Smith through the wringer while also delivering the madcap fun that made fans fall in love with this seemingly random spinoff. The show was firing on all cylinders, so when Gunn started saying things like the finale sets up the future of the DCU, is longer than any other episode, and was a key part of the pitch that he presented to Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav , the expectations were through the roof. What we got was Gunn at his overindulgent worst.

In an episode overloaded with musical montages, we see Peacemaker and Harcourt (Emilia Harcourt) have their Rock Cruise encounter th

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