Does every episode of Peacemaker season 2 have a post-credits scene? It's a fair question, given that it's a superhero show. Now that the full second season is streaming on HBO Max, we can say for certain that the answer is: yes! Rather than tease a future project, however, Peacemaker's post-credits scenes are extended versions of funny moments from the episode.
Because these are all short, comedic moments, there are no real teases for the future of the DCU, so don't expect Marvel-style set-ups for the future. If you're intrigued by what we made of the season, then check out our Peacemaker season 2 review. You can also keep track of everything that's going on with the DCU Chapter One, and our guide to Peacemaker in DC comics.
Now, join us as we recap the post-credits scenes for every explosive episode of Peacemaker season 2.
Episode 8 - Full Nelson
In a first for Peacemaker, the season 2 finale has not one, but two post-credits scenes. None of them address that cliffhanger, though...
In the first, we revisit the scene where Rick Flag pitches his Salvation project. One of the agents in the room suggests an additional failsafe: a "vaporizing barrier, around either the whole planet... or a section."
"What the f**k is a vaporizing barrier?" asks an annoyed Rick Flag.
"Like a bug zapper for metahumans, aliens, or other pieces of trash," the agent explains, leading Flag to ask, "Are you making this shit up?"
The second scene returns to Economos's terrible improvizing earlier in the episode, as he tries to distract the A.R.G.U.S. team. Flailing, he makes up the following rambling story...
"The Massachusetts truck driver, did you guys hear about that guy? He picked up a hitchhiker. Why wouldn't he? You only saw her t**ties, you'd be like... I'd stop too. Blonde hair...
Anyway, he picked her up, but he made her ride in the back of the truck, and you're like, 'That's weird.' Until Colorado, a cop pulls him over. The cop's like, 'I need to see in the back of your truck.' And he opens it, and it's full of dead bodies. The guy was a serial killer, but the cop was like, 'Hey man, you can't do this.' He's like, I got a permit and he showed it to him and the cop was like, 'Oh, I guess you're legit.'"
Which causes one of the other agents to burst out in hysterical laughter, leading John to say, "Looks like someone's got a new fan."
Episode 7 - Like a Keith in the Night
This week's post-credits scene briefly returns to Sydney Happersen in the lab, where he is still surrounded by guards.
"You may want to turn around," he warns them. "I'm gonna use my spare time here to to get back on PornHub. I'm about to drown this whole keyboard."
The guard doesn't respond. "Your funeral," says Happersen, before spitting on his hands. He, er, finishes off by saying, "showtime!"
Episode 6 - Ignorance is Chris
This week's post-credits scene is one of the show's funniest, as Harcourt tries to bluff Keith about why she's in his house.
In the episode she says that she's there to collect the snow globe given to Chris by his late mother, saying, "Yeah, she was a lovely lady. She was really nice to me. We had a great connection she and I."
"She passed away when he was two," Keith responds.
Continuing the bluff, Harcourt says, "Right, yeah. We talk to her sometimes."
"In the afterlife?" asks a now bewildered Keith.
"Yes. She's a ghost," says Harcourt. When Keith simply says "OK..." she adds, "She, er... haunts." And the scene ends.
Episode 5 - Back to the Suture
One of the season's best ongoing gags has been Vigilante's questionable animal "facts." In this episode's post-credits sequence, we see him boring Peacemaker and Adebayo about manta rays, stating (incorrectly) that the name of the species derives from the latin which means "pancake of the sea." This, he says, is the origin of the (non-existent) phrase "A manta ray never forgets." He also claims that when a manta ray is born they "come out in the shape of a burrito" – needless to say they don't.
Peacemaker and Adebayo are deeply fed up at this point, leading Chris to ask Vigilante, "How many manta rays does it take for you to shut the f*** up?" Vig starts to wordlessly count as Peacemaker speculates that the plural would be a "murder of manta rays. Are they even called a murder?" to which Vig says, "No it's a school." Deeply irritated, Adebayo pleads, "somebody shoot me in the ass" and the episode ends.
Episode 4 - Need I Say Door
This is possibly the most stomach-churning post-credits scene the show has done so far, detailing, as it does the food that Michael Rooker’s Red St Wild detects while eating Eagly’s droppings. His tasting notes, to John Economos, are as follows:
"Hints of cold cuts, tater chips. I get hints of peppermint, spam, Twizzlers, M&Ms, Fruity Pebbles, and protein powder. Woah, woah, woah… Tikka masala. Lima beans. Pad Thai. A-5 Wagyu. Beluga caviar." He finishes off by noting, "That eagle eats better than I do."
I feel a bit sick...
Episode 3 - Another Rick Up My Sleeve
This week's post-credits scene is slightly different in that it's not an extended version of a moment from the episode. In 'Another Rick Up My Sleeve,' we see the aftermath of the big house party from last week's instalment. John Economos wakes up in the bath and is confused to learn he's no longer wearing his trousers. Vigilante reveals that he took them and washed them.
In the post-credits sequence, we see this take place. Economos is asleep in the bathtub and snoring. Vigilante gently removes his trousers, but before he does, he plants a gentle kiss on his new best friend's forehead.
Episode 2 - A Man Is Only As Good As His Bird
This week's post-credits scene is an extended take of the dialogue between Fleury and Economos as they monitor Peacemaker's house.
In the episode, Fleury asks who Vigilante is, describing him as a "super nerd" and saying, "that mother****** looks like he caught all the Pokémon, know what I'm saying?" Economos corrects him, saying, "Pokémon is plural, not Pokémen." Fleury dismissively responds by saying "Pokémen's grammar is not my bag, man" and telling Economos that while he was learning that, "I had two hot b****** sucking my d***."
The scene continues in the extended cut in what feels like a possibly improvised scene. Economos initially seems unconvinced by Fleury's claim, firing back, "What did they look like?" Fleury says, "One was blonde, one was bald" – Steve Agee looks like he's about to burst out laughing at this point. Economos responds with, "Why was she bald?" which Fleury just brushes off. "What were their names?" Economos asks. "Gertrude, Francine. The Peppermint twins," Fleury replies, revealing that the event took place in Portland, Oregon. For whatever reason, this seems enough to convince Economos, and he backs down, finally asking, "Real hot?" Fleury says, "Super hot," and the episode ends.
Boy, recapping these post-credits sure is a trip...
Episode 1 - The Ties That Grind
In this episode, Peacemaker meets Harcourt (Jennifer Holland) outside her house and asks what happened to her bloodied fist. She says that she beat up her dashboard, causing Chris to joke that Harcourt's car had it coming, because it played some "Spin Doctors, or Thirty Seconds to Mars or some shit." Harcourt replies, "I'm not on good terms with Thirty Seconds to Mars, how dare you." We then cut to inside Harcourt's house.
In the post-credits scene we see more of the two of them just before they go inside. Harcourt complains, "Can't be looping Spin Doctors in with Thirty Seconds to Mars. Spin Doctors is so good!"
"Oh jeez, anybody's better than Thirty Seconds to Mars," replies Peacemaker. "That garage band I was in for two seconds is better than Thirty Seconds to Mars."
This is, of course, a fairly unsubtle dig from writer and showrunner James Gunn at actor – and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman – Jared Leto, who previously played the Joker in the old DCEU and whom Gunn did not bring back when he directed The Suicide Squad in 2021.
For more, check out our guide to how to watch the DC movies in order, or the complete Peacemaker season 2 release schedule.
