Main cast: John Cena (Christopher Smith/Peacemaker), Danielle Brooks (Leota Adebayo), Freddie Stroma (Adrian Chase/Vigilante), Chukwudi Iwuji (Clemson Murn), Jennifer Holland (Agent Emilia Harcourt), Steve Agee (John Economos), Annie Chang (Detective Sophie Song), Lochlyn Munro (Detective Larry Fitzgibbon), Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (Keeya Adebayo), Christopher Heyerdahl (Captain Caspar Locke), Alison Araya (Amber Calcaterra), Lenny Jacobson (Evan Calcaterra), and Robert Patrick (Auggie Smith)
Director: Rosemary Rodriguez
It’s so sweet. Monkey Dory finally sees Peacemaker, Adebayo, Vigilante, Harcourt, and Economos finally coming together as comrades and buddies, having finally overcome their differences. All that are needed to bring them together are lots of dead bodies and a bomb.
At the end of the previous episode, Adebayo discovers clues that lead the gang to the location of a potential manufacturer of the jarred goo that are needed by the Butterflies as sustenance. Murn sends the gang to investigate, and these people being what they are, they end up blowing up the whole place.
Meanwhile, Detectives Sophie Song and her partner Larry Fitzgibbon finally get more screen time, as they realize Auggie is right in that he is framed and Peacemaker is the one they are looking for. However, the Deep State is very real in this setting, and those two will find their efforts to discover the truth stymied at every turn.
Oh, and the character developments continue, this time even Harcourt and Economos get some of that.
Also, Adebayo becomes even more conflicted over doing increasingly mean things, even if it’s for what she is told is the greater good, and it is slowly eating at her and affecting her relationship with her wife.
Really, the cast members do a great job here, so long as the script doesn’t reduce them into one-note gags, and thankfully, this episode gives them lots of love in that regard.
All in all, this one continues the momentum set by the previous episode. The characters are starting to feel more like they may actually be human beings underneath their skin suits, there is a nice balance of humor and action and even feels, and the story continues to head at a brisk pace to what seems like a fun end game.
One thing: if this episode were anything to go by, does this mean Gorilla Grodd is also a Butterfly?
