‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Episode 6 Brings In [Spoiler] ‘Superman’ Character to Further Tie the Universe Together

Peacemaker Season 2 Episode 6 just went there. And, to quote Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson pre-Black Adam: “The hierarchy of the DC Universe is about to change.” Okay, that might be slightly hyperbolic, but then again, so was the originator’s statement.

**Spoilers ahead for Season 2 Episode 6 of Peacemaker, now streaming on HBO Max**

If you tuned into the latest episode of the John Cena-led HBO Max series, you were probably watching in shock as Rick Flagg Sr. (Frank Grillo) set out to Belle Reve, a supermax penitentiary routinely referenced in DC, to get help from a prisoner, revealed later in the episode to be… Superman‘s Lex Luthor, played by Nicholas Hoult.

In an early scene, as Flagg is dealing with the disappearance of Peacemaker (Cena) and his entire ragtag team — including Adebayo (Danielle Brookes), Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), Economos (Steve Agee), and Vigilante (Freddy Stroma) — he decides that the only way to find the group and their dimension-opening portal is to track down Luthor, whose experience with alternate realities is the core conflict of Superman. While he does not initially say who at Belle Reve he’s hunting down, about halfway through the episode, we see Hoult walk into a prison communication room with a cane in hand.

The pair briefly go back and forth, discussing the situation involving Peacemaker, which leads to Lex coughing up information that might come in handy to Flagg. You see, while Lex may have been carted off to Belle Reve at the end of Superman, he still has a pretty massive inventory of weapons and other technologies that could (and will) help him out.

Lex, knowing it’s his only bargaining chip to get out of Belle Reve — which also houses the Creature Commandos, another James Gunn DC series — tells Flagg that he may have a device that could detect Peacemaker, but he’ll only reveal the location if he can get something out of it. Ultimately, this results in his relocation to “Van Kull,” another supermax prison located just outside Metropolis. The deal now also means that Flagg and ARGUS are in league with the DC villain, who we already know will play a major role in the Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow.

While it certainly comes as a surprise to anyone watching at home to see Lex in Peacemaker, it’s not fully unexpected as the two DC projects are becoming increasingly intertwined. Peacemaker and Flagg both appeared in Superman, and earlier in the season, Hawk Girl (Isabela Merced), Green Lantern (Nathan Fillion), and Maxwell Lord (Sean Gunn) each appeared as their Superman characters.

Additionally, there’s major speculation that Superman himself, David Corenswet, will guest star in Episode 7 or Episode 8, as the projects shot consecutively and Brooks posted a photo to her social media pages with the actor. Cute crossover moment or tease for what’s to come?

We’ll just have to wait to find out. In the meantime, we’ll just be over here reveling in the appearance of one of our favorite bad guys of the DCU.

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