Early on in Peacemaker, we learned that Amanda Waller wanted her daughter, Leota Adebayo, to plant a diary in Christopher Smith's trailer. She carried out her orders, and while it looked like the situation had been resolved in today's episode of the HBO Max series, the mysterious alien Butterflies took over the police department and finally revealed the diary's contents to the world.
The diary, created by Waller and A.R.G.U.S., makes Peacemaker sound like a total lunatic who has been killing people because he's deluded and thinks the world is being taken over by aliens.
Clearly, Waller's plan was to cover up the existence of the Butterflies by framing Smith and making it look like the whole thing was just an unhinged vigilante going on a murder spree. That sounds like something Waller would do, and Peacemaker's reaction is a rather appropriate, "What the f**k?"
Elsewhere in the episode, we learned more about Murn being a Butterfly. Harcourt had already figured it out, but it turns out he's actually heroic in nature and not looking to conquer the world. Unfortunately, we still don't learn much more about them and whether they're tied to any specific aliens from the comic books (we've yet to figure out their identities, anyway).
There are now only two episodes of the HBO Max series left, so answers have to be on the way. Next week, though, it seems the stage is being set for Peacemaker to square off with The White Dragon.
What did you think about today's episode of Peacemaker?
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