How many episodes are in Peacemaker?

Peacemaker has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does Peacemaker premiere?

Peacemaker premieres on 2025-08-21.

Is Peacemaker a new series?

Peacemaker is a returning series (Season 2).

Peacemaker(2022)

Also known as بيسميكر • بيس ميكر • DC’s Peacemaker

Archived · HBO Max

16+8 eps

S02

DramaActionComedyScience Fiction

ON AIR: AUG 21Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Peacemaker runs crude humor and superhero action at the same volume, neither softening the other. The comedy comes from character embarrassment and team dysfunction rather than knowing winks at the genre, and the pacing is quick without skipping the moments that actually sting.

A small-town setting keeps everything deliberately cramped, which puts the co-worker friction under pressure. These are people who do not trust each other, stuck in close quarters with an alien threat as the nominal reason they have to cooperate. The protagonist's loud patriotic posturing keeps cracking open to reveal something genuinely damaged underneath, and the show treats that damage with more seriousness than the setup suggests it will.

Best for

Drama and Action

Story lane

Drama and Action

Commitment

Season 2 · 8 episodes

Where

HBO Max

Official Premise

Picking up where The Suicide Squad (2021) left off, Peacemaker returns home after recovering from his encounter with Bloodsport - only to discover that his freedom comes at a price.

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Strongest Match

The Family Man keeps the same messy, foul-mouthed energy as Peacemaker, bouncing between tense missions and awkward family moments. You get workplace friction and dark humor under pressure, with the danger never letting the protagonist’s home life off the hook, making it feel more grounded and less superhero-crazy.

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Why this pick

Gen V delivers superhero chaos with the same fast, uncomfortable comedy that Peacemaker thrives on. On a college campus full of ambition and secrets, the characters juggle rivalry and corruption while jokes land right beside real danger, and the pace stays bigger and more relentless than Peacemaker’s small-town focus.

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Why this pick

Rick and Morty matches Peacemaker’s adult, irreverent humor and sci-fi mayhem, with jokes that keep sprinting even when things turn bleak. The family damage and multiverse-scale chaos hit in the same episode, but the tone is harsher and more surreal, with less warmth and more relentless punchlines.

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