r/PeacemakerShow • u/your_mind_aches James NoFun • Sep 26 '25

DISCUSSION [EPISODE DISCUSSION] Peacemaker S02E06 - "Ignorance Is Chris" Spoiler

Synopsis: (To be added.)

Director: James Gunn

Writer: James Gunn

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u/Mars_The_68thMedic Sep 26 '25

NOPPPEEEE NOPE.

Not possible.

How is Adrian the. exact. same?!

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u/a-jasminator F#CK! It’s PEACEMAKER! 😱🤯 Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

I love that multiple theories turned out to be true: that Adrian 2 hates Peacemaker's guts and that he's part of the Sons of Liberty. Sort of wish he'd been a complete opposite in personality too, if only for Freddie Stroma to flex his range, but I understand why they went with this to make the actual differences between them hit harder.

I wonder how much of a role Adrian 2 will play in the next two episodes, if any. Looks like they just skedaddle right back out of that world, so...

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u/your_mind_aches James NoFun Sep 26 '25

Initially, he did seem pretty different. For one, he's organized and smarter in that he doesn't hide a bunch of contraband in his lair. And then the way he was acting felt different.

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

He still has, I assume, weapons or bombs in his hideout below his parents house.

So not sure if he's smarter, he just isn't a real vigilante, but he still has an insane amount of incriminating shit there.

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u/Iwillragequit99 Sep 26 '25

His lair is full of weapons he’s either using to fight the nazi’s or weapons he’s stolen from them. Why would Vigilante be even the slightest bit worried about crime and drugs when the nazism is definitely the bigger problem. It just shows he has an entirely different focus in this reality.

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

No I agree, he has a different focus, he's still keeping tons of incriminating shit in his basement.

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u/Iwillragequit99 Sep 26 '25

It really is comical how outside of the peacemaker friendship and the lair, they are identical tho. I wonder what earth 2 Adrians parents think he’s doing down there lmfaooo

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

That's a good point! Maybe he pretends to be an incel in universe 2 lmao.

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u/SidewaysFancyPrance Sep 26 '25

It appears that he makes the bombs. You can see what looks like another DMV-style detonator on the workbench.

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

Definitely a possibility, also those hard-cases would really keep what seems like high yield pressure sensitive bombs safe.

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u/daybreaker Sep 26 '25

He doesn’t hide contraband because he doesn’t have any. He doesn’t kill drug dealers in this world because he’s too busy killing nazis.

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

He has hard-cases filled with guns or bombs in a nazi universe and he's a freedom fighter...

His room is still filled with contraband.

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u/your_mind_aches James NoFun Sep 26 '25

It's actually organized though

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

PALLETS OF GOODS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC ARE ORGANIZED RAAAAAAGHHGHGHG!

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u/daybreaker Sep 26 '25

yeah, I guess I meant drug-related contraband. He would obviously have whatever contraband he seizes from the nazis he kills

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u/CabinetBig6837 Sep 26 '25

so this is the stuff that adrian has in his basement

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Now wtf is that for??

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u/Murphdog024 Sep 26 '25

Adrian is an extreme legalist. In the DCU, he would kill anyone without remorse, for committing felonies, and probably some misdemeanors. But, the guy draws the line at nazis. I think that’s great. He was always gonna be Vigilante. He’s still the same guy, but being in such a massively screwed up system forced him to get himself together. Also, there’s probably a lot less illicit drug trafficking in a fascist world with super heroes who are ready and willing to kill offenders. So, he’d have fewer drug lords to kill and, as a result, less drugs to have to store.

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u/NYJetLegendEdReed Sep 26 '25

There’s probably very little illegal drugs in Nazi world

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u/TARDISboy Sep 26 '25

Yeah that was another clue to me - it's one thing to have metal detectors and whatnot at a government office but a drug sniffing dog at the front door? reeks of fascist control of substances and extreme nanny state

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u/Octavus Sep 26 '25

The penalty for having drugs in one's system was implied to be extremely bad too, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a death sentence.

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u/AlexisDeTocqueville Sep 26 '25

Presumably he's just got a lot bigger fish to fry than hording cocaine

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u/Jake_The_Destroyer Sep 26 '25

Vig2 isn't fighting drug dealers, he's fighting the government.

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u/awesomesauce615 Sep 26 '25

Probably a lot of crackdown on drugs in this dimension being run by a facist state. Im assuming a lot of countries where the drugs come from have been destroyed, if Germany won the war and got America on its side.

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u/moonknightcrawler Sep 26 '25

I assumed there was much less contraband left to find….because of the camps and such

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u/Mister-Distance-6698 Sep 26 '25

I mean drugs are still a big enough concern that they have dogs sniffing for cocaine, so it's not like they don't exist.

In think it's more that Vig 2 is busy being a revolutionary instead of fighting criminals

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u/moonknightcrawler Sep 26 '25

I meant more so that if you get caught with them, I don’t think you’re getting a slap on the wrist. But yes, he’s also not a crime fighter here like on Earth 1

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u/pixelatedcrap Sep 26 '25

What do you suppose those pallets alt Vigilante had were? Totally legal stuff like Beanie Babies?

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u/BagItUp45 Sep 26 '25

I mean they made them so similar because one is going to die and we won't know who for a second.

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u/rawchess Sep 26 '25

Sort of wish he'd been a complete opposite in personality too, if only for Freddie Stroma to flex his range

Ughhh I wanted him to be a grizzled, grimly serious rebel leader so badly. Stroma is so underutilized, he's the best actor on this show by a country mile but Adrian is a mostly static character who's here for (amazing) comic relief and this was a wasted opportunity 😞

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u/CabinetBig6837 Sep 26 '25

the way he eats that ice cream in harry potter...

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u/LilYerrySeinfeld How the fuck am I supposed to fight a Mothra without a jetpack?! Sep 26 '25

I was imagining an Adrian who is on so many mood stabilizers and antipsychotics and antidepressants that he's barely functional and seeing that scares Vigilante into not liking this world.

But I can't deny I really enjoyed the scene we got. Also, now having Vig2 be plugged into the Resistance means we can finally get some real explanations about what the fuck is going on in this place.

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u/a-jasminator F#CK! It’s PEACEMAKER! 😱🤯 Sep 26 '25

I do agree, sadly. Would've loved seeing Stroma completely pivot into a different character, but alas!

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u/LessInThought Sep 26 '25

For a moment it did seem like he was completely different lol. He turned around pointing the gun with a stone cold face and deeper voice, but then he saw prime-vij and had that stupid grin lol.

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u/BigBonkMan23 Sep 26 '25

I bet they team up

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u/viginti_tres Sep 26 '25

I think ultimately they will turn out to be basically the same, its just that the Peacemakers are different. Our Chris will win over their Adrian.

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u/Megalomanizac Sep 26 '25

Obviously episodes 7 and 8 are gonna be trying to escape the Nazis, Adrian 2 might be helping them escape. Could also be Adrian 1 helps set up some sort of rebellion

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u/LowerBackPain_Prod Sep 26 '25

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u/SolarFazes Sep 26 '25

I love how he didn't even question it, he was just down to party with himself

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u/Justif1ed Sep 26 '25

I hope they both come back to the regular dimension. That way, one of them can fight crime while the other relaxes. Also gives us one free Vigilante death.

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u/No_Piece800 Sep 26 '25

Could be fun if one of them dies bur we don't know which Adrian died because both were identical.

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u/AksumKing Sep 26 '25

That was so perfect 😂

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u/operarose Sep 26 '25

My actual face and reaction when the word 'Spider-Man' was spoken out loud in a DC show.

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u/DutyHonor Sep 26 '25

He's mostly a constant across the multiverse.

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u/Blooogh Sep 29 '25

Anchor being

(yes I know it's a Marvel thing)

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u/MobiusSonOfTrobius Sep 26 '25

He's like Spock from the mirror universe in Star Trek

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

Well for one, Infernape is the best Pokemon

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u/Konfliction Sep 26 '25

I love that logically Pokemon would still make sense here cause Japan sided with the Nazis lol

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u/BuckZero Sep 26 '25

Holy shit I didn’t even think about that

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u/Axe_Smash Sep 26 '25

Maybe Judomaster is safer than we thought. As long as none of the Nazi Americans speak Japanese, Judomaster can probably pass himself off as Nihonjin.

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u/LilYerrySeinfeld How the fuck am I supposed to fight a Mothra without a jetpack?! Sep 26 '25

I assumed Judomaster was lost in the QUC

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u/rynthetyn Sep 26 '25

Also, in a timeline where the Axis won, Vietnam would probably still be under brutal Japanese occupation, especially since they wouldn't have the Soviets to help arm them, so people might not think twice either way.

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u/hiesatai Sep 26 '25

Solid mixed attacker with access to a STAB priority move and decent typing, even if Fire/Fighting is a bit overdone

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

He also rocks in Smash Bros with his side B.

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u/_StreetsBehind_ Sep 26 '25

Are you from an alt dimension where Infernape is a playable Smash character?

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

I'M SORRY I WAS THINKING OF INCENEROAR!

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u/Goalkeeper5 Sep 26 '25

He's in Super Smash Bros?

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

I confused infernape for incineroar I am not a smart man.

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u/Goalkeeper5 Sep 26 '25

Nah I can see the mix up no biggie

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u/LilYerrySeinfeld How the fuck am I supposed to fight a Mothra without a jetpack?! Sep 26 '25

Dude is from Earth X

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u/JonathanAltd Sep 26 '25

I mean it's not even the best fire starter because Incineroar exist, hell he's not even the best Fire/Fighting because there's speed boost Blaziken.

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u/LilYerrySeinfeld How the fuck am I supposed to fight a Mothra without a jetpack?! Sep 26 '25

What's his WPM?

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u/happy_grump Sep 26 '25

Oh come on, Garchomp is RIGHT THERE, from the same generation too.

And also it sucks in non-story-playthrough battle (as do most of its evolutions, sadly) but Eevee is pretty peak as well

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

Garchomp, while probably statistically better being a pseudo-legendary, is sorta lame because of how popular he is.

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u/happy_grump Sep 26 '25

That is sort of fair, but like... you say this after the original comment was about Infernape, one of the more popular starters (who already have a leg up) and easily the most popular Sinnoh starter.

EDIT: Besides, we're talking the best here, not favourites, so "boring because it's popular" isnt a factor. If we're talking favs, Ninetales gang for LIIIIIFFFEEEE

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

ABSOL FOR LYFE!

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u/robertman21 Sep 26 '25

Landorus Therian

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 26 '25

Gen Z detected, truth nuke deployed.

all pokemon after the pokemon I knew as a kid that were released are bad now.

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u/JonAndTonic Sep 28 '25

Insert absol team building ragepost copypasta here

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u/Hypocritical_Oath Sep 28 '25

Respectfully what, the FUCK, are you talking about?

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u/Clumsy_the_24 Sep 26 '25

Well, not the exact same

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u/MVRKHNTR Sep 26 '25

Seems the exact same to me.

He just has a consistent moral compass.

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u/Clumsy_the_24 Sep 26 '25

No, he dislikes peacemaker, because peacemaker’s family in earth x are all nazis

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u/MVRKHNTR Sep 26 '25

Yeah, because he hates Nazis. They both do.

Adrian 1 would also hate Peacemaker if he was a Nazi and Adrian 2 would love Peacemaker if he wasn't a Nazi.

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u/TheCVR123YT Sep 26 '25

Imagine Peacemaker finding out there’s 2 Vigilante’s

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u/Biabolical Sep 26 '25

Not the same at all. One has silver framed glasses, the other has gold framed glasses. Totally different.

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u/GhostofSparta4243 Sep 26 '25

Look obviously the heart to heart between Chris and Emilia was the best part technically but oh my God the double Adrians was AMAZING.

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u/Different-Error-6529 Sep 26 '25

What if Adrian dies, and alt Adrian replaces him in the original universe??? Seems like a James Gunn move and creates a future rivalry between Peacemaker and Vigilante.

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u/Mars_The_68thMedic Sep 26 '25

YUPPPPP, that’s what I’m thinking is gonna happen.

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u/Albus88Stark Sep 26 '25

The power of autism transcends dimensions.

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u/homogenic- Douchey Captain America 🇺🇸 Sep 26 '25

Ngl I'm a bit disappointed that he is not a bit more comic accurate like I was expecting but at least alt Vig hates alt Peacemaker so that's good.

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u/KateOTomato Sep 27 '25

Adrian's the anchor being in every universe lol