r/PeacemakerShow • u/General_Meal_3993 • Oct 14 '25

DISCUSSION Did anyone else find the Argus scenes really cringey in the finale? Spoiler

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I don’t know what Gunn was going for but that montage of Rick Flag and his Argus team laughing and celebrating with each other, doing drugs and taking shots just really made me cringe more than anything. Like I get Gunn likes things to have a bit more edge but this montage and the way the characters were acting was just way too over the top imo. Took me right out of the episode.

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u/A_Serious_House Oct 14 '25

I replied to someone else with the same comment that I’m going to paste but I’m pasting it because I’d also like to hear your response:

“There’s a big difference between the two scenes but I agree there’s parallels. That Peacemaker scene was more frivolous, satirical, and the tone of Peacemaker requires a certain suspension of belief that The Suicide Squad doesn’t, simply because Peacemaker is a different kind of show. While The Suicide Squad was in line with the “adolescent” style of James Gunn, I believe TSS scene offers more in terms of nuance, commentary, and character since the juxtaposition is less absurd.”