Peacemaker Season 2 was going to have another dead character from Season 1 appear, revealed James Gunn

James Gunn just provided the most delicious Peacemaker Season 2 hint: a character we thought was dead from Season 1 is returning, though certainly not in an obvious fashion. In a show that's already full of quantum dimensions, parallel Earths, and gray areas, his tease seems just at home.

Between revealings such as Earth-X's warped Nazi world and Emilia Harcourt's ever-fickle allegiances, this comeback may turn everything we believed we knew on its head about Chris Smith's path. Whether or not the return is literal or metaphorical, expect deepened tensions and new questions.

With only an episode left in the season, the fandom now prepares for a comeback that may reverberate throughout the changing DC Universe.

Peacemaker Season 2 was going to have another dead character from Season 1 appear, revealed James Gunn

Murn’s Possible Return

One strong contender to come back is Murn, whose Season 1 sacrificial death created a lack in the 11th Street Kids' leadership. But Gunn just spilled that he actually penned a "big plotline for Murn" that didn't pass muster, one in which Murn from another Earth would be a heroic character, "kick-ass Harriet Tubman of that world." By confessing he thought about bringing back Murn in a major role, Gunn fuels speculation like never before. James Gunn stated,

"He was a Sons of Liberty guy. He was a hero … Murn on their planet was like a whole action hero thing."

That confession allows fans to envision how Murn can come back not as a ghost so much, but as an entity with intent.

Auggie’s Tragic Twist and Other Returns

But Murn might not be alone. In Episode 7, Earth-X, Auggie Smith is stabbed to death trying to make amends after telling us he's against the Nazi regime of his world. Gunn later explained: "Auggie is basically a good human being who's against what the Nazis are doing.". But Keith (and Chris 2). Sometimes the apples fall pretty far from the tree." That surprise recasts Auggie not as a villain one can revive through hackneyed, but as a nuanced character whose death may resonate through Chris's mind.

Meanwhile, Agent Fitzgibbon, likewise presumed dead, materializes through an alternate Earth cameo, demonstrating that the show feels fine reprieving the deceased in unconventional manners.

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If Peacemaker fulfills Gunn's bombshell, the comeback of a deceased character won't only be a surprise, it might trigger emotional reckoning, story turbulence, and stronger connections to the DC Universe. Whoever plays that role, Murn, Auggie, or someone else, the manner in which they come back via alternate Earths, inner visions, or haunting legacies will be more important than who it is.

Gunn's own abandoned plans for Murn and his complex approach to Auggie indicate whatever resurrection comes will be with substance, not cheap nostalgia. With the last episode approaching, the question no longer is who will be back but how greatly their arrival will alter everything.

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