Peacemaker Season 2: Why Exactly Did Peacemaker Kill Rick Flag Jr.
Peacemaker Season 2 will feature Rick Flag Sr. trying to kill Peacemaker to take revenge for Peacemaker killing his son. Rick Flag Sr. first appeared inCreature Commandos, and then went on to appear inSuperman, meaning he has been in every iteration of the DCU up till now.
It’s been four years since The Suicide Squad was released. It was in this movie that Peacemaker ultimately killed Colonel Rick Flag. However, it has been so long that most fans have forgotten the altercation that occurred between Flag and Peacemaker. If you’re wondering why Peacemaker ended up killing Rick Flag Jr., here’s what you need to know and how it shapes the storyline of Peacemaker Season 2.
Why Did Peacemaker Kill Rick Flag Jr. in The Suicide Squad?
Peacemaker killed Colonel Rick Flag Junior in The Suicide Squad on the orders of Amanda Waller. Rick Flag Jr.’s death sets up a major conflict in Peacemaker Season 2. The aftermath of The Suicide Squad revealed the darker side of Waller and the U.S. government’s involvement in Corto Maltese.
As the movie unfolds, we learn that Waller has sent Task Force X to destroy what is known as Project Starfish. Rick Flag later learns that the American government was actually pulling the strings of Project Starfish and conducting experiments on the people of Corto Maltese. Learning this, Flag gets furious and loads all the data into a hard drive, ready to expose the American government.
However, he is then stopped by Peacemaker. At this point, we learn that Waller has charged Peacemaker with making sure those records don’t leave the building. “They killed children,” Flag shouts, to which Peacemaker states that he can’t let those documents leave the building. This is Peacemaker adhering to his brutal moral code: he fights for peace at any cost, “no matter how many men, women, and children I have to kill.”
A fight ensues between the two as Peacemaker ends up stabbing Flag in the chest. We see the inside of Flag’s heart slowly coming to a stop as Flag then utters the now iconic lines, “Peacemaker… what a joke!” He then falls to the ground and dies.
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Who is Rick Flag Sr. in the DCU
Frank Grillo as Rick Flag Sr in ‘PEACEMAKER’ Season 2.“Bring me Peacemaker”pic.twitter.com/WX3ZRcNNzN
Rick Flag Sr., as the name suggests, is Rick Flag Jr.’s father. He is a World War II veteran and is currently serving as the Director of A.R.G.U.S. (Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans). It is what you may consider the metahuman body of the United States in the DCU.
Rick Flag Sr. is played by Frank Grillo in the DCU. He will play a big role in Peacemaker Season 2. It has also been rumored thatRick Flag Jr. might returnin Peacemaker Season 2. The role of both Flag Sr. and Flag Jr. in Peacemaker Season 2 makes it essential to understand why Peacemaker killed Rick Flag Jr to fully understand the story.
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