Peacemaker Teaser Shows Multiverse, Auggie Dead

HBO Max released a roughly 35‑second teaser on Oct. 3, 2025 for Peacemaker Season 2’s finale, arriving Oct. 9, showing Christopher Smith behind bars, Rick Flag Sr. leading an A.R.G.U.S. mission at the Quantum Unfolding Chamber and doors opening onto bizarre alternate realities. The penultimate episode, “Like a Keith in the Night,” follows Chris and the 11th Street Kids as they frantically escape Earth‑X — including a breakout from an A.R.G.U.S. installation and Judomaster rescuing Adebayo — and ends with Chris surrendering to A.R.G.U.S. after confronting the consequences of his actions. James Gunn said a scrapped draft would have killed Keith, but the aired episode instead has Keith witness Earth‑X Auggie’s death and survive a gunshot by Emilia, setting him on a tragic path toward becoming Captain Triumph. The episode and teaser emphasize moral complexity for characters like Auggie and alternate‑earth counterparts rather than one‑dimensional villains. The finale teaser has fueled fan theories about portal destinations and crossovers, and Gunn hinted some Peacemaker characters may reappear elsewhere in the wider DCU even if a direct Season 3 isn’t guaranteed. Critics praised the season’s emotional maturity and twists while some reviewers criticized aspects of Season 2’s handling of Chris’s sexuality and sexual storylines.