The WORST episodes of Peacemaker

Every episode of Peacemaker ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Peacemaker!

A man fights for peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.

Last Updated: 9/14/2025Network: HBO MaxStatus: Continuing
A Man Is Only as Good as His Bird
star
7.53
883 votes

#1 - A Man Is Only as Good as His Bird

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/28/2025

As Economos clashes with his new handler, Peacemaker must deal with the consequences of his actions in the alternate dimension.

Directors: Greg Mottola
Writer: James Gunn
Watch Now:Apple TV
Need I Say Door
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7.55
446 votes

#2 - Need I Say Door

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2025

With the help of new recruits Red St. Wild and Judomaster, A.R.G.U.S. lays siege to Peacemaker's home in search of the QUC. Meanwhile, Harcourt receives a tempting offer from Flag – which comes at a steep cost to Peacemaker.

Watch Now:Amazon
A Whole New Whirled
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7.56
3026 votes

#3 - A Whole New Whirled

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/2022

A miraculously recovered Peacemaker returns home only to discover that he’s been assigned to a new task force. Later, Peacemaker pays a visit to his steely father Auggie to retrieve his trusted sidekick Eagly.

Directors: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
Watch Now:Apple TV
Best Friends for Never
star
7.63
2597 votes

#4 - Best Friends for Never

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2022

After Peacemaker’s hazardous escape, tension and mistrust build within the team. Later, as Peacemaker grapples with his new assignment, he receives a surprise visitor.

Directors: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
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The Ties That Grind
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7.65
1116 votes

#5 - The Ties That Grind

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/21/2025

Hoping to find a place among them, Peacemaker interviews for a spot in the Justice Gang, while Harcourt struggles to find work on the heels of Adebayo's bombshell press conference. Economos is forced to surveil Peacemaker.

Directors: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
Watch Now:Amazon
The Choad Less Traveled
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7.76
2416 votes

#6 - The Choad Less Traveled

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/2022

Following a somewhat successful mission, Murn recruits Vigilante. Meanwhile, after learning that the team helped land his father in prison, Peacemaker confronts his complicated past.

Directors: Jody Hill
Writer: James Gunn
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Better Goff Dead
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7.79
2551 votes

#7 - Better Goff Dead

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2022

On their first official mission to assassinate suspected "butterflies," Economos and Murn bond, and Peacemaker and Harcourt reach an understanding. But the whole job goes sideways with the arrival of Judomaster.

Directors: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
Watch Now:Apple TV
Murn After Reading
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7.88
2313 votes

#8 - Murn After Reading

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2022

Murn reveals his deepest secret. Auggie is set free. And the botched arrest of Peacemaker sends alien Goff into an unexpected new host.

Directors: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
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Another Rick Up My Sleeve
star
7.91
755 votes

#9 - Another Rick Up My Sleeve

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2025

While Peacemaker is lauded as a hero, the alternate dimension also enables him to explore the depth of his connection with Harcourt. Later, Economos catches heat for the team's bungled mission.

Watch Now:Amazon
Monkey Dory
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7.93
2396 votes

#10 - Monkey Dory

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2022

The team scouts the apparent hub for the aliens' food supply, only to come face-to-face with a full-fledged invasion. Meanwhile, Auggie’s attempt to sell out his son to the police is complicated by Murn’s mysterious contact.

Writer: James Gunn
Watch Now:Apple TV
Stop Dragon My Heart Around
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7.94
2303 votes

#11 - Stop Dragon My Heart Around

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/10/2022

Harcourt, Murn and Adebayo find themselves surrounded by an alien force, while Peacemaker squares off against his father with help from Vigilante and Economos.

Directors: Brad Anderson
Writer: James Gunn
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It's Cow or Never
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8.23
2414 votes

#12 - It's Cow or Never

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/17/2022

With Peacemaker and Adebayo at odds, can the team kill the cow once and for all -- or will their fracture give the aliens the opening they need to complete its teleportation?

Directors: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
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