James Gunn On [Spoiler]’s Villainous Turn In Peacemaker Season 2 And Teases Surprise Link To Lanterns

The Peacemaker Season 2 finale established that Rick Flag Sr. is now a villain. He laughs and jokes with Lex Luthor‘s lackeys while loyal A.R.G.U.S. agents are brutally killed in the Quantum Unfolding Chamber, and robs Chris Smith of any due process by kidnapping him and leaving the former Task Force X member stranded in “Salvation.”

That’s the alternate reality prison he intends to trap the world’s metahumans in…only the villainous ones, of course, but it seems likely that he plans to send many of the world’s heroes there, as well.

Talking to Screen Brief, DC Studios co-ceo James Gunn was asked about Rick’s new status quo in the…