[Warning: The above video and below contain MAJOR spoilers for Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 1, “The Ties That Grind.”]
Peacemaker is back for Season 2, and it’s raised a massive question in the premiere episode, “The Ties That Grind,” as it was implied that something took place between the titular hero, Chris Smith (John Cena), and former colleague Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland).
But before that topic was broached, viewers got a peek into the hardships Harcourt’s facing on the job front after her position with Task Force X was eliminated following her colleague Adebayo’s (Danielle Brooks) airing of confidential secrets surrounding Season 1’s Project Butterfly mission. Rageful to an extreme, Harcourt is rejected from job interviews and evaluated for her violent tendencies, defined by one man as having “toxic masculinity.”
When Harcourt returns to her apartment after an unsuccessful effort to secure a job, Chris pops by her apartment to check on her, but he also seems to test the waters to bring up an event that occurred between them. While it’s unclear what exactly happened, it was implied that the moment in question occurred on a party boat.