Written by James Gunn
Directed by Alethea Jones
Peacemaker (to everyone, re Keith): "Stop!!!"
In terms of dramatic performances in a television show in 2025, I didn't have John Cena on my bingo card but here we are. That gutteral and pained screamed was the most I've ever felt sorry for Peacemaker.
This penultimate episode pretty much was the coldest reality check for Christopher Smith. His idyllic world turned out to be one where the Nazis won World War II and the evidence was more overt as Emilia pointed things out. How the hell do you miss a Hitler mural in ARGUS for crying out loud?
Anyways, both Peacemaker and Emilia managed to escape ARGUS and then witnessed several police officers taken out by Blue Dragon and Captain Triumph. Oh and you want to hear the most shocking thing about this episode? Guess who's not a freaking Nazi?
Yup, Auggie Smith, I'm sorry I judged you. He's not a Nazi but while he might not be able to work against the system on Earth 2, he has been trying to work around it with his sons. He even handled the death of his own son a lot better than Keith did. Then both Vigilantes gate crashed and Auggie ended up dead.
This went back to a police raid led by Fitzgibbons (Lochlyn Munro), a lot of chaotic violence and the near death of Keith. Harcourt almost came close to killing him to protect Christopher but failed at the last minute. That's definitely coming back to get her in next week's finale.
As for the rest of the episode, there was a lot of stuff I liked. Both Vigilantes were entertaining to watch. I loved the team up between Leota and Judomaster after the latter rescued her while Eagly got to fuck up Keith and Peacemaker surrendered himself and the Quantum Unfolding Chamber to Rick Flag Sr.
- Sydney Happerson (Stephen Blackeheart) helped ARGUS to locate the 11th Street Kids. He also popped up in the post credit scenes.
- Economos should be thanking his lucky stars that Eagly didn't fuck him up after insulting him.
- Seriously, how did Chris not spot the Mein Kampf books everywhere? He might be pretty but he's not bright at times.
- Judomaster revealed he was both a Buddhist and gay to Leota after rescuing her. He gave her some good advice about Keeya as well.
- Standout music: First Signal's Still Pretending and Shining's Goretex Weather Report.
Like A Keith In The Night was short but what an episode. Done genuinely shocking moments. Some truly brilliant character moments and the usual amount of humour and ultra violence. I really hope next week's finale sticks the landing.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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