History Recap / Peacemaker2022Episode6MurnAfterReading

* EverybodyKnewAlready: Harcourt says she had figured out that Murn is a Butterfly after he took no damage from the explosion back at Goff's home and by the fact he knew way too much information about the Butterflies; when she confronted Murn about it, he told her the truth. Economos also knows, but literally sticks his fingers in his ears every time it comes up. Ironically, Amanda Waller doesn't know about it.
* FrameUp: A unique variation as the possessed Locke calls a press conference to detail Peacemaker behind the deaths of the Senator's family and others and even talking of the man's beliefs in aliens possessing people... while making him out to be a dangerous madman now a wanted fugitive. It's also implied Waller intended Peacemaker to be TheScapegoat in case Locke would be unable to keep the police from interfering.

** Her decision to arrest Peacemaker leads to a chain of events that makes her end up getting taken over by the Butterfly leader. She also indirectly caused the death of a few cops when Locke has to [[LeaveNoWitnesses kill them]] to ensure Peacemaker and Vigilante can escape.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There is only one female member of the Aryan Empire, and she's mainly used so Auggie can get his rocks off after getting out of jail.

* ContinuityNod: Peacemaker refers to the Flash by his superhero name, which wasn't officially established until his brief appearance in Creator/TheCW's ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

* AssholeVictim: Discussed and deconstructed by the Butterfly possessing Murn; the Butterfly is regretful that it had to kill Murn in order to take over his body, but he makes a point that the real Murn was a murderous mercenary and that's why he possessed and killed him instead of a more innocent person. Still, he's plagued with guilt because he can see all of Murn's fucked up memories and it dawned on him that he robbed the man of [[HeelFaceTurn potential redemption]].

"After Adebayo's surprise, Murn reveals his greatest secret - a secret so deep that it must be kept even from Waller."

Written and Directed by Creator/JamesGunn.

!Synopsis

'''Murn:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Unlike humans, we don't name our genitalia]].

'''Murn:''' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Unlike humans, we don't name our genitalia]].

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Butterfly Murn defends taking over a human host, saying the real Murn was a twisted murderer -- yet it feels plagued by his memories and guilty about robbing him of any chance to change.

The rest of the Butterflies arrive at the Evergreen PD and quickly take over everyone inside, police officers and prisoners alike, with Fitzgibbon and Locke among others. Meanwhile, Auggie decides to cross the line and suits up into his White Dragon costume, fully certain that he needs to kill his son.

Adebayo decides to spend more time with her wife, who says that they should return to Gotham after the operation is over. Peacemaker tells Harcourt that he's not going to kill humans anymore, but aliens are fair game. She leaves him alone after giving him a heartfelt talk, and he stays at the HQ, playing "[[Music/MotleyCrue Home Sweet Home]]" on piano. Vigilante tells him that Locke at the press conference exposes the contains of the diary, that aliens are taking over and he's been complicit in the murders, making Peacemaker a wanted man.

** Vigilante breaks Peacemaker's untraceable phone, leaving them cut off from the rest of the team.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: While Peacemaker is answering questions from the kids, a girl asks him if he knows her mother Becky Coolidge, who used to bartend at the Starlight Lounge. After he confirms he did met her ten years ago, the girl tells him he might be her real dad, which stuns Peacemaker but the teacher immediately ends the Q&A before things can get complicated.

* FrameUp: A unique variation as the possessed Locke calls a press conference to detail Peacemaker behind the deaths of the Senator's family and others and even talking of the man's beliefs in aliens possessing people... while making him out to be a dangerous madman now a wanted fugitive.

* HopeSpot: The Goff Butterfly draws a peace symbol on her jar, and begins to communicate with Peacemaker and Vigilante, suggesting that maybe a way to settle the invasion peacefully has opened up.[[NiceJobBreakingItHero Then Song arrives to arrest Peacemaker and things immediately go south...]]

* TheUnsmile: Aside from Goff (who seems to have gotten the handle on a PsychoticSmirk, though she gripes she has to re-learn smiling "for every new head") the sequence where the Butterflies KillAndReplace everyone in the police station features a hallway ''full'' of these. Goff rallies up her minions and they all decide to try some triumphant smirks, which look doofy on their new bodies.

** Her decision to arrest Peacemaker leads to a chain of events that makes her end up getting taken over by the Butterfly leader.

* TheUnsmile: Aside from Goff (who seems to have gotten the handle on an EvilSmirk, though she gripes she has to re-learn smiling "for every new head") the sequence where the Butterflies KillAndReplace everyone in the police station features a hallway ''full'' of these. Goff rallies up her minions and they all decide to try some triumphant smirks, which look doofy on their new bodies.