Better Goff Dead
- Episode aired Jan 13, 2022
- TV-MA
- 39m
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 a... Read allOn 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.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.
- Auggie Smith
- (credit only)
- Detective Sophie Song
- (credit only)
- Detective Larry Fitzgibbon
- (credit only)
- Eagly
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJudomaster is another character along with Peacemaker that DC acquired from Charlton Comics in the 1980's.
- GoofsA 50 caliber bullet would've gone right through "Mama Bear" and struck "Papa Bear" and probably gone through him too.
- Quotes
Clemson Murn: In fact, I'm a little chilly right now.
John Economos: You are?
Clemson Murn: No. But I saw it as an opportunity for growth to say I was.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, there is a deleted scene of Vigilante at the stakeout.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Javo & Temoc: Top 10 Series: Lo 'mejor' del año (2022)
We got the idea from "The Suicide Squad" that Peacemaker was a character who stood by his beliefs and would kill anyone to acquire peace. This show is silently pulling that belief apart and giving us a more vulnerable character with a lot of trauma. The reason why he's doing all of this and wants to belief that he'd do anything is because of how he was brought up. We've already been introduced to his crazy father and have seen his roots, so the fact that he'd hide under this tough persona makes so much sense in the long run.
However, the emotional pull of the episode and the dive into the character of Christopher Smith over his persona as Peacemaker, is wonderfully balanced out by the incredible humor. Never have a torture sequence been as funny as it is here, and never had I enjoyed watching casual murder more. Gunn is someone who will do whatever it takes to get a laugh, even if it means making a funny situation out of something macabre. Luckily, he also knows good comedy and makes every joke laugh harder than the last until you can't possibly laugh any more, which you do.
The show is giving us a great bundle of characters to follow. This episode took more time to put Vigilante into the mix and it ended up providing a clearly psychopathic character, who is just a kid on the inside. Knowing Gunn and his beliefs, I'm sure that he meant this to be a comment on today's youth and the double standard of many people in the U. S. Showing the innocence underneath the crazy, but not humanizing the deeds that they're committing. Gunn is a good enough writer to make it feel honest, and he certainly does with this character.
They also decided to pump up the action for this one. They introduce a character called Judomaster, and every single scene with him ended in ass-kicking fights that mostly ended with his opponents on the ground. Gunn makes these fight scenes feel really grounded through the way he shoots them and goes in close on every punch. It's still very stylized and quick, but it's done with a lot of passion and a lot of vision. The participants do their job marvelously, but Gunn brings it all to life with his vibrant direction and knowledge of gritty and nutty action.
"Better Goff Dead" puts this character into a different light, finally showing him as what he really is: a character with a lot of doubt. He's not a hard badass as we've been led to believe and that makes him so much more compelling but doesn't stop him from actually kicking ass when it's needed.
- lassegalsgaard
- May 24, 2022
Details
- Runtime39 minutes
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- Sound mix