Twisted Metal returns with its Season 2 premiere July 31 on Peacock. Catch up with the whole first season on the streaming service right now. Kenneth Washington, best known for portraying radio expert Sgt. Baker on 'Hogan's Heroes,' died on July 18.

Perhaps the most anticipated new character in Season 2, Axel doesn't drive a vehicle — he is the vehicle. Described as "a shirtless mountain of a man with impressive pecs mounted on gigantic wheels," is a formidable opponent, one you don't want to be on the wrong side of. But underneath the machismo lurks a dark secret and forlorn past.

The first season of Twisted Metal was almost like a prologue. Peacock’s adaptation of the long-dormant PlayStation game series spent 10 episodes setting up its car-focused post-apocalyptic world and most of the major characters,