The Boys The Boys Episode 4x04 Spoiler Thread

[Sithborg]

One gets worried about what they will do to top the first 3 episodes.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Dave McFly]

whole lot of WTF moments in this episode here

 

[Dave McFly]

I finished the episode I stand by my previous statement

 

[Sithborg]

Kind of craving a Fudgey the Whale now. Pity I would have to go to Detroit for one.

The stuff with Homelander was great. It was obvious that it was rough on him, but good to see just how rough it was. So, kind of sided with him on killing those guys. But man, Starr is selling just how scary he is going to become.

Sage's satisfaction of her plan of getting Firecracker's ass whooped was great. But dear god, just had to see the lobotomy

Damn, really putting Kimiko through the wringer this season. Just blown in half this time.

Good to see the Hughie who blew up Translucent is back. I am real glad they didn't pull the standard cheap drama that normally comes with an abortion storyline. Good that Hughie was involved and supportive.

Resolved the Frenchie issue quickly.

Interesting that the worm thing in Butcher is a result of the V. Kind of scared to see what it actually does.

 

[Zarex]

This one was probably my least favorite episode of the series. I love the show's balance of dark humor with actual darkness and this one went too far in the second direction for my tastes. We already saw John/Homelander confront his creator in season 2, so going back and torturing Vogelbaum's subordinates was overkill for me. It seems like a scene from the bad The Boys comic rather than the good The Boys TV show.

The rest of the episode didn't land for me either. After dumping Butcher early on, MM needed him back on the team to find a news story about Firecracker's statutory rape? Victoria Newman might be right, they are getting worse at their jobs. I also didn't like the reveals about Butcher's experimenting with Compound V and Annie's abortion. Both would have worked better if the audience were let in on this info earlier. And while I thought it was wonderful that Hughie was the perfect, supporting boyfriend during Annie's difficult decision, it would have been more interesting if she didn't tell Hughie, or if she was afraid of being killed by a newborn with laser eyes or something.

I know Kripke said this season would get dark, but I hope the remaining shows are more balanced.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Annie's abortion.

I thought this was setup in a previous season. Could be remembering it wrong though. I rarely rewatch TV shows