“Outdated McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-” OH MY GOD.
The most recent episode of The Boys has arrived, and there is nothing like a bunch of cattle suped-up on compound V to begin a celebration.
Have you ever ever seen a hen fly straight by way of a man? Properly, excellent news; now you could have.
As at all times, the episode was jam-packed with motion, large emotions, and secrets and techniques galore.
The additional into this season we get, the extra Homelander comes off as a toddler who simply wants a dose of mild parenting thrown his means.
Perhaps that is an oversimplification — he clearly wants some intense remedy.
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Every scene that exhibits him attempting to mother or father Ryan has me peeking by way of my fingers and cringing on the display.
Instructing his son to face up for himself and others? Nice!
Instructing his son to take action by torturing and humiliating an individual? Questionable at greatest.
Talking of bizarre household dynamics, Hughie’s dad, Hugh Sr. (Simon Pegg) has woken up after his estranged spouse (Rosemarie DeWitt) injected him with Compound V.
This last-ditch try to avoid wasting his life was a mistake, as Butcher predicted it could be in final week’s episode.
As unhappy because it was to see Hughie must euthanize his dad, I could not be extra grateful that they nipped that within the bud earlier than a zombified, dementia-ridden Hugh Sr. was launched on the world.
You are my hero, Dad.
Hughie
The Boys have sufficient issues.
This brings me to the hour’s most absurd, graphic, and entertaining collection of scenes.
After Mom’s Milk and Butcher pull Stan Edgar out of jail to assist them monitor down the supe-killing virus that Neumann and Samir have been engaged on, the rag-tag group of misfits arrives at a farm.
When you thought they have been going to find out about the right way to bale hay or feed chickens, you have been incorrect.
This nightmare-fuel farm was filled with animals that had been given Compound V, so what occurred subsequent may solely have come from the twisted minds of Eric Kripke and his group.
The complete sequence was like one thing out of The Strolling Useless.
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Kessler is rapidly changing into the most effective characters on the present, however that is no shock.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan brings excellence to his each function, and this one is not any exception.
When his casting was introduced, we have been most excited to see him work together along with his fellow Supernatural alumni, however the chemistry between him and Butcher (Karl City) has been unbelievable to see.
Anyway, again to Homelander.
This episode continued final week’s try at making us really feel unhealthy for the infamous villain in a bizarre means.
Actually, I am unable to see a future the place Homelander will get a redemption arc. However is there any probability that is the course the writers are taking us?
Lord, they requested me to affix the Seven. I do know I must be blissful, however I am undecided if I am robust sufficient to struggle all of the sinners.
Firecracker
In different information referring to the Seven, we acquired just a little extra of Firecracker and Sister Sage.
The 2 of them are two sides of a really tousled coin.
Sister Sage is — actually — the neatest particular person on this planet, and Firecracker is, properly, a caricature of a right-wing discuss present host who solely speaks in propaganda.
They every carry one thing very totally different to the Seven, and apparently sufficient, are extra proof that many of the ladies on the present exist to complement Homelander’s character in a roundabout way.
Sister Sage’s calm, collected, and calculated persona will probably do quite a bit to maintain Homelander grounded going ahead.
Firecracker is the whole lot he hoped Starlight could be and extra, and the truth that they knew one another as youngsters (as revealed within the premiere drop) drives dwelling that comparability.
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It’s going to be fascinating to see how the 2 ladies work together with each other as they appear to compete for Homelander’s approval.
I am unable to finish this overview with no reminder of the horrific picture we acquired when a dying sheep projectile vomited in every single place.
Was that enjoyable for anybody? To be truthful, if we’re completely trustworthy with ourselves, it is not even the worst factor we have seen thus far this season.
In all of the chaos on the farm, Samir has someway disappeared. Neumann is clearly distraught, however she’s actually the one one who cares.
Hilariously, Mom’s Milk and Butcher flip Stan again over the feds as a result of he technically did not ship on their deal (since there was nothing left of the virus to search out).
However in true Victoria vogue, she lastly chooses the correct second to blow up somebody’s head as a substitute of ready for the world to alter.
RIP to that federal cop, I assume.
She and her dad at the moment are formally on the lam. I am positive that can finish peacefully for everybody (she wrote, sarcastically).
In one other thrilling second for the Kripke universe, the Gen V crossover cameos we acquired on this episode have been a enjoyable shock.
Appears like a few of our Gen V favorites are being recruited by the Seven, and that is positive to get bloody.
Ashlee and A-Practice’s conspiring lastly got here to a head once we discovered that poor Cameron was set as much as take the blame for A-Practice’s Compound V leak.
The variety of folks on this present who die for actually no purpose is astonishing.
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Though, I assume by this level Ashlee was a lady scorned, and hell hath no fury and all that.
Main as much as the tip of the episode, we’re confronted with a number of heartbreaking moments.
Hugh Sr. dies at Hughie’s fingers, and whereas we all know it was crucial, it was nonetheless unhappy to look at.
Frenchie, overcome with the guilt of all of the lives he is taken, turns himself right into a police station for homicide.
His disappointment has been heart-wrenching all through the hour so it wasn’t a shock that he determined to do one thing drastic, but it surely nonetheless sucks to see him battle a lot with with the ability to forgive himself.
And naturally, the massive shock ending of the episode got here when Butcher revealed that he kidnapped Samir in hopes of forcing him to breed the virus that would kill supes.
We knew Butcher was happening a darkish path, however chopping off a man’s leg so everybody would assume he was useless was fairly grim.
We’re trying ahead to seeing what subsequent week brings. What have been your ideas this week, and what theories do you could have about what’s to return?
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Haley Whitmire White is a workers author for TV Fanatic.
