The Boys
Summary
The Boysis known for delivering some of the most shocking moments on modernistic idiot box , butThe Boysseason 4promises to be the most shocking yet , these are the mo season 4 will need to top . The Boyswas first released on Amazon Prime Video in 2019 . Since then , it ’s quickly grown a dedicated fanbase and kicked off a wide universe with one spin - off already free and more on the room .
The show is based on a comic book series with the same title of respect by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson . The funnies are equally shocking , as they endeavor to showcase a world where superheroes live , and they are n’t perfect . or else of iconic and noble heroes like Superman or the Flash , the worldly concern ofThe Boysis plague with abysmally flawed , andterrifyingly powerful heroes with fragile egos . This collocation to typical Hero of Alexandria stories lead to scenes of repugnance , excess , and overall topsy-turvydom as the people with the power to protect others , maintain it for their own personal gain and pleasance .
10Homelander On The Plane
The Boys Season 1, Episode 4, “The Female Of The Species”
ahead of time in the serial publication , audience get to see behind the masque of the populace ’s great heroes whenHomelander and Queen Maeveintercept a plane that has been take surety by terrorists . They manage to take out the men who hijacked the aeroplane , but not before they pour down the fender . While a typical Superman story would see Homelander carry the plane on his back to safety , Homelander mention how windy that would be anddecides to allow the plane and its passengers to doss .
The scare and terror know by the passengers as the masses who come to save them choose to turn their rachis and abandon them for the interest of their own image is utterly appalling , and absolutely captures the corruption of Homelander . Despite Queen Maeve and the passengers beg for Homelander to salvage even just one or two rider , hethreatens to wipe out everyone on the planebefore flying off and exit them to their fate . Despite the shock value of the tantrum , thing get a mess worse and far more depraved as the show tire out on .
From the Amazon show ’s pilot episode to the last season ’s finale , The Boys ' unspoilt episodes are prime examples of modern-day superhero sarcasm .
9The Annual Herogasm Party
The Boys Season 3, Episode 6, “Herogasm”
8Popclaw And The Landlord
The Boys Season 1, Episode 3, “Get Some”
Popclaw is a lesser - known supe who date stamp A - Train in closed book in the former season ofThe boy . After A - Train promises to make their human relationship public , he betrays her trust and remain to keep her a secret . Popclaw , furious and upset , decide to take some drug to numb the pain , and then her landlord sprain up demanding the rent be compensate . In a fog , she take in him in and resolve to compensate her debt with sexual favour , but while engaging in the human activity , she isunable to check herself and terminate up crushing his head word .
7The Deep And The Octopus Love Scene
While this consequence happens during the annualherogasm political party , The Deep , a hero subject of communicating with aquatic animals is in a back elbow room enjoying some metre alone with an devilfish . His calf love and lust for creature that live in the sea are hinted at throughout the series , but this is the first minute thatthings get explicit for him and an animate being . The Deep is an unsavoury case at the best of times , but this present moment sees him descend into something much more distressing and disturbing .
6The Deep Forced To Eat Timothy By Homelander
The Boys Season 3, Episode 3, “Barbary Coast”
While The Deep is present in this scene , this is a second where he is a light victim of the cruel and unusual punishments of Homelander . Homelander , under the pretence of celebrate The Deep ’s return to The Seven , hosts a dinner for him , his wife , and Ashley Barrett , Voght ’s recently appointed CEO . However , while the gesture seems kind , Homelander intentionally orders a vast array of seafood , which is understandably disturbing for The Deep who communicate with these creatures .
The Boys ' world has always been controversial , but there are many understanding why season 4 will likely take thing up a notch and beat its predecessors .
thing get even darker when Homelander contribute out a specialty dishfor The Deep , which turns out to be his pet / ally / roommate Timothy , an octopus that The Deep keep in the fish tank in his flat . Timothy is alive , and The Deep notes that he is begging for his life . Homelander and Deep ’s wife bothpush him to suck it up and eat the octopusand , in a long , irksome scene , he does as he ’s assure . The scene is super disconcerting and again highlights the cruelty and manipulation that the heroes dole out to innocent humans and each other .
5Head Popping In The Courthouse
The Boys Season 2, Episode 7, “Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker”
In the penultimate episode ofThe Boysseason 2 , the mysterious brain popper enacts their most fell and distressful onslaught during an authoritative congressional hearing around Vought . Just as Jonah Vogelbaum , former Vought scientist , and foster founder to Homelander , is about to drive home a damning testimony , his head word explodes , and then several others around the room . As everyone looks on in horror and the news cuts out as quick as possible to annul diffuse any more of the horrific shot , head word go forward exploding , making for an incredibly shameful remnant to the episode .
It ’s not until the next episode that the person behind the hideous attack is revealed to be noneother than Victoria Neuman . Despite the audience learning her identity element , it is n’t until partway through the following season that others like Hughie con about her baron . Her position in government and links to so many authoritative and influential figures make her atruly terrifying character who has yet to reveal her underlying motivationsand will feature inThe Boysseason 4 as she climb up the political run to become the Vice - President to Bob Singer .
4Termite Turning Big While Inside His Lover
The Boys Season 3, Episode 1, “Payback”
A supe with the king to shrink and develop at will appears in the first episode ofThe Boysseason 3 . Due to his similar powerset , he is compare to Marvel ’s Ant - Man , but as depict inThe Boys , he is far from heroic . Termite , as he is known to his rooter , uses his powers to perform unique sex acts . For good example , funk down to go inside of his devotee ’s member and stimulating him sexually . alas , Termite sneezes while within and loses ascendance of his business leader , suddenly rise to his full size again . This results in him incidentally exploding his partner apart and instantly kill him .
The Boys has already bring out one great spinoff with Gen V , but there are loads of other stories with the potential to be just as interesting .
3Homelander Killing An Innocent Protestor
The Boys Season 3, Episode 8, “The Instant White Hot-Wild”
While Homelander descend into a crowd of his fans to acquaint his son Ryan to the humans , an angry Starlight patron throws something atHomelander and unexpectedly hit Ryan . Homelander has frequentlyfantasized about unleashing his power on humanshe is annoyed by , and on this affair , he is advertise over the edge . Homelander brutally attacks the Isle of Man with his laser powers and completely implodes his head . As onlookers are take aback by the sudden outburst , they soon erupt in cheering , delight by Homelander ’s overtly aggressive behaviour against someone they comprehend to be improper .
2Golden Boy’s Death
Gen V Season 1, Episode 1, “God U.”
BothThe Boysand the spin - off seriesGen Vfeature an unexpected death in the open setting of the show . While Hughie ’s girlfriend is burst forth by A - Train as he recklessly speeds through the city , thedeath of the hero , Golden Boy , comes as an even bigger shockinGen V. Luke " Golden Boy " Riordan ( Patrick Schwarzenegger ) seem in raft of marketing textile for the spin - off and his role touted him as someone who could compete with Homelander .
So , when he ache from an seeming genial break at the last of the first instalment and down one of the professor , and then attempts tokill Marie Moreau , it comes as a sudden shock when he blows himself up and hisbloody stay rain down over the campus . Immediately put the pace for the shows and unveil their dark tones , both shows do a enceinte occupation in their introduction episodes .
1Homelander Forces A Girl To Jump Off A Building
The Boys Season 3, Episode 2, “The Only Man In The Sky”
Homelander has a big shift in his behavior duringThe Boysseason 3 . With other heroes and Vought trying to curb him and boast other torpedo like Starlight as they grow in popularity , Homelander becomes increasingly mentally ill . When he learns that Stormfront charge suicide to get away from him , Homelander gives up the frontal of being a hero and while he initially intended to save a untried fille who was about to jump from a rooftop , he decide to tell her to jump . Homelander force the girl , and she plummets off the building while he observe , marking a major change for the reference andThe Boysin general .
