'The Boys' Season 3 Episode 8 Recap (FINALE) | On Set | Entertainment Weekly

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Jack Quaid, Jensen Ackles, Antony Starr, Chace Crawford, Karl Urban, Karen Fukuhara and Showrunner Eric Kripke break down everything that happens in season 3 episode 8 of Amazon's 'The Boys.'
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[@Brook11223]

Introducing Frenchie: champion of the working class when he said "And we all deserve a paid vacation days, and a dental plan."

[@as-ez2lh]

Lol

[@treenincove1726]

They should've killed him off this season

[@troillandford7679]

lol the frenchman had to start a mutinee

[@BulagBanditMedia]

*soyuz neeushiniy…,*

[@nathanthompson2369]

🤣😂🤣😂😂

[@Peacesells699]

I think Antony Starr should at the very least, be nominated for an Emmy.. Such a good actor, carrying on the whole show as main antagonist.. Every expression of his character speaks.. Really talented actor.

[@Animaxgaming2290]

Yes, you are right that mirror scene.it Shows how good actor Antony is

[@axel.barreau]

couldn’t agree more!

[@brthrschemin5213]

He really does make you hate homelander like he’s real he killed the role

[@xc_lowkkx1561]

Then i guess that means when the time comes you go online and put your vote in 🤷🏻

[@sunjaypuri]

mans got influenced by his role and started becoming a menace irl

[@jamesragsdale]

The kid who plays Ryan is a TALENT. The subtlety of how he goes into that incredibly unnerving smile was just incredible.

[@jordanzdebski5132]

chill james, he just smiled

[@sohammondal578]

James, I agree with you. That confused look to subtle smile transition was amazing. I wonder how many takes it took to get it right. Simply amazing.

[@Sebisajiminstan]

@@jordanzdebski5132 Well, yes, Jordan, he just smiled, but that smile implies the kid realizing his dad- and by extension, him, can just go around killing people for throwing a fucking can and a crowd of people will cheer them up for it. That’s pretty chilling. I can’t wait to see how Ryan’s story will go. Will the time he spend being raised by his mother influence him at all, or will he chose the easy way Homelander did? Intimidate everyone and go on with your life? So much potential there

[@sdewey4152]

It was pretty sinister, like he enjoyed it. Like father like son.

[@jamesragsdale]

@@jordanzdebski5132 so I can’t praise a talented young actor for understanding the subtlety of performance and direction at a young age? People really lack any kind of literacy when it comes to media and art consumption and you’re a PRIME example

[@micahclawrence]

Homelander: “How could you kill one of your own kind?” A-Train looks at Noir’s bloody helmet 🧐

[@aliengranpa]

Total dig at white privilege 😂

[@micahclawrence]

Or just hypocrisy in general

[@Alex-vq9vj]

Yeah, that was well done. As well as that A-Train didn't dare to say it to HL's face: only courageous enough for a single passive-aggressive look. No wonder, HL is always gobsmacked when SB isn't impressed with him and tells Homie to his face....

[@gaussminigun]

@@aliengranpa cringe

[@georgen7467]

Not white privilege god complex it makes homelander feel like he isn't like them all and he can do whatever he wants

[@variadi]

Noir's actor telling Jack to "let's play smash bros together" is such a Black Noir thing to do.

[@haasher10]

Jensen Ackles killed it. He was the best part of season 3 and his character was super badass!! Hopefully he returns in S4

[@Ronobuildstech]

Justice for Soldier boy

[@storyofm6820]

@WomenHateShortMen 🧐 hahahahahahaha you can't be this stupid. This season blew season 2 out of the water.

[@storyofm6820]

I was worried Ackles would ruin the season but he actually was a good actor for once. Absolutely nowhere near Antony Starrs quality and he was still by far the best part.

[@spacemann1425]

@ashy yes he was.

[@MultiAsssasin]

S4 Soldier Boy will de-power homelander in presidential office in which he will be lasered by his grandson but will survive until Noir decapitates him and then kills his grandson to which Butcher will kill Noir and then Homelander, and eventually Butcher will kill the Boys. Something like that I bet

[@vidson5602]

3 seasons done and I'm still beyond amazed by Anthony Starr's Homelander portrayal.

[@jeeks3747]

I stg, I would hate it if he doesn't get many more roles this interesting after this. He's so talented, as the boys has proven, and I'd love to see him get to even more high profile in the future. And I just add this because I'm a nerd, but would love to see him in the mcu (not typecast off of the boys tho, but still a complex enough role for him to be able put in his all) as long as it not just something like "he was homelander so he'll be syntry", I'd like him to be a completely different character personality wise

[@ryanconran7940]

@@jeeks3747 really think Disney would go for that?

[@Bobby.2000]

@@jeeks3747 definitely needs to avoid the Titanic that is the MCU.

[@xayln786]

@@ryanconran7940 would go for what?

[@DuncanWLievi]

@@jeeks3747 banshee had proven it way before Boys. Homelander gives him the chance to implement his abilities further.

[@TJGibson0]

I like how Kripke put it at the end. Ryan choosing Homelander isn't the kid's failing, it's Butcher's.

[@MaNiC_IMPressivE_M.M.A.]

Yeah and the greatest explanation of motives is toxic masculinity wtf 🤣 blah I love how it's always the small meek men telling me I'm toxic cos I'm not like them krip using the show to get over his high school trauma feels like a defence mechanism from them I mean that's the only theme for butchers journey that was a let down shame cos the season was good but you also put the characters back to square one

[@jeringatai3156]

Ryan gets hit and when he wakes up, he sees Homelander caring for him. If Ryan hadve seen Butcher caring for him, he wouldve went with Butcher

[@ThoseHorrorPalsNJ]

@@MaNiC_IMPressivE_M.M.A. maybe this show is too adult for you buddy

[@MaNiC_IMPressivE_M.M.A.]

@@ThoseHorrorPalsNJ it's not that it's just the way they over use it I understand your point but for me it's frustrating people who are not meek and don't have feminine qualities are toxic and the fact you answer with a insult proves my point it was a childish response to call someone basically a child because you disagree is highly ironic don't ya think

[@ThoseHorrorPalsNJ]

@@MaNiC_IMPressivE_M.M.A. its not an insult to say you don't understand the kind of show you're watching; your comment sums that up perfectly. The fact that you refer to being meek as a "feminine quality" is the exact reason that I say you don't get this show. Soldier Boy is literally a mockery of people like you.

[@Brook11223]

Soldier Boy was the only one that kept up his part of the deal. I am glad that he didn't die because now he can show up in future possible storylines when it's need. When it comes to Homelander, no matter how much he loves Ryan I have zero sympathy for him.

[@lsd-rickb-1728]

Same and Ryan can die from soldier boy too

[@mbintang13]

or just die the next season like Stormfront

[@appropriate-channelname3049]

Yeah honestly I felt the team was extremely dumb for not letting soliderboy kill homelander. Even though alot of people would die it would save alot of people from the terror homeland could create. Also butcher is such a scum bag. Solider boy forsaked his own son and grandson but you can't let one little boy maybe die to save millions.

[@jaydingaling1399]

@@appropriate-channelname3049 To be fair I think the story implication was that you don't need to value someone just because they are blood related, which relates to how Butcher cares about Ryan deep down despite being not his own

[@travis7patriot653]

@@appropriate-channelname3049 It’s not the end of the show, they couldn’t have killed Homelander, because he’s the main villain of the show.

[@riseofazrael]

The acting in this season was fantastic across the board, everyone killed it. I think Antony Starr was the clear stand out though, the range he showed this season is incredible. The mirror scene alone is just amazing.

[@_ripVanWinkle_]

I think Karl Urban had a better performance.

[@nickhorton296]

@@_ripVanWinkle_ no, he’s right. The mirror scene was incredible. Also when he said “I’m the upgrade”. Karl urban was good too but he’s more of a character actor

[@nomadpurple6154]

The only weak performance is Erin's as Annie/Starlight. I don't know if this is the nature of the character/the script or her acting, I just know that keeping her as a central character is a mistake.

[@crossovo]

@@nomadpurple6154 It's the script 100%, there's no actress on this planet who's gonna look good playing this starlight.

[@paorasimon4957]

@@nomadpurple6154 agreed! She's an awesome actress, just wish the script allowed her to explore her character a bit more

[@TheGuitarislove]

Honestly every actor on this show does their job really well

[@mag1cmush1es]

And knows there characters

[@srihurry]

True

[@noelrlclips4566]

SB is my fav character on the show rn, the way jensen delivers his lines in such a giga chad way 😂 is just soo good

[@karlepaul6632]

Yeah, the best by far...he couldn't have been played by anyone other than Jensen Ackles 👍🏿👍🏿

[@GutzOverFear]

Wait, wait ✋... *The fuck you just say?!*

[@noelrlclips4566]

@@GutzOverFear "Nothing, literally nothing."

[@Ir0nAce1]

"you think you look strong?" the way he delivered that line was top notch

[@noelrlclips4566]

@@Ir0nAce1 fr and the fact he called him "buddy"

[@HoldMyBong]

Im so happy that he confirmed he will bring back noir.

[@kroneexe]

@@joeyondakeys we don't want that

[@petboy5839]

@@kroneexe It's the same actor playing a different Noir. So, the character might not act differently from before. Hopefully, we get a more powerful comic version of Black Noir.

[@Daniel-uy1sv]

@Aditya Menon I dont after Maeve somehow survives and The boys can break into labs and Vought like nothing

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

Black Noir has superhuman regenerative abilities. If they can save A-Train from his heart implosion then they should be able to stuff the innards back into Black Noir and let nature take its course... also Maeve somehow did not die even though she became powerless during the Soldier Boy blast and yet she still fell from hundreds of stories and survived. Either this is bad writing or me thinks Maeve still has her powers.

[@Mike.mp4]

@@joeyondakeys if so he wouldn't have ties with homelander... homelander can see under the mask

[@aaronjimenez7825]

I find it interesting that despite Soldier Boy's speech about being better than his father, he instantly says the exact words that he hated so much when he meets Homelander as his father.

[@FupaDoncic]

He saw himself and he already knew it was too late to change.

[@spiritofloveipi4804]

@@FupaDoncic a lot of people don't understand that's what he meant when homelander say I'm you he said yes such a disappointment

[@mattholt2451]

Should have developed that more

[@childofprophecy9026]

Lol, all of you are wrong. Soldier Boy was called a dissapointment by his father and he was like fuck this guy. He is dissapointed that someone who is essentialy his clone and stronger didn't think the same way and kept wanting his father's approval.

[@spiritofloveipi4804]

@@childofprophecy9026 nobody's right or wrong we all have opinion and all of us observe things differently, we don't know where the writers are coming from with what they put out we can just take it as a we see it, so you cannot tell anybody that they're wrong. Their is arguments to prove both of us right or wrong meaning that as a child a parent telling a child that they are disappointment it can either make the child become more stronger or you can make the child weaker and believe what the parent is telling them. From my observation it's showing Soldier Boy on the weaker sense that he believes that he's weak although he acts strong he is weak minded.

[@willowpackerthestoryteller135]

People were so disappointed that Black Noir never got to fight Soldier Boy, but the whole point of that arc was Erving gathering his courage to confront soldier boy, and homelander even though they both scare the crap out of him, he still got himself together like the hero he always wanted to be.

[@Taylorculosis]

@ashy It still kinda becomes that every time the superpowered characters start fighting.

[@spacemann1425]

Didn't understand the second part of your comment.

[@pwners4u]

@ashy well in the comics noir is the only supe to be able to take on homelander 1v1 I think that is also why people want noir to fight people with a high level of strength. He may still be alive and come back stronger and live that fantasy for people where homelander always looks over his shoulder for noir “the silent assassin”

[@johanstinson]

@@pwners4u he was totally dismantled by Soldier Boy, what makes you think he could do anything against Homie?

[@logspew]

@@pwners4u Spoilers for the comics: thats because Noir in the comics was a Homelander clone... he isnt in the show, they have changed many things already... for the better honestly.

[@BiLLz66614]

Dude... the cartoon characters were such a brilliant touch. Because they managed to take a character that seemed heartless and souless ... and made me feel for him after that. That literally almost made me tear up when he was dying. and I never wouldve thought that earlier on in the show.

[@SujataKhadka07]

Soldier Boy is the highlight of the season. Jensen Ackles gave a top notch performance. They should bring back SB in future too.

[@kylecook7187]

I can't imagine them just leaving him in stasis for s5

[@user-ug1zh3cd9v]

Nothing special. Just another giga chad character from Jensen with zero emotional. Nothing compered to Karl and Antony

[@rolling-my-eyes1491]

Surprised me completely as hes such a hack on Supernatural

[@denisecronin5189]

@@rolling-my-eyes1491you obviously didn’t watch SPN

[@danidsds]

Kimoko's fight scenes this season have been some of the best in the show. She looked really skilled at kicking ass, like a genuine martial artist.

[@johanstinson]

The actress is a karate and sword fighting champion in real life

[@freznox6]

@@johanstinson woah no shit!

[@ben1ben2ben1]

She has always been the most ruthless and brutal. But she kinda overdid it and got Frenchie shot while she was dancing and killing

[@ardwordin6741]

I'm not a fan of Kimiko fight scenes because she fights humans, where she clearly has the advantage being a supe. Then you see her attempt to fight soldier boy and gets violently taken out. Kinda pathetic.

[@danidsds]

@@johanstinson Cool, they must've rushed the scenes in season 1 and 2 then.

[@male.circuit.001]

I love this series. The script and acting are not cheap. Good character development. PLEASE MAKE 12 EPISODES FOR SEASON 4. 🙏

[@chrisrivera5759]

Seriously this seaspn was good but 12 episodes would help the entire series honestly

[@PodyTheCirate]

The 8 episodes really hurt this season IMO

[@williamkline6450]

@@PodyTheCirate how? If you push a season to too many episodes you risk having episodes that mean nothing

[@corbeau-_-]

@@williamkline6450 it could go either way... Felt a bit rushy here and there, but I think 12 would be too much. 10 is already pushing it ;)

[@chrisrivera5759]

@@PodyTheCirate truly. 8 eps worked just fine in 1 and 2. But just felt like a lot of plotlines weren't wraped up this season, which might honestly be intentional but I feel like there are certain things that should have been settled this season. Now at least another year for just 8 more episodes... just feels like the plot is just inching by.

[@DavidHernandez-gx1jn]

You could argue that Ryan saved Butcher, because he makes Homelander leave instead of fighting Butcher.

[@siarogers5725]

All I know is Soldier Boy is going to have serious trust issues if they ever bring him back

[@yunginelijah8526]

“I’m not going back in that box” 😭 yeah it’s gonna be bad they’ll have to kill him off

[@shivermetimbers6128]

🤣

[@eXpas04]

Like everyone else that deals with Butcher :D now I understand why nobody at the start wanted to have any business anymore with him

[@jamesjones7526]

I love getting 'Clark Kent' Antony Star for these interviews.

[@materekpl6032]

Starlights powerup was cool, but seemed SOOOO weak for how long it took, it knocked SB like 3 meters away and he got a little shaken up, then got right back to fight like cmon. Feel like they didnt want her to defeat him right there so maeve can get her scene.

[@lukedeker4676]

In my mind its more to set up how she will take down homelander in a civil war type situation. She was just feeding off the lights an computers, imagine if they lead homelander to a nuclear reactor or some super hero who can put out alot of electricity

[@fullmetalb5241]

For sure. They could have had him be alot more messed up. He is strong so him getting back up even while hurt could have still let the rest of the scene play out the same with Maeve taking him out the window.

[@cooljo5881]

It would have been horrible if Starlight knocked him out

[@materekpl6032]

@@cooljo5881 nah not knock out, but see him struggle to get up, even if all played out the same afterwards it would look much better. Few scenes before she shot him with normal blasts and did as much damage as powered up, tho it didn't push him few meters but few feet.

[@materekpl6032]

@@lukedeker4676 imagine emp near her xD

[@haasher10]

Words cannot express the amount of anxiety, sadness, and anger I felt during this finale!! Can't wait for next season

[@aditwani6562]

Fr it was honestly a bit disappointing that they shat all over a lot of the character development we've had

[@l00myn84]

@@aditwani6562 like who

[@spacemann1425]

@@aditwani6562 what?‽

[@emotionje4446]

Black Noir obviously

[@darkast2679]

black noir didn't deserve to die :(

[@AbhishekSingh-ip3xe]

They did both Black Noir and Soldier Boy real dirty in the finale. Soldier Boy could have been written much better though Jensen owned the character and every single frame he was in and that is saying something when he was alongside series regulars like Karl Urban and Antony Starr.

[@TheBostonboy95]

I’m glad this series is starting to get more and more recognition, well deserved!

[@petboy5839]

After that lackluster finale I doubt whether it will get anymore recognition

[@sedukai5924]

@@petboy5839 💀

[@muhammadeisa1459]

It's a fairly popular show. You have memes made of this show and people know about it even if they haven't watched it.

[@bxb666]

I thought it was already popular

[@treenincove1726]

NOTHING HAPPENED THIS SEASON!!! The characters literally ended up where they began! NOTHING HAPPENED!!! But people are so stupid that they think just because there were a bunch of explosions and loud noises and nudity that the story was actually moving forward!! People are stupid! NOTHING CHANGED!!!

[@Kreamian]

I love how Jensen actually cares about the role

[@debuthunter5389]

Seems like he actually cares about and appreciates everything. Super real dude.

[@mfineferraguti]

I love how Erin Moriarty talks about starlight in the first person. You can really tell how much she understands and empathizes with her character!!!

[@njbrx]

yes that was sweet

[@frankgarcia3328]

Me too I always felt actors should talk like that when talking about their characters it just feels right lol

[@aqua9938]

She looks like she is 60 years old. But in the show she looks like in her early 20s..

[@bennyton2560]

@@aqua9938 I'm thinking she's had her face done btw shooting and promoting season 3...

[@RichHobo]

@@aqua9938 she had surgery

[@ThatWeirdCreator]

It is truly scary how that crowd cheering at the end is so realistic to what would happen in real life if something like that were to happen. There is totally a crowd of people that would cheer for something like that.

[@merr5593]

There is not. The left is far worst than the right

[@ChadVital]

Yeah they nailed the whole left vs right spectrum between Starlight believers being "libtards" and then of course the Homelander people all have eerily Trump supporter behavior with their signs and rhetoric.

[@clmcoclmco2222]

@ashy Frankly I think this show unintentionally is a mirror of what Biden and the libs are doing. Kripke didn't mean it that way but I see more libs than conservitives in this show.

[@clmcoclmco2222]

@ashy You can say left wing wackjobs.

[@FerociousPaul]

@@ChadVital Homelander had his "shoot someone on fifth avenue" moment. Didn't lose his supporters.

[@mostravels]

How noir died but Maeve survived is beyond me. Soldier boy is a pure scumbag but kept his word in the end

[@raph6931]

I seriously doubt he died, he's survived more. He'll prob just be out of commission for a bit like he was after he ate the treenut

[@raph6931]

@@MalsOnYT he said the same thing about Noir last season when he ate the treenut. Kripke saying he's dead doesn't mean anything

[@prophetseven728]

Ya, I do not get how Maeve did not die. Soldier Boy took her powers as he exploded. Which the Explosion and the Fall. Either one would of killed her as a normal human. And she did not look really hurt at all. At the very least she look worse then Black Noir. Some weird off writing in some spots. Like, the spot with homelanders crowed should of all been wearing Blue Hats. That make fit way more with what going on today. And how mental homelander is would fit how biden is. Same type of smiles too. Creepy.

[@raph6931]

@@prophetseven728 the Homelander scene was a reference to when Trump said he could shoot someone and his voters would still support him. It doesn't make any sense for that crowd to be blue, given that republicans are the ones that act like that (hence why the Jan 6 guy was there). The anti-democrat satire in the show is Bobby Singer, the potential president, and is more representative of people like Obama and Clinton than he is Biden. The particular aspect of the democrats that's made fun of is their corrupt links to the military complex, shown in the show through Singer's links with Vought

[@spoons250]

@@raph6931 He hasnt survived more. Stop taking his cartoon literally. It shows the literal scene in the show. Hes reaching for his helmet, not his brain. He has scars and brain damage that literally never "healed". Healing isnt one of his super powers. Hes painless.

[@lovelymachinegunOOC]

I Just gonna say that Antony Starr deserves an award.

[@ben1ben2ben1]

Have you seen who he is against? Or are you just talking without seeing his comp? Giancarlo Esposito deserves to finally win for Gus (the best TV villain ever)

[@wilburmoleyt2139]

@Rick Wilkinson although I don't agree with what the other dude said, breaking bad isn't overrated at all

[@FupaDoncic]

Old Hollywood won’t accept a Amazon show, they just barely let Netflix in cause of Bateman’s Ozark

[@firedog1972]

@Rick Wilkinson shut up!

[@ben1ben2ben1]

@@FupaDoncic What the fuck are you talking about? Netflix has had shitloads of nominations

[@D0NTREPLY]

soldier boy and homelander were the standouts for S03. i seriously want SB to come back for real. he definitely needs to return for the series finale.

[@nev7]

As Jensen said they didn't really give him the boot entirely, also people will watch the show just for him so it would be foolish to write him off for good

[@ShellshockDM187]

I agree

[@johanstinson]

Can't kill Homelander without SB, so he has to be back

[@danielrodrigues4903]

I mean, Homelander is always a stand-out in every season! Dude makes the show. There's no "The Boys" without Homelander.

[@ceezy585]

That was the series finale

[@dariusacevedo1195]

“If and when there is a season 4” conformed! Nathen Mitchell might get recast as Black Noir. I mean Soldier Boy is a legacy hero in the comics played by different people. Wouldn’t be that much of a stretch if Black Noir became a legacy character played again or if Nathan becomes a new supe in whole either way I’m freaking excited!

[@Mike90317]

Exactly, can't wait for it!

[@spacemann1425]

E-e-e-earving.

[@heltaku9397]

Was Black Noir even publicly revealed by Vought to be dead? His name wouldn't even need to be passed on officially. Just stick a supe "double" (still Nathan) in the suit and tell him never to talk. It could be a really funny storyline if Nathan's new Noir has trouble adjusting to his role.

[@hamidofwinterfell8002]

Please bring back earving man he deserved better

[@jonreese7066]

HL will kill anyone who replaces Noir. He killed hia bestfriend for nothing

[@0Chujo0]

Soldier Boy kept his promise not like Butcher

[@makatron]

Can we agree that the show needs a bit more episodes per season? Make it 13 just like breaking bad and give it enough time to move the plot forward.

[@shadowedits1176]

I feel 13 would be too much and might cause episodes to feel more like filler. I think 10 might be the sweet spot for a show like the boys.

[@makatron]

@@shadowedits1176 10 works for me too. But hey look at breaking bad and how they handled a 13 episodes arc, it depends on how they write it and since there's no shortage of money to fund this mad show let's take advantage.

[@gustavoflorio5383]

10 is perfect.

[@stevewise1656]

That would be great and at least ten wouldn't be too much to ask.

[@valcso8738]

or at least a 90min finale.

[@Rohan-jo3iy]

Can we talk about how amazing Maeve's fight with Homelander was?! Expected her to be more this season.

[@user-xx8rw9sx6i]

It was absolute awesome!! Wonder Woman in boys is more better then in WW movie 🤤🤤

[@aliengranpa]

I expected her to be dead this season! Hopefully she's back in 4

[@bennyton2560]

they kinda nerfed her a bit. I was expecting more damage to the surroundings, not a dent or two on office drawers

[@sweetpea3134]

SOOO relieved that SB is alive and could appear in the upcoming season again!! What a great character, I want to see so much more of Jensen's acting 💕

[@_ripVanWinkle_]

Plot armor no one important in the show has died (no one from the boys)

[@nikkimiddlekillsday5161]

That was just the craziest episode ever and that's saying something

[@eldenlean5221]

@@_ripVanWinkle_ butcher

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

@@_ripVanWinkle_ black noir died

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

@@_ripVanWinkle_ Becca died last season

[@Nahasapeemapaprika]

Homelander : drives fist trough Noir Anthony Starr : It was a fun scene, a bit of a bittersweet moment yeah that adds up

[@luciferthekingofhell9018]

Season two ended with Butcher telling Ryan “don’t be a cu*t” and season three ended with Ryan starting to be one

[@mortyrickerson6322]

Hands down funniest part of the entire show was when soldier boy and huey encountered a priest and nun. Cant wait for more next season!

[@Godeias]

Your biggest mistake was speeding through Noir's backstory, then killing him. Even if he gets replaced as it's been rumored, it won't be the same because it's not the Noir fans have grown to love.

[@briansl1966]

No mention of Queen Maeve??? My FAV character who made the big Hero sacrifice fully expecting to die but getting what she really wanted instead...Glad she got her happy ending, even if it cost her an eye in the process!

[@rbz0]

Season 4 needs more Soldier Boy

[@patrickbateman4258]

Erin speaking as Annie is the best part of the video, love how clear it is how much they all love the show

[@Arcturuos]

I am actually a little disappointed that they did not push Soldier Boys Character to more extremes, I mean compare to Homelander, who we got a lot more character development. I wanted them to show the origin of Soldier Boy and the atrocities that he has committed, but they mostly just talk about it and Jensen's interaction with Karl and Jack does not reveal much. Let hope Jensen comes back for season 4 and get some more development!

[@maryhelenbuchele7342]

Jensen got signed on to do season 3 of the show Big Sky so they will have to work around his schedule. Hopefully he can do more in season 4 or 5.

[@hollykm]

Yeah I wanted to see him do one absolutely atrocious thing in the present day, just to really establish his that he is just as bad as Homelander

[@normaaliihminen722]

@@hollykm I agree but But unlike Homelander Soldier Boy had relationship with his father. If you look closely to wording they say. SB acknowledges his failures and he doesn't want that to happen with Homelander given he had raised him. HL grew up in lab and never had parents to look for examples of bad and good parenting.

[@DannyNoLove17]

@@hollykm I don't think he's as bad as Homelander. He clearly has some regrets but plays it off as if he doesn't. He's still a horrible person though as we saw in the Black Noir animated scenes.

[@jesseshaver2262]

no. Soldier Boy should be an anti hero. Also, he is based and the best character of the show

[@altaris2000]

Shout out to all of the stunt men and women getting tossed around at the end of this episode. Awesome work!

[@scifiwriter98]

I had to rewind and watch those scenes again, they were that good.

[@notforone]

The cast, crew, everyone was on fire this season. Amazing... brilliant, brilliant season. The fight scenes were tight and so well edited & directed. And ofcourse, Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy. I knew he was going to be amazing but he was just. PERFECT. He looked SO GOOD as SB, sounded great, worked on his cadence, Soldier Boy's look, his humour was deadpan & delivery was dry and hilarious, the way he carried himself, his action scenes were awesome. So proud of him! Thank you, Kripke!

[@FupaDoncic]

His acting was great! Such a complex character. Gonna watch it again to see how similar Soldier and Homelander really are.

[@greatsm2videl]

Yes and he was still gruff and macho but managed to somehow be a totally different character than Dean Winchester with different mannerisms and everything.

[@Burstneptune8882]

It was a bittersweet ending 🥲gonna miss the feeling of waiting every Fridays for the episodes to drop 😭until next time, cheers to season 4

[@kittycattt93]

Butcher and Homelander both laser eyeing Soldier Boy was fantastic and showed that they're both sides of the same coin!

[@scifiwriter98]

The look they gave each other when they realized they were fighting on the same side was priceless.

[@Alex-vq9vj]

And it was interesting that in the end the laser eyes are actually crap weapons against strong supes! SB wasn't affected at all: even by a blast to the face point blanc Nor by a double dose, only his equipment. And even Maeve wasn't much fazed by HL lasering her torso! We've been conditioned to see the laser eyes as this monstrous power because we've seen what they inflict on numerous normal ppl and the odd sidekick supe. But against the A-listers? They're ineffective.

[@vikrampasi507]

Soldier boy was the best thing about this season . 🙌🏻 No disrespect to Starr he is amazing

[@jonreese7066]

HL loved Noir. HL killed Noir for betraying him hiding the father he wished he had but now that HL knows how bad SB is I hope he regrets his actions

[@thetiktokpenguin4343]

Saaaame. I hope Earving comes back as some sort of hallucination like the Ghost of Christmas Future to remind Homelander that his actions have consequences, even with the final scene. He didn’t need to kill Earving, nor did he particularly want to, so having come back as such a reminder of intentionally killing someone he liked over a short-lived disagreement about his dad (which Earving was right about in the first place) will definitely drive him off the edge and into self-destruction that is long overdue

[@jonreese7066]

@@thetiktokpenguin4343 thats the sad thing about HL he killed Noir to buy soldier boys love but sb is scum. Noir was his family and he betrayed it.

[@AUniqueName]

Yeah it's funny cause HL tried to kill SB anyway after realizing BN was right about "BAD"

[@lullaby508]

Homelander doesn't care about if Soldier Boy is bad or not. Homelander killed him because he kept a secret and betrayed him. He couldn't let that go.

[@X12223]

@@lullaby508 the secrets doesnt matter if he would know sb is bad the goal of homelander to have family a father a son but sb didnt wanted to cooperate so he didnt needed to kill but didnt know

[@jme869]

I feel bad for Soldier Boy. Going back to where he didn't want to be.

[@AUniqueName]

I really don't feel bad lol he pushed away anyone that has any sort of connection with him: HL tryna be his son, and Butcher just cause he didn't want Ryan to be collateral. He's really only in it for himself, even when he has a chance to break the cycle of fatherly abuse rip

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

@@AUniqueName I agree soldier boy did this to himself, and soldier boy definitely had it a long time coming with how he treated the rest of his team members in payback, however no matter how much homelander loves his son, and no matter how much homelander wants soldier boy and him to be family, I can’t feel any sympathy for homelander because he’s still straight up evil LMFOA. Homelander loving his son does not excuse the horrific acts of brutality and violence he has committed in the past (and present), however it does add a lot of depth to his character.

[@mbanerjee5889]

EVERY actor on this show is perfect. There's a lot of nuance to all the characters and they all portrayed them flawlessly.

[@treeskin77]

I love how Antony Starr played the scene with Black Noir... You can see that it was hurting Homelander to have to rip the guts out of one of a dude he might have actually had some respect for...🤔

[@mattlarmer1705]

Jensen is so naturally funny, for those that watched SN know and to see that really exemplified with Soldier Boy was so awesome. He absolutely killed it and deserves to be huge

[@afternoonz1126]

The fact that after everything Homelander has done, I still felt a tinge of pity when he weeps after finding out Noir knew about Soldier Boy. Makes me so appreciative of Antony Stars acting.

[@kvltslime2261]

Look i know soldier boy is not a great guy but dammit i just love jensen ackles so much i couldnt help but root for him the whole time

[@JB-gr3cf]

He's the only one willing to get the job done. Worth rooting for imo.

[@HOOLIGANSSSSss]

No seriously, ik he’s the “villain “ but he felt more like an antihero who was a pos but just wanted revenge for being betrayed. No matter what he kept his end of the bargain and didn’t back down. I was seriously rooting for him over the boys themselves smh on myself lol 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@sfh7132]

Come on. He has better moral standards than many characters in this show.

[@G.F.SF55]

Ikr, the mtfckr is so charismatic and writing that made him an understandable character combined and you just can't hate SB

[@failtolawl]

forgot how funny that massive starlight power buildup was all for her to just push soldier boy on the ground a bit lmao

[@cinegirl1026]

Every character is protagonist and antagonist at the same time. They have their own perspectives and motives. That's why i love 'The Boys' so much...proudly finished 3 seasons in a week 😁....

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

No, Soldier Boy and Maeve are real heroes in the show. Hughie comes at the second place.

[@_ripVanWinkle_]

The worst part is that the show ended and no other show can fill that void

[@_ripVanWinkle_]

The worst part is that the show ended and no other show can fill that void

[@X12223]

@@FirstnameLastname-my7bz ehhehe ye abusive soldier who almost killed his team and not the damaged man who see Cartoon characters and is sensetive and is not cruel out of seven expect starlight

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Well said Cine Girl. Wish more fans understood that point

[@Tiddlywinks4444]

Kripke pretty much confirms that Noir might be back in season 4 at 3:04!

[@pursueme5986]

The public never gets to see Noir in action, and he never talks or shows any skin. Instead of losing more of the seven, I think Homelander will just have some guy wearing the suit pretending to be Noir to not raise alarm of more heroes leaving/dying.

[@nomadpurple6154]

Looks like both sides of the arguments are right. This Noir DID die. And Noir WILL be back next season.

[@treenincove1726]

So..........................ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CHANGED THIS SEASON. Even the people they DELIBERATELY killed off are coming back again. So what changed exactly? This might as well be season one. NOTHING HAS CHANGED!!!!!!!!!! ARE PEOPLE THIS FKN STUPID?!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW ARE PEOPLE NOT MAD?? This is awful storytelling!

[@aditwani6562]

@@nomadpurple6154 i just hope he isn't comic book black noir

[@AUniqueName]

@@aditwani6562 I don't think they could do that since HL can literally see through his mask, he would def find that sus lol. Unless they make an xray-proof mask for him but that would still make HL sus

[@ssr_thanos781]

i loved all the dialogues of black noir

[@SurrealNirvana]

You expect me to believe a guy who had his literal brains bashed out couldn't take a little gut punch from Homelander? Yeeeahhhh.

[@fullmetalb5241]

I understand your point, but "a little gut punch" and having your intestines ripped out of you are different things. Also in the real world flashback noirs head was no where near as bad as it showed in the cartoon version. I believe that was just the cartoon version done to look more extreme. He definitely had a gash and exposed brain, but the cartoon version had his head literally pulverized.

[@DubBossman1]

@@fullmetalb5241 Idk, I thought the whole point of him seeing his childhood friends was because he was brain damaged and had a child's mind, therefore meaning he had a brain injury

[@fullmetalb5241]

@@DubBossman1 I didnt say anything that would negate that. What I said was, his brain was definitely damaged but not bashed to a pulp.

[@ashutoshmaraj4881]

I dont think you know what a "gut punch" is.

[@SurrealNirvana]

@@fullmetalb5241 I dunno.....Remember back in season two where he takes out that explody supe, point blank taking a blast and shrugging it off? Point is Noir seem pretty hard to take out and would need a lot more damage to actually be killed.

[@maverickcreations589]

Also, it would have been cool for Star light to hit Soldier Boy with a solid 7secs of one continous light blast with shockwave pulses and the entire room goes black and only lit up by SL's light... Would have been a cool effect ! She's sbsorbing all the energy out of the light bulbs. right? They black out for the time she's using them. It would have looked great and people wouldn't be complaining as much as they are now about all that build up being for nothing.

[@materekpl6032]

Her attack looked like small explosion rather than concentrated blast, based on physics I guess concentrated blast would be much more powerful than explosion with force going everywhere at once

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

I think the take-away from that scene was to show that Starlight has the capability of flight. One of the things Homelander has over the 7 and The Boys has been his ability to fly and now he is not the only one. Maeve mentioned this at the end of the episode in what seemed to be a figurative nature, but I believe she was talking about Annie's physical superhero abilities as well.

[@tyronemckie4628]

@@KYRSZ-gd1qt lol that is not the only thing

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

@@tyronemckie4628 Well... yeah. He has other abilities but it balances out the rivalry characters. In a previous fight with Soldier Boy Homelander manages to get away because he can fly, but now he can't just fly away from the fight.

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

@@tyronemckie4628 Edited it for you ;)

[@PuppetierMaster]

"I know Eric has a way of bringing his characters back" said the Main character of Supernatural.

[@FupaDoncic]

Ah yes, Supernatural, the man’s version of a Soap Opera

[@LaReinaZorra]

Why didn’t Butcher run Ryan out of the room & let SB go off on Homie (🤣😂)? They all had time to leave SB alone w/ Homelander while he powered up. That radiation better come back next season!

[@Talsedoom]

They didn't. All we saw was slow, but for the characters it was in matter of a few seconds. All he could do is to cover him.

[@oberonvortigern4138]

Episode 8 was the weakest episode so far this season. *The anticlimactic death of Noir *the team betraying Soldier Boy *the inclusion of Ryan *A-Train having nothing to do during the fight *Starlight’s goofy power up scene (felt like a straight parody) *Kimiko straight up brutally murdering security guards even though her whole arc is her trying not to be a monster *Maeve and Homelander having such such a terrible fight sequence before they dramatically have her jump off the building to save everyone (again felt corny) *Everything in the end returning to status quo This season was really good. But this finale was hella mid, they put the pieces in place, but felt rushed and wasn’t executed well. Herogasm was way better honestly.

[@islandboy9381]

Let's imagine a scenario where SB and the team did kill Homelander together, what would the team do after that just let SB go on his merry way and kill other civilians along the way as a dickhead Supe? Their entire goal is about taking down those types of Supes.

[@Yatolc]

@@islandboy9381 Kill him after, heck Butcher has Starlight and Maeve on his kill list

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

I disagree, I thought the inclusion of Ryan and the team turning on soldier boy was interesting because i never expected homelander and butcher to be fighting on the same side for once. I also disagree about the Maeve and homelander fight sequence, I thought it was very cool to watch maeve and homelander fight 1 on 1 and it was choreographed well in my opinion (like all the fight scenes in this show tbh), also Maeve finally fighting homelander was an important part of her character arc considering her resentment and hatred of him has just been growing and growing throughout the series. However I agree with all your other points (especially the starlight one, she’s supposed to be one of the strongest supes yet her power up basically did nothing LFMAO, seems like a wasted opportunity to showcase her power, especially considering her power is pretty unique). I don’t think the finale was bad at all and I personally enjoyed it, but I do agree it could have been better.

[@ItzBigby]

Personally I wish this "big" fight would have been a more smash through walls, drop people from the sky, type fight. Can't wait for Season 4!

[@lullaby508]

Budget will have to be pretty high

[@maverickcreations589]

Watch the movie Chronicle. See the effects, see the budget. Come back and discuss.

[@ItzBigby]

@@maverickcreations589 Loved that movie! They didn’t have to do my man MBJ like that tho 🥲

[@goldenyuri3556]

@@ItzBigby ikr I LOVE the movie as well. It’s one of the most fever dream type, vicarious experiences I’ve ever had. MBH/Steve was a really good guy, which is why he couldn’t last against the guy who’s timid but jaded from abuse and isn’t afraid to misuse his power

[@goldenyuri3556]

@@maverickcreations589 The Boys final fight has to be something like the movie ending

[@SilentBob731]

The true genius of Eric Kripke is that he can say "Buster Beavers" with a straight face. 😂🤣

[@arynhedrick1458]

Can we please give it up to Antony Star! This man plays unhinged psychopath wonderfully while also bringing some humanity and making the audience really emphasize with him.

[@TrayTerra]

Man…by the end of the episode, realizing it’s pretty much just Noir gone moving into s4, not gonna lie…that was pretty upsetting. No one else big went down in the finale but Noir. And I friggin loved that guy. Not hating, just kinda getting over that still lol. **sad unfair death noises**

[@petboy5839]

There's a possibility he comes back. The original actor will be playing a different Noir. Hopefully, this version is close to the comic book version if that's true.

[@TrayTerra]

@@petboy5839 yeah I just read Kripke’s response, I’m excited to see the return next season, still sad about the unfair ending for that Noir though…dude didn’t deserve it at all lol. He was an alright guy, that got severely damaged and lost his mind, but still kept some humanity to a degree somehow…it’s hard to pick him apart because he has done some terrible stuff, probably because he’s sort of programmable in a way after all that damage…but he didn’t seem like a bad dude really…just controlled and used then killed by the son of the man who caused all of his damage. That sucks for him you know? But this new Noir…I can’t wait to see how they do it. If it’ll become what the comics had originally, or something else entirely 🤔

[@treenincove1726]

@@TrayTerra Why would you be excited that a character that was intentionally killed off in the show will be coming back? Doesn't that tell you there aren't any stakes in what you're watching. Why are you really pleased by that?

[@TrayTerra]

@@treenincove1726 it won’t be the same character apparently though, but even if it were, I would be excited because he’s my favorite character I think.

[@treenincove1726]

@@TrayTerra Oh, my God *sighs* SMMFGDH You must be like 10 years old, man.

[@Mistah47]

Karen Fukuhara is fucking adorable. 🥺 Phenomenal season. Now we gotta wait at least two years for season 4. 😢

[@johanstinson]

It won't be 2 years, that happened cause of the pandemic. It was only a year between sesson 1 and 2.

[@Mistah47]

@@johanstinson Hopefully. 🙏🏽

[@Darklarik3]

I got literally triggered by Homelander's plot armor this episode. Its like her stopped being the antagonist and became the protagonist. 1st saved by Ryan, 2nd time by Butcher, and 3rd time Maeve, rather than kill him, saves the Boys because at just the wrong moment they are in trouble... god dammit man. I wish Butcher would have just grabbed Ryan and took him to another room and left Homelander with Maeve and SB... they would have killed him. Fucking plot armor god dammit.

[@raph6931]

Butcher can't just grab Ryan, Ryan has powers. Butcher tried to tell Ryan to leave but he refused. If Butcher then tried to grab Ryan, Ryan not only wouldn't have let him, but likely could have hurt him. So Butcher did the only thing he could, which was prevent Soldier Boy from hurting Ryan. Also, Maeve was incapable of killing homelander

[@chej9]

I've never realized that The Deep is metaphorically and literally out of his element all the time. Like maybe thats why he sucks so much.

[@brianburkhardt3692]

I’ll be honest, after the big things in episode 6/7 I felt underwhelmed by the finale when I first saw it. But I always watch reaction channels, and going through it again I’m realizing just how much did change with this finale. I’m happy with it now. It didn’t hold major revelations, but it showed a lot of character growth for multiple characters. Frenchie, Kimiko, and MM all gained confidence in themselves, Hughie finally got over his issues and literally powered up Starlight over taking the V24 himself. Meanwhile The Seven are now three, two of which seem about ready to either run from the life or lose it all to a tell all book, so really just Homelander. The people who are on his side will stay there no matter what he does, but the public also knows he’ll kill somebody in (mostly) cold blood and now he probably won’t be denying it. But it also shows how much he loves Ryan. Genuinely cares for him. Now, I have no doubts that if he had a son that was 100% supe, he’d probably care more for that kid. But all the same when Ryan hits soldier boy off him, after having his actual biological father tell him he’s a disappointment, his first action is to go tell Ryan to go back upstairs. Then once Ryan is hit and on the ground, Homelander pays no attention at all to the mounting attack behind him, even though he knows it would take his power, and puts 100% of his focus on checking to see if Ryan is okay. Finally when he could confront and likely kill Butcher, the thorn in his side, he chooses to acquiesce to Ryan wanting to leave. He’s fucked up, he’s a villain, but he does genuinely care about his son. Maeve completed her arc, going from the disillusioned hero who can’t see light in the world anymore, who will compromise everything of her value to survive, to putting everything into fighting Homelander and then giving up her power and making the sacrifice play. Even if she did survive, she jumped out that window knowing full well it may kill her. Sure, nobody was in the building at the time, but she saved probably everybody in that fight, putting her own personal vendetta aside, in an inverse of how she let everybody on the plane die so Homelander would save her.

[@chiac1251]

Homelander doesn’t love Ryan, he just loves what he could be and his narcissism loves that he sees himself in Ryan

[@lucascamarasa2081]

I really wish the Starlight powerup scene did more damage to Soldier boy than just knocking him like 5 meters away and does nothing. I wish it kinda like blasted him to another troom and burned half of his face and suit down or something to show the true power of Starlight. Regardless, it was an awersome scene.

[@vistaxx]

Na that what you said would only happen if she’s on his tier because only butcher Homelander and stormfront are on that tier and maybe Victoria Newman if homelander is a 100 and solider boy a 85 and a powered up starlight is maybe just a 35-40 and without Power up probably around 20-25 so yeah makes sense that she can’t do more damage

[@TheSiemek]

The ending is epic. The moment when both Homelander and, what’s even more important , Ryan realize what the real power is and how far they can go with it in so polarized society… It was scary how close it hits home.

[@jesseshaver2262]

lmao

[@maverickcreations589]

So you have Maeve who is literally strong enough plough through an armoured bank truck and take machine gun fire and Homie who would have been able to lift up a plane if only he had a place to stand on... And the fight that you give these two sticks to one room? Come on ! Walls for these two are just interrupting paper sheets. Now Homelander might be holding back, but that doesn't mean she is.. She is going full on and the things she's punching should either rip apart or break into something two rooms away to convey an impact. That would have made the fight realistic like the rest of the series.

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

I felt this last episode was rushed to a conclusion. Everyone also seemed to end things as if they had done a good thing by defeating Soldier Boy, but the goal was and had always been Homelander. Them suddenly accepting victory over Soldier Boy instead of Homelander seemed awkward to me.

[@maverickcreations589]

@@KYRSZ-gd1qt true

[@muhammadeisa1459]

@@KYRSZ-gd1qt anticlimactic end. They just ended where they began. No, I take that back. They managed to make things worse.

[@KYRSZ-gd1qt]

@@muhammadeisa1459 This is exactly what I said after watching this episode. This season was fantastic and then this episode happened...

[@treenincove1726]

​@@muhammadeisa1459 YES! NOTHING HAS CHANGED THIS ENTIRE SERIES, not season, SERIES. FROM THE START WE'VE BEEN GOING IN CIRCLES! Why is it that people are really so stupid that they can't see that this show is a complete and utter waste of time? Like...are people this easy to control? Just throw in some violence, gore, nudity, profanity, and edgy humor and people'll be convinced that what they're watching is worth watching? Tf? WAKE TF UP!

[@Smokie1523]

I really hope we aint seen the last of soldier boy... he absolutely fuckin killed it! Not to take away from any of the other actors and actresses, the whole cast is spectacular! So well written and well done, always a thrill to watch! Cant wait for season 4...in 2024😭😭😭

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

Is season 4 actually coming out in 2024??? If that’s true I’m so sad lmfaooo

[@Smokie1523]

@@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy filming starts in august, if what other outlets report is true. Id say that puts it at a late 2023 or early 2024 release. Theres usually a year or more wait between seasons.

[@piyush2465]

I can't accept Noir dying. I just can't

[@josephfernandez1506]

With out soldier boy this series in dead, bring him back for the entire season 4

[@youtubesucks3882]

The Boys offers a very complex perspective on superheroes. While the comic books portrayed them as mostly horrible monsters who use the world and other people as their own playthings, the show gives a background to how someone becomes that monster and why they are as such. Homelander is one of the best villains in TV history because his past makes him a malignant narcissist, someone who desperately wants to belong in a world which he can easily destroy. He's insecure and weak, but beholden with great power. Him killing the liberal protester to the cheers of his followers takes off his mask and season 4 will reveal Homelander without his facades. No more hiding behind a smile and a "No, YOU'RE the real heroes!" quips. He's now unhinged and uncensored. Season 4 will definitely end with him killing Victoria Neuman at the White House, similar to the comic books.

[@normaaliihminen722]

Guess who is going to finally kill Homelander? I bet Soldier Boy.

[@low-key-gamer6117]

It's a satire.

[@jeringatai3156]

Or Victoria killing Homelander. I mean Butcher has 12 months to live so why not take out both Butcher and Homelander in season 4

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

It's not complex at all. Superman in comics wasn't perfect from the very start and he would do some stupid things. The Boys show is lame sitcom or average CW garbage but with gore. That's it. It had pretense that it was something more in Season 1, but it is all gone now. Now people clearly see the asinine story telling that will continue itself, with characters doing most stupidest things just so show can have more and more seasons. And then spin offs.

[@ShellShock794]

@@FirstnameLastname-my7bz What are you talking about? The Boys is the only show I've ever seen that has made me empathize with the villains on a regular basis. A-train was the most despicable character I had ever seen in season 1 and by season 3 he had completely redeemed himself and had me feeling empathetic towards him. Every other show just has cartoon villains and it's good vs evil. The Boys has no evil characters. They're all flawed humans with changing motivations who make constant mistakes and act selfishly.

[@bobafett4714]

SB and Noir are my favourite characters. I thought I lost both of them in the same episode (Noir being disemboweled and killed and SB getting thrown out of a window by Maeve). Having Kripke confirm that Noir is returning and knowing that SB lives makes me so happy. W show.

[@dantdt4693]

Erving is still dead tho the guy under BN’s mask

[@bobafett4714]

@@dantdt4693 Yeah, I know. But I’m still glad that Noir is returning even if it is as a different person under the mask.

[@brianbytheocean]

they finally had Homelander where the wanted him and let him live. Turns out Maeve is the toughest of all, she bloodied Homelander and took Solider Boy out the window

[@vistaxx]

Yeah many sleep on her but she’s as we saw now on the tier of soldier boy and homelander and stormfront

[@TGossOutdoors]

My gripes with the finale are these.. I wish noir would've got a chance to confront soldier boy. Not sure how maeve survived soldier boys blast unless she yeeted off of him last second.. sucks soldier boy got put back in that chamber. Feel like there was a lot of missed opportunity with him in this episode / this whole season. Sure they can bring him back but everything was so hyped up about him this season it just kinda seemed lack luster to me how SB got put back how he was at the start of the season

[@aidenboyle3573]

I mean, you see Maeve right until the explosion. And she also would have fallen from quite a height. She should absolutely be dead, but I’m glad they clearly decided to go back and add a scene of her being alive. She deserves a happy ending (yes, I’m convinced that scene was added way later. That was definitely framed as a death scene when she jumped out with SB)

[@JCVV22]

The main plot of the whole season was using soldier boy to take out homelander and it was pretty much completely pointless in the end. Ryan barely even shows up this season but him and homelander together will be a big part of next season with no build up. Barely anything that happened this season affects the next

[@ahmedp8009]

They should've killed Maeve. Her sacrifice means nothing now knowing she's alive.

[@humeyramine]

@@aidenboyle3573 Actually in another interview Eric Kripke says that even though Maeve originally gets killed in the comics he was always sure he would not kill her off, both because he likes the character and also because he didn't want to add to the "kill the lgbtq character" trope. Also I agree about SB, Jensen Ackles was absolutely great they could've given him so much more.

[@gens0kyo]

@@humeyramine Dude let his favoritism get in the way of good writing. LMFAO.

[@austinshirey7329]

Woohooo! Thanks for a fantastic season once again! Such an amazing show!

[@shrimpydads]

“Fuck you.” - Soldier Boy

[@Mr.sost78]

Entertainment weekly please thank all show runners, writters and actors/actresses on behalf of us the fans for this phenomenal season

[@tequilatriceps69]

That moment when butcher and homie teams up for 2 seconds... 🔥

[@jordenmckinney8518]

So when Maeve threw that bottle of Starlights Wish out the window with the gas in it.. I’m assuming it didn’t kill anyone in the immediate vicinity when the bottle shattered?

[@quinnmarchese6313]

i love the image of Black Noir walking up to Hughie and instead of fighting, he just holds up his Switch, asking if Hughie wants to play some Smash Bros--i would love to see an alternate timeline where Black Noir joins The Boys and him and Hughie bond over gaming.

[@vistaxx]

Yeah would be something

[@sugandhakohli]

I don't know what happens in S4, but all I want is one scene with Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) calling Robert Singer (Jim Beaver) "Bobby" and Bob calling him back "idjit".

[@vincentkingori9856]

Hearing kimiko’s actor talk is so mind blowing idk why😂

[@zekesalazar7643]

13:08 "Defeat soldier boy". All she did was knock him down, he just got right back up lol.

[@karlepaul6632]

I know, right?😆👍🏿

[@vmvarga5386]

Erin attempting to justify her empowerment and legit saying “ I defeated soldier boy for a moment” lmfao! They built that whole scene up with her glowing and flying and used so much power and hurt herself! Lol soldier boy more or less was like…oh, cool anyways.

[@manhuynh6526]

I thought that at least can cause real damage to him and all it did was stunned him for like 3 secs which is good at the moment but it’s kinda funny, you know to see the trope of villain wait for the hero to power up to beat him LOL. Soldier Boy have all the time he needs to beat the shit out of her and decide to wait a might-be-dangerous move to form LOL.

[@vmvarga5386]

@@manhuynh6526 the entire fight was him just adapting to everyone. Was truly hilarious too when he basically flexed his power by being ready to kill everyone first payback turned on him than butcher. Wild

[@rvxnge7491]

I love how starlight scene of her hitting solider boy barely even moved him

[@earlgaytea]

I know everyone says Jensen was a standout performer in this season but so were Claudia, Karen, Dominique, Colby, Erin, and Cameron!

[@johngraves11]

Who

[@jion7242]

It was great but starlights power was kinda underwhelming. After she absorbed all of that energy I was expecting some dragon ball stuff.

[@AUniqueName]

I was honestly expecting her to accidentally nuke the whole place like she was afraid SB would've done. That really woulda hit

[@jion7242]

@@AUniqueName I was expecting her to open a huge hole in the building and send someone flying through it 😂

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

@@AUniqueName I never even thought of this as a possible ending, but this is a really cool idea

[@hvymtlangel]

I cried a little when Black Noir died :’( He’s always been my favorite character. I’ll miss my silent king.

[@_ripVanWinkle_]

Eric Kripke, please get a fighting director. The fights have to many cuts and fake punching sound affects. Get the choreographer of Netflix Daredevil.