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[@Charles_200]

A man with no powers who can stand up against Homelander and yet teach him important lessons about life , he is probably the father that homelander never had

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

A very toxic father-son relationship but yes, he is essentially the only real father figure Homelander ever had. Homelander always craved for a family but all he really had is the corporation that is Vought.

[@q94141]

@@Nicholas_Chen_ Yeah, pretty much every sort of “active” parental figure Homelander’s had in his life has been a toxic piece of shit. Their particular brands of raising and nurturing him was practically a recipe for how to make a mentally broken serial killer: There’s Vogelbaum of course as the head scientist responsible for molding Homelander into an ideal Vought product through isolation from society and inhumane experiments, and who only really started to feel any sort of guilt for the living hell and torture he put Homelander once he was old, retired, filthy rich, and bored with his life. And then there was Stillwell, whose relationship with Homelander as both his mother figure and lover was particularly disgusting. Especially since, as was heavily implied in the canon final episode of The Boys: Diabolical, their “romance” didn’t start off as consensual on Homelander’s part and likely began when he was underage. I kinda wish the main series would’ve placed greater emphasis on that fucked up part of their whole dynamic. In hindsight, Homelander killing her in the season 1 finale is probably the only action of his that we can actually side with him on. He probably had A LOT of subconscious resentment toward her built up over the years, and him being violated like that gives strong context to his own issues with respecting others’ consent. And, even though he wasn’t as “active” of a parental figure as Vogelbaum and Stillwell were, Edgar was similarly toxic toward Homelander, given that he was responsible for Homelander’s only known biological family member being shipped off to Russia and pretty much ensuring that Homelander would be utterly alone in his life. And, as badass as the scenes of Edgar standing up to and berating Homelander with absolutely no fear are, there’s an additional bit of twisted reasoning behind his lack of fear, besides his thinking of Supes in general as mere products of Vought. Edgar likely oversaw and bore witness to a lot of Homelander’s horrific treatment as a child and will only ever see him as the scared, depressed child locked in a cage whose only purpose in life was to serve as Vought’s tool.

[@tushardesale9833]

Because homelander needed a father figure

[@jasonblack2760]

Knowing the show… it probably has more to do with him having a humiliation fetish

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

@@tushardesale9833 He's a man child

[@Ben-rg1rc]

Love how Giancarlo has two major roles as an elite player in a pharmaceutical business

[@ericatheempress6698]

You should check out the movie "Fresh" he plays a Puerto Rican drug dealer in that one

[@petsgamesandrobots438]

"pharmaceutical business" 🤣

[@tangofoxtrot_451]

Actually, four roles. Considering Fresh and The Gentlemen series. Ah, and also Far Cry 6, where he is a tobacco-based cure dealer)

[@adamH.1]

5 if we consider cloning Grogu apart of pharmaceutical business

[@tangofoxtrot_451]

@@adamH.1 it’s not a strictly pharmaceutical stuff and definitely not a business, so…

[@ryanparadise9677]

Giancarlo could stare at a wall and read the local grocery store specials for an hour and it would be worthy of watching. He knocks his roles out of the park in my opinion

[@thebyrdcage8619]

I wonder if he does audiobooks? He has the perfect voice for it .

[@leohex8767]

The Morgan Freeman of out time.

[@ethandevine6194]

"You are under the assumption that this coupon is still valid. It is not. What it is, really, is two years expired."

[@finchatforharambe905]

“You are under the misconception that we are a superhero company,we aren’t,we are a chicken restaurant,and you’re the 2nd strongest super after Walter white”

[@Eres_Nyx1154]

"You are not up to Los Pollos Hermanos standards. You are simply bad product."

[@henri191]

"You are not a God , you are a simply bad product" 😬 cold and roast at same time

[@zayanmehdi1747]

Cold blooded, just like all of Giancarlo’s characters

[@blackdemonknight]

Homelander is going to need some extra milk for that burn.

[@BaronPraxis8492]

"It's your party, you can cry if you want to" is just so good

[@angeloliver7613]

100000% I love when Ed call Homie out on his Bullshit, that's just gold. Calling him a bad product is sad so. I mean, who made a little child a product and a traumatized sociopath in the first place? Exactly

[@rilius7138]

Giancarlo Esposito has one of those faces that only need a nanometer of a change in expression to express 10 emotional states at the same time.

[@NoNamesAccount]

They couldn't have casted a better person for the role than him. He fits the character so well just like in everything else he's in

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

He just plays Gus Fring all the time lol

[@flamestorm31]

Well not all the time ,how about far cry?

[@ikecarr5989]

Rumor has it he might be playing Professor Xavier in the MCU'S X-MEN flick. While I'm not wild about race swapping, he has the chops to play the leader of the team. And I'd be interested in seeing that.

[@MrSkullkid60]

If we learn in S4 that the Woods are one of his projects to counter Supes, then he truly is a genius

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

I kinda thought he was just playing all sides and planned for Victoria to ‘betray’ him

[@lewismoreton4856]

@@Nicholas_Chen_ It would make sense, how else would the principal have known about Homelanders involvement with the Flight when Starlight still hasn't released the Blackbox Footage.

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Me gusta creer que investigo el accidente de avión y se dió cuenta que algo paso​@@lewismoreton4856

[@SendarionNevenir]

It makes sense because it's not logical otherwise. A character so dominant and so smart just takes the defeat and disappears? No, I don't think it's the last we've seen of him.

[@Frir10]

@@SendarionNevenir Well, he wanted to retire.

[@SICPARVISMAGNA3018]

It's funny how the most powerful person in the show is someone who doesn't even have any power

[@lordfafa2476]

Doesnt have Super Powers, but i can tell You that he has a Lot of power

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

It’s kinda like Batman and the Justice League or Iron Man in the Avengers. The real power is the power of wealth, respect and influence, which is even more impressive. I’d actually put Black Panther in this category as he is a literal KING and just commands respect, but he has powers.

[@Xylarxcode]

Someone hasn't been paying attention to Edgar's speech to Starlight. Real power isn't super strength or laser eyes or supersonic flight or anything else the supes can do. Real power comes from influence, respect and an ability to not only hold onto that, but to make it grow and prosper by making smart moves that benefit you in the long term. Real power is getting the masses to like you, buy your products and install your brand into their homes and hearts, so they keep coming back for more. A man in a suit at the top of a powerful company can do a lot more damage than Homelander can ever do with his powers.

[@Zenocius]

​@@Xylarxcode Basically Sister Sage

[@aceofaces0007]

"The company is yours. No one left to stand up to you, but I think you'll come to sorely regret that." Judging by Homelander's conversation with Sage in the beginning of Season 4, Stan had his own superpower to correctly predict the future, and correctly predict that being in charge only made Homelander more miserable and insecure.

[@Clarity_Control]

Or maybe it was obvious?

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

I love the way he says ‘man child’ 0:26 so cold but hilarious 🤣 There’s just such a comedic quality when the most serious, deadpan characters say the most absurd dialogues without any emotions

[@yagyavats]

He is in the show what Stilwell was in the comics. And dare I say, Giancarlo was the PEEFECT guy for the role. I was so delighted when he came up in the finale of the 1st season because I know the guy doesn't do cameos. I wish we see more and more of him in the coming seasons.

[@ErrorEmpirE]

Well, he did have a cameo in Westworld season 2.

[@yagyavats]

@@ErrorEmpirE I didn't watch Westworld after season 1, but considering how the show tanked, it's good that he didn't extend his role 🤭

[@matthewthompson6033]

He MUST return! the ultimate scene stealer

[@NK-dt1kp]

I really hope he comes back for a future season

[@Dead-fire]

They probably didn’t but I hope they brought him back in Season 4 cause not only his character gives me chills every time he’s on screen but His actor is just so GOATED 🔥🔥🔥

[@christonfernandes2479]

BY posting this and the tagline he might be

[@YUKI_FO]

SPOILERS He will appear in season 4 episode 5

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

It's interesting how many characters in this series are dark, twisted takes on comic book characters. But Stan Edgar is an almost perfect expy of Lex Luthor with hardly any embellishments

[@066kshitizvsingh4]

tbf, Lex always had moments of frustration. Stan so far hasn't had a single one

[@pixiestxNyomouf]

​@@066kshitizvsingh4he is the perfect lex, who actually knows all (about what concerns him)

[@Tragedyval]

stan edgar is the embodiment of lex luthor and homelander is superman

[@roseflood1612]

Y'know, I never thought about that, but it's a great way of looking at things!

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

Looking forward to seeing him in Season 4. I wonder if Homelander will no longer be afraid of him and hurt him. Update: Now looking even more forward to Season 5, now all hell breaks loose.

[@Илья-р5к6з]

He never hurts or kills those who aren't afraid of him, there's no point. Like a cat can't play with his food if the food is gonna say he is bad product. Though Stan is very likely to show up

[@blazingblue_3039]

"You are not a god. You are simply... bad... product." Goddamn, the most powerful supe in the series just got brutally eviscerated 😂

[@janerik5997]

I hope he comes back. Seeing him destroy homelander with words was always a joy.

[@tuckemon]

Giancarlo Esposito is so good at playing cold as ice characters. He's excellent at being menacing without ever raising his voice. Giancarlo Esposito and Charles Dance are the best at playing smart but menacing as hell characters. I'd kill to see both of them in a series together. Maybe as rival gang leaders or something.

[@KM0_bq]

Gustavo fring is the perfect example of it

[@CaptainCob]

its always the sweetheart actors too

[@TheElectricCheeseProductions22]

he's one of these characters where its incredible to listen to every line. im always excited to finally see some gus in the boys

[@periodictable118]

The move to belize was definitely a breaking bad reference

[@rune4731]

I miss the goat. Props to the script writers to everyone who worked on his character specially Giancarlo. You made stan so intimidating and cool without powers, foul language , or violence. His position is enough to tell.

[@voxxy85]

I love every role he plays

[@pro0055]

Stan was just a man, no super strength, no laser eyes, he couldn't punch through a concrete wall, he was just a man but Homelander wouldn't dare touch him.... That's what you call power

[@kNOwWHEREtoR1]

By far, my favorite character. Afterall, Gus knows the business of product.

[@ProtoAlpha]

Every dang role this actor touches turns to gold😢

[@uxaskhan]

He was born to play parts like this

[@rjamesyork]

I call GE the master of the “You’re actually no threat to me” speech.

[@ADITYASEN7]

"Looking for my approval like I'm your daddy ?" 🔥🔥

[@justinpatterson7583]

Not gonna lie, how many of you would actually have Stan Edgar as a boss? I know he's a cold and emotionless man, but I don't mind being in his employment if he lectures me about stuff, specifically my role in the company and what benefits my actions have to him. Even if he's laying me off, I'll enjoy him lecturing on why he's letting me out.

[@Mr_Tuna69]

He is the perfect example of how you can make a character intimating without making them powerful

[@BoredVHSlover]

i love giancarlos voice, the way he speaks is so soothing. i want an audiobook read by stan edgar.

[@raymondkavora6923]

8:04 "Looking for my approval like I'm your daddy" is now my favorite line😂😂😂.

[@KnowPhere]

Love Giancarlo acting. If you never seen “Fresh”, a 90s hood film. He’s good in that movie as a villain being what else, a drug kingpin.

[@AdamBT18]

Anyone pick up on the 'Belize' breaking bad reference when he's talking to stillwell about a promotion. Never noticed that until now XD

[@featherguardian6023]

Edgar truly is an Immovable Object and a True Threat as an Antagonistic Business Man.

[@yasheebfaridi2888]

When I go to Belize. Breaking Bad Reference Walter White sends Mike to Belize(you know).

[@shady8045]

I didn’t realize that was a deliberate reference, I thought that was just a thing people say and that I was bad with idioms. I did think of it tho.

[@tobluetoblack]

Stan Edgar and Butcher. The only two men that Homelander can loathe so much yet be himself, *truly* himself, both at his worst/honest with the latter and at his most insecure with the former.

[@chrisjackson1889]

8:51 Message between the lines: “You are not a God. I am your God”

[@LillithBells5501]

idk why but i love the way he says compound V

[@phamvan5040]

6:05 i really like this line, its show how and why he is the one homelander afaird of

[@harshyadav5253]

He is the only one who makes homelander look Like a side character

[@dabubba866]

reincarnation of Gus fring

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

He basically is superhero Gus Fring (also Moff Gideon in Mandalorian who's basically space Gus Fring) I don't like actors getting typecasted but in this instance it's justified

[@seanslaysean7097]

Just goes to show that Homelander feeds off the insecurities of others, he has a god complex and sees others as inferior. If you act superior and show him no weakness, he starves

[@MrfrogAXN]

I hope he's in season 4

[@virtuesoflocusts9658]

0:39 Is the Battlefield 3 epic tank soundtrack

[@samuelcotler7090]

Anyone else hoping Stan comes back for the season finale and is revealed as being restored to the head of Vought.

[@TheCatWatches]

Stan Edgar is my favorite character. I hope his leave of absence ends soon. Homelander’s overdue for proper admonishment

[@アイスクリーム-u8s]

"But hey, it's your party. You can cry if you want to" oh my God dude.

[@leviathan9865]

bro the way giancarlo uses speech is so satisfying to listen to

[@alexdenton5228]

this man is an incredible actor

[@thebatman7347]

One of the few actors who can transmit so much showing so little expression

[@Maikyl.]

HE IS BACK

[@PotatoSoundSystem]

I can see this guy running Umbrella Corp

[@danielkarpinsky9721]

Next video should be titled "Giancarlo Esposito bullying Heisenberg & Homelander" i would love to see that 😂

[@mxtt_ism5063]

I really like his voice. It's so ASMR inducing

[@topcat43truffles15]

The ultimate insult….. You are simply….Bad Product…. Then walks away! 🤣

[@Truthteller863]

He's literally talking down to an individual who can kill him by looking at him funny!😮

[@higunner00]

But he doesn't because that mean Ed wins, he would never impress, surprise or earn an iota of his respect or fear which what Homelander craves more than anything

[@IronHide3910]

@@higunner00precisely! HL has all superpowers to beat anyone but Soldier Boy called his true flaw out specifically. Deep down he’s just a guy with cape that wants all the attention. He’s a man-child.

[@estebanparodi6517]

El poder no te da respeto y uno no se arrodilla ante lo que no respeta

[@blackdemonknight]

Stan also has no fear, their has never been a scene where Stan was shown to be openly afraid and Homelander is aware as he is able to hear a persons heartbeat so he would know that Stan's stoic face in his intimidating presence was real and not a facade.

[@MilesSpearman]

we don’t need the random background music… really takes you out of it

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

copyright reasons, even thou this the official channel

[@chrisjackson1889]

0:54 I love this clip

[@adviso7472]

The way he says pharmaceutical is... orgasmic

[@Waddlington]

"why doesnt stormfront like a-train" lmaooo

[@TaroZak]

Excited and terrified for season 4

[@jareds.7063]

Stan’s intense stare down kills more people than Homelander’s eye lasers

[@Nicholas_Chen_]

I was never this early. The aura of Stan/Gus Fring is just irresistible.

[@douglasdavid177]

6:35 “Zoe will rip my spine out” was probably meant literally and I never caught that until revisiting since season 4 🫠

[@ianmills6260]

He didn't know she was a supe. Watch his prison negotiation scene

[@jefferycrouse4652]

Gotta appreciate that Edgar is a heartless capitalist who focuses purely on the money and the company but even he is disgusted with stormfront. Man's got to have a code and while his is almost nonexistent he does have his limits for what he deems as...acceptable. I hope he ends up back in charge at Vought when it's all said and done. They did terrible things under his management but they were at least handled well. Homelander's leadership is a travesty

[@Khtras]

Stan Edgard was the real Stillwell from the comics. I do like Madelyn Stillwell from the show, her interactions with Homelander are bizarre and interesting. However in the comics, James Stillwell was the calculating, ruthless and business oriented character that Stan Edgard turns out to be in the show

[@19st0pman4]

Crazy how two of his major roles involve him dealing blue drugs

[@whitefatalis2743]

2:22 GUS FRING BEING SENT TO BELIZE BY SAUL GOODMAN?????

[@dodger1214]

Don't forget about Stan in Season 5. He's going to play a factor.

[@dolpinator3517]

2:21 Belize? Is that a brba/bcs reference?

[@valiant_selene]

I hope he comes back and tells homelander I told you so.

[@stryker-4733]

Edgar was always the man he had the biggest balls than anybody in the company I'm surprised he never was curious to take some compound V

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

You think this is a show about vigilantes fighting superhumans, but you'd be wrong. What the show actually is, is about an intelligent and suave businessman, running rings around every adversary.

[@Bunk_off]

You know he can kill you right? At this point it is a game of control your temper. If he loses his temper and kills me, I win, and he knows that.

[@normalfella7333]

The scene where stan uses the kikoho to stall homelander for hours was my favorite part of season 3 ngl

[@ThatBOiAnthony]

Tfs reference lol

[@Ghost-gx3cs]

Stan is already a scary guy. Imagine if he had superpowers.

[@mebhisntatownie]

poor stan edgar 😢😭😢😭😢😭😢

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

Perfect casting for Stan edgar/James stillwell

[@edward6069]

i hope he returns

[@Maikyl.]

He will, check the new trailer

[@HolyknightVader999]

I never actually saw Stan as the bad guy. He's just a man trying to keep things going. Sometimes you have to do nasty things to salvage the situation. In fact, Vought became worse after he exited the scene.

[@keshabarauta541]

"Belize" from soul godman to the boys 2:22

[@Raziel21]

We've seen it on Harley Quinn, but I think he'd be amazing as a live action Lex Luthor as well.

[@ParadigmZwei]

It's funny how Butcher has been plotting to kill Homelander the entire series yet Edgar has been fucking annihilating him this whole time.

[@jerrypilkles]

giancarlo killed it as stan

[@masonmcfadden4886]

Who doesn't love Gustavo 🔥🔥🔥

[@lennon7575]

Hopefully Stan is back in Series 4. I feel like he was a good match for Homelander

[@shacharlem4424]

Fun fact, the Hebrew voice actor of stan edgar, yigal sade is also the Hebrew voice of Victor Quartermaine (Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit), Gaston (Beauty and the Beast), Mr. Woolensworth (chicken Little), boss wolf (kung Fu panda 2), warden (megamind), Bagheera (2016 the jungle book), Rameses (the price of Egypt), John Smith (Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World ), Akio Ogino (Spirited Away), Whitey (Flushed Away), Mayor Shelbourne (Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs), Mack, Hamm Truck, abominable snow plow and P.T. flea car (all in cars), Finn McMissile (cars 2) and more.

[@Abdullah_the_Palestinian]

No one cares

[@KNDCHV]

I wonder if he is also a Supe or just that intimidating and intelligent.

[@KaioKenneth4]

I hope we haven’t seen the last of Mr. Stan Edgar

[@zh0skiyebaka]

I like how Stan was the one responsible for developing Homelander’s insecurity and yet he kept bashing him about it😂

[@benjnunez3861]

Haha! Stan's the man. 😆👍✊️

[@terences5236]

There has got to be a reason why homelander is afraid to laser Stan Edgar’s face off.

[@bizarremonstrous]

3:36 Despite

[@chadgdry3938]

Pretty good summary.

[@tantumveritasliberabitvos7061]

at 2:05 which episode is the one Stan and Madeline meet?

[@g8672]

at the last ie on 09:05, what stopped homelander from lasering stan edgar?

[@yashsoni7614]

Tell the release date of Season 4🤧