THE BOYS 4x06 BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed!

The Boys season 4 episode 6, “Dirty Business”, full breakdown and analysis by New Rockstars. Head to www.squarespace.com/newrockstars to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code NEWROCKSTARS.
The Boys go to a secret party at Tek Knight’s mansion in order to learn more about Homelander and Sage’s secret plan with Victoria Neuman. Hughie goes undercover as Webweaver, but finds himself in a dangerous position in the Tek Cave. Meanwhile, Butcher and Kessler continue to push Sameer to recreate the Supe virus, but Butcher also learns the truth about Kessler. Jessica Clemons breaks down this episode scene by scene to point out all the Easter Eggs and hidden details you might have missed!
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[@kishanbhatt1206]

Everyone knew Kessler was a hallucination, yet loved the way it was revealed. Brilliant writing!

[@majintv24]

The slap to wake up sameer at the beggining of the episode was great made you think ita a way of them saying yes hes real but hes still not interracted with. Sort of a fight club style interraction.

[@roxqu]

​@@majintv24For real, I thought it was Kessler but they cut to billy and I put two to two together

[@JoeNasr123]

Yeah they really did come forward with that at the exact perfect time. Long enough so that a lot of people had figured it out, but not long enough that it was obvious.

[@itsjeremymf3606]

No.not everyone knew

[@TheArtofKAS]

👌1000% I clocked it as soon as he popped up but I love the misdirect with Becca

[@0chibijulie0]

Poor huey. I was screaming somebody save him the whole episode. He did not have a good week

[@rlkimel2219]

At all! 😂

[@thepubknight6144]

I love they didn't make a joke or mock Hugh being sexually assaulted and that he was indeed a victim

[@applepeel1662]

Sending Hughie in there like that was a dumbass idea in the first place

[@aoinatafanboy84]

Dont you mean hole episode?

[@stabbx]

​@@aoinatafanboy84💀

[@justingarrett2239]

Somehow this episode was more jarring than Herogasm was to me

[@kylecalvert4549]

That was my thought too lol.

[@Zira861]

Definitely omg so hard to watch

[@Cosmic-mane]

Herogasm was consensual, this one not that much

[@BajanShinobi]

One episode featured consent, the other did not.

[@icewaterwitlemon]

It's crazy because it's mostly men screaming about Hughie almost being graped because Hollywood has historically only shown that happening to women (this is now changing as reactionary to such discourse). I admit there was humor in the moment so the tone could be confusing but where was this outrage when Starlight was raped and everyone glossed over it

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

That A- train save scene was oddly wholesome and made me smile .

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I am honestly rooting for his redemption arc. Even if it ends in death, I hope he at least completes it.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Same he going to die as hero they did great job with his redemption arc so far this season.

[@PunkPaine]

The thing is that he was on camera so Homelander gonna know he just saved one of his enemies. So yeah, A Train gonna die. 😢

[@Womandalorian]

That was the "this character's going to dle" kind of scene. A train doesn't have much screentime left I'm afraid.

[@frankskits9283]

Me too,and he probably felt so good actually saving someone and then kid saw it too,that was some real superhero stuff there 👏

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

This was definitely one of the craziest episode so far for me when firecracker squirted milk on homelanders face ,and he immediately caved i was dying laughing imao.

[@_archieee]

Homie likes his milk warm and straight from the source 😭

[@nateneill2271]

The safe word being zendaya was peak

[@airyshark324]

@@nateneill2271yooooo I ain’t even catch that till now

[@intothefrayyo]

Laughter? I was afraid 😬 .. especially for Starlight

[@uvuvwevwevweossaswithglasses]

​@@nateneill2271 Absolutely this had me laughing for 2 minutes straight lmfao my stomach hurts

[@thearonayne5731]

The hallucinations for Butcher were a classic angel on one shoulder, devil on the other.

[@philipa.9228]

Now that I think about it, I think it's only when Butcher is of two minds about a subject. When he's trying to decide whether to take the high road or the darker path.

[@SterlingFartcher]

@thearonayne5731 kessler isnt in his imagination. The tumor took that shape So hes talking to his symbiote Thats why he said he saved him from Ezekiel. Cause it was the tumor. Becca is the only actual hallucinations and that's based off guilt

[@philipa.9228]

@SterlingFartcher How does this "symbiote" see and hear a hallucination? I do think that there is a part of Butcher's psyche and a separate creature feeding off and influencing him. This or some other convoluted plot, maybe.

[@onenaj03]

@@SterlingFartcherwas thinking this, in the comics didn’t the tumor become like alive??

[@SterlingFartcher]

@philipa.9228 both. But its taking over his brain.

[@willyoscarlehman3223]

I've never been scared for a character like I've been for Hughie in that Webweaver costume 🤣🤣

[@totallytravicious5919]

Aw fr how was I more on the edge of my seat and praying for hughie more in this episode than when he was in the vents being chased by homelander lmao

[@z7hom]

I love that Webweaver's safe word was spiderman's girlfriend

[@andisfeliz]

omg I just realized. I didnt think of it at all

[@angeldavila2738]

Lmaooo wtff😂😂

[@truffle6082]

Zendaya

[@uvuvwevwevweossaswithglasses]

Its wild how many people haven't caught this joke lmao😂😂

[@kiidkif2009]

I damn near almost died laughing when he said Zendeya😂😂

[@yayothejowen2541]

The more they make me love A-Train, the more im terrified of what the writers will do to him

[@ZigzSniping]

yeah i feel like he's got a heartbreaking death coming.

[@guillaumejoop6437]

he definitely gonna die, guaranteed

[@Skiller131]

I still want him ☠️☠️☠️

[@Fauxtrot_Band]

100% feel this as well! I love the shift but I know he's gonna die in a terrible way

[@wyvern723]

He's had quite the arc, but yeah, he's gonna die horribly.

[@genesys7266]

Small theory: I think Kimiko’s first words in the series are going to be to Frenchie in prison

[@freakEtAi21]

NICE!!!

[@theSuperviLLain_est]

I feel very dumb, as I now pieced together that I think it’ll be MM to take out Homelander. It’s right there. His biggest weakness is indeed milk from a mom

[@marce.t8732]

😂

[@Moscato_Moscato]

🤯🤯 I never thought of that?!

[@Handsome_Black]

Holy. Shit.....

[@trollmaster4259]

Damn

[@extramile.5yago]

NO FREAKING WAY ‼‼‼

[@jaryncovell2538]

I'm glad everyone's done with that insanely stupid "Hughies mom is in his head" theory that some people still believed going into this episode

[@AdamSmasher-Official]

Not stupid but yes it didn’t come true

[@ProdLucio]

@@AdamSmasher-Officialit was pretty stupid

[@AdamSmasher-Official]

@@ProdLucio How so

[@ProdLucio]

@@AdamSmasher-Official it was obvious if u have a brain

[@havenshoodstudios5097]

Hughie in web weavers costume without the mask makes him look badass

[@witherredaway]

hell yeah, he looks like andrew garfield

[@havenshoodstudios5097]

@@witherredaway hell yeah he does

[@ericawillis.]

​@witherredaway I knew it was something! Thank you! It was driving me crazy lol

[@DarkKyugara]

Karl Urban is destroying as Billy Butcher, he IS Billy Butcher in the same way Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

My only disappointment is we will never get to see Tek knight in his ironman/ batman like suit.

[@jaryncovell2538]

Maybe we'll see it on the news when they use the excuse for his death they used in the comics

[@themarveldctheorist3261]

Yoo that theory sounds crazyyyy​@jaryncovell2538

[@MarianelaAyelenlourdesSajama]

​@@jaryncovell2538Onda hope they lie about Tek Knoght death just like they did with Coleman,at least with Ezequiel they could throw the Blame to Starlight but two super dead so soon? that would make them look weak

[@markson810]

I wish they didn't killed him. I would love to see him back in Gen V season 2.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

The twists of kessier being a hallucination was executed much better than i wouldve imagined. The moment he cursed out becca's hallucination and everything got silent, i was in shock the way butcher is terrified and scared realizing his "best friend " was jist his devil and that he's going to be forever his parasite.

[@JShadow6661]

lol yeah.

[@SterlingFartcher]

@@nicholasgarrick8855 not hallucinations.... tumor

[@DarkVigilance]

Spidermans life is always ruined no matter the universe lol

[@andisfeliz]

his girlfriend killed, his dad died, and his mother left them

[@To.me.my.X-Men.97]

​@@andisfelizhis Mister Stark died😢

[@SavageColeTrain]

To me it seemed Antony Starr damn near broke character when he was hit with the milk 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tailssonicteam1604]

Who wouldn't? Mommy firecracker 💀

[@caatt8692]

I have a really bad feeling that the kid at the hospital will be the reason A-Train gets caught by Sage :(

[@guillaumejoop6437]

it will

[@AbcVids]

I thought we were gonna have a Breaking Bad moment and A Train was going to have to kill the kid.

[@t1n032]

@@AbcVids😂😂

[@user-ei4uy4hj5b]

No one will believe him

[@JasonBlackYT1]

​@@AbcVids Well to be fair, in Breaking Bad, Todd didnt HAVE to kill the kid, he just does

[@RicoGoldStar777]

The spiderman Zendaya reference went crazy

[@laithurz6408]

A-train saw for the first time how it feels to actually be a hero and have a positive impact in the world. Not how he used to bring misery with his powers before.

[@obvsessionzs]

FUN FACT: Butcher said "Daddy's Home" too on s2e1 when he came back

[@parjaeffdota5945]

exactly what i thought when kassler said it.

[@nishajoshi7147]

"Zendaya"

[@joelbanuelos9750]

It makes sense that was the safe word considering Web Weaver is a parody of Spiderman lol

[@HandleDeleted]

This makes sense ​@@joelbanuelos9750! 😂😂

[@CRJ08]

Watching it I thought Mary Jane, close enough 😂

[@YearsinSeason]

This entire season is just THICK with Emmy worthy performances… come on, Jeffrey Dean Morgan… I knew the reveal was coming and it STILL CRUSHED!!! Once he turns to confront Becka… wow! Every word was electrifying! And to finish with that line “Daddy home” and the smile… perfection! 🥰

[@ThisIsMeAndNotYou]

Alfred uses the prefix ‘master’ because he’s older than Bruce and not because he’s subservient. It’s an archaic term used to describe someone who isn’t old enough to be called ‘Mister’. Alfred was calling Bruce master when he was a child and continued as a term of endearment.

[@GustEdgeOfficial]

Glad to see someone with some knowledge here

[@jerm5]

Also in the comics, Bruce has told Alfred quite a few times to just call him Bruce. Old habits, I guess.

[@kittycheshire5099]

Thank you. I really wish more people knew about this, they keep trying to make it more dark and messed up than it needs to be.

[@vijero721]

Also Kessler says “I could just bash your f***ing head in” which could be a reference to Negan

[@gunjan1771]

take it like a champ !!

[@Stanfizzle12]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that caught that, lol

[@freakEtAi21]

Aww snap!!!

[@joelbanuelos9750]

Aint no party like a Tek-Knight party

[@GustEdgeOfficial]

THERE WAS DECK AND BAWLS EVERYWHERE

[@dhandro9128]

WORD IS BONDDDDDD

[@frankievaldez6816]

*proceeds to beatbox in flight of the concords*

[@TheNemesis656]

The part where Sage and Neumann kept nodding at each other got me 😂😂😂

[@kingroyale7110]

Damn think about it Web weaver body odor was so bad Homelander couldn’t smell Huey 😂😂😂

[@To.me.my.X-Men.97]

😂😂😂

[@IsaiahClelland]

Things that are odd that they happened twice: It’s now the second time Jeffrey Dean Morgan has played a role where he is a hallucination in someone’s mind with a brain tumour. First time was in Grey’s Anatomy. Now that is an interesting type-cast!

[@ID_Limit]

Invincible and Hughie have sexual PTSD

[@thembanitheone]

And Nightwing

[@alexanderkenechukwu4782]

butcher: save mother’s milk homelander: why did you say that name?!

[@E_D___]

This is gold

[@To.me.my.X-Men.97]

😂😂😂

[@markson810]

That'll be brilliant 😂

[@isaiahalvarez6801]

My eyes need bleach 😭

[@justingarrett2239]

Sooo no Tek Knight in Gen V season 2 I'm assuming. His display of powers were actually one of my favorites!

[@MrRobertGillan]

Still wish we got to see his suit in live action

[@justingarrett2239]

​@@MrRobertGillanRight, me too :(

[@FerociousPaul]

​@@MrRobertGillanIt wouldn't make sense for the show's universe

[@Mystic-Midnight]

tbf Gen V season 2 could be going alongside this season

[@Womandalorian]

​@@Mystic-Midnight maybe

[@Seasixk]

Dude sending Hughie in there was so fkn sketch. It was like asking to get caught by tek knight.

[@ZeroCooL2678]

Those are def trees and not the NYC skyline lol.

[@kaasgepakt]

Freaklander edgin at the Tek Knight party 💀 (Zendaya)

[@zsyounicorn]

Confusing a forest for a city skyline is waaay funnier to me than it probably actually is

[@rbtdainvincible5222]

the reveal was crazy in both scenes

[@dionysisnance4204]

Firecracker need another beat down

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

@dionysisnance4204 Ashley needs one too

[@guillaumejoop6437]

@@Seasonal-Shadow_4674 not for the same reason though lol

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

@@guillaumejoop6437 regardless

[@Ghost_in_the_Rain]

I would LOVE it if Billy's parasite turned out to be a Klyntar-esque symbiote that empowers him while assuming total control of his body and mind, causing him to blackout while it wreaks havoc and then come-to afterwards

[@b.b.2684]

BRUCE WAYNE IS CONSTANTLY SUPPORTING SOCIAL CAUSES.

[@EmmaPinto-vm8hd]

IVE BEEN WAITING ALL WEEK FOR THIS 😭😭

[@JDBossanova]

Tek-knight is what people on social media that don't read Batman think batman is

[@OtherPeople159]

"we need someone to get in and eavesdrop on information" Everyone turns to Hughie

[@relativelyincorrect]

German chocolate cake was not invented in Germany, it has nothing to do with Germany. In 1957, a recipe for "German's Chocolate Cake" appeared as the "Recipe of the Day" in The Dallas Morning News. It was created by Mrs. George Clay, a homemaker from Dallas, Texas, and used the "German's Sweet Chocolate" baking chocolate introduced in 1853 by American baker Samuel German for the Baker's Chocolate Company.

[@joeywilliams536]

I always rush to y’all’s channel after I watch episodes of my shows👏🏾

[@GarrettOtt-ls2ml]

It jua came out really timed that perfectly

[@MasutaMJ]

This episode was nuts.

[@kwatters1974]

Hey Jess! I'm pretty sure the background on MM's phone is a forest with pacific northwest trees and not the NYC skyline.

[@Handsome_Black]

A-Train's 4 season long arc of slowly reealizing he hates everything about Vought and the 7 and atoning for his actions has been phenomenal. Im glad hughie forgave him because even though he handled it like a tool, at the end of the day killing Robin was an accident.

[@AnferneeMyers]

they always got Jeffrey playing a hallucination lol

[@nicolawiekamp5559]

“Master” was originally used to refer to a boy child in a wealthy family. It is weird now and was probably used to be weird in the boys, but was def just regular “fancy speak” in the OG Batman

[@ugaldeleslie8568]

Billy also said daddy’s home at the end of the first episode of season 2.

[@blackmarvel6578]

That "Santorum" part just blew my mind! Rick Santorum, thats gotta be tough 😂😂😂

[@maxgerrior3384]

I was hoping someone else noticed!!

[@Argonaut15]

The word “orchid” in the Greek language translates to “testicle”

[@dimancor2925]

I was hoping he would be real, but no, they did it in the way everyone had guessed. Everything is coming to an end in the White House, and Butcher will be trying to kill all his friends. Not exactly like in comics, but still some similarity is there.

[@Drakid13Re3kt]

Tek Knight is the only character i can think of who is a worse person than their comic equivalent

[@markson810]

Why they killed him? 😒

[@digimook]

Hard disagree on Bats vs Supes. Batman has multiple contingency plans and knows Superman’s weakness. Batman’s only weakness is his physical powerlessness but he’s still Olympic power lifter strong with an incredible mind. He created counterprotocols for all his teammates just in case.

[@cole4430]

i’m surprised you didn’t mention the 120 days of sodom movie. it’s one of the most disturbing and messed up films ever made that fits the books storyline fully

[@mfcchris499]

Obvious reveal but great execution. So much more appealing than a simple character telling them or them not seeing them on a recording.

[@NoonMight]

Since both Becca and JD Morgan both had American accents, and it was caused by the parasite from the temp v, we can assume the parasite is all American 🫡 happy 4th yall

[@To.me.my.X-Men.97]

I would assume that in the next episode Karl Urban would use his American accent once the worm takes over😊

[@AlexanderWandering]

The Marquis de Sade is also where we get sadism from. (which I mainly know because he was also referenced in Little Shop of Horrors, lol)

[@starbrand3726]

Zendaya was Spider-Man's girlfriend in the Marvel universe, so naturally in the Boys universe, the Boys version of Spiderman would lust after Zendaya.

[@VonJuve]

I got shot 8 times in 2021 and since then, I’ve had maybe 6 panic attacks and they are debilitating. You really feel like you’re about to die. I cannot even fathom having a panic attack when it’s happening. You just think you’re dying. 😂. I’ve called the ambulance only for them to say my blood pressure is elevated but I’m fine and I should see a psychiatrist.

[@ludwigvanbeethoven169]

What do you do

[@iRenz0]

It doesn’t take a sister sage to let you know that Butcher was part of Fight Club we all knew this.

[@jeffmyers2915]

"In 1858, Nathan Bedford Forrest was elected a Memphis city alderman as a Southern Democrat and served two consecutive terms. In 1859, he bought two large cotton plantations in Coahoma County, Mississippi and a half-interest in another plantation in Arkansas; by October 1860, he owned at least 3,345 acres in Mississippi."

[@jemcoones2388]

NOTE: GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKES are not GERMAN. They are named after Samuel German, the inventor, who was AMERICAN. @17:19

[@TheEternalBlackHole]

Kessler’s line of “Daddy’s Home,” is also a callback to the beginning of Season 2, where Butcher says the exact same line.

[@icepicker8528]

Great analysis. Thanks!

[@neverapotato]

the kid seeing a train drop off mm at the hospital could backfire and i could see homelander finding out and using it against him as the kid likely mentioned seeing him in excitement

[@Zehneee]

Your guy's vids are incredible!!! Great job!

[@user-ly3xf7zt1g]

Awesome review!

[@drollins9973]

I think Sage is trying to burn the whole system down.

[@treythomas1127]

the way the camera angles Kessler behind butcher when interrogating Samir and then back into frame when butcher spoke was beautiful. Such a terrific subtle hint that kessler is not really there.

[@user-ds1mg2qu4p]

Yesss I waiting for them to drop the video

[@Jacko8989]

Its like Kessler is reznov and butcher is Mason from bo1

[@GustEdgeOfficial]

MY NAME IS JOSEPH KESSLER, AND I WILL HAVE. MY. REVENGE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@user-qj9up1jk3e]

the numbers butcher - what do they mean

[@gnomelanderlol.8179]

Ain’t no party like a Tek knight party

[@Mr_Wicked]

18 rounds of voting = a game of Golf to come to a decision

[@marcrichardson517]

If Anthony Starr does get an Emmy soon…I jus might lose it. He has been playin thee SHAT outta this role since day 1…

[@leatherface2181]

I just got done watching the episode which was funny. This episode was absolutely insane

[@tomsbrainhurtsalot]

23:09 - anyone who considers "global pandemic" to be redundant isn't a nerd, they're just wrong. It's in the definition that's even shown on the screen: over a whole country OR the world. It's not implied to be global, just that it CAN be.

[@user-up2hl1xr5q]

Best episode so far

[@sprles12243648]

pretty sure that thing on mm's phone is a forest and not the NY skyline lmao

[@dr_joel_fm]

love your commentary in ths video. Brave Jessica. Respect.

[@2kooldancin]

Really important to note that German chocolate cake is not named as a German confection, it’s named after an American baker named Samuel German! So it really really doesn’t have anything to do with n@zis. 😂

[@toocute77]

Sister Sage is a fantastic character. Susan Heyward has been absolutely awesome

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Happy 4th of July

[@NoonMight]

Great episode

[@xeNVMex]

5:32 that looks more like a tree line of a forest-backed horizon then it does a city skyline. (imo)

[@tamedthethreebears]

" Seek help , don't be a toilet " 😂😂

[@Akirasloss]

Love ur energy 😊

[@georgeyepez4420]

Proper got me bamboozled by the twist

[@tejida815]

You caught the Santorum reference. I’m so proud of you 👏

[@Jonathanfunes97]

I love that The Boys are filmed in my hometown :D

[@Muzza]

I didnt know they were gonna do a big reveal about kessler, kinda just assumed everyone knew he wasnt real…

[@THAFUNKYTRUMPET]

No I screamed "VENTURE BROS" @ the web weaver 😂😂😂

[@kiidkif2009]

I love the fact tht Zendeya was the safe word, i mean it has ntn to do with spiders, but it does😂😂😂😂😂

[@udinelumbu2351]

They really really thought they cooked with that weak reveal. 😂

[@jamesfox5555]

Just finished the episode and this popped up, exceptional!

[@kain772]

You're my kind of funnny. Thank you