First, Butcher can laser him and take his punches, now a butt naked teleporting Hughie... I think he half-expected Frenchie and MM to have weird superpowers too at that point.
I've had that smile, before and/or during a fight; it doesn't necessarily mean you're winning, just that you're having fun and the other guy needs to try harder if they want to win.
I think the best part about this scene that is highly overlooked is how skilled home lander is in hand to hand combat, considering you only ever seen him one hit kill everybody until he finds soldier boy
I dont think its overlooked at all. Vaught trained him to be a bad ass a complete weapon. Its only natural that one could assume he really could hold his own if he met someone on the same level as himself.
He is not skilled. He just uses raw power. If he got skill he would have whooped soldier boy. Homelander is stronger than soldier boy, but soldier boy is far better in hand to hand combat thus being able to hold his own vs homelander.
@@stefanapostolovski5481 Bro Soldier Boy got folded in seconds and was about to be strangled to death, then they 2v1'd Homelander and he was still about to kill both.
You’d think homelander would know right away that something was up when his laser vision didn’t cause Butcher to explode into a bloody mess like it usually does.
@@TheCampbellian It does. But it also has Bad writing. The Cutaways during this fight and the Finale are proof amongst others that the Show sometimes fumbles a Segment.
The fight wasn’t the point. Ultimately at the end it turned into a stalemate with Homelander fleeing. The point of that was to show MM actually being a good person instead of an obsessed narcissistic clown beating the crap out of people. To show that in a room full of “heroes”, he was the one putting his wants aside and helping people minus any powers.
I also think it was weird how they made MM the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. Why would you go after Homelander or Soldier Boy with a gun? What the fuck is that gonna do? It's been well established for pretty much the whole series that shooing a supe literally won't do anything to them. I get that he was maybe blinded by rage but come on, hes basically just committing suicide on purpose.
@@jumboopizza255 ain’t no way you’re being serious. This season is by far the best season for MM in terms of development. We saw him be blinded by his hate for soldier boy and then grow out of it once he realizes that there’s bigger problems.
I noticed that to, I just assumed that homelander didn’t notice the way he normally would cause he was so focused on and getting mentally prepped to fight solider boy that it completely went right past him
Normally a human body without the compound in their system would explode into several pieces with enough concentration from homelander. The exception is one of terrorists on the plane during season one. However homelander is so arrogant he literally forgot that Billy tanked his shot. It did nothing but throw him into the wall knocking him out. Homelander was enamoured by soldier boy’s appearance. He never met his hero before lol. His attention is was easily diverted.
I love the little detail that Soldier Boy has the superior fighting prowess compared to Homelander. And Billy has the best of the three due to his extensive time as a wet work agent. Both land more hits on Homelander than he lands on them because at the end of the day, Homelander was born with the godlike powers he has and never had a need to learn any kind of real CQC maneuvers. Why bother when nobody could possibly hurt you? Billy started out as just a man as did Soldier boy. Both saw combat as ordinary men (though admittedly Soldier Boys is as likely to have happened as my fight with Mike Tyson. As in never happened at all), but both were born with the image fear of injury and had the instincts to avoid it. The need to learn how to fight properly. Hence when they have even half the power of Homelander, they nearly beat him. A nice little detail.
@@Spider_Rng Whoo whoo. Here comes the bad faith train. Dude watch the fight again. Homelander won through sheer strength. I state this. I state that soldier boy has superior ability in hand to hand. Where did I say in any part of my statement that Homelander won unfairly? I’ll save you the trouble. I didn’t. Maybe learn to read a statement thoroughly before jumping to a conclusion based on nothing my dude.
If you notice clearly Butcher and Soldier Boy are more experienced fighters and Homelander relies on brute force more than anything, but he's kind of like Z Broly in the sense that his brutal attacks are still refined and not entirely thoughtless, savage strikes. He's not as fine tuned as the other two, but he had some good maneuvers for someone who has never needed to use smarts in a fight before.
Homelander is definitely a decent level fighter, not a master or expert like other characters but he's still more skilled than the average person. In the diabolical episode we do see he got some training.
@@justinfernandez719 fights never have to be fair, especially to the death. He ran, so he lost. Though it can be said the three lost because hes still alive.
@@justinfernandez719 if you retreat from the battle you lost, you're basically saying the british and french didnt lose at dunkirk because they were outnumberd and the british got away so it doesnt count as a loss, doesnt matter it was 3 on 1, homelander fled from the battle, even if he wasnt badly hurt thats an L bro, literally the first he ever took as far as i know too
2:05. Anthony Starr is fucking incredible. Look closely at this shot, as his head is coming down from Soldier Boy’s uppercut and you can see surprise in his eyes. That’s probably the first time in Homelander’s life that he REALLY got hit and Starr portrays that in a split second. His performance of Homelander will go down as one of the best in history as long as the show ends well enough.
You know what I find interesting, the reason Homelander is the strongest supe is because he was grown in a lab and he has the most compound v in his system than anybody. But Butcher with just temp V doesn't match soldier boy or Homelander but is capable of fighting them. Butcher with powers has got to be one of the most powerful supe's same tier as like Stromfront and Maeve.
@@anthonychristianson411 well considering Maeve actually puts up a solid fight against Homelander, does damage to him, and Stormfront gets obliterated by his child, I’d say you might have this one backwards lol
@@jtg8513 is this later in season 3 or something cuz I've never seen Maeve do anything resembling close to putting up a fight against homelander lmao not sure what you're talking about at all
@@jtg8513 also his kid got a lucky shot cuz she didn't even know his powers were active and she wasn't expecting it. Not to mention the kid is literally homelander Jr so again, your argument makes no sense
@@anthonychristianson411 end of season 3, when Butcher is fighting Soldier Boy, Maeve fights Homelander, and yeah he’s initially distracted, but he starts to fight back eventually because Maeve won’t stop coming at him. She puts up a decent fight, still losing but jamming I believe a screwdriver or a pen in his ear and rupturing his ear drum before she does. So it’s a decent fight. To your second response, so what if Stormfront didn’t expect it didn’t expect it? She still got Anakin’d by him, and sent her back to WW2. He’s Homelander Jr, nowhere near as strong as Sr is at this point, and you think Stormfront is still on a different tier than Maeve? I would argue they’re on level footing if anything, but I’d still give a slight edge to Maeve for being able to go toe to toe with Homelander and walking away. They’re both still weaker than Homelander, and Soldier Boy, but are the next strongest after them.
1:30 Couple of things bug me about HL lasering Butcher like that. 1) It's been established that HL only kills his major adversaries when they are scared of him and/or he beats them psychologically first. Moreover, we know by this point that Butcher is not afraid of HL (e.g. when they made a deal in Butcher's house at the start of the season) and especially now he has even less reason to be afraid of him at this point due to having taken the temp V and having SB at his side. Hence, I don't understand why HL 'killed' Butcher there. Maybe Butcher faked being scared? Or perhaps HL wanted him out if the way before he confronted SB 🤷♂️ 2) Even after lasering Butcher, HL should still be able to hear Butcher's heart beat so he would know he's not actually dead. I guess maybe HL was too distracted with SB's presence that he missed it.
1. Bringing Soldier Boy to the fight may have caused Homelander to "lose his respect" for Butcher, maybe that's why he went for the kill. 2. Like you said he was probably focusing on Soldier Boy at the moment, and I suppose he can choose to focus on what he's trying to listen to - otherwise with superhuman senses like his, he'd be perpetually in sensory overload simply from the amount of ambient noise. Though a more telltale sign of Butcher not dying was that Homelander's laser vision cuts through things. If Butcher was normal it'd have sliced right through him; instead he gets knocked off his feet as if punched or hit with something. I'm not sure why Homelander didn't notice that.
It's a good example of his arrogance. He has killed so callously murdered so many people in that manner he must have just fired and moved on. Kinda like when you drive the same route to work everyday for years you do it so automatically you don't actually recall the trip itself. Or possibility firing 4:58 from his eyes blinds him for second & in that time he had already turned his head and didn't actually see butcher smash into the wall instead of blow apart. Or maybe it's just sh*tty writing to get to an aww yea moment
He's so lucky he can fly otherwise he would have been screwed although after watching season 3 i'm pretty sure homelander could have tanked that blast. Edit: I came back to watch this video again after a year, and I noticed something. Plot aside, I feel like they could have killed homelander right there if they wanted to, but butcher decided not to. At 4:25, 4:33, and 4:46. You can see Butcher sees his little brother in Hugi, and he didn't want to see hugi die, so he let homelander go.
@@combomaster666 Yeah. Now that you mentioned it I believe you may be right. It's just maive survived the blast, so I assume homelander would be able to withstand that blast.
@henryofskalitz4879 I feel like everyone should workout and do other things to better themselves, too. It doesn't count though if you don't treat people how you want to be treated. I feel like the world would be a better place if people stopped focusing on pleasure all the time and did those two things. If people learned how to fight properly with both firearms and their bodies, normal people wouldn't be so aggressive and less angry because they would understand what violence is. That's another thing I feel everyone should do and teach their children, too. I started shooting and fighting at 5 years old. The world isn't a safe place, there will always be evil men and women out there, plus the mentally deranged. When or if I have children they will be going to the range with me and will learn Ju Jitsu, Wrestling, and other things. Hopefully I can find ways to make it fun for them because you don't want to discourage your children from things as important as learning what violence is, and treating people how they would want to be treated, and learning how to control their emotions
Small detail yes... But still: Termite was under investigation. Any word coming out Termite's sexual escapades would damage Vought... By 'accidentally' taking him out, in a scenario where Soldier Boy would get the blame was just an intelligent decision from Homelander. Savage, gruesome, but smart!
1:38 This scene never fails to crack me up, Homelander is simultaneously praising and trying to downplay Soldier Boy and he's like "Hue, look how cute this little bitch is"
I kinda wish the show would have gave hugie and butcher their powers a long time ago already but its still really good. Wonder if its gonna end similar to the comics or if they are gonna give it a happy ending for hughie and butcher. Cant wait to watch S4 next year.
It's actually a bit surprising to me that Homelander was able to hold of Billy Butcher. I would have expected Billy to be a much better fighter than Homelander, given that Homelander relies on brute superpower.
if you look closely, Butcher actually bled in his mouth after the punches, Homelander had 0 scars/marks except the burn on his suit from the lazer eyes. That means in the TV show temp V doesnt make you strong enough to actually really hurt homelander, but just able to go toe to toe for a while. So regardless of Butcher's prowess and fighting skill, he cant do any real dmg.
@@graddeos Imo i feel like butcher had superhuman endurance but just not enough to keep up with homelanders superhuman strength. Homelander relies heavily on his abilities to defeat others which is why he was so surprised during this fight and the one on the 7 tower, since he never expected people to be able to be strong enough put him into the ground
@@graddeos Homelander definintely had damage just not to the same extent as Butcher, because obviously he is stronger, in the next episode Maive comments on Homelanders face as he is wearing concealer makeup to hide his bruises.
@@theusher2893 its sad abit that he is announcing his age But its not sad for this to be his favourite show cos its my favourite too its not for kids i can tell u that
I love how Soldier Boy insulted HL's cape, and then when HL was flying and fighting Butcher SB Yanks him to the ground by his cape, throws him to the wall, AND THEN SLAPS HIM 3:47
Through out the show they make it like Homelander is just feared because of his powers but I gotta say. He held his own against Soldier Boy and a powered up Butches and even pushed back all three from a down position to escape.
I had the same thoughts honestly. Homelander was perceived as just some bully with super powers prior to Season 3. Then he started making actual smart decisions and everyone realized “Oh shit! He’s that good?” Homelander’s development is by far the best out of everybody, even above Hughie’s in my opinion.
@@RoyalRegimentofScotland - But that's just it. Like Soldier Boy said, Homelander is a "cheap f*cking knock-off", and the proof is right there. The character Homelander is based on would've beaten all three of those guys.
@Kryptic1046 Well that doesn't make sense soldier boy was referring to himself when he said homelander was a cheap knockoff. As in homelander was a knock off version of soldier boy
@@RoyalRegimentofScotland - I believe Soldier Boy's statement is intended by the writers to be a tongue-in-cheek double-entendre. It can be taken in the context you said, or it can be taken literally, because HL is in fact a cheap knock-off of Superman.
I'd have thought Butcher would have been vastly superior in fighting compared to Homelander. Butcher hasn't had super powers so has had to use brawling techniques. Homelander hasn't really needed to fight anyone like himself so isn't used to hand to hand.
I believe it's theorized that Billy actually intentionally took the blows because the mere idea that he can survive being punched by Homelander without exploding into a gory mesh means the world to him
@@Flodro250 this episode was the best. The last one sadly had the vibe of an indian soap opera. Where did i ask whether other believe my projections and where is your statistics to claim "no one".. There was nothing even remotely emotional in the last episode. Looks like it was written by an emo guy like you
*Soldier Boy was weakened from his energy blast, Billy & Hughie are still experimenting with the V and experience side effects, they are not really Supes* *In their second final battle with SB at full strength SB was stronger and could have killed EVERY supe in the tower including HL*
@@ZelenikTchingyhomelander literally didn’t fight solider boy the second time so you can’t really prove he could beat homelander. Not to mention he seemed to have recovered pretty quickly after each blast. Seemed fine after staggering down the stairs
Either that or gifting others abilities in a reversal of Soldier Boy's depowering beam (as The Boys' powers seem to mirror their nemesis': Billy turns himself into Homelander lite, Hughie's teleportation as opposed to A-Train's superspeed).
It's kind of weird, in the comic MM is an actual superhuman. His mom worked in a factory that used to be a V production facility, and her "Mother's Milk" made him super strong. He also had a brother who got super powers, which kicked in at an unfortunate time, when he was wearing a football helmet. His body suddenly started growing, and he screamed as the helmet held in his expanding skull, crushing his brain and killing him.
I loved this scene because it finally shows that Homelander is not a god. He is a mortal and when he can't laser someone or punch a normal human's guts out, he has no training or fight strategy to speak of. To quote a famous movie "if it bleeds, we can kill it"
0:41 I think you can simply see the way Soldier Boy walk. The chest blast is exactly the thing that drained his stamina and strength. That is why he got beat up by Homelander. I think he probably stronger than Homelander at full strength.
More than likely. And honestly it's not talked about or delved into but Soldier Boy is exerting a natural radiated field thanks to the Russians giving him that Nuke Beam that comes out of his chest. SBs radioactive. They have a Geiger counter in a few scenes and it's off the charts when he walks by. And going by the meetup with the crimson countess, the range of that field is pretty big. Kind of wished they touched up on that. Bc if the beam takes a way a supes powers. The field itself could act like a suppressor that makes supes half as strong as they usually are.
Nah, Homelander is stronger than SB and Ryan will be stronger than Homelander. The show implies it all through that season, its why Voight was breeding supes from supes, to get super supes.
@@lesigh1749 *SB was weakened of the laser beam before HL came and still was almost an even match* *In their second final battle with SB at full strength SB was stronger and could have killed EVERY supe in the tower including HL*
I love how you can see all of their fight styles. Soldier Boy actually fought people because of his military background, so his strikes are calculated and precise. Butcher is the same way because he is a former SAS soldier and he had a rough childhood so he knows hand-to-hand combat. Homelander has rarely, if ever, had a real fight with someone in his weight class so he’s just throwing haymakers with no real technique. The only reason he’s able to keep up with Soldier Boy and Butcher is because he is naturally stronger and more durable than both of them. But he crumbles when he realizes that they can actually keep up with him and that his superior strength isn’t enough to win and he has no choice but to run away.
Aint no one going to mention how hugie managed to restrain one of homelanders arms? With all his super strength youd think that hughie holding ine arm would be the weak link here but he actually manages to pull his arm down and hold it down.
I think it's because, like most supes, he seems to have enhanced baseline durability and strength. Probably nowhere near bucket or soldier boy, but still more than a normal human.
The fact that Homelander has super hearing and heard termite loud and clear but still stepped on him is just brilliant.
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In a way..he helped him
yeah glad he did that small guy was discusting has well better witouth him
@@miguelindustrialableI had a migraine from trying to read this
No shit Sherlock
The confusion on Homelander's face after seeing Hughie is hilarious.
Hughie vs Homelander, I love it
Homelander: "Why is he naked?"
First, Butcher can laser him and take his punches, now a butt naked teleporting Hughie... I think he half-expected Frenchie and MM to have weird superpowers too at that point.
Yeah cuz hughie was ass naked and homelanders face was about to go "wtf bro?" But remembered the threat and lasered him
Maybe if Frenchie had powers too then we can end Homelander right there and then.
Butcher’s psychotic smile is everything
He’s like “now I can finally beat tf out of this guy” and then enjoy every second of it
"Scorched Earth"
Man, if you are in a fight with someone and they give you that smile @3:33 you might as well just quit lol
2:45 Homelander's sinister smile gets me everytime, but, Butcher has a better evil and psychopathic smile at 3:32
I've had that smile, before and/or during a fight; it doesn't necessarily mean you're winning, just that you're having fun and the other guy needs to try harder if they want to win.
Homelander's "wtf" reaction to getting lasered by Butcher is still hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The closes thing to being personally violated in his case.
"You're just a cheap fucking knock off" now that is the biggest insult to a narcissistic superhero.
I laughed first time I saw this.
But Homelander had a great comeback line.
"No, I am the Upgrade."
@@CarlosSuperCute Remember how Sprite Cranberry "upgraded" to Winter Spiced Cranberry? Not all upgrades are good.
@@mr.conductor4938
That will be a Downgrade.
@@CarlosSuperCute and then he backed it up by beating soldier boy 1v1.
"Buddy you think you look strong? you're wearing a cape" LMAO bro yanked Homelander out of the air by his cape- NO CAPES 😂
🤣🤣🤣
He really didn’t like capes for some reason ,aka he probably took notes from the incredibles
Should have listened to edna
3:48
Edna is always right
Homelander stepping on termite gets me everytime.
I think that was the first showing of the bottom of his boot
Termite was dead anyway. He lost his powers, same as every other supe in that house.
whats worse because he has super hearing and vision he probably knew termite was there
@@strongsuccessfulweeb1400 he did it with knew
Wasn’t him supposed to have super strength when he’s tiny? Like ant man?
Taking punches from Homelander must have given Butcher the ultimate satisfaction.
I think the best part about this scene that is highly overlooked is how skilled home lander is in hand to hand combat, considering you only ever seen him one hit kill everybody until he finds soldier boy
I dont think its overlooked at all. Vaught trained him to be a bad ass a complete weapon. Its only natural that one could assume he really could hold his own if he met someone on the same level as himself.
He is not skilled. He just uses raw power. If he got skill he would have whooped soldier boy. Homelander is stronger than soldier boy, but soldier boy is far better in hand to hand combat thus being able to hold his own vs homelander.
@@stefanapostolovski5481 Bro Soldier Boy got folded in seconds and was about to be strangled to death, then they 2v1'd Homelander and he was still about to kill both.
Unskilled but strong
@@ALDOGMO13soldier boy has also been strapped up for years lol rusty af
You’d think homelander would know right away that something was up when his laser vision didn’t cause Butcher to explode into a bloody mess like it usually does.
Hahaha that’s exactly what I was thinking! I’m glad someone else noticed that
i assumed the focus on soldier boy just consumed him completely
Or maybe he wasn’t trying to kill Butcher. Just knock him out. He can control how lethal his laser beams are.
@@lukekiely2450yes this is my head canon
He wore his plot armor😂
So weird, Soldier Boy and Homelander were engaged in an epic end of days fight, and they cut away to Starlight persuading MM to do something.
I agree but this show really doesn't have the budget for a truly epic fight scene so I appreciate that its more about characters
@@TheCampbellian It does. But it also has Bad writing. The Cutaways during this fight and the Finale are proof amongst others that the Show sometimes fumbles a Segment.
The fight wasn’t the point. Ultimately at the end it turned into a stalemate with Homelander fleeing. The point of that was to show MM actually being a good person instead of an obsessed narcissistic clown beating the crap out of people. To show that in a room full of “heroes”, he was the one putting his wants aside and helping people minus any powers.
its literally an amazon production
I also think it was weird how they made MM the dumbest motherfucker on the planet. Why would you go after Homelander or Soldier Boy with a gun? What the fuck is that gonna do? It's been well established for pretty much the whole series that shooing a supe literally won't do anything to them. I get that he was maybe blinded by rage but come on, hes basically just committing suicide on purpose.
The hell MM thought he was going to do with that gun 😅🤣
Exactly....
Everything.
Bro this season they destroyed MM. What a useless character
@@jumboopizza255 ain’t no way you’re being serious. This season is by far the best season for MM in terms of development. We saw him be blinded by his hate for soldier boy and then grow out of it once he realizes that there’s bigger problems.
@@jeffpeng1118 was frustrating when the camera focused on him and starlight in the hype fight
Even tho it was by 3 people… it was so satisfying to watch Homelander experience true fear for his life for the first time.
Getting his a*** lasered 😂😂
@@5CRALREADY lol
Never gonna get bored of this scene.
Just realized homelander didn't realize butcher was knocked back instead of the beam penetrating him
I noticed that to, I just assumed that homelander didn’t notice the way he normally would cause he was so focused on and getting mentally prepped to fight solider boy that it completely went right past him
@@Guine523 definitely yeah, he probably also doesn't even pay attention to the people he kills
@@Guine523he’s also done it many times and has become super arrogant with the lack of competition so yeah it’s understandable if he didn’t notice.
Normally a human body without the compound in their system would explode into several pieces with enough concentration from homelander. The exception is one of terrorists on the plane during season one. However homelander is so arrogant he literally forgot that Billy tanked his shot. It did nothing but throw him into the wall knocking him out. Homelander was enamoured by soldier boy’s appearance. He never met his hero before lol. His attention is was easily diverted.
or maybe he didn't want to finish Butcher yet and controlled the beam's intensity, as he did when he killed Stillwell.
“You’re wearing a cape”. That still remains one of the most savage lines in the show.
Is it just me or does Soldier boy give off some serious “bully maguire” energy 😂😂
It's just you.
Yeh just u
Bully maguire is cringe
Soldier boy missed the part where thats his problem
@@rtubbs77 it was mostly the hair cut and the facial expression tbh 😂😂
I love the little detail that Soldier Boy has the superior fighting prowess compared to Homelander. And Billy has the best of the three due to his extensive time as a wet work agent. Both land more hits on Homelander than he lands on them because at the end of the day, Homelander was born with the godlike powers he has and never had a need to learn any kind of real CQC maneuvers. Why bother when nobody could possibly hurt you? Billy started out as just a man as did Soldier boy. Both saw combat as ordinary men (though admittedly Soldier Boys is as likely to have happened as my fight with Mike Tyson. As in never happened at all), but both were born with the image fear of injury and had the instincts to avoid it. The need to learn how to fight properly. Hence when they have even half the power of Homelander, they nearly beat him.
A nice little detail.
Homelander was about to kill soldier boy until butcher came. Maybe your salty?
@@Spider_Rng Whoo whoo. Here comes the bad faith train.
Dude watch the fight again. Homelander won through sheer strength. I state this. I state that soldier boy has superior ability in hand to hand. Where did I say in any part of my statement that Homelander won unfairly? I’ll save you the trouble. I didn’t. Maybe learn to read a statement thoroughly before jumping to a conclusion based on nothing my dude.
You forgot that butcher got knocked off instead of being cut by homelander's laser
I think Homelander trained in hand to hand as a kid.
Against larger supes.
@@Spider_Rng choking someone isn't almost killing him
The look on HLs face when he sees Hughie standing there naked is hilarious.
If you notice clearly Butcher and Soldier Boy are more experienced fighters and Homelander relies on brute force more than anything, but he's kind of like Z Broly in the sense that his brutal attacks are still refined and not entirely thoughtless, savage strikes. He's not as fine tuned as the other two, but he had some good maneuvers for someone who has never needed to use smarts in a fight before.
Homelander is definitely a decent level fighter, not a master or expert like other characters but he's still more skilled than the average person. In the diabolical episode we do see he got some training.
The first time Homelander actually lost a fight and is starting to realize he might not be invincible anymore.
it was 3v1 and he didn't even lose💀
@@justinfernandez719running away is indeed losing
@@aaronwalker2588 it was a 3v1 so i don't think that's a loss all he got was a bruise
@@justinfernandez719 fights never have to be fair, especially to the death. He ran, so he lost. Though it can be said the three lost because hes still alive.
@@justinfernandez719 if you retreat from the battle you lost, you're basically saying the british and french didnt lose at dunkirk because they were outnumberd and the british got away so it doesnt count as a loss, doesnt matter it was 3 on 1, homelander fled from the battle, even if he wasnt badly hurt thats an L bro, literally the first he ever took as far as i know too
2:58 The oiest oi ever oied
2:05. Anthony Starr is fucking incredible. Look closely at this shot, as his head is coming down from Soldier Boy’s uppercut and you can see surprise in his eyes. That’s probably the first time in Homelander’s life that he REALLY got hit and Starr portrays that in a split second. His performance of Homelander will go down as one of the best in history as long as the show ends well enough.
3:39 literally the moment ive been waiting for in this entire show ~ how he was just destined to pit against homelander like this
You know what I find interesting, the reason Homelander is the strongest supe is because he was grown in a lab and he has the most compound v in his system than anybody. But Butcher with just temp V doesn't match soldier boy or Homelander but is capable of fighting them. Butcher with powers has got to be one of the most powerful supe's same tier as like Stromfront and Maeve.
Stormfront could have maybe an argument as strongest tier but Maeve? Not that strong compared to anyone in this scene lol
@@anthonychristianson411 well considering Maeve actually puts up a solid fight against Homelander, does damage to him, and Stormfront gets obliterated by his child, I’d say you might have this one backwards lol
@@jtg8513 is this later in season 3 or something cuz I've never seen Maeve do anything resembling close to putting up a fight against homelander lmao not sure what you're talking about at all
@@jtg8513 also his kid got a lucky shot cuz she didn't even know his powers were active and she wasn't expecting it. Not to mention the kid is literally homelander Jr so again, your argument makes no sense
@@anthonychristianson411 end of season 3, when Butcher is fighting Soldier Boy, Maeve fights Homelander, and yeah he’s initially distracted, but he starts to fight back eventually because Maeve won’t stop coming at him. She puts up a decent fight, still losing but jamming I believe a screwdriver or a pen in his ear and rupturing his ear drum before she does. So it’s a decent fight. To your second response, so what if Stormfront didn’t expect it didn’t expect it? She still got Anakin’d by him, and sent her back to WW2. He’s Homelander Jr, nowhere near as strong as Sr is at this point, and you think Stormfront is still on a different tier than Maeve? I would argue they’re on level footing if anything, but I’d still give a slight edge to Maeve for being able to go toe to toe with Homelander and walking away. They’re both still weaker than Homelander, and Soldier Boy, but are the next strongest after them.
1:30 Couple of things bug me about HL lasering Butcher like that.
1) It's been established that HL only kills his major adversaries when they are scared of him and/or he beats them psychologically first. Moreover, we know by this point that Butcher is not afraid of HL (e.g. when they made a deal in Butcher's house at the start of the season) and especially now he has even less reason to be afraid of him at this point due to having taken the temp V and having SB at his side. Hence, I don't understand why HL 'killed' Butcher there.
Maybe Butcher faked being scared? Or perhaps HL wanted him out if the way before he confronted SB 🤷♂️
2) Even after lasering Butcher, HL should still be able to hear Butcher's heart beat so he would know he's not actually dead.
I guess maybe HL was too distracted with SB's presence that he missed it.
1. Bringing Soldier Boy to the fight may have caused Homelander to "lose his respect" for Butcher, maybe that's why he went for the kill.
2. Like you said he was probably focusing on Soldier Boy at the moment, and I suppose he can choose to focus on what he's trying to listen to - otherwise with superhuman senses like his, he'd be perpetually in sensory overload simply from the amount of ambient noise.
Though a more telltale sign of Butcher not dying was that Homelander's laser vision cuts through things. If Butcher was normal it'd have sliced right through him; instead he gets knocked off his feet as if punched or hit with something. I'm not sure why Homelander didn't notice that.
Or he was too arrogant. Plus, there were plenty of heartbeats around from the survivors in the mansion.
The fact Butcher didn't burst like rest of the normal humans he lasered before should have been enough a clue
It's a good example of his arrogance.
He has killed so callously murdered so many people in that manner he must have just fired and moved on.
Kinda like when you drive the same route to work everyday for years you do it so automatically you don't actually recall the trip itself.
Or possibility firing 4:58 from his eyes blinds him for second & in that time he had already turned his head and didn't actually see butcher smash into the wall instead of blow apart.
Or maybe it's just sh*tty writing to get to an aww yea moment
3:47 "I WARNED YOU ABOUT THE CAPE!"
I love the added detail that homelander absolutely saw and heard termite and just killed him
I believe that Termite's line, "Help me! Someone please, help me." was paying homage to the 1958 version of the film, "The Fly."
You know you’re screwed when you hear “Oi” behind you
3:06 Antony Starr's phenomenal acting
I’m amazed that despite the fact that homelander lasered butcher it has zero burns onto his clothes.
Because it's make believe
This fight scene clears anything Marvel has done in the past 4 years.
I like how in the middle of the laser beam fight soldier boy says "fck this, come here" by snatching homelander down by his cape🤣🤣🤣
He's so lucky he can fly otherwise he would have been screwed although after watching season 3 i'm pretty sure homelander could have tanked that blast.
Edit: I came back to watch this video again after a year, and I noticed something. Plot aside, I feel like they could have killed homelander right there if they wanted to, but butcher decided not to. At 4:25, 4:33, and 4:46. You can see Butcher sees his little brother in Hugi, and he didn't want to see hugi die, so he let homelander go.
That blast removes supes powers. So even if the survived the blast itself one punch from Soldier boy would have killed him after.
@@combomaster666 Yeah. Now that you mentioned it I believe you may be right. It's just maive survived the blast, so I assume homelander would be able to withstand that blast.
I think the only person who could survive that blast is Ryan. There's no v in his blood. It's genetic.
@@nicolasbolas2247 Isn't homelander genetic too, since his father is solder boy?
@@LL-id5ij he is as much his "father" as laboratory tube is his "mother"
Lol the naked guy and Homelander being snatched by his cape was the perfect comedic relief for this
The naked guy.....Dude that's hughie, one of the main protags lol
@@henryofskalitz4879 alright well I don't watch TV in my free time, I'm either working out, doing school, or on TH-cam.
@@Nervii_Champion y'know what man, that's admirable. Even though the boys is a great show what you're doing is great for the mind c:
@henryofskalitz4879 I feel like everyone should workout and do other things to better themselves, too. It doesn't count though if you don't treat people how you want to be treated. I feel like the world would be a better place if people stopped focusing on pleasure all the time and did those two things.
If people learned how to fight properly with both firearms and their bodies, normal people wouldn't be so aggressive and less angry because they would understand what violence is. That's another thing I feel everyone should do and teach their children, too. I started shooting and fighting at 5 years old. The world isn't a safe place, there will always be evil men and women out there, plus the mentally deranged. When or if I have children they will be going to the range with me and will learn Ju Jitsu, Wrestling, and other things. Hopefully I can find ways to make it fun for them because you don't want to discourage your children from things as important as learning what violence is, and treating people how they would want to be treated, and learning how to control their emotions
@@Nervii_Champion Ok boomer
2:58! Oi, You ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
When you realize Homelander has Super hearing and could hear little guy
Small detail yes... But still:
Termite was under investigation. Any word coming out Termite's sexual escapades would damage Vought... By 'accidentally' taking him out, in a scenario where Soldier Boy would get the blame was just an intelligent decision from Homelander.
Savage, gruesome, but smart!
@@thegreenreaper6660 he deserved to die.
That’s what makes it even funnier 😂😂
1:38 This scene never fails to crack me up, Homelander is simultaneously praising and trying to downplay Soldier Boy and he's like "Hue, look how cute this little bitch is"
The series is so well done that I believe it deserves to be called epic. There is enough depth.
I kinda wish the show would have gave hugie and butcher their powers a long time ago already but its still really good. Wonder if its gonna end similar to the comics or if they are gonna give it a happy ending for hughie and butcher. Cant wait to watch S4 next year.
My opinion, this is the number one show for 2022
Oh for sure without a doubt
This is the best scene by far in the entire series.
Funny to see homelander surprise when he got Lazard by billy 😂🤣😂🤣
Well it is the last thing he could've ever expected
The fuck is a lazard?
This show is so well done.
It's actually a bit surprising to me that Homelander was able to hold of Billy Butcher. I would have expected Billy to be a much better fighter than Homelander, given that Homelander relies on brute superpower.
if you look closely, Butcher actually bled in his mouth after the punches, Homelander had 0 scars/marks except the burn on his suit from the lazer eyes. That means in the TV show temp V doesnt make you strong enough to actually really hurt homelander, but just able to go toe to toe for a while. So regardless of Butcher's prowess and fighting skill, he cant do any real dmg.
@@graddeos Imo i feel like butcher had superhuman endurance but just not enough to keep up with homelanders superhuman strength. Homelander relies heavily on his abilities to defeat others which is why he was so surprised during this fight and the one on the 7 tower, since he never expected people to be able to be strong enough put him into the ground
@@graddeos Homelander definintely had damage just not to the same extent as Butcher, because obviously he is stronger, in the next episode Maive comments on Homelanders face as he is wearing concealer makeup to hide his bruises.
@@thegentleman1541 yeah right,
Homelander actually knows how to fight. He was trained in the lab he grew up in.
Rip small dude
He won’t be miss
I swear , this is the best show I have ever seen in my entire life and I am 37 right now!
That's quite sad.
Amazing because of soldier boy. Watch supernatural and you understand. You remember me
Im 40 and I agree. I really love a villain who take the show in another level
@@theusher2893 its sad abit that he is announcing his age
But its not sad for this to be his favourite show cos its my favourite too its not for kids i can tell u that
@@gamercore7833 why is it sad he's announcing his age?
The MM part was just dump. They are both bullet proof what was he going to do with a little handgun.
I love seeing the confusion and anger on Homelanders face.
During the screams in the background, am i hearing the "My leg?"
I love how Soldier Boy insulted HL's cape, and then when HL was flying and fighting Butcher SB Yanks him to the ground by his cape, throws him to the wall, AND THEN SLAPS HIM 3:47
LMFAO I never noticed that he slapped him. That's hilarious.
Through out the show they make it like Homelander is just feared because of his powers but I gotta say. He held his own against Soldier Boy and a powered up Butches and even pushed back all three from a down position to escape.
I had the same thoughts honestly.
Homelander was perceived as just some bully with super powers prior to Season 3. Then he started making actual smart decisions and everyone realized “Oh shit! He’s that good?”
Homelander’s development is by far the best out of everybody, even above Hughie’s in my opinion.
He was gonna win also if all 3 didn’t interfere lol
I literally screamed “what a pussy!” When he bounced first time I watched this go down 😂
He got 3 v 1nd what do you mean 😂
found the bully
@@RoyalRegimentofScotland - But that's just it. Like Soldier Boy said, Homelander is a "cheap f*cking knock-off", and the proof is right there. The character Homelander is based on would've beaten all three of those guys.
@Kryptic1046 Well that doesn't make sense soldier boy was referring to himself when he said homelander was a cheap knockoff. As in homelander was a knock off version of soldier boy
@@RoyalRegimentofScotland - I believe Soldier Boy's statement is intended by the writers to be a tongue-in-cheek double-entendre. It can be taken in the context you said, or it can be taken literally, because HL is in fact a cheap knock-off of Superman.
What makes homelander such a great character is the same thing which made the Nazgul in LotR so great, there is a real Aura of Fear they eminate.
I'd have thought Butcher would have been vastly superior in fighting compared to Homelander. Butcher hasn't had super powers so has had to use brawling techniques. Homelander hasn't really needed to fight anyone like himself so isn't used to hand to hand.
He is in terms of skill but homelander is still stronger and tougher
when u r fighting someone stronger and faster techniques barely helps
I believe it's theorized that Billy actually intentionally took the blows because the mere idea that he can survive being punched by Homelander without exploding into a gory mesh means the world to him
This was the best episode of season 3 followed by the worst episode of all seasons
No one believes your projection. Just from that comment I can tell you cried and it was your favorite episode.
@@Flodro250 this episode was the best. The last one sadly had the vibe of an indian soap opera. Where did i ask whether other believe my projections and where is your statistics to claim "no one".. There was nothing even remotely emotional in the last episode. Looks like it was written by an emo guy like you
@@francisralte4194
More projection. Don’t be afraid of your feelings. No matter how gay they might be😂🤣🙄
So which one are you on about? Episode 7?
@@3v4n52
The one that made him 😢
Watching Homelander get his shit rocked was so satisfying
Okay, I'm going to binge this show again
The fact that Homelander overpowered 3 Supes, 1 being somewhat his level, is insane.
im pretty sure he can deadlift 500 to 800 tons because in the comics it said he could bench 12 mack trucks which are 40,000 to 80,000 pounds each
@labcat6759 Damn. YeH, well, I knew HL was built different when they said he could survive a nuke.
*Soldier Boy was weakened from his energy blast, Billy & Hughie are still experimenting with the V and experience side effects, they are not really Supes*
*In their second final battle with SB at full strength SB was stronger and could have killed EVERY supe in the tower including HL*
@@ZelenikTchingySoldier Boy is not stronger than Homelander, his only advantage over him is his nuke ability
@@ZelenikTchingyhomelander literally didn’t fight solider boy the second time so you can’t really prove he could beat homelander. Not to mention he seemed to have recovered pretty quickly after each blast. Seemed fine after staggering down the stairs
if MM took the temp v i think his power would be ability to heal other people
Agreed.
Either that or gifting others abilities in a reversal of Soldier Boy's depowering beam (as The Boys' powers seem to mirror their nemesis': Billy turns himself into Homelander lite, Hughie's teleportation as opposed to A-Train's superspeed).
Mm might be some sort of mini nuke like soldier
It's kind of weird, in the comic MM is an actual superhuman. His mom worked in a factory that used to be a V production facility, and her "Mother's Milk" made him super strong. He also had a brother who got super powers, which kicked in at an unfortunate time, when he was wearing a football helmet. His body suddenly started growing, and he screamed as the helmet held in his expanding skull, crushing his brain and killing him.
@@Commanderziff football helmets, the killer of supes
This is best scene
Because it has the fight between biggest Titans 🔥
anyone else notices the subtle head bopping butcher does 😆
Nobody talks about how durable the material from which superhero costumes are made is?
Starlight: MM! MM! NO! THE SHOW MUST GO ON! DONT END IT ALL HERE!
Seeing this fight for the first time when its released makes my shit go crazy.
Anyone else notice how Homelander knew exactly where Hughie was going to reappear as soon as Hughie teleported to dodge the lazer beam? 👀
I loved this scene because it finally shows that Homelander is not a god. He is a mortal and when he can't laser someone or punch a normal human's guts out, he has no training or fight strategy to speak of. To quote a famous movie "if it bleeds, we can kill it"
Still he was holding his own against Butcher and Soldier Boy.
I feel like the only reason homelander escaped. Was because soldier boy stop grabbing and holding him down to use his powers.
That's exactly what happened
Someone with lengthy hair I'm surprised with homelanders hair and its ability to stay slicked back
I think he has really strong hair gel in it
I bet he mousse's.
Gel/mousse for strong fixation. Hair literally become wood.
Well in between rest time a voight employee does his hair standard voight shit
One of them lads being able to summon naked sidekicks. Swinger's best friend right there
You're a little bit confused but you've got spirit.
I love how MM just thinks he's on their level. Kinda wish homelander would've done what he did to butcher to MM. He was so annoying with that bullshit
I love how MM is actually one of the smarter Characters but plans to kill Soldier Boy with a Gun.
“Oi” is amazingggg
You know this scene showed how powerful homelander is the fact he could hold his own against 3 people with super powers says alot
this is why Butcher didn't take the permanent Compound V, the story would end too quick
This is the first time you see homelander fighting in the entire series and their cut to mm and starlight, lol
True, and ots not paid off
His absolute psycho expression 3:22
Best 5 mins in super hero movie genre
"No fucking way!"......gets me every time
0:41 I think you can simply see the way Soldier Boy walk. The chest blast is exactly the thing that drained his stamina and strength. That is why he got beat up by Homelander. I think he probably stronger than Homelander at full strength.
More than likely. And honestly it's not talked about or delved into but Soldier Boy is exerting a natural radiated field thanks to the Russians giving him that Nuke Beam that comes out of his chest.
SBs radioactive. They have a Geiger counter in a few scenes and it's off the charts when he walks by. And going by the meetup with the crimson countess, the range of that field is pretty big.
Kind of wished they touched up on that. Bc if the beam takes a way a supes powers. The field itself could act like a suppressor that makes supes half as strong as they usually are.
Facts..and homelander is also afraid of him because of his chest beam
Nah, Homelander is stronger than SB and Ryan will be stronger than Homelander. The show implies it all through that season, its why Voight was breeding supes from supes, to get super supes.
@@lesigh1749 now I want a show where the super supes hates normal supes and hunt them down
@@lesigh1749 *SB was weakened of the laser beam before HL came and still was almost an even match*
*In their second final battle with SB at full strength SB was stronger and could have killed EVERY supe in the tower including HL*
What on gods earth was MM gonna do with a gun,🤣
Distract. Homelander uses it to kill him.
One of the greatest most hyped up fight scenes in tv history
Damn Homlander still threw some good hands even if he relies on talent
2:01 "I'm the upgrade!"
It's the "what happened?🤔" for me 😂
0:03 damn.
This is the best show there is! No cap fucking love this show! 🔥
Billy was really enjoying that fight with home lander You can really see it on his face.
this one fight is better than entire season 4
Hughie saying no fuckin way !! To butcher telling him to leave is great
Anthoy Starr's acting is next level.
It’s neat to see Homelander losing hand to hand. He has always had the advantage he never had to learn “How” to fight.
Boys get it done! :)
I love how you can see all of their fight styles.
Soldier Boy actually fought people because of his military background, so his strikes are calculated and precise.
Butcher is the same way because he is a former SAS soldier and he had a rough childhood so he knows hand-to-hand combat.
Homelander has rarely, if ever, had a real fight with someone in his weight class so he’s just throwing haymakers with no real technique. The only reason he’s able to keep up with Soldier Boy and Butcher is because he is naturally stronger and more durable than both of them. But he crumbles when he realizes that they can actually keep up with him and that his superior strength isn’t enough to win and he has no choice but to run away.
Aint no one going to mention how hugie managed to restrain one of homelanders arms? With all his super strength youd think that hughie holding ine arm would be the weak link here but he actually manages to pull his arm down and hold it down.
I think it's because, like most supes, he seems to have enhanced baseline durability and strength. Probably nowhere near bucket or soldier boy, but still more than a normal human.
@@derek96720 bucket lol
@@Looona_fan XD I'm just gonna leave it
I love how homelander could definitely hear termite and decided to kill him
Best superhero fight.... EVER
That scorthed earth comment only hits hard when you remember the promise they made each other
I love the faces butcher makes
“MM, we need to help these people!”
Yes, fucking yes.
Give Antony Starr EVERY FUCKING AWARD. I mean his acting ability is unbelievable.