THE BOYS Season 3 Episode 8 Breakdown & Ending Explained | Review, Easter Eggs, Theories And More
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- THE BOYS Season 3 Episode 8 Breakdown & Ending Explained | Review, Easter Eggs, Theories And More. We review, recap and explain the finale of The Boys Season 3 on Amazon Prime Video. This includes what we think will happen to Homelander, Billy Butcher, Ryan, Hughie, Starlight, Soldier Boy, Maeve and a lot more. Full spoilers for Black Noir's fate too.
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Ok so The Boys Episode 8 closes out Season 3 in a way that will melt your brain. The new finale is filled with easter eggs, comic callbacks and some major moments that you know we had to talk about.
What I love about this season is that it ends much like how it began and in episode one we got some amazing foreshadowing to the final few scenes that play out here.
We of course opened the season with The Dawn of The Seven Movie and in that we saw Vought Tower in flames with a toppled statue of Soldier Boy in front of it. Come the close of Episode 8 we also get this exact same thing happening with Vought Tower slightly destroyed after the big battle and the Soldier Boy statue toppled over.
It's sort of like poetry they rhyme and it brings everything together really well from the first episode in the season to the last.
Now the first major question you likely have is 'What's gonna happen to Ryan?'
Well he's not a character in the comics so f**k knows.
However for years it's been theorised that he's going to turn into Soldier Boy. This is because early on in the series he spouted off several of the states in America. This is something Soldier Boy also did in the comics and because of this a lot of people thought that it was foreshadowing his eventual turn to him. However, when Jensen Ackles was cast as the character many brushed it to the side as being something that was wrong but I think there might actually be some truth to it.
In the comics there were 3 versions of Soldier Boy with the first one being a World War 2 hero much like what we have here. The third one also took a big focus in the comics and it is possible that Ryan will end up taking his Grandfather's mantle at some point in the future.
Now we start off with Ryan at Grace's home and he's actually wearing the colours of Soldier Boy in the comics, namely blue, white in red.
He's throwing fastballs against the earth, symbolising that there's no father figure in his life to play catch with. Baseball is Homelanders favourite sport and if we jump back to episode 6 in season one we also had a similar scene to this. Homelander threw a fastball off into the sky and this is of course mirrored in Ryan here.
Turns out that Victoria did give him the location of Ryan last week and this is such a tense scene to start off the episode with.
At the end of the episode we have it revealed that Grace survived this encounter and she oversees Soldier Boy being put into containment. Guessing this means that he belongs to the CIA now and they might attempt to study him in order to find a way to destroy the compound V in the Supes.
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Great review as always!! Thank you 😊
@Heavy Spoilers what if when ashley deleted the footage of the boys getting queen maeve's body her assistant - ashley - snitches on her to homelander so she can promoted
Something nice.
👍
Basically the boys is fucked 😂they have the people slowly excepting homelanders ways Ryan seems he might turn bad,Victoria can literally kill just by looking ,butcher is dying and the boys is in worse position than they was when they started
Mad praise for Anthony Starr. His Homelander is one of the all time greatest tv show villains. Been stealing the show since day 1
**Antony
but you're right 100% best tv show villain
I agree, best acting in a series in years!
yea he playing tf outta him
Also respect to Jensen Ackles as well. He did an amazing job at playing Soldier Boy
@@niharshastri3519 indeed. He was ridiculously entertaining
I’m glad that Soldier Boy isn’t dead but I’m lowkey sad that Jensen might not be back for awhile or if ever :( Soldier Boy was legit my favorite standout this season
fr he was my favourite character this season
Hes definitely coming back. Episode 2 at the latest. That's why they made sure you saw him alive
SB is my favorite character on the show, period.
How did he and Maeve survive the fall plus Soldier Boy's special explosion?
@@tomaszyarlett8681 exactly i thought his new powers melted ppl so if he went nuked she would of been melted if not she would of died due to it also taking her powers so how she survive that fall?
I genuinely cackled out loud when Soldier boy roasted his "son". Tragic too, in that Homelander still can't get the father he always wanted and the irony that Soldier said the exact same thing to his son like his own father. It was glorious!
That was dumb. It made no sense for Soldier Boy to side with Butcher over his own blood, especially when SB already stated how much he wanted kids. I think that's just liberal writers wanting to demonize conservatives even more than they already do by implying they'd kill their own children if they found them to be the least bit insecure.
@@natediaz1863 I wish the parents of school shooters reacted like Soldier Boy did with Homelander. 😂
@@ayea28 lol funny, you sound like the kind of person that helps to create school shooters. I think you like to see people emotionally tormented until they snap. Says a lot about you as a... human? I don't know. I don't think you're a human, just another animal.
@@ayea28 So true. It was coming to be honest. Homelander deserved it too. I think it was made to be ironic that SB's son turned out to be a failure with no redeeming qualities to SB like he was to his father, but then he can't even take responsibility because SB didn't shape him.
Soldier boy took the spotlight. He's got serious scene presence. I also got a brightburn vibe from Ryan when he smiled at the end seeing Homelander kill that protester in front of him.
I think that Soldier Boy was the most tragic character in the show. Throughout the season he honoured the deal with Butcher and risked his life multiple times trying to kill Homelander. And in the end what did he get? He got betrayed by his team, captured(probably going to be tortured and experimented again) and whole world thinks he is a terrorist and racist(which he is not).
@@Shome2049 Yeah but he did molest gun smoke and was pretty far from even a decent person, some I'm not to upset he lost his image.
@@Shome2049 He also was definitely a racist. He spoke about hosing down protestors in Birmingham. Probably didn't hate all black people, but was clearly fine with/took pleasure in enforcing Jim crow.
@@Shome2049 lol he was a worse version of homelander. Haha love both of those characters though.
@@Shome2049 bruh he was friends with Stormfront back then as Liberty. He didn't kill Nazis, he worked with them. What the fuck are you talking about? The US army hated Black people in his day who protested war and who also fought in wars. Did you forget how Homelander and Blue Hawk represent exceptionalism, far right conservationism and the other stand-your-ground and police brutality. Soldier Boy was their segregation and anti-Civil Rights precursor, Storm Front was supremacist side.
They all represent different sides of America's majority White and hegemonic structure how racism evolved and coexisted despite social change to resist it.
That sort of sadistic smile from ryan at the end gave me chills. This is homelander's world now and he's dragging ryan right through it. Messing up his mind. Poor kid.
Butcher was the one who let this happen. Ryan needed a father, and Butcher spat in his face, where Homelander surprisingly tried to put him at ease. This season was all about abusive recursive loops with fathers, yet Homelander without a father figure growing up has actually treated his son well this season.
@@rebaa2175 yup
Butcher is always Butcher, messes it all up
Ryan's always like a ticking timebomb. Everyone always got to take care of him like a fragile glass.
Just a bit confused.... Coz what if SB heatblasted them both(HL and Ryan)
since they are supes.. obviously they won't die... but their supe power sure would have been gone.
Well.... wouldn't that have been a bit better? 🙂
Ryan smiling at the end was everyone who posts restorethesnyderverse
The scene where Homelander leaves with Ryan as they walk past Billy is a call back to season 2 when Ryan wanted to stay with Billy and they walked past Homelander
When those hearts came out of Noir during their hug, I felt so worried for him anticipating what Homelander would do to him.
Ya, I also prepared for that lol
Same here!!!
I found it funny that when Homelander is belittling A-Train & says how could you kill 1 of your own kind, A-Train looks right at the Black Noir mask like wtf are you talking about, you kill your own kind all the time😅🙄
Lmao didn't notice that
A-train really had three "WTF?" moments going on there. What with The Deep's ...relationship with the octopus, Ashley's hair, and then that.
Lmfao
Yes
@@Crazypixiness exactly man was confused the whole time he was like wth is going with this shitty ass place making people like this
A train soft
This episode definitely had a couple twist that I was not expecting. I was really hoping black noir would make it to the end of the season. I'm glad that Maeve at least got a happy ending.
Happy ending for now I feel like homelanderwill find her and kill her
That choice with noir was absolutely a horrific choice.
@@steveclapper5424 facts I wanted to see him wipe the floor with Homelander tbh
@@oh.hey.2045 I found the moment where homelander was saying that he sees him as he is to be touching. And clearly they've a connection I would have rather seen just about anything, then what they gave me.
Legit, I wanted to see noir terrify the shit out of him, bad choice killing him off imo. I think his son will end up being the one to eventually kill him. I think they are going to use him kinda loosely keeping to the homelanders clone finishing him off plot line except with the alteration of it being his son instead. It may not be evident just now but I believe that's eventually where they are heading with his son.
I hope Janine’s Mom breaks up with Todd next season. Ryan joining Homelander is entirely Butcher’s fault. The zombie storyline in the comics might be used for Noir. I really doubt he’ll never come back.
The crazy Todd will probably get a temporary v from Homelander and he will use it to get revenge on her and MM
yes
That’s what I was thinking, it seems stupid for Noir to not get payback on either Soldier Boy or Homelander
Zombie storyline... What is that? Can you explain me?
I would like to know the storyline to
Maeve did it right. She left the BS behind and went on to live her life. She left the hero life behind and stopped worrying about the problems of others. She put herself first. Good for her.
She'll be back as a supe. She gave Homelander a run for his money.
Ashley a real one too for deleting the evidence of her surviving
@@duck-ew5zs fr fr
@@duck-ew5zs For once I don’t hate Ashley lmfao
Not really tho. Its not like Homelander was fighting back fiercly.
A-trains brother telling him what he did was selfish is so good! If a train had died there on the road it would have felt incomplete
A-train solved his problems like all supes have been, and his brother is the best person to teach him that that’s the wrong way.
I feel like we really might see a-train grow into an actual hero.
No….
@@dabillya6845 he may be right. Between Homelander’s crazy ass, and His brothers issues that he caused, he may turn a new leaf. Don’t dismiss this theory!
A-train is such an asshole and all, but god he is so close to being a good guy. And he has always been a sympathetic character to me. He isn’t fully gone like soldier boy, deep or homelander, so there is a chance
@@bencristofani3116 He did murder innocent people
@@FleetAdmirable yup will probs do it again
I didn't realise just how strong Queen Maeve was untill this season, she held her own against Homelander. She made him bleed. She also punctured his ear, make me wonder if it's possible to put a bullet in Homelander's brain if you shoot him in the ear..
It only makes sense she's almost as strong as homelander since she's basically a discount wonder woman
My guess is that you still need super strength to break Homelander’s ears. Queen Maeve could do it, but a bullet may not
I got the sense he was holding back but she was definitely able to hurt him. I wasn't expecting that
Facts.. Surprisingly 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
@@ferwind I don't think he was holding back HL has never had to train he never needed technique it doesn't matter if he can throw a proper punch when what ever he hits is obliterated
Ryan going back to Homelander made a lot of sense to me. All the kid wants is to be safe, and I think in his eyes all he has left is his Dad.
Not to mention butcher blamed him and said it was his fault Becca was dead and when he said he thought homelander would be mad at him to which he responded it wasn't Ryan's fault.
@@CodeeXD just when you want to spare homelander, he lasers a head in Public. Even grace Mallory saw his humanity truly. That last scene through all that out the window
@@ceezy585 I did like Homelander when they all turned on Soldier Boy
@@ceezy585 as horrible as it was, it is exactly what he would do. The bit of humanity Homelander has is centered around his desire to be loved and have a family. He seems to be withdrawing from a desire of public love, and focusing it on just his family. He wanted Soldier Boy and Ryan, but only has Ryan now. And a random civilian assulted his son, who he has just introduced to the world; how else would we expect Homelander to act?
I think Homelander actually "cared" About Ryan more than Butcher. Sure his way of showing his care is twisted but deep down, Ryan is the only thing he truly "cared"
Ryan seeing his dad kill someone ,and then see everyone cheer is giving him God complex like his dad, he's being influenced thank to butcher messing up ,and saying something he didn't mean '. The writing is amazing I got chills at the end. Next season is probably gonna be butcher trying to save Ryan from ending up like homelander.
Or he tells both Billy and homelander to kick rocks and leave their asses, permanently
I feel like Black Nior’s death was very anti-climatic. For us to get that backstory only for him to “die” doesn’t feel right. I low key feel like he’s still alive.
BN's death didn't feel right, to go out that 'cheaply' after all his backstory. Also, SB not accepting his family after HL lays out his heart. Not really believable.
This whole episode was anticlimactic. It was super lame. Sorry, I'm a huge fan of the show but this episode was just terrible. It was a bait and switch on everything the season had built up towards. Lame lame lame, 1/10 stars.
@@Captainarmadillo especially Butcher, what a joke
@@jacksonleo3328 Yea, I'm hugely disappointed in this episode. It's clearly written to just keep the series going. I can't blame them but I also can't support a show with my valuable time if they're gonna bait and switch me like that. No thanks. Butcher had no reason to go soft like that. That's all he's been wanting to do for the whole series and he gets the chance and doesn't take it because of the kid. Nah.
@@Captainarmadillo yeah. And look what Butcher got, the kid still went away with Homelander, like his mom died for nothing. I was thinking that the kid was gonna be a good version of homelander, but now , nah, maybe not.
This show has never evoked more emotion from me than when Noir died. He's been my favorite since day 1 and finally seeing how tragic his origin was made me feel real sympathy for him. Also, words can't describe how happy I am that Maeve got her happy ending.
They short changed his arc so hard... that's why I'm hoping vought keeps him alive somehow. Seeing him go out so easily does not evoke the "Black Noir" we've come to know
@@TheOrdinaryPrudentPerson That's the point tho! We never knew him since the start and now that we do know him, he dies.
It's in the spirit of the series, as it's not a superhero show, it's an anti superhero show.
Could be alive, he is a Supe. I'd say queen maeve surviving that fall after losing her powers half way was bs and shows their unwillingness to kill anyone in this finale. We could get noir back. He could pull the plug on whatever they put soldier boy in
I've got hope for noir mostly because of how he's been built up the last few episodes and because homelander didn't completely obliterate his body, infact it might be one of the most "survivable" violent encounter with homelander I've seen, and we already know how resilient noir has been to other attacks
@@christopherandersson5082 Queen Maeve surviving that fall was absolute BS - so annoying. It really pissed me off. The rest of the episode was ace though.
Kripke said in an interview that its not the last time we'll see Noir, but rather that version of him. With the mask being left out on the table and no announcement of his death, there's likely to be a replacement coming. Considering how vain Homelander is, he will probably clone himself to be Noir, ultimately tying back to the comics.
I think he’ll either close or force soldier boy to be the new noir somehow
I bet Stan got his body and after fixing him, he'll be stronger than Homelander.
@@macalcord I got a pretty solid theory I think that might take the cake
I'd like to think that the next version of noir we see is one, that's working with and for the boys. Noir = Deadpool
I doubt that because homelander wouldn't be able to stomach their being a equal or stronger supe
I love the way nobody considers the random ball sized bullet probably killing someone randomly, or the blatantly smashed bottle of nerve agent landing in the city and likely killing lots also
@@djuanbenjamin9149 he said that
I know he mentioned the agent being the bottle was based on the Russian attacks but not that it’s just been smashed in the middle of the city (much worse) or where those balls end up
I don't know if Ryan will go against Homelander. In the last scene, even though Ryan is initially sad, he has almost a genuine smile at the end. After seeing his father kill a person in front of his eyes, he might be more relieved about what he did to Stormfront and he would probably be ready to embrace his darker side.
You could see his face change form abhorrence to ambivalence
@@nigelhickman2274 Big words right there. Had to take out my dictionary.
@@equaniman647 for real 😂
@@equaniman647 as non native english speaker, I'm gonna open my dictionary again 🤣
@@nigelhickman2274 as a native English speaker: DICTIONARY GO
Ryan's final scene has shown that he's not bound to his humanity like he was before, which is as Metophorical as it is literal.
The graceful and angelic innocence when he's descending upon the masses shows he's ascended to godhood as Homelander's essential 'Crown Prince' as he displays the gifts of his inheritence to the common people below showing his superiority over them as well as his possible beliefs in later episodes being molded to be like Homelander's.
You can see the image they have of themselves or at least what show his trying to show what they think of themselves. If he could live in a perch among the Clouds and shining sun, he'd do it.
False Gods propped up By Human Error.
Brightburn
I actually kind of love the whole Ryan thing in the finale, although I hate what happened at the end obviously with him smiling at Homelander killing the poor guy & saving Homelander in the big clash. But man I really hated what they did with Starlight, I thought they would show us her true power and make her burn Soldierboy to a crisp so all of them could grab him & stop him from exploding.
If she could do that it would show Starlight could burn Homelander too so it would end that entire arc & Homelander no longer had this whole leverage over them, and Hughie wouldn't have to take Temp V anymore.
It would've been so so perfect, but idk what the writers were thinking ;/ it even took me out of the universe for a bit and back to reality that this didn't happen or some version of this lol it just seemed like Starlight was so so weak & useless, it was sad.
Starlights "powerup" was so anticlimactic. Such a wasted opportunity
You're right, it was clear when we saw the smile on Ryans face at the end. I do believe that his intentions were to save Butchers life when he asked Homelander to take him away somewhere else.
King Joffrey had that same smile.
Black Noir being completely left out of the news broadcast at the end means vought isn't letting anyone know he's dead. I think in season 4 there's going to be new black noir, and it's going to be a clone or twin of homelander that has been kept away secretly incase they ever needed to kill the original homelander. This way they can make black noir comic book accurate, and would explain why Edgar always treated homelander like he's replaceable.
Noir might not have died. He seems to have similar powers to Kimiko so maybe he's just out until he can regenerate.
The thing is, Homelander would know about this clone. He has access to all of Vought's files, and surely would've discovered if he had a "brother" while verifying that Soldier Boy is his father.
He has xray vision apparently they couldnt hide a clone from him
I feel like he’ll be back. Maybe as part cyborg or a zombie version of himself. I hope they don’t go the comics’ HL clone route, and HL mentioning his x-ray vision to Noir that scene would indicate the writers nixed and explained away that possibility. Seems like maybe he comes back without the cartoon hallucinations though. He also spoke the sound “oh…” in that “death” scene. He’s survived a supe terrorist blast, Soldier Boy’s abuse, Butcher’s homemade bombs last season…More points to him returning than not. And if SB’s chest blast didn’t kill Maeve, Black Noir isn’t gone yet. Or at least I what tell myself!
You are correct Detective good work
I was kinda disappointed. Butcher and the Boys literally undid the whole point of the season and now we’re back to square one. I get wanting to protect Ryan, but that could’ve been dealt with later after Homelander is out of the picture. Why tf would Butcher and the Boys turn their only goal towards stopping Soldier boy, when he was very honorable by taking up his end of the deal to kill Homelander? You could’ve easily taken Ryan out of the room so that they could focus on Homelander, or Butcher could have told Soldier Boy Homelander first, and betrayed him later. But no, Butcher decided to attack Soldier Boy instead, ignoring Homelander (who is right there) completely. To throw it all away at the end when everyone’s goal from the start of the season was to kill Homelander and instead focus on stopping Soldier Boy, who is not the immediate threat at the moment is just lazy writing. Maeve was the only sensible person throughout that whole thing because at least she never took her eye off the ball and tried to takedown Homelander while the others focused on Soldier Boy. They seriously pulled a Star-Lord at the end just to have another season.
Essentially but I still loved the ep overall
Wouldn’t Ryan have survived the blast to but just have no powers afterwards? I don’t understand why butcher did what he did
Exactly
@@buckeyexe7647 he wouldn't why would he? Kimiko almost died so why would Ryan survive it? Also why didn't Maeve die from the fall AND blast, i am really confused
@@buckeyexe7647 I dont think he would have survived, he's no where near as durable as Kimiko and Homeland yet and that beam killed plenty of heros to the point Butcher was not willing to take that risk.
The final smile Homelander gives truly tells the viewer Homelander finally realized he can do anything and it can’t bring him down in the publics eye.
I was just so upset on how this is Black Noirs ending. It felt a lot of build up and nothing happened. I wish we got to see him and Soldier Boy at least meet... but having him killed off so fast was just a let down. I wish we got to see what he looked like now without his helmet. I wish a lot of things could of happened with Black Noir... I heard some people theorize that he is still alive because he did survive when Soldier Boy cut open his head but his guts were spilled out and his cartoons were upset. Nothing about this made me happy
I agree. If that was truly the end of Black Noir it was a waste of one of the best characters on the show and handled completely wrong. He’s probably still alive though. I’m hoping so.
My personal opinion I think he’s still alive, wasn’t there a similar scene in s2 or 3 where his guts came out and he was there putting them back in? Or have I just made that up😭
I feel like he’ll be back. Maybe as part cyborg, part machine or a zombie version of himself. Just hope they don’t go the comics’ HL clone route. Seems like maybe he comes back without the cartoon hallucinations though? He also spoke the sound “oh…” in that “death” scene. And Vought didn’t make a statement or memorial for his death like they did Maeve. He’s survived a supe terrorist blast, Soldier Boy’s abuse, Butcher’s homemade bombs last season…More points to him returning than not. And if SB’s chest blast didn’t kill Maeve, Black Noir isn’t gone yet. Or at least I what tell myself! 🙏🏽
Some loose guts is something normal people can survive nevermind a superhuman who has already survived much worse. Unless Homelander did more to him offscreen it does seem like an injury he should be able to survive. There's also many ways to interpret the cartoons characters farewells but I don't take that as a sure sign of of his death either
This episode was super lame all around. I'm a huge fan of this show but this episode didn't do anything it promised. We're literally back to where we were at the beginning of the season.
I think Ryan knew he was saving Butcher when he told Homelander he wanted to leave. I was a little disappointed Butcher turned on Solider Boy so drastically after forcing him to honour the deal all series. He should have told him about Becca earlier.
Well it made a lot of sense. He turned him cuz he was about to hurt Ryan. He never expected him to be there, he didn't wanna share his personal shit with Soldier boy too. I really think it shows his humanity. This is why we keep loving butcher. Great character
@@moizyguy6714 Maybe! He could have used it for further leverage. Good job it is fiction eh? 🤣🤣
Agreed, this episode was super lame. Clearly just to keep the series going. I can't blame them for that but everyone's reasoning just sucked. Butcher suddenly cares so much. They weren't going to kill Homelander right away, they had to take his powers and then kill him. They could've taken both Ryan's and Homelander's powers, then done what they wanted. I was very disappointed in this episode.
Nah Ryan is now a walking L. Mans killed his mother, basically killed his grandfather and is now vibing with his serial killer Dad. Like father like son. Season 1 Butcher must be rolling in his grave.
@@moizyguy6714 and butcher stopped him. That's the end of it. Why they gotta make it seem like sb was hell bent on killing Ryan? That fight between sb and butcher was so unnecessary. I understand that butcher cares about Ryan but sb isn't out to get Ryan. Butcher suddenly acted like sb was going to keep going after Ryan unless butcher stopped him. And the fight scenes were just terrible. like every punch had a different camera angle. So dissapointing. Just bad writing, bad episode and overall very disappointing finale.
I really didn't want Black Noir to die. Hope he gets brought back somehow.
his guts got ripped out doesn't mean he fully dead.
i still have hopes he still alive because that arc felt like it was wasted and it not like they can't bring character back to life similar to certain character in the comics, i hope he is back for season 4
@@turbosprite2437 No, this dude is dead confirmed, black noir as a character not dead, they're going to put new man under this mask
I swear, they're doing a great job fleshing out Homelander even more. Antony Starr is insanely good as homelander, dude can really convey being an unhinged dude but also show a genuine loving side towards his son.
Soldier Boy is right about Butcher.
“He’s my wife’s son.”
Oh no… 🤦🏻♂️ 🤣
I didn't understand
@@rajveersingh2k04 , he's saying it's ok to kill soldier boys son , but not his wife's son ,
Butcher simp?
Average Redditor
My wife's boyfriend😭😭😭😭😭
The moment where Billy and Homelander come to a temporary truce was surprising. Them dual lasering Soldier Boy's shield was a generic comic hype scene.
But I loved the fact that they added Starlight's flying abilities in the show as she can indeed fly in the comics.
Black Noir was done dirty by two generations of super villains 😭
Like father, like son.
Can we go for three?
That final scene man, Homelander’s sheep cheering him on. One of the best villains I’ve seen in a while.
Homelander did NOTHING wrong
@@Nick-ce6lt Did you forget that he is a rapist?
@@Nick-ce6lt yes
I think Homelander murdering a protester right out in the open -- and the reaction to it -- is a reference to the Trump quote that he could kill a guy on 5th Avenue and his supporters would still cheer him on.
@@nbartlett6538 he was supposed to be mirroring Trump this season so I think you're right about that
Hm. Given that Maeve disoriented HL when she stabbed him in the ear, and we’ve seen that HL and Ryan can be stunned by loud noises and high pitches, I wonder if some sort of sonic weaponry could give The Boys a bit of an edge.
Good theory, I was thinking it might be alluding to Victoria Newman being able to actually damage him, with her head popping. But I think yours makes more sense.
It’s possible that HL isn’t able to be killed by head popping but can have ear drums blown
That seems like it would be copying Invincible though, as [Spoilers]
That’s Omni Man’s weakness
Was extremely disappointed with Noirs death. All set up with no pay off. I really hope he survives
I think he could survive, since his brain literally got blown off and he still lived, while here it just his gut flying out. Then Vaught is not shown to make any cover up for his death while they do for Maeve.
@@TheNeroKennedy idk maybe Homelander is kept him alive just incase... Homelander is insane and Noir was like his only "friend" so maybe he kept him alive and just disabled him
I heard his actor is signed up for the next season. So he's probably coming back
He will comeback
@@toddstone230 I mean Kimiko could heal from being ripped apart I don’t see why Noir couldn’t be healed.
I like how vulnerable Homelander was shown to be this season. Like several characters were able to hurt him and make him bleed… until he ends them and walks off the pain later like it never happened.
The Herogasm battle was one of the best battles in the series. I couldn’t tell who would win until the end - this is similar to the ending battle for the season finale.
When maeve stabbed that iron into his brain i thought he was gone or atleast lost his hearing but nah
It makes the series a bit more interesting in a way, but homelander wont be as menacing anymore when many heroes can fight him. He isn't as strong as it was teased. In the comics homelander killed maeve in one punch.
@@scerkann3966 It's bullshit that he didn't, she should've been slaughtered. Just another "wah-man are powerful" moment for the woke crowd, cringe honestly.
@@ytxrazor8454 nah it probably just made his ear drum pop and his ear ring. But no serious long term damage .
@@scerkann3966 tbf we've only seen homelander fight the top 3 strongest supes + he didn't really want to kill meave
They are clearly setting up Ryan to defeat HL. He’s displayed the ability to easily defeat top sups (Storm Front and Soldier Boy) with just lasers. It will also be redemption for Butcher who is dying, to fulfill his promise to his wife.
I agree. Having Homelander die at the hand of his own Son is poetic.
Lmao what his lazers did nothing to soldier boy he literally knocked him out after that
@@LEGEND-di9rd correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t his lasers make Soldier Boy bleed?? I mean yeah he was fine, but that’s literally the only time we’ve seen anything be able to break his skin and make him bleed
@@oklahomie95 i do think you are correct
@@oklahomie95 he didnt break his skin
My favorite scenes in this ep are the heartbreaking scene between A-Train and his brother (very well written and we'll acted) and the scene where Janine stops MM's hand and tells him that he's her hero. Both scenes had me in tears. Gawd I love this show so much. I really hope Noir isn't dead and I can't wait for the next season.
Can we give props to Cameron Crovetti (actor of Ryan) for that smile at the end of the episode? It was such a well done scene
Honestly kind of disappointed with how soldier boys story went this season. They hyped him up pretty much every episode as THE weapon that can stand a chance against homelander, only for him to get beaten in his first encounter and require help from the boys. And his chest blast was also hyped up as the one thing that can take homelanders powers, and it’s only significant use story wise was kimiko and maeve. I feel like they should’ve taken homelanders powers this season just for one episode after which he would’ve taken V to get them back. Would’ve made the soldier boy threat he was so scared about much more real and would’ve been cool to see.
And with getting your powers back as 'easy' as shooting up some V, it's not even a lasting loss of powers. If Maeve wanted she could have her powers back, just like Kimiko got hers back.
Second last ep was a 10/10... So much build up... Last ep was maybe a 4/10 for me 😔
I believe Butcher would end up taking compound V since it's already written he would go down the dark path to do what's necessary while probably allowing himself to get killed by Hughie in the end. That character is way too strong to kill off in the show.
Most likely hes gona take some of that blue V
@@okipo3443 YOU MY BOY 👦 BLUE!!!!✌️
@@okipo3443 That would actually make a lot of sense. Solves the problem for him and lets him keep on.
And he is going to have to beat Ryan to death simulatorly how he did in a comic
@@cosmicdoggo9296 Ryan don't exist on the comic???
Rip my boy Black Noir. I’m hurting
same
I’m literally trying to get his outfit 😂😭😭😭
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black noir
I think vought will make black noir returns
It's kinda obvious Ryan's going to "improve his powers" with dad, prob find something out that he didn't like that HL did then eventually choose saving butcher over HL.
I agree that this outline is likely, but I believe they will write the tension into Ryan doing some awful things before he switches back to the good side. How far will Ryan fall before realizing he is in with the wrong sort of supes?
Soldier Boys is absolute awesome. Jensen Ackles is perfect for this role. Sad about Noir.
Fuck NOIR ... Iaughed so hard when that piece of shit died he had it coming. And the fact that soldier boy beat the shit out of him is pretty hilarious
Facts man facts.
He's an asshole, but he was no racist. That line was bullshit pandering
I think that Soldier Boy was the most tragic character in the show. Throughout the season he honoured the deal with Butcher and risked his life multiple times trying to kill Homelander. And in the end what did he get? He got betrayed by his team, captured(probably going to be tortured and experimented again) and whole world thinks he is a terrorist and racist(which he is not).
@@Shome2049 he is racist tho
I was so relieved Soldier Boy “made it” Jensen Ackles added so much to the series. But Black Noir wow he was so loyal to Homelander but not a surprise. I feel for the actor not getting to flesh out his character more. But Vought can scrape up some guts and clone a new one
I think that might happen they might clone him and he will be more ruthless and cold just like homelander his own imagine... God I hope I'm right
@@bico1514 The show isn't some dumb comic, Cloning is not a thing that will happen
He's probably not gona die, He could be recover by Edgar and saved
@@jesusramirezromo2037 I agree characters who end up getting killed in this show are usually a lot more gory then what Homelander did, chances are he may still be alive.
@@jesusramirezromo2037 Edgar gave them to Russians. dont think they will cooperate
I think that Soldier Boy was the most tragic character in the show. Throughout the season he honoured the deal with Butcher and risked his life multiple times trying to kill Homelander. And in the end what did he get? He got betrayed by his team, captured(probably going to be tortured and experimented again) and whole world thinks he is a terrorist and racist(which he is not).
You can't help but feel bad for Black Noir he didn't deserve it. It's one of the most unexpected and saddest deaths
My thoughts (spoiler if you haven't seen it yet): although I liked the season, there were really intense moments, I felt kind of let down by the end. If you think about it, it all kind of meant nothing and you actually had the boys doing more worse than good. For 1, they spent the entire time trying to kill homelander only to have him alive by the end. Back to square one. For another, they saved soldier boy but only wreaked havoc and killed some supes only to lock him back up in the end. Again, this season was good but by the end you sort of feel like a lot that happened was really for nothing, only that more supes died and some lost their powers, and it just feels like going back to square one.
I think that’s the point. Showing both sides are going about it all wrong. Causing more havoc and chaos than doing any good. The only one to actually do the right thing in the end was Maeve. She left the superhero life and went on to live her life. She started minding her own business and stopped caring about others.
That's life. You try so hard and get so far...but in the end, it doesn't matter.
@@baba58201 True. I lot of people don't realize not every event will perfect or go the right way for you. Which was this season.
i feel the same, it felt kinda pointless although entertaining!
it reminds me of the show Mr. Robot. story gets darker & more depressing. characters dig themselves deeper into trouble & make things worse.
I really enjoyed this season but in my opinion the final episode was a bit anti climatic. It didn’t quite live up to the hype. Ryan’s sudden change in loyalty to homelander felt quite unnatural, Noir death felt like a missed opportunity to see him team up with the boys and create a cool action sequence, soldier boy just not caring that he is homelander’s father (why call him in the first place if you don’t really give a crap). Overall still wasn’t a bad episode just wasn’t as good as I hoped for. Herogasm was by far the best episode.
Also side note, although it seems that Noir is dead I hope they bring him back through compound V, kinda like how they resurrect supes in the comics. It’d be nice to see Noir get some revenge and team up with the boys.
It's not that he didn't care, they show in the episode that he cared alot. It's that he needed to evaluate what his option would be, they show he is hesitant in the car scene, hideout scene, etc. It's just that in the end he chose to kill homelander as homelander is just as much a disappointment as he was to his own father.
Hope this clears a little bit of that up for you, sorry you didn't enjoy the episode much though. Also black noirs actor is signed on for season 4 so he's likely coming back.
Thank you, I feel tje same way. The season finale was lackluster
nah I knew Ryan was going to switch up, especially after Butcher broke his heart like a dumbass in the earlier episode
If Black Noir can survive his brain being ripped out and a severe allergic reaction leaving him further braindead, surely he can survive his intestines being ripped out. I hope...
Ryan siding with Homelander made perfect sense since Butcher blamed him for his mom’s death (which Ryan already struggled with) while Homelander fully accepted him and always treated him well
Notice how the plane on Homelander's shelf at 10:54 is point down like it us crashing rather than the normal positioning for a model like that to be pointed as it it were ascending.
It took some guts for Noir to try and team up with homelander. What a guy.
LOL
@@heavyspoilers do you breath?
@@zydg7787 *breathe
Lmao that's hilarious
Too bad Noir doesn't have any hahahahahaha
Pun intended
I think the A-train menthol cigarette ad also has something to do with the fact that menthol cigarettes have been coming under fire for being marketed towards black people, and A-train being the only (visible) black member of the 7, vought uses him to market the cigs towards black people. This is similar to the fact that they were pushing drugs in minority neighborhoods in the 80’s and just shows how racist vought is.
I don't think Vought is racist, I mean Edgar was in charge for a while 😅
They are just like most comparable cooperations; out of sight out of mind.
I definitely agree with this good one
Definitely agree with this one
Ok libtard
how is pushing drugs in minority neighborhoods is racist? It is their choise to buy them, no one forced them. Whites are disproportionately affected by opioid epidemics, does it make company that pushes doctors to prescribe opioids antiwhite?
I must admit - I thought Supersonic was the one ratted out to Homelander about plot against him. And Homelander just tricked Starlight into thinking that body was Alex. Because A Train was legit surprised when Annie accused him for that. And we never see Homelander actually killing him... the body was faceless so it could be anyone
Somehow I think they were legit going with this idea, but tossed it away during the final episodes.
bro the ending with Ryan smiling sent shivers down my spine, He has a path to probably to be the worst out of his entire family tree by far. Just because he's in a power spot where he can do whatever he wants with 0 consequence.
You missed Hughie wanting to take Temp V to save Starlight but then deciding to help her save herself instead which is a callback to her telling him that she doesn’t need to be saved.
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All that light build up and she did less damage to soilder boy than ryan with his laser eyes.
@@nobody-fp5is Yeah that was a pity, I wish they’d let her upgrade
Because only women can save men... Also all that buildup in that scene just for her to give him a little zap and knocking him on his butt.
@@CodeeXD must suck to see everything through a gender lens and constantly get offended
@@katkat6678 she’s weak tho can’t upgrade her
Soldier Boi is a Sociopath - Homelander is a psychopath - Ryan is going to be worse than both. Little Joffrey🤩Lasers everybody for fun.
Soldier Boy was by far the best character this season and honestly my favorite in the series so far. I was pissed Butcher turned on him especially after Soldier Boy kept his word and was going to kill Homelander. I wish the writers could have wrote that ending a little different.
Yeah felt it was stupid. The whole season was to use Soldier Boy and they don't? His powers would have just knocked the V out the kid, not kill him.
The crowd cheering Homelander lasering the guy is over the top. They would freak out and scream.
This whole episode was so lame. It literally went against everything it had built up to do. Plus the reasoning with Ryan being there was stupid. The blast wouldn't have killed him. Super lame lame lame episode. 1/10
@@chris00nj I agree 100%. Butcher suddenly going soft when this is all he's wanted to do for the series was just dumb to me. Like you said, the blast wasn't going to kill Ryan, just take his powers away with Homelander. Then they could've just done what they wanted with HL. I can't watch this show anymore if they're just gonna bait and switch me like that again. That sucks to say because I've been a huge fan since season 1.
@@Captainarmadillo If anything it would make more sense in Butcher wanting Ryan to lose his powers after what Ryan did to his wife.
@@hawks7111 Yes I agree, I'm not here to watch Butcher get in his feelings. I'm here to watch him be a savage for the right reasons. They're going for this internal conflict where Butcher hates supes but his widow's son his a supe. But I'm not buying it, this could've just ended it.
The kid gives me Brightburn feels. I can see where evil could be so easily rooted in power in this child.
I thought the same exact thing, so glad I'm not alone on the bright burn comparison
But unlike bright burn, Ryan grew up with a parent who loved him unconditionally (Becca). So he’s experienced genuine kindness and love before, which I think will be the factor that determines his fate.
@@rubenguevara874 I think his fate is sealed after the exploding head and then the crowd cheering his father. It told him that his powers are ok use. After all Homelander told him it wasn’t his fault he killed his mom.. He’s gonna be a bright burn, king Joffrey nightmare next season.
@@str1xt nah. I think he will go through a really dark phase for a while with his dad, but I don’t think he’s capable of actually hurting anyone and will turn back toward Butcher
@@rubenguevara874 Brightburn's parents loved him, but they feared him. He saw fear as being unloved/unaccepted.
I love the puns you sneak in, its why I had to smack that like button!
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I won't lie. I was pretty devastated by Black Noir dying. He's really grown on me as a character :(
I fucking hated Noir and was hoping he'd get his head chopped off, vaporized... Any number of horrible deaths
And I was satisfied with his death... But still think he got.off.waaaay too easy
Noir was 1 of my favs
Noir's death could bring the actual comic book version of black noir / homelander's clone
@@honestman2001 thats true. I've seen a few comments around also saying he could come back as silver bullet? I haven't read the comics so I'm not sure what that is. I'll have to look it up.
@@honestman2001 That plotline from the comics was always so dumb though.
I don’t know that it ended how it began, insofar as with Ryan’s smile, I feel that there is no hope left. Like, literally, I feel like Butcher F’ed up so badly, that Ryan now will follow Homelander, and everything is lost.
He will probably be even worse than homelander.
I think if Burcher gets a some alone time he could tell Ryan the truth and make amends with him. I’m guessing Ryan won’t like it that Homelander raped his mother.
There's still a chance Ryan will return to good because of his Mom .... especially if learns the truth about what happened to her 🤔
I don't care at all for The Deep, he's probably gonna keep doing Homelander's dirty work. I think A Train is gonna have a redemption arc next season, as his story this season sets him on a morally higher ground and has a ton of regret for what happened to his brother and maybe truly regrets the rest of his mistakes. This could push him to want to balance his sins out with some redeeming ones. I am SHOCKED Maeve made it out alive. She got what she wanted, though I am genuinely surprised that Homelander tried for so long to diffuse the situation to go after Soldier Boy. This might have just been a plot device as the rest of the episode would have been massively different.
I can see a battle of the 2nd tiers. The Deep vs. A train
the way the show is going it is obvious but really I am tired of this trend.
I think Hughie's story about his dad was really him saying he should have been there with Starlight instead of actively trying to fight for her and protect her
I loved this episode (except Noir's death).
I really did not know who I was meant to be rooting for.
A: Homelander seemed so vulnerable. He showed his need for his father and a family only to see Soldier Boy turn on him. He seems to care genuinely about Ryan, passing up the chance to kill everyone opposed to him simply because Ryan wants to go home. On the other hand, he is Homelander and he is a bastard.
B: Soldier Boy seemed willing to keep to his end of the bargain with Butcher and seemed genuinely perplexed at Butcher's actions. On the other hand, like Homelander, he is a bastard.
Conclusion: Butcher made a serious mistake. Soldier Boy is not a nice guy at all, but he would be easier to take down than Homelander will be now.
You have to understand something about this show friend. it is a satire on the hero genre, is a meta commentary on hyper-capitalism, and purposefully doesn't paint a line between good and evil like marvel movies would. The show makes explicit and pokes fun at the fact that people root for superhero's.
In other words...there is no side to take...there is no one to root for...there are no hero's...even Ryan...the most innocent character in the whole show is not safe from the exploitation of Corporate-America and Superhero-power corruption.
I was mad at the ending tbh. Like they could’ve let soldier boy blast homelander regardless of Ryan(he has powers he would have fucking survived) and then few weeks later fucking sneak attack him with the nerve agent and knock him out(till you find a way to get rid of him). Maeve wouldn’t have loose her powers and Ryan wouldn’t be with homelander
@@Zaacdrums 100% agree, I have a comment on the main thread about the same thing. It was so lame that Butcher suddenly got soft on killing Homelander because Ryan was there. Ryan wasn't going to get killed by the SB blast, he would've just had his powers taken away with Homelander. Then they could've taken HL and done what they wanted with him. I'm a huge fan of this show but this episode seriously made me lose my support for it. We're literally back to the beginning of where we were in the season but the only difference is a couple of characters are dead and Maeve lost her powers and the Head Popper is the new enemy. Lame lame lame, 1/10 for me.
This really was an incredible season. Between Stranger Things 4, The Boys 3, and Umbrella Academy 3 (and to a lesser be extent Obi-Wan and Ms Marvel), it's amazing how much great content came out at pretty much the exact same time
Stranger things 4 and the boys season 3 was the only good stuff this year, everything else you listed was literal poopy garbage
@@jimdangle3708 I can find good stuff about all of the others, but I would argue that Umbrella Academy was just as good as the other tip shows, but just in a completely different, batshit direction
@@ahchiu9 there was nothing good about any of the others, umbrella academy, obi wan and ms marvel were trash in every form of the word
@@jimdangle3708 sorry you felt that way. Must really suck to have wasted so much of your time like that
@@ahchiu9 I didn't waste any time
The finale was very disappointing. Soldier Boy held up his end of the deal and Butcher completely caves on killing Homelander over Ryan. As a viewer it felt like 180 degrees of who the character we’ve known Butcher to be (kill Homelander at any cost). Just lazy writing in my opinion. Jensen Ackles is a beast and I hope Soldier Boy returns.
Right god forbid one of the protagonists of the story decides to hold his promise to his wife over a deal with soldier boy a supe who killed mms family. How dumb do you have be to think this doesn’t make sense.
Butcher is a FUCKING asshole
He double crosses whomever, and will kill WHOEVER
But the MOST annoying piece of shit... Ryan needs to be spared.
Fuck Ryan and butcher
I was wanting soldier boy to fucking get them both
That would've been THE BEST WAY TO END THE SEASON and hilarious
Throw in A train along with Noir
That would be a 10/10
No it seems like you and most people don't understand Butcher as a character. He doesn't acts rational or logically. Of course his long term goal is killing Homelander and he will do everything for that. But if it means to kill Ryan or Hughie to archive that goal he won't go through with it. Literally the whole season it's shown how much he cares about hughie and also ryan. He literally left Ryan because he thought he might fuck it up, what he ironically did with pushing him away.
Well yeah, one thing is killing Homelander and another is killing Ryan. Butcher still cares about him
Just because you dislike something, doesn't mean it was lazy writing......we saw Butcher in the previous episode not tell Hugie about the consequences of V, then in this episode, he knocks him out in order to save him. It pretty much foreshadowed how the ending would go, because it validates that Butcher is willing to abandon his mission or his grudge with Homelander, for the sake of someone else. He could've given into his anger last season and tried to kill Ryan after his wife died, but he honored his promise and looked after him, that's just who he is
Am I the only one that thinks Soldier Boy was in the right. His son is forever messed up, nothing but a disappointment. Then he keeps his word to Billy and tries to kill homelander. Ryan is a lil punk. Not to mention Starlight is the worst super hero. I wanted soldier boy to kill them all and just end the show
As ridiculous as it is, Soldier boy seems more arrogant than anything, he could be racist, though its not displayed too much other than some out of time slang etc. Other than the fact Butcher completely fucked him over this season, Soldier boy seems like if someone gave him a stern reality check and told him to get with the times, he could be a reasonable and responsible hero. However, that is so, so soooooo unlikely lolololol
@@maker6153 no I actually might agree with you there,he's already better person than 90% of the supes in the show (its clear he's done some messed up shit,but the show didn't really display it to us)
@@maker6153 the legend mentioned how soldier boy used fire hydrants against civil rights protestors in the 60s. Guy Was pro segregation, so definetly a racist.
@@shahanahsan05 He's definitely not a good person, but didn't purposefully kill anyone outside of his targets unless he had a ptsd episode. He might be a fraud, he might be an asshole, but who knows, maybe he could be useful! He doesn't seem like the type who needs the world to kneel before him and love him like Homelander... He definitely is a better supe than most even if he goes about it the wrong way.
@@herbertschulz4313 Oh fair, I didn't catch that! Ouuuweeee
Last episode is kind of let down. Al three seasons are based upon the premise that Homelander is invincible ( Vought basically threw everything they had at him while experimenting on him and it couldnt do him any damage). In season 1 they are spreading Compound V all aroud the world and giving it to terrorists , so that Homelander would killed them and "get him and his buddies in army" , again based on premise that there is nothing to worry about and this guy is industructable. Again season 3 same thing , they are saving Soldier Boy because he is only guy who can stand against Homelander only for Butcher to take Compound V and all the sudden stand toe to toe with Homelander. It doesnt make sense. Why is Butcher more special than thousands of other heroes that took it and couldnt do shit to Homelander. Even Queen Mave fights him and almost beats him and takes some fu*king piece of wire and sticks it in his eardrumm WTF. So judging what i saw even the seven could take Homelander easliy . Season 3 started really great but ended poorly
While it wasn't *bad* , I was a little underwhelmed by the finale. It would have taken 2 seconds for Butcher to tell SB "don't kill the kid" instead of throwing hands. Starlight's big moment was pushing SB back 10 feet. The fakeout death lessened the impact from the sacrifice play. It just fell flat after the past few AMAZING episodes.
Queen Maeve can step on me
lol yeh, Starlight's big moment was pretty dumb. I was pleasantly surprised when she was rising that maybe she was discovering a higher level of power and it would be interesting, but it ended up just being a light shove to SB lol
Shows how much of a tank sb is, I think he’s stronger than homelander
Butcher literally said "Not the kid" and SB's response was that he's weaker than HL for caring about him.
Starlight used it against SB who's basically invincible. Literally nothing has actually fucked up Soldier Boy idk why everyone was expecting Starlight to do so. I'm sure if it was any other super below SB/HL's level (&probly Maeve) they'd be fried
I agree. It was just an ok finale. I was confused by Soldier Boy's reaction to Ryan. A few scenes prior he said he wanted a family. Rejecting Homelander I understood. But wanting to hurt Ryan just didn't make much sense.
Them making Maeve way too powerful and letting her survive that fall after losing her powers half way up really didn't sit well with me. I know Homelander was holding back trying to get her to stop and wasn't all that hurt after the fight compared to her but canonically Homelander could rip her head off in a minute. She's strong but no Stormfront or Soldier Boy. I miss the feeling of characters having no plot armor. A train is back instantly and tbh I don't even think Noir is dead. I wanted a finale that really blew me away with who got the short end of the stick. Herogasm honestly felt more like a finale than this
I know season 4’s script is already finished and their about to start filming it, but hopefully they will realize how great of a character Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy was and bring him back if he isn’t coming back already.
They would have killed him if he wasn't coming back homelander will probably get all sentimental for his "daddy" at some point a and the boys will face off against Ryan homelander and soldier boy excerpt black noir Will come back And join the boys
Didn't like the episode. So many chances to take out Homelander and they didn't. They spent all season getting this weapon and then they don't use it.
The crowd cheering when Homelander lasers guy is stupid too. People would scream no matter who it is
I'm very interested in seeing where they go with Newman as VP. Her story got lost after she injected her daughter with compound V. She is not all the way Vaught she is for herself and whatever Homelander wants. We might get a friendship between her daughter and Homelanders son. Which will open her eyes on how she is like Edgar and puts people she loves in dangerous situations.
I don’t think she’s down for whatever Homelander wants. To me, it seems obvious that she plans to become Vice President, and then “somehow” the president will die and she’ll take the position.. Which I think Edgar is aware of as well
@@oklahomie95 Hm that sounds plausible they might actually dupe Homelander like that.
I could definitely see butcher taking permanent V because he’s just a broken desperate man
Also because he only has a year or so to live if he doesn’t take it.
This episode was nuts! My only complaint was that kimiko didn’t have to fight The Deep or A Train in the lab. Giving her a sup battle and giving them some action would’ve been nice
Literally at the end of the episode the overriding thought in my head was “Soldier Boy was right”
Does this make me a bad person😏
He was right. Needs of the many and all that
He was right, but not because of moral reasons, because of inmoral reasons
You could argue he was wrong for trying to kill Ryan, because murdering a child definitely is evil, but technically it’s Butcher’s fault because he was the one who convinced him blood didn’t matter and he was keeping his end of the deal so yeah. Still, can’t help but feel bad for Soldier Boy, after everything he was betrayed a second time and put back to sleep again.
@@jjjwhovian now hes litral nuke waiting to explode. they can unleash him to tackle homeland in last season in grave situation but he ain't gonna trust anyone now and god knows if he wrecks havoc on CIA for the betrayal after he wakes up .
@@jjjwhovian ya soldier boy really got the shitty end of the stick
6:28 He might not be dead though. We felt the same when we saw A-train lie dead in the middle of the road, Maeve sacrificing herself to save others, but later turned out all of them were alive
Homelander- "i need ya to kill a guy in his pool"
Deep-"thats treason"
Homelander-" DEWWWW IT ‼️‼️"
RIP Noir, but there were So Many Moments in this episode where I was like Whoa, That Just Happened!🤯
I think Noir is alive... they didn't announce his death like they did with Maeve.
Plus hes been through worse, I'm sure he couldnt have died that easily
@@culeaxel4520 That would be really cool!
Dude... Fuck NOIR. I laughed so hard when that butch died
Yeah Noir is for sure alive, he survived getting his face smashed to the point that his brain spills out, I'm sure he can survive getting his intestine ripped out a little
@@wojurera3131 yea i actually remember this happened last season but with the almond joy.... but I think next season hes coming for Homelander
I would love to see black noir be brought back with the sole purpose of getting revenge on Homelander and maybe even frame him like he did in the comics. As for butcher maybe he could track down vogelbaum to cure him and maybe stop all compound V users in the process
vogelbaum died in season 2
@@mohi3123 sorry I tried
bro i think butcher we take compound v and gain healing factor and stay alive its just my guess
@@ronanmccabe8157 hahaha it's okay
That last fight was so intense. I loved this finale so much. I wish we saw a bigger release of power from Starlight though, seemed like she entered the avatar state just to knock soldier boy over 😭 hoping we see more of her power soon!
The ending with homelander killing a starlight fan in broad daylight was absolutely crazy and sets up a really scary future for season 4. Although I did think it was a bit weird how all his supporters cheered him on. Maybe it’s just me but I feel like the crowd would be a little more terrified than that.
Fanatics will love a dictator, monster or demon regardless of the actions taken. It’s happened countless times in history, that’s just how humanity tends to be. At least those who fall into fanaticism.
No way, history has taught us that. There will always be a substantial number of people that will cling onto someone like that no matter what.
@@jamescannon4186 True, but I think Na Tan Yell makes a valid point. Even in a group of fanatics, it seems a little much that the entirety of the crowd CHEERED the murder of some dude who threw a can of soda
That’s the thing. To me it’s definitely believable that some would still support homelander. But it was more of a surprise seeing the entire crowd react exactly the same. I guess we’ll see in season 4 what the larger reaction is to homelanders crime
@@natanyell7189 A massive amount of people glorifies gangs and stuff. From listening to their music, supporting them, knowing what they do and still continue yeah tbh I was not surprise. Think of Homelander as NBA YoungBoy or Lil Durk prime example, you'll be surprised how fans react if they killed their ops in front of them
MM and his daughter do reconcile when she says "You're my hero" to him. I think that was big for his character. They do have a lot of MM in this series I feel like he will eventually get killed.
In the comics, everyone in The Boys is killed off (if I remember correctly
@@jasperl.1721 this correct. Hughie is the only one to survey. I do not know where this will go because the show has already been different from the comic in a few different ways.
I like to think that BN is still alive, since we haven't seen his powers and that this is definitely not like the comics he could have some form of immortality, like when he kinda survives the fight against SB. But for S4 idk what he would do really so maybe keeping him dead would fit the story
I love how soldier boy can't die but is put back into stasis like weapon x because he can't be controlled Jensen killed this season with his limited showings and I didn't see Homelander disemboweling noir coming or Ryan siding with him. They messed up their mission so bad. They ended up losing their only weapon and creating a second super monster 😂
Noir was merked TOO early and he was the only casualty in an episode with supes and humans fighting. Absolutely love this show but this episode was a little disappointing.
More than a little
Butcher will probably die in season 4
I think noir will come back in season 4 maybe homelander is lying about noir death
fck homelander. killed him while going in for a hug. and he really came back to help homelander bc he knew SB was trying to kill them both. He genuinely cared about HL and he was just another SB. can't wait to see his brain matter coming out from underneath noirs boot
The Most and ONLY satisfying thing about this episode was Noir DYING
Homelander is such a great character/villain and for some reason I hate seeing him get injured in fights, I also think he should use his flight more in fights.
I loved 90% of this finale. I just wasn't fond of Noir going out the way that he did (although I'm sure he'll most likely return, especially since he didn't get any farewell messages like Maeve did) and Im abit perplexed on how Maeve even survived at the end? But otherwise great episode, fantastic season, can't wait for the next
I laughed so hard when Noir got it
This season finale was a flop in my opinion. They've been dragging out Homelander for so long now we're back at square one again. It was dumb writing for Butcher to have a change of heart knowing Ryan will go with his Dad and there will be 2 homelanders, he also took V knowing he will die, and Soldier Boy and Homelander are connected by blood, so it's not hard for them to make up and now there's 3 Supes who are after the Boys. One of the worst endings in my opinion. Could've been ended alot better. Also I'm pretty sure Maeve survived because I think supes who are quite invulnerable just get their powers taken kind of like Kimiko who has super healing, while supes who are not get evaporated like the tnt twins.
@@OkeyVision Soldier Boy was gonna kill his grandson, still doesn't care.
Soldier Boy is on his own now.
@@murk4552 there most likely gonna turn soldier boy into a weapon like how hydra did Bucky/Winter Soldier
@@OkeyVision Agreed that this finale wasn't the best, I expected so much better, but ofc overall still a good show/episode. Just some things not very satisfying:
1. Black Noir getting this whole background story only to get jumped by HL and killed so easily
2. they've been trying to sell that SB is this super-baddie but I don't buy it, he was a violent bully but for his team to betray him like that?? That's way overkill for getting beat up once in a while. Also, HL opens his heart, introduces his grandson to him and he is just 'meh', "you too weak/a great disappointment' and proceeds to want to murder his son+grandson?? Sorry, that was not believable.
3. Maeve surviving didn't make sense since she got blasted in mid-air and so fell into the ground depowered as a reg human.
4. whole scene with Kimiko happily killing innocent guards was a joke, hate those 'casual killing scenes' we often see in those brain-dead Marvel movies, this is supposed to be different
5. Butcher supposedly being smart but couldn't see the possibility of SB and HL teaming up (even though they inconceivably didn't) after knowing they are related and still going ahead with the 'deal/agreement'
Black Noir, was dark… Maeve was similar to the comic with a much better outcome…however my top for the season was the Female. Her fight to flash dance was brutal and a great bookend for the season with her musical theme storyline.
Her name is Kimiko
“The female”? 😂 😂
@@GolferShenanigans yeah im pretty sure thats just her name in the comics
Who were those people, did she murder a bunch of people just doing their job.
@@nobody-fp5is yes
Dude, great recap. I love Theory Time Theory Time Theory Time, I swear you're hypnotizing me because once I hear it I have to watch more The Boys clips.
I feel like black noir might return because it seems like he was really close to Stan eger and he could bring him back stronger as a contingency for homelander like the comics at the white house( they did it with A train) and i dont think stan would just let homelander walk around freely with all that power and especially with his son without having a back door plan and would be nice to see noir get revenge
I FUCKING HATE A train, Noir, and gus from breaking bad
Imagine right after Homelander left the room A-Train just fetch BN’s body to Stan Edgar.
@@nothingtoseehere8556 Oh shit, A-Train would be fully redeemed in my eyes! 😍
I can see that. Wasn’t there a Zombie supe who came back from death in the original comic? I think it was lamplighter. They may use that same concept and apply it to Black Noir 🧐
I can also see them replacing Noir under the suit, but Earvings discarded body would be slowly, slowly healing wherever they dump it, and he returns as a monster with no suit to hide it. God that would actually be my favorite version of it playing out
It woulda been hilarious if Noir just never came back after his cartoon visions, but seeing this as his ending definitely means he’ll get brought back in some capacity
I like pretty much all the character arcs except for The Deeps. Him being a lap dog for Homelander was already done in the first season. However I do think there will be some sort of ironic twist where he is killed by dolphins trying to have their way with him.
This season was amazing. Can’t wait for season 4. It’s the best show on television right now
Stranger Things exists
You clearly haven't watched Better Call Saul
@@wtech758 don't...just don't
@@wtech758 Begone Troll
Homelander is gonna hit it rough when he discovers that none of them loves him, they love what he represents. The raw, brutal force that they wish they had. The issue is that people like that are incapable of having an idea of consequences until they affect them, then they're going to have all sorts of qualms about it. Now Homelander has discovered that there's a group of people who give nothing about him using force, so eventually, he'll use force on them, and then they'll have an issue with him.
'People like that' probably account for the majority of adults. Even the ones that love to talk nowadays about empathy, and then eventually follow it up with a poor thought out argument that contradicts the suggestion that they are significantly more empathetic.
@@ro4eva What you describe is more prevalent amongst people who have an ideologically Conservative belief. The culture grooms people to acceptthat sincethe thought leaders rely on that, and then, since it rolls downhill, the followers will believe the same thing.
Crazy theory here but I think Ryan will be the ultimate villain. He'll kill homelander and become the most power villain in the series. Having that said, the Boys have to battle him which brings back the point of the father-son concept brought back to Butcher. Deep inside Ryan will be the most sinister of them all
nice theory lol
Wish Butcher let SB kill both Ryan and HL
I honestly felt a bit confused about the finale, certain parts felt rushed to me but overall I was still really satisfied with the episode. I’m loving what Eric is doing with the arcs and callbacks to the comics. I’m SO happy maeve didn’t die but black noir “dying” so early on felt odd. It feels intentional. He’s not dead I think. This episode was essentially emotional whiplash but still good. Time to rewatch and then go cold turkey until season 4. And you’re still so fast paul 😂 went straight to yt after the episode
This episode sucked worst finale of the show….stilll an awesome season but I butcher stopping solider boy from finishing there fucking mission all season because invincible Ryan got thrown? Horrible writing? Noirs death…..horrible writing…Maeve losing her powers and still surviving that fall….horrible writing I was really disappointed with this finale definitely the worst finale out of the 3
@@kdizzle901
- Soldier Boy was about to blast both Homelander and Ryan. Assuming the blast could kill Homelander, it would also kill Ryan. And SB had full intention to kill Ryan when Butcher asked SB to leave Ryan out of the fight and SB refused.
- The blast from Soldier Boy doesn't take a Supe's power away instantly. Kimiko would have died from the blast earlier in the season otherwise since SB blasted her through 3 walls and impaling her. Assuming Meave still had her power until the fall, she would be durable enough to survive it since we saw she can take Homelander's laser directly when they fought. If The Boys didn't show up to get her, she probably would die from bleeding out since her Supe power would have been gone, but that wasn't the case.
- Noirs' death? Maybe a bit rushed? But it also didn't show him actually dying. Remember, this dude was abused by SB and survived with a fractured skull and missing half of his brains. A bit of intestines spilling out doesn't sound nearly as bad has having half of your brains spilling out of your skull.
@@kdizzle901 This. It felt so contrived 🙃
This wasn't good. They could have just move the boy from Homelander and Solider Boy could have just get Homelander. This felt like they just wanted the show to go on. This sucked.
Noir’s death is gonna be so much sadder if they bring him back with v and he’s stuck as a zombie instead of at rest like he was looking forwards to
Queen maeve really did her character justice, that scene of her fighting Homelander(Wonder Woman vs Superman) was just on point!!!!
It was rubbish… done know why tv/movies ect have to keep portraying women as these unbelievable badasses… how is she going toe to toe with homelander well actually it wasn’t even toe to toe she was one upping him the whole fight apart from the eye thing
@@baggings171 probably because homelander was more focused on Ryan getting hit by soldier boy....
Mrcelloexe maybe but she shouldn’t have stood a chance anyways… and how did she survive the drop from the tower anyways… solder boy exploded with her in mid air…. So that drop should’ve killed her… but anyways this final episode/ series finally done it for me.. I’m done watching it was absolutely dreadful
@@baggings171 Thank you! How the fk was she competing or even beating Homelander?? This show is all about the sTrOnG wOmYn message! All the male characters are way more flawed or just plain bad than the vast majority of female characters. It's so transparent. And how did Maeve also survive the explosion with Soldier Boy at the end? She fell out of the building with him at the point she would have been depowered, so she should have died in that fall. Or how did Kimiko not only survive being brutally beaten up when she was fresh out of hospital, badly injured and and depowered, but then won the fight and killed that Russian guy? She would have been killed too.
But can't not have the women being badasses! The show gets worse. Some of the action is fun, but the writing and overall feel of it is so cringey. I hope Homelander twists Starlight's head off, but I bet she'll be the one who kills him at the end.
@@baggings171 Look, we all know that they making women more empowering nowadays but some scenes are worth it and makes sense like this one with maeve, besides she wasn't always one upping Homelander, Homelander quickly turned the tables on her afterwards with less effort.
(even in the anime world, wonder woman always was kinda like second to Superman in terms of power etc...)
I doubt the writers are dumb enough to just anti-climactically kill Black Noir off like that. Probably saving him for the next season but if he is a goner then that’s on them.
Yes they are...they are DEFINITELY dumb enough. Real season 8 GOT vibes in this finale. I guarantee you this whole show is going to shit from here.
Man this episode really makes me hate ryan, it's also a bit inconsistent. How did Maeve survive a nuclear explosion, and Kimiko almost died to a just a blast. Also what happened to Noir's healing, how did him just getting fisted by babymanlander, cause he was didn't tell him soldierboy was his dad.
Bro Maeve is stronger I think she's the second strongest after homelander 😂
@@Izzy-lk4sl even so, she lost her powers, so she would of ended up dying to the fall.
@@eclipselotus2348 I don't know bro I just feel so let down like it ruined my day now I gotta go to college 😂 noir should have been in Maeve place saving the boys. Leaving the rest to fight homelander as we see Maeve is strong enough to take on homie. Everything basically happened for nothing. Now season 4 is another 8 episodes of waiting for homie death. Soup crushing man
@@Izzy-lk4sl why should Noir save the boys, he don't cares about them lol, he even did fight against them in the past.
@@ungol9 save them indirectly by jumping at soldier boy leaving the rest to fight homelander. Homelander getting his ass kicked near death(or as close to death as homelander could ever be) and then Ryan getting in the middle of them eyes glowing and butcher standing down coz he doesn't want Ryan to get hurt. I'd have been more satisfied with that. Than what we got
When homelander introduced Ryan near the end, I was like “aww homelanders preemptively exposing Ryan to crowds so he never freaks out again like he did in the theme park, good dad moment” and then y’know, the show happened
If U don’t kill someone who throws a full drink can at ur sons face ur not a good dad
I have a feeling Mallory might release soldier boy
Her emotions at the end show that she felt kinda bad for him
Oh most definitely...But knowing Soldier Boy's type, he may want a make-out sesh before he dips out.
I think she cares about Ryan more so than even Butcher/Homelander and releasing Soldier Boy is a way of ensuring he is safe.
I think she actually cares alot about Ryan---
so she might release him to finish the job
I’m surprised she didn’t get killed off this season, I was genuinely expecting her to confront Soldier Boy after finding out he was alive and then have him killing her
@@neilpascua3468 exactly what i was thinking lol