The Boys - Amazon Prime Original - (**Spoilers**) (No Comic Spoilers!)

Hughie doesn't know it's lethal, Butcher didn't tell him after Starlight warned him - as above, Butcher doesn't want perma 'Supe' powers, he only needs/wants it to do away with HL, he needs Hughie on side in his Supe form, he's taking a major risk but only he knows this.

Ho. Lee. Sh*t.

That was great. 🙂

I thought it was great, and everything wrapped up well for the end of the season. Some disappointments (the Congresswoman's daughter's story never developed into anything, A-Train played almost no part in the finale, Black Noir's death was disappointingly unceremonious).

But as I said at the start of the season, they needed to do something with Homelander to evolve or change him, and I don't think they really have. Even having Ryan by his side, we're going to end up with the same Homelander we've had for 3 seasons now, and as great as he is it just feels stagnant.

The parts of the episode that worked, worked really well though. The mixing in motivations and fighting between all the supes was fantastic, Maeve finally got to be more of a badass and I liked her ending, Hughie choosing Annie over the TempV, and Soldier Boy was great throughout.

A good finale. Hopefully they develop Homelander more next season- he is too static as is Butcher. As good as the season has been I dont think the creators know what the overall plan is for the series. Is it just going to be them trying to kill Homelander until the very end?

That finale was possibly the worst episode of the show yet. Absolutely woeful.

Nothing changed this season. You could literally skip the entire thing and you would be in an almost identical spot to the end of Season 2.

Homelander still the top dog. Neuman still in a position of power. The Boys still trying to take them down. Hughie fine and back with Annie, Kimiko still has powers and still tight with Frenchie, MM still being MM. Ryan still an unknown threat which could go either way. Deep and A Train still walking on eggshells around Homelander.

All they have the Butcher hook which will be easily resolved no doubt.

The Soldier Boy storyline went nowhere. He didn't hurt Homelander, he ended up fighting the Boys because the showrunners have no intention of doing anything to Homelander. Then they tried to make Soldier Boy out to be a Homelander monster by just telling you everything he did. The way they build Homelander was the opposite. By showing you.

Just a complete damp squib after some really intriguing build up. When the Boys actually started fighting Soldier Boy it was just the worst way they could have gone. The whole setup was so utterly contrived. The whole thing is really stale now because having the same antagonist for four seasons straight is just so so boring. With no development too - his character is the exact same as he was in season 1 episode 1. Reminds me of Heroes back in the day when they wouldn't just get rid of Sylar.

I find it incredible that nobody died in the final fight - it's exactly the kind of Marvel shite that the show tried to distance itself from early on but now nothing has any stakes and everybody has invincible levels of plot armour. When I saw Maeve I actually laughed because of how utterly ridiculous the whole thing was.

And as for the one actual casualty - the way that character arc was handled was utterly atrocious. A full episode of build up, and plenty of flashbacks before that, constant teasing of a Noir and Soldier Boy fight - and nothing. Gone half way through in the most pathetic way. Genuinely couldn't believe they wrote it like that.

Kimiko spends the whole season not wanting to be a monster and spends the whole episode mutilating people to the song Maniac. She's literally so distracted by her enjoyment of further mutilating a dead person that she fails to see a threat about to kill Frenchie in time. Holy f*ck what a terrible scene.

The show falls over itself to tell the viewer that Starlight and MM are right in their idealogy and that Butcher and Hughie were wrong this season - and completely fail to make you believe it.

Just a total mess.

Well, that was season 3! I think it stood well enough on it's own.

3.8: Well.. none of those fights felt anywhere near as someone-is-in-danger as the Herogasm fight. Once they started splitting everyone up, it became obvious, they went for a comedy take on this episode.

Future: Yeah, there's no way, they ain't making a season 4.

Anyway..

Flashdance - She's a Maniac [HD]

Maeve is definitely gone but she was always a bit of a background character that the show didn't know how to use properly. What annoys me is at the end Butcher is more annoyed at the VP lady more than Homelander. I guess the showrunners dont think they can get away with another season of Butcher spending another season going after Homelander. if he only has a short period of life to live he should get permanent V and do a suicide run on Homelander- that would be in character.

I enjoyed it a lot. I didn't want Soldier Boy to die and he didn't, so I'm happy. Maeve's character arc was well wrapped up (although she'll probably get her powers back at some stage). Didn't expect Noir to be the one that got the chop but it was a jaw-dropping moment.

My concern for the next season would be that we might get a lot of focus on Ryan, and Butcher trying to 'save his soul'. I'm guessing Homelander will learn Butcher's not got long left and this is why he won't try to take him out, so he can spend his last bit of time suffering. Not sure how Homelander will be challenged next season as he looks in a pretty dominant position. Noir dead, Maeve gone, Soldier Boy on ice, Butcher's powers gone. Perhaps Mallory and Edgar team up and think of something? Butcher gets given the permanent V to heal him? I'm sure the writers will come up with something good.

Big thumbs up for the season. I'd still say my favourite moment was the 3-on-1 fight with Soldier Boy, Butcher and Hughie almost getting Homelander.

I really enjoyed the season including the finale but I do agree that there was too little meaningful development or progression that is so badly needed, generally we're at the exact same place at the end of S3 as we were at S2 and it feels a bit stale.

I think it was really just the actors that carried it and made it so good. Anthony Starr as Homelander specifically.

Is Noir really gone? I could understand if he was and why, but if that is the case it wasn't handled particularly well. I suspect he's not.

I've never understood Starlight's powers anyway. All she does is create a bright flash that knocks people back a bit. Even Maeve's line at the end about how she can jump, but Starlight can fly...

She levitated an inch off the floor for about 10 seconds!

I love how proud Kimiko was of Frenchie for standing up to Butcher

I hope Black Noir is dead and Maeve is gone just so it can be argued that there is someplot development in that homelander and voight are now weakened. Not sure what the writers wanted Soldiers boys motivation to be. Once he knew all his old gang was dead he had no strong reason for killing Homelander. He didnt seem to want to be the top dog in voight or even have any animosity to homleander at the end of episode 7.

Strange end to the season.

Thought that was a great finale

How does Homelander survive getting his brain skewered? Starlight is the most useless hero and really serves no purpose to the show