This video contains spoilers on the first 3 episodes of season 2 of the Amazon Prime
original series, The Boys.
Viewers please be warned, the spoilers are about to begin.
He's an actor.
He's an actor who didn't lie to my face everyday.
Hands in the air like you just don't care.
Kill him.
Do it!
OK.
Yeah, I got it.
Ouch.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I -
Right out of the gate Starlight continues proving that she's easily manipulated.
After lying to her repeatedly, spying on her, using her and exploiting her - Hughie has
the nerve to try and play victim, and Starlight buys into his bullshit hook, line, and sinker.
She actually apologizes to him.
And then Hughie uses the old “I won't rest until you're safe” line, and Starlight looks
smitten.
So Hughie is again playing Starlight like a fiddle, she's still doing his dirty work.
Starlight plays A-Train to a stalemate in a game of blackmail, and she exposes Vought's
involvement with compound V. Meanwhile, Hughie's listening to Billy Joel and he is pretending
to stand up to Butcher.
But despite his feeble efforts, Butcher reseizes leadership of The Boys and despite his protests,
Hughie gets in line.
Almost exactly the same way Starlight inexplicably gets in line for Hughie.
Starlight and Hughie succeed in exposing Vought, and the conflict where Homelander demanded
Starlight kill Hughie remains unresolved.
Kimiko's brother intervened before Starlight made her move - to destroy Hughie, or go down
fighting on his behalf.
Gee, I wonder what she would have done?
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I - Hughie.
I'm not a sellout.
Oh, oh OK.
Cool, congratulations.
Oh come on.
Why do you care what I think?
Stormfront is the perfect counterpart to Starlight.
Stormfront isn't afraid to speak her mind and she follows the beat of her own drum.
On the other hand Starlight has never put up much of a fight for anything.
Starlight was exploited by her own mother who lived vicariously through her, she was
exploited and violated by The Deep, she has allowed herself to be shamelessly exploited
by Vought, and of course she's allowed that punk Hughie to shamelessly walk all over her,
too.
Starlight confesses to Stormfront that she agrees with everything she's saying, making
her case with hints of butt cheek hanging out of her skimpy costume.
Simply put, Stormfront exudes many of the exact same characteristics that Starlight
wishes she possessed.
But Starlight was exposed for the weak person she's actually been.
Starlight may have purer aspirations than Stormfront, but Stormfront is the one with
the confidence that commands respect.
Starlight largely lacks self-respect, she is easily coerced by others, and maybe she
is now beginning to realize this.
So the question of what Starlight will choose to do if Homelander ever forces the same ultimatum
on her - the answer to that question would likely be her defining moment.
You snooze you lose, Gramps.
So Stormfront stole Homelander's thunder, and not surprisingly his story has been the
most compelling thus far.
Homelander is multi-tasking here.
Now realizing that he was long being exploited and tamed by Stillwell, he wants to ensure
that never happens again.
He helps implement Ashley into the top spot where he intends to control her.
That backfired and propelled him into a showdown with Mr Edgar.
Which, incidentally, was a terrific scene between two of my favorite actors currently
in television.
Homelander finds himself in a struggle over control, and early signs suggest Mr Edgar
is a worthy adversary.
A worthy adversary whom one might suspect has a few aces up his sleeve unbeknownst to
Homelander.
In addition to the power struggle, Homelander is trying to fill an empty void.
He misses Stillwell, as evidenced by the creepy scene with her pumped milk..
Homelander grabs himself some of her pumped milk, heats it up, sniffs it, tongues it,
chugs it.
Homelander's desire for family love no longer has an outlet through Stillwell.
Fortunately he has a son!
And Homelander is none too happy that Becca is raising him like a total Momma's boy wuss.
Kid can't catch a baseball, he throws a fastball like an infectious disease expert, he's afraid
to jump off the roof.
But Homelander breaks through when he triggers his son's inner rage.
This budding father-son relationship is perhaps the most interesting thing happening in these
first 3 episodes.
And if I were a betting man, I think Homelander is shrewd enough to win his son over in a
way that Vader never quite could with Luke.
Join me and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.
Son we can do anything we want, and no one can stop us.
Homelander's attentions are divided, he was upstaged by Stormfront, he seems unsure how
to deal with Mr Edgar, and now for the first time, he showed a moment of weakness when
he was briefly incapacitated by Kimiko's brother - the same dude who was easily neutralized
by Stormfront, who in fact, kicked ass against both Kimiko and her brother.
This was the most ass kicking we saw so far, with the exception of Black Noir who tore
through the Super Villains in effortless fashion.
But Homelander being briefly neutralized is a first.
I still maintain that sooner or later, one of these lowlier Supes is going to have a
power that can harm Homelander, and perhaps this represents an early glimpse into how
that might manifest.
As far as The Boys, aside from the interesting bits about Kimiko and what might be next for
her, there wasn't much going on.
Typical stuff from Frenchie, Double M remains the most sensible of the bunch, and the ongoing
Hughie-Butcher tensions.
The most compelling thing happening here is where does Butcher stand with Becca?
That's one part of the gap that hasn't been filled yet.
We know Homelander and Becca made some deal that Homelander would get to see his son if
he allowed Butcher to live.
Homelander doesn't seem interested in reigniting any type of bond with Becca.
He just wants to influence the person his son will become.
This maybe suggests that Becca still has affections for Butcher.
Maybe so, maybe not.
But it feels like there is something important from that missing gap that has not yet been
revealed.
Likewise, I don't think Maeve was referring to the plane rescue gone awry when she made
some disturbing suggestions to Elena about Homelander.
Didn't take Homelander long to learn about Elena.
Feels like this can be foreshadowing on two fronts - one, that sooner or later Homelander
will leverage Maeve by threatening Elena's well being.
But also that there might be more missing gaps of unrevealed horrific acts committed
by Homelander.
Perhaps past misdeeds that also tie into the missing pieces of Homelander's dealings with
Becca and Butcher at the conclusion of season 1.
As far as The Deep's redemption arc goes, it doesn't seem to be off to a very good start.
Does he have any type of win coming up?
Or will it continue to be one big disaster after another?
Poor Lucy!
In conclusion I thought the season got off to a solid fun start.
Indeed I believe it got off to an even better start here because we were already familiar
with the characters, and the world, and it appeared to me that they are taking a strong
approach building on what was established during the first season.
Looking forward to more.
What did you think of the first 3 episodes of The Boys Season 2?
Please share your thoughts in the comment section.
Thanks for watching everyone, I hope you enjoyed, and have a wonderful night.
He's an actor.
He's an actor who didn't lie to my face everyday.
Son we can do anything we want, and no one can stop us.
I don't think I appreciate your tone, sir.
Not much at all.
OK.
Yeah, I got it.
Ouch.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I - Oh for God's sake, broken?
Come on!
Look at him!
There's not a scratch on him.
You know why?
Because he's my son.
And I don't appreciate that the FDA now knows about Compound V, or that it's only a matter
of time before the public finds out.
Hands in the air like you just don't care.
Kill him.
Do it!
He's mine.
Get your hands off of her.
Good boy.
Alright did you get a good look at them, or?
Not really.
I was too busy worrying about Lucy.
Oh geez.
Right.
Lucy.
You snooze you lose, Gramps.