something about the chicken walking around unphased by getting shot is so funny to me lmfaoo just 3 adults unloaded their guns into a chicken just walking around unbothered
A lot of people have really been harping on Frenchie's arc this season.. I personally love it. Fact is that the man has been self-medicating for decades at this point, primarily to get over his past work as a contract killer - but also what is clearly childhood traumas and various forms of child abuse - this episode is pretty much the first real instance of him dealing with it and throwing a wrench in the cycle.. albeit in a pretty extreme way. It makes all sorts of sense that the character finds himself where he is now.. frankly, it's pretty incredible that it took this long for them to tackle these issues on the show itself.. but thankfully, here we are. I think some people (unfortunately a loud minority) hasnt quite grasped the fact that the underlying theme of the show is the coming together of a lot of broken people - powered people, and normal folks. All the shenanigans and hooplah is just windowdressing.
I like that Frenchie is the only one taking responsibility for his own actions. The rest of them blame their bad upbringing but he admits to himself that he chose to do bad things.
I like the cop that Frenchie confesses to immediately understands that this isn't a joke, a prank, or a delusion. This is a fully serious man here to confess what he's done, and she treats him accordingly.
Question for anyone who's good at theories: I immediately thought the tentacle things coming out of the rabbit were the same as the 'thing' in Butcher.. but what about Zoe (Neumann's daughter)? Didn't she have similar things come out of her mouth when she attacked Frenchie and Kimiko? Could it be some new variant of the new V thing?
I was not ready for this episode. Not only do I just love Simon Pegg, but it hit close to home as my dad is dealing with dementia after a stroke. Tears were shed.
when i was 15 my mum had a brain heomorage and two strokes and was in a coma for 11 months 8 months after giving birth to my youngest brother. im now 42 and still looking after her. i wish you and your family all the best shinobitortoise.
@@Dark__Thoughts Comedic sure but he's usually the straight man in a comedy duo. Whether that's in Hot fuzz, Shawn of the dead or spaced or even further back. He's the guy who gets annoyed at the wacky side kick. He often gets laughs by acting exasperated or overreacting dramatically.
"Charming, do you have a towel I could place over the seat?" I understand Edgar's concerns but I also can't see M.M. not sanitizing the van on a daily basis.
I think there's a really interesting parallel to be drawn between Frenchie's relationship with god and forgiveness for his sins (when those sins are criminal acts) and Firecracker's. Frenchie turns himself into the police because in a way his faith demands it; Firecracker sends out the tweet exposing her crimes and then immediately claims absolution in turning to god, fully intending to avoid any sort of earthly culpability and turn a scandal into a selling point.
I think it is genuinely hilarious that Simon pegg in the show so far was for season 1, appear like twice and basically doubt hughie and call him pathetic. Then season 2 and 3 he just stopped existing. Then in season 4, to appear in every episode in a coma only to take up, deliever an Emmy awarding performance that made me tear up, and then die. Like to go from basically the easiest acting gig of doing nothing to perfection of acting is hilarious
Also, just to comment on the state your brain is in after a stroke: I had a stroke in 2018. I get SO frustrated when my brain clicks off in the blink of an eye. I cried my heart out. My stroke was not as bad, thank God. It still affects you in ways you never even thought of.
A lot of people said 'oh, side effects of V'. And I was like... probably not. :/ All the love to everyone dealing with this either personally or with family members.
@@wtimmins Eh, to be fair, a lot of people don't suffer permanent effects if they get treatment quickly enough, and Hughie's dad had his stroke in public, so assuming it was the V does make sense, especially since he degraded. If it was the stroke, the memory issues would have been present from the moment he woke up.
So real, like... I had one of those bitches thanks to covid and my brain has not functioned the same/as fast since. And mine wasn't even that bad, like I got to the hospital straight away
@alexisvandom8037 My memory didn't become apparant until a couple months later...I also started having my stroke on a Friday and didn't go to the hospital until Monday because I didn't show serious signs until that morning. The main things my stroke took from me was my ability to process words as quickly as I had before. For example, I can no longer read a 500-page book in a day. It now takes me a month or so. It took my attention spam down to oh look a birdie. My typing skills are nonexistent, where before I typed around 100 wpm. There's more, but they are not as significant.
One of Simon Pegg's first screen roles was Spaced, a 14 episode comedy directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, etc). One episode has a plot-line about his character's hatred for Jar Jar Binks. "I don't want to be Jar Jar."
Not sure how so many people looked at homelander’s treatment of Ryan at the beginning of this episode and thought “character growth.” Did everyone forget that he said “I’m not human and I’m going to raise my son to know that he isn’t either.” last week?
Yeah I'm 50/50 on whether he's trying to make Ryan think that to 'save people' he has to be brutal, in order to normalise it (like he did with Not-Joss the director and the PA) or if Ryan's real goal of helping people, doing 'saves' is going to make him push apart.
@@Iymarra it really depends on what his next save is I think. Homelander wants to hurt and kill a lot of innocent people and have it done without hesitation or remorse. Do I think Adam deserved to get the shit kicked out of him the way he did? I’m on the fence, but he wasn’t innocent.
@@ckowkay I don't think he is knowingly manipulating him. In his mind he's really trying to be good to Ryan but he's figuring it out as he goes because he never had that for himself, this is just what he thinks a father figure is.
Based on the comics, I was somewhat expecting Hugh Sr to become a V-zombie. What they ended up doing was way more meaningful and compelling... and rough. (Definitely stabbed the part of my heart that misses my dad... and my cat.)
55:00 Annie's super-strong, bullet proof to up to 50 calibre rifles, can throw plasma bolts, generated a blast that knocked Soldier Boy down, and now can fly. Losing to Annie shouldn't be a benchmark of someone's weakness. That said, I'm pretty sure Firecracker is just there for her base and that she'd be a small town level hero otherwise at best if Vought assigned her even that much. She might be a complete wash out who didn't even warrant a Vought contract. As for comic readers knowing where the show is going... not really. Won't spoil anything in case you actually want to read the comic (I wouldn't recommend it, if you started with the show), but the show is it's own thing and has been all along. Most of what has happened in the comics by this point would be impossible to drop in without making radical changes that would utterly alienate the *entire* fanbase.
I just noticed this and Idk if its intentional or not, everyone knows the saying "dont drink the kool-aid". But in this season so far, every time Homelander has given Ryan a milkshake or glass of milk, Ryan hasn't drank any of them, UNTIL the moment he does something that Homelander would do. All with a smile on his face, he finally drinks the milkshake (kool-aid) I could be reaching
My grandma passed away just this December and had dementia her last couple years. It's amazing how perfect Pegg portrayed it. I not only cried when I first saw it I cry each time I watch a reaction. He deserves an Emmy
I was with my dad during his last few moments before he died. I told him the same thing Hughie said that we were going to a place he always wanted to visit and when Hughie broke down I felt that.
See THIS is how you convince Butcher to let up a little. Instead of telling him he's a bad person over and over again (like Annie) you just need to remind him there's the smallest bit of goodness left in him.
You gotta remember Butcher hates supes and he hated Annie from the get go, he even tried to kill her in the past and he is vocal about the fact that he still wants to. I think it's fair that Annie isn't a fan of that and thinks he's a bad person, she hasn't known him as long as MM has, and for as long as she's known him he's been a dick to her.
@@Lava91point0 If you're talking about her abortion which Firecracker broadcast idk what the big deal is. Isn't that whole religion based on forgiveness?
@@pabloc8808 I actually forgot about that, but I was talking about her past as an up and coming supe, and what she did to firecracker. She at least changed from it though, there is that I guess.
28:53 - "...a 12 minute sequence that's entirely pitch black." I thought that was a jab at that Game of Thrones episode, the battle against the Night King, when people watching the show couldn't see what the heck was going on. 🤣
Mate... It's a reference to The Batman with Robert Pattinson; he says it's a reboot to his franchise, and the film is even called The Tek-Knight lol. All the marketing for The Batman before it released was talking about how "dark and gritty" it was going to be, and Tek's comment about the "soundtrack of Nirvana hits" is a reference to Pattinson's version of Bruce Wayne being explicitly based on Kurt Cobain.
ahhhhhhh the (presumable) editor catching that Homelander said "patriots" but all our subtitles said "A-Train" (the one guy who did not show wrath, unremarked upon), that's been bugging me ALL WEEK!
17:19 The fact that our Hostess cited "Dogma" here makes me like her even more.😻 20:35 Jar-Jar? This whole side-story is bloody tragic.😢 42:20 Though, I'm not getting how a Supe (which is what Hugh Sr. was at this point) was put down so easily (I'm sure they'll explain). 21:35 There has rarely been a more excellent representation of Butcher's better nature than this one. 🐰🥰 25:42 The Boys keeps besting itself with unexpected (though somehow unsurprising) sudden horrific violence, and this setting is one of the finest examples.🐔☠🐑☠🐑☠🐑☠
I think at this point at the latest it is clear that Joe is not real. On the bench, he shares personal information about Butcher's team that he can hardly know. And at the end, when Butcher talks to the professor and looks at Joe, the professor also looks in that direction, but his look says "where is Butcher looking and who is us? Sage doesn't need evidence to convict A-Train. She would just have to accuse him and he would be dead. She is not interested in innocent lives, which has been seen in the 3 demonstrators beaten to death. Sage KNOWS that A Train gives out information and I think she lets him do it. If he uses it to dig his own grave without her help, that's okay for her and she also wants to pass the information outside. I think it's all part of her plan to destroy Vaught. Why? Because she hates Vaught for what they did to her. It's not great to be the smartest person in the world and certainly not great to have to lobotomize to feel normal for a moment. Sage already holds the most important positions in the company. She is the CEO, in control of the marketing and security and since today also of the news because of the death of the fake spy. Interestingly, because A Train has come under pressure through Sage. It's all a big plan. The only wildcard for her is Homelender. It will remain a mystery to me why Newman didn't just pop all the sheep. That's no problem for them at all. She did that with a chicken and in season 2 with a lot of people and also some Sup's in the courtroom. They would therefore still have the last dose of the virus now. Such simple plot holes bother me.
I'm gonna assume the reason Newman didn't headpop all those sheep is because she has to be looking at her target in order to pop their heads or something? In that regard it'd be pretty difficult to keep your eyes following around several sheep flying around at ungodly speeds. She very easily could've turned and looked at everyone who's heads were being popped in the courtroom, she was looking directly into the window to stare at the church guy whos head she popped at the end of season 2 and she was looking at the chicken that flew towards Edgar. I could be wrong though.
@@therealangelalexander1858 Okay, that's a good explanation, but we also know that the popping is not limited to the head. She just seems to like it. She can burst the whole body, as we have already seen with her former boyfriend. They don't have to stand particularly still either. A chicken is much smaller and she had no problems with that. The sheep weren't that fast either. I say it would have been doable for her. But I accept the concern for her own safety, because something can always go wrong and she has a daughter to take care of.
@TomTomson81 That and also she needed to help Stan run away since he's an old ahh man. Did forget she doesn't just pop heads tho so thanks for reminding me bro.
The reason I guess Neuman didn’t pop the animals(only for Stan) is because she’s known to the boys and a few other supes as the Headpopper. We know as the viewer that she can manipulate blood as a whole but only pops heads as her “gimmick”
A-Train carried Hughie the whole way so I don't think the handshake itself would've made a difference in Homelander potentially smelling Hughie on him. The bunny I think hints at there being some sort of side effect when you take temp V and then regular V, because that's the correlation between it and Butcher. Maybe the regular V does something with the dead brain matter, turning it into the parasites or something. Firecracker's powers are the sparks and her being just stronger than regular humans. Unless she's hiding something else but I don't think there's any reason to believe that? Not sure why you thought so but maybe I've missed something during the truthcon episode. 43:15 Aaaaaand that totally confirmed it for me that Kessler is not real. That was totally a "who the hell is this lunatic talking to" expression. Unless the writers throw us viewers one red herring after another here.
This episode had me bawling I'm sad to see Simon Pegg out of the show but I'm so glad they used him for something more important. Him and Jack Quaid ate the fuck out of their scenes
Bad move assuming you’re safe with this show regarding father’s. Simon Pegg needs a nomination for this episode. Btw I noticed all the Star Wars stuff in your background and no Acolyte reactions? What gives?
I watched this with my 2 pals, one of them his father had a stroke aswell like hughies, so this hit harder for him and I hated knowing that it hurt him more :( (sorry if that's an overshare🤣) but other than the episode is hyping is for the last 3🙌🤯
Annie is becoming more of a liability/joke this season. Neuman's right, Annie needs to get her shit together and quit letting her emotions cloud her judgement.
@@Jacobsherman341Media illiterates when a character struggles with hardship and makes bad decisions due to overwhelming stressful circumstances: "grr they ruined this character >:(" like they haven't had characters do shit like this every season LOL
As someone who has had to care for several family members with dementia, this episode wrecked me pretty hard. Many people will call it over-acting with the hard switches between "old Hugh" and "new Hugh" but that's EXACTLY how it happens. Sometimes even mid-sentence. It's like watching two different personalities inhabit the same body and fight for control over which one gets to talk.
Omg you name dropping Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Denny made me smile wide, considering you’re the only reactor I’ve seen that’s done so. When I see him I always think of that role lol
I will say I did NOT expect them to do Hugh like this story line. I was thinking it was going to be similar to Hughie’s from last season where “defenseless man gets powers and abuses them” except because Hugh is much older than Hughie I thought he wasn’t going to have that restraint that Hughie gained. (I’m not saying Hugh was going to be a murderer but just really cocky and kinda an asshole. Like a complete foil to his original self)
I love how Ashley realizes Vought is The Empire. She knows she's working for an evil corporation and she's still there. Some people are okay with being part of The Empire.
To be fair, she wanted to quit but when she saw how Homelander lasered the girl from crime analytics because they thought she was the leak, she feared for her life (at least i guess that was the main reason) and throw the paper into the shredder. But of course, she is no good person and does more or less everything for her own survival and no even sacrificed her "ex sex slave" which was obvious evil.
Ashley did want to quit a couple of episodes ago, but after Homelander killed Anika, she understood that she is in too deep now and trying to get out would probably end up with her also dying or even worse
I'm wondering if anything will happen with Hughie and his mom. 3 people are dead and it's their fault. And yeah, Jeffrey Dean Morgan is definitely an hallucination. He's the devil on Bucher's shoulder, where Becca is the angel.
Actually I think whoever called you out is being unfair. Yes, in the real world that comment would be fair, but in the fictional world it isn't. That's because events that we don't see directly or are not referenced directly, essentially don't happen. So, when Firecracker mentions it, this is the first we learn of it, and it's essentially retconning history to give the character motivation. You can't criticise the character for their decision, but you can criticise the writer for springing that reveal on you.
I agree. There wasn't even a hint this season that Annie was struggling with something like that that happened off screen. It also does pretty much nothing for her character or development. It's literally just there for firecracker to have something against her that is also a hot topic in politics.
@@FullMetalB Yes, they are already strongly opposed on several major points, so the sudden raising of Annie's decision doesn't change their relationship. Annie could have been just as mad that Firecracker attacked her for unintentionally harming an innocent.
@faithfm1 Incorporating a plot point for a characters development that is so private it might as well be non-existent will never be "better" or even good. It's completely pointless. It's never hinted at or shown that the character is struggling with something the audience doesnt know yet. Its not real life, its a tv show. In real life, yes, no one is owed seeing someone's grief or knowing what they are going through. With a TV show, that's literally the point of watching a show. It's just a plot device to have a hot button issue used in the show. It's such a hollow decision that there isnt any way to attempt to apply some deep meaning on to it like that onto it.
This one REALLY hurt me. My own father had a stroke and passed a few years ago due to complications from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. This was during the pandemic, so I wasn't even allowed to be in hospital when Mom gave the order and took him off life support, I could only watch on a Zoom call. He wasn't even conscious, but it was the hardest thing I've ever had to is say goodbye. To say "I Love you, Dad" and not hearing him say "I love you too" back. I've felt like Hughie. I wish I could just FORCE Dad to come back. To not leave us. But Hugh's speech to Hughie about not wanting to end up like the Family Cat, Jar Jar, struck a chord with me. It's not about what I want. It's about what's best for the person who is hurting. I would have loved a moment like Hughie and Daphne, to get just another few hours with him. To say how much I loved him. How he helped me to become a better man. But one CAN'T do that to themselves. Living the rest of your life with "What If's?" Tell those people close to you you love them. Don't waste another minute. Such a terrific performance from all three of the actors in this scene.
I think Hughie's mom like his dad is just a bit ditzy. Someone suggested she's on antidepressants as well that make her a bit fuzzy. We're so primed in this show to expect ulterior motives on top of ulterior motives that when we see just a normal messed up human being we're automatically suspicious.
@@alphanerd7221 I thought The Boys exposed video footage of the blue IV bags in that nursery and that's how the information got out? Been a while since I've seen the earlier seasons though.
31:34 This actually is a great lesson for Director Douche-Canoe (aka Adam Bourke), but teaching Ryan to treat Humans like toys might not be. But what do I know? I'm just another Human.😉 33:17 And here's where the fit hits the shan. I honestly don't know how they're gonna top the Animal Farm Reboot, but I'm keeping an open mind...because Kripke is The Way.🙏 33:36 I mean, with references like "Red shirt, Red shirt, Bye!", how can you not love this Lady? 🤣😻 39:11 This is kind of a sweet moment before... 39:21 The groundwork for a Fascist Takeover of essentially the entire world. So glad that's not happening in real life...🤔🤨😱
Poor Angela, turn to THE BOYS, after a bad week for dads in streaming ... forgetting the dads / father figures on the show: Homelander / Ryan, Butcher / Ryan, Edgar / Neiman, Soldier Boy / Homelander, Hughie Sr / "Wee" Hughie Jr.
The episode is nice and all but the only thing I don't get is how come they did not made Neuman use her powers to kill all the V-ed up animals. I might have missed something there, I dunno.
Newman has to look at her target to make them explode, they have explained that before. And the sheep were flying way too fast for her to be to kill all of them. She would probably manage to take care of one or two of them but not all of them
Simon Pegg's Performance in this episode Top Notch! As Sad as the Whole Part with Hughes dad. This way He was able to Have Some Closure With them being able to Say their Goodbyes. (Something I Wished. I had when My Parents passed. ) But, Still was Heartbreaking! Also, His Dad Confirmed His Mother Tried to get back into Hughes Life. My Opinion or Theory - I think the Bunny and that Temp V Was More of a Red herring. As the Bunny had a Bag of ''Temp''. And seemed to have Been injected with Half of that Bag? (Maybe More than 10 time's the amount Both Hughie and Butcher took in Season 3) I think Billys Cancerous Cells (From the Temp ) Ended up Mutating from'' Compound V'' Into a Similar Parasite. But One that Is Bounding to Billy. And Possibly Feeding off Billy's Emotions Using the 2 Biggest Influences Of Billy Butcher's Life to Communicate to Him in the form of Hallucinations. Becca and Kessler (One Positive and One More (Season-1 Butcher) Extremist ie Negative) Butcher Maybe Slowly Getting V Abilities But only when His Life is Truly Threatened. I could be Wrong. But if anything I hope Billy doesn't Have a Venom like Appearance. (It would be cool if the Parasite Makes Butcher Look More Like a Crazed super powered Animated Corpse. With a Healing Factor an No rotted Body parts Just a Greyish Hue to his Skin with Yellow eyes! LMAO.
I like the contrast of Hughie and his Mom's reactions to "V-accident". Normies: "Oh my god, it a massacre, we're doomed!" Hughie: "Been there. Let's get to work..." I think adventures with Butcher totally hardened his balls of steel.
I felt so bad when you talked so brokenly, about it being a bad week for dads on your channel because I knew what was coming😢 I'm really worried that the leg that was found, is cut too neatly - not ragged like an animal tearing Sameer apart. That scene with Homelander and Ryan walking through a sprawling area of the building, talking about them being the only 2 in existence, so empty that you could almost hear the echoes, gave me chills. My family had to deal with my dad's decision for a DNR and I know how damn difficult it is to accept. I've kind of been living in Hughie's skin as this storyline unfolded and I hurt for him so much. Is it me, or did it seem like Joe Kessler was shot a bit differently this episode, seeming a little more ghostly? Wondering if Annie's powers are failing due to her emotional State or something else. Thrilled to see Stan again. His droll and dismissive " I have pottery class in 10 minutes", was so perfectly Stan Edgar and I loved every second, every gold nugget, he gave us. I have to mention the closing song; not only was the subject matter hysterically perfect, but the most old fashioned, light and innocent and pure song for children of a bygone era. It was ridiculous and brilliant and sadly, flew over the heads of a number of reactors I've watched so far.🤦🤷
In this show, I was surprised by Hugh's dads' death scene. I was expecting some crazy shit to pop off...but it did not, and it was a really powerful death scene. Great episode.
Are the Amazon subtitles auto generated by dumb AI? Because I've been noticing a lot of errors since the start of this season, like in this episode where Homelander says "Patriots" and the subs say "A-Train".
No, he was not taking accountability, he was taking the easy way out. His friends, basically his only family are about to go to war against supes and instead of fighting through the guilt, for them, he turns himself into the authorities for selfish reasons. Things like justice can wait when you got more important things to do, like doing what's right and helping your family stay alive and together. It wasnt brave either, asking them for help, letting them know you're in pain, and allowing them to help you, that's being brave. Frenchie was being a coward.
Did anyone else get the vibe that the music in the background during the last homelander scenes was like a negative version of the Avengers theme music?
I seem to remember her going off into a room with him smiling- seems more like an after the fact regret. Going to vaught was her fuck up- scrape that shit out. When tf did she realize she was pregnant? At 8 months?!! 2 or 3 months in she would’ve been fine at an clinic.
There’s a theory that Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s character isn’t real, like how Butcher is hallucinating his wife who’s acting like an angel on his shoulder, he’s also hallucinating Joe Kessler, who is acting like a devil on his shoulder
@funnylilgalreacts did you mess with a monkey's paw or something this week? The last episodes you've watched on the channel you've asked for Dad's to stop dying and they keep dying lol.
Hughey's dad was dead either way. He was already brain dead from the stroke and Compound V is unstable if given to adults. I think Hughey was hoping for the best, but he at least got to say goodbye to his father.
Oh man I just found your channel through your Doctor Who reactions, and seeing you reacted to Father's Day and then this in the same week?! That's a rough one!
You know, I don't quite see how Joe Kessler is in Butcher's head given that he just gave Butcher that file at 15:23. I think sometimes he is and sometimes he isn't.
I think episodes 4 and 5, so far, have been the best episodes this season. And a better song they could have used is "no spill blood" by Oingo Boingo....
very minor comparison but had my cat for 11yrs and unfortunately someone snitched cause our building didn't allow pets thats on me and had to give him up to a home only to find out years later he was put down once he got into the place l just wish l could've seen some type of closure and be there in his final moments, that moment that Hughie got again with his dad really gave him such great closure man even if there was some bloodshed the ending was sweet.
Homelander is the scariest character I have ever seen in live action. Everytime he comes on screen, I get nervous and anxious to what he might do. The man is invincible and can do whatever he wants. His character shows us why we don't want a Superman in the real world.
Ive been thinking, what if starlight makes a new super suit with some sort of sci fi mobile nuclear reactor on it, could she then litterally shine as bright as a star and have unlimited power?
The thing about Hughie's dad is so tragic. He only tried to help and made his dad a killer by accident And we found out what would happen if a supe got dementia.
Simon Pegg was so great in this episode, it's sad that he will no longer be in the series. I hope we get an episode ending where we see Hughie going on the Paris The da Vinci Code tour.
