The Boys: Season 3 FINALE Was Epic 

This was a slog to film, who knew the UK could deliver heat anymore?! What did you think of the Boys season finale and this season in general?

When homelander said ‘it’s homelandin time’ I could not believe it, superb writing

When Homelander turned to maeve and said "We got bigger fish to fry. " Then he tossed the Deep into a giant fryer I was shook.

I have watched the solid gold clip an unhealthy amount of times, blondie has made more money of me watching it off royalties than all her albums collectively

It's possible Edgar may revive Noire as a mindless zombie. That would make his story all the more tragic. He can go up against soldier boy, but it won't really be him in there, it'll be a Vought puppet.

It's so sad that in trying to push Ryan away to "keep him safe", Butcher left Ryan lonely, insecure, and venerable to Homelander giving him twisted unconditional love :(

“Soldier Boy did to singing what pantyhose did to finger fucking” 😂 one of my favorite quotes from this season 😂😂😂

what I admire about Butcher and Homelander is no matter how much they hate each other, they literally proceed to going back to enemies a second later, but one thing they can agree with is "You don't touch the boy."

one of my favourite things about the season was the violin right at the end when Homelander and Ryan smile at the cheering, there's something so terrifying and unsettling about it and its just amazing.

I loved the lights scene with Huey. Cuz one could still make the argument that he “saved her” like he’d always wanted to, but it was in a way that brought out the best in her and empowered her, which is really what I think makes a healthy and pure relationship

I just hope there's more Soldier Boy, really like Jensen Ackles & he's great in the role. Be a shame if he's just gone like Stormfront

I wonder if Butcher will take proper Compound V next season. It might cure his health problems and allow him to take down Homelander and save Ryan. There’s also the interesting conflict of Butcher becoming the thing he hates most for the chance to take down Homelander

I feel like starlight isn't one of the stronger supes, her special ability didn't really affect SB, not even damaging his clothes. I think a good thing to look at is when her tracker was removed, and they were able to cut her skin, plus almost being killed by Noir.

When Kimiko said, That's when I knew this would be the best season

Best intro ever. Almost as good as the finale. I’m so happy how things ended for Queen Maeve, loved what Dominique McElligott did with the (fairly minimal at times) screen time. That smile from Ryan at the end - and all because Butcher pushed him away… like father like son?

If noir isn’t truly dead, I see the animated friends leaving noir as a hint towards him potentially coming back as a mindless puppet as they were his last fragments of expression. I guess it’s more akin to his comic book story line, I believe they did it this way to make his original storyline and character far more tragic than the comics as he will return likely forced to fight for homelander or soilder boy but with the tradgic backdrop now set

Honestly, I get what they were going for with Noir. Challenging tropes is definitely more interesting than just outright following them, but it didn't feel smart or clever like it usually can. It felt like a set up without a true pay off. It could've been Noir confronting Soldier Boy only to get absolutely bodied and I feel that would've been more satisfying

The last scene with The Deep and him eating all that junk food while crying, I could honestly see them doing a similar thing as the end of season 1 and changing his looks. He buzzed his hair at the end of season 1 and I could see season 4 having him put on a lot of weight from eating his feelings away Endgame Thor style

I thought the season was excellent overall, but the finale was pretty anticlimactic

"I'm you" "I know. You're a disappointment" I think Soldier Boy has some things to work through.

My only issue was Black Noir. What a let down to do that to the character.

I love how pretty much every single video essay about the final 2 episodes of this season has included like a 5-10 second loop of MM cracking Todd in the face. I’ll never get sick of that, it’s just so satisfying. Though it does raise disturbing questions about the influence MM had on Todd being so accepting of Homelander murdering that “libtard”. I suspect Todd’s excitement for that came from his feelings of impotence and inadequacy: he WISHED he had the power to just murder MM after he was punched in the face, but he doesn’t so his impotent incelness leads him to be that much more enthusiastic about Homelander doing the same thing, and proving that “it’s OK” to murder people you don’t like. He probably still would have been there if MM hadn’t hit him, but would he have started cheering so readily? Probably, but it’s an interesting question all the same.

The intro was fucking amazing

I had a few issues with the episode such as Butcher suddenly fighting Soldier Boy without negotiating the deal or making a compromise. Also, why didn't Homleander just fly Ryan out of the building as soon as he saw him injured? It made no sense that he was just holding him there trying to wake him up. In the end, I kind of felt for Soldier Boy as he was the only one who held up his end of the deal. It was also ridiculous that Maeve survived Soldier Boy's blast and fell down from a skyscraper with only a few scratches. Unlike usual, this episode just didn't satisfy me as much as I wanted it to. EDIT: The scene with Starlight powering up was so anti-climactic as she only knocked him out for a few seconds but they made it look so epic.

" I can shoot somebody and I woudlnt lose any voters" is exactly what I thought about when Homelander killed that guy and everyone's tasted cheering him on

I really like how when Soldier Boy breaks Homelander's illusion of them being a family, it ties up with what he said earlier in the episode, about his experience with his father. The "I'm you" "I know. You're a disappointment" falls in line with the whole "Like father like son" theme we have with Ryan and Homelander, and Butcher and his father. Soldier Boy is using the same words that hurt him so much as a weapon against the worlds most powerful being, and him being his father makes it work. Homelander was pretty much helpless against Butcher and Soldier Boy until Ryan intervened, starting the battle between all of them. He could have been done right then and there, I think a lot of people are overlooking that.

The “c c c c Christ the lord!” Line by the animated beaver character had me laughing way harder than it should have

My only problem is soldier boy charges up for a comically long time when previously he could explode quite fast

I really don't believe we've seen the last of Noir. He got his literal brains bashed out by Soldier Boy and survived. Getting his guts ripped out doesn't seem like it would finish him. Plus we didn't see him die for sure, just Homelander with the mask and Noir laying on the ground kinda still (they did the same type of thing with ATrain earlier). I'm thinking that Vaught or the government or whoever will try to find a way to use Soldier Boy's power-taking ability. Like they somehow find a way to synthesize it like V, and use Noir as the guinea pig. Maybe they'll give him the same power and he could end up killing Homelander as revenge (lining up a little more with the comics as well). I can see them using the A Train/Blue Hawk thing as a sort of set up for giving a part of SB to Noir to either keep him alive or use him as a weapon against HL or both. Idk I'm just coming up with ideas to fill the void until the next season lmao 😂 I do like the Starlight power up scene because I think it caps her and Hughie's struggle this season as a couple. He is at his best when he's using his strengths to lift her up, not carry her to safety. It's not about one being the "protected" and one the "hero", it's about them working as a team to heighten each other's strengths, and makeup for each other's weaknesses. I think it's pretty cool and powerful. I've seen people complain that she didn't fuck up SB or whatever but I don't think that's what the scene was about. But that's just my opinion.

Maeve making the Heroic Sacrifice, Hughie choosing to use his wits to save Annie,and MM talking with his daughter about his past were all Beautiful moments!! Not to mention,Maeve may have also permanently hurt Homelander💙❤🌟 The show did make me feel a bit bad for Soldier Boy since he was sticking to the mission but ended being the one to face everyone!!

I think what would've made this better is if they gave a better reason for us to believe Soldier Boy was a greater threat (at that moment) than Homelander, like if not only did he want revenge on Payback but Vought as well for allowing his capture to happen. like maybe he would actively try to blow up the tower and kill a bunch of people out of pure spite. it wouldn't have been perfect, but it would at least create a more believable moral dilemma, which I think is what the writers were trying to go for but missed the mark.

Soldier Boy stole the season. Would love to see the Emmy’s kick a nomination over to Jensen this time around. Honestly think he outshone Starr this season. Absolutely magnetic.

Considering Maeve survived her fall despite being blasted, Soldier Boy blasting Homelander with Ryan would have just had them both lose their powers. This makes it so frustrating Butcher saves them. I love Maeve, but having her die would have at least made Butcher saving Homelander and Ryan less frustrating. Other than that and some other very minor gripes, I think the season was fantastic. Finale was weaker than the last two, but as a season it was fantastic. I hate how they had me feeling bad for Homelander getting that rejection from his dad. That's rough.

I really think that they are setting up Noir to have a similar ending to the comics, as now he actually has a reason to hate Homelander. We can only wait...

I honestly think Noir’s death was kind of too soon/killed his arc. Also, he was able to take multiple strikes to the head from Soldier Boy’s shield, but yet I’m supposed to believe the slightly stronger Homelander could rip his guts out in a single punch? Pretty much my only problem with the season though. (And a minor one at that) The final fight was a lot better than I expected. Homelander constantly throwing highly telegraphed hook punches that the more experienced Maeve was able to counter and dodge around made for a great fight with a lot of weight behind it.

My problem with the episode was that it wasn't logical going after Solider Boy over Homelander. Soldier boy can kill some innocent vought employees sure but Homelander can takeover the entire world if he wanted. Breaking Solider Boy out of capture to kill Homelander only to turn on him last minute and not go through with it felt like bad writing and an letdown for the finale for an otherwise incredible season. Especially since killing Homelander is Butcher's main motivation. I also wasn't a fan of the buildup and character development of Black Noir leading to a showdown with Solider Boy which I was excited about only for him to be killed off in such an underwhelming way. My boy Noir got done dirty. The episode also would of had more impact if Queen Maeve didn't have plot armor and was actually killed off.

your reviews are really great, they always seem like they are really all off the top of your head. You're making me believe i can just set up my canon, mic, background and maybe just an bullet list of focal points to review & give my unscripted feelings on scenes and characters. Hope yt suggest you more, i got the bell on.

I found it very anticlimactic. Noir's death made him seem kinda... pointless? Like you could cut him out of the show and barely anything would change. He should've been the one to sacrifice himself to save the others. At least that would have been a full character arc. Then there's Butcher just fighting Soldier Boy for no reason. I get wanting to save Ryan but why the hell did he continue only focusing on Soldier Boy? He couldve just take Ryan away and let the powerhouses duke it out. All in all it felt kinda contrived and not worthy of the great season that came before it.

The fight with maeve and homelander, I think he was definitely holding back. He wasn't interested in killing her

Been so excited for this!

Seeing you happy and excited is making me happy. Thanks for this content, it's nice to have something to make me feel good!

Black Noir’s death was really *gut* wrenching

It's a shame that they kinda forgot about Neuman. I wished they'd kept her popping heads on the downlow because the season starts with her and *that* revelation and then shelves it for next season as we get to know Soldier Boy.

That intro was gold

congratulations, that intro single handedly made me subscribe. thank you so much

It was very good! My only problem really was Queen Maeve somehow surviving a fall of half the height of Vought Tower after getting depowered.

Something is telling me to acknowledge this season as the best of the 3. 2 is out of the conversation even if its still top tier content. But that first season introduced the world to such a different and dynamic take on the superhero genre, that it has a very special place for everyone, including me. But damn, season 3 was fuckin amazing.

Been waiting for this one

Compared to the rest of the season episode was meh, it's clear they have to maintain the status quo of keeping Butcher and Homelander alive so they have to do some logic bending to do that

That was your best intro by far. Also I've listened to Soldier Boy's rendition of Rapture way too many times

Queen maeve was so underrated throughout the seasons . Maeve saved everyone season 2 and 3 and was bad ass in the finale . My only issue they never really showed much of maeves powers throughout the seasons . A lot of people say in her fight with homelander he held back and I agree up until she made his nose bleed . Maeve was second strongest of the 7 and held her own for a long time against homelander I’m glad she got a happy ending .

After the final scene with Todd, thankyou for replaying him getting punched in the face 5 times, I needed that

Regarding Black Noir, he seemed to have survived far worse, so maybe he might actually be still alive. He seemed to have survived way worse. Maybe he did die, though idk.

I really liked noir. One of the most unfortunate deaths I've seen since game of thrones was on

Every single thread is engaging and well written. Homelander’s spiralling mental state. Hughie’s battle with masculinity and being the weaker half of a relationship. Butchers backstory and his battle with repeating the past with Hughie. The A-Train/Blue Hawk commentary. The Deep’s public image crisis. Mothers Milk town between fatherhood and vengeance (he had a brilliant season). I’m even obsessed with Ashley’s costly rise to the top of the Vought tree and how she’s (not) coping. It’s a deep well of quality storytelling. So so good

Yessssss! That intro was a slice of fried gold🥇 I sing along to that Soldier Boy Blondie cover daily

honestly, the Kimiko scene fighting the guards RUIN her entire arc, and the entire arc of the season. They make such a point about not killing innocents and about taking the high road, and that powers aren't the right way, and then Kimiko murders a bunch of security guards just doing their jobs. I honestly really hated it.

Always love to see you post!!! Is the multiverse of madness video still happening?

This show is better then everything the MCU has ever done

Finally a positive review, on anything

At that scene at the end where Homelander kills a man and gets cheered on, I just couldn’t help but hear in my head as it was going on “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?”

giving Maeve a happy ending really gives the Bury Your Gays Trope the finger.

I think the best thing about Homelander is how human he is. He's an unambiguous evil piece of shit, but he is still so human. There are times when watching him where you might relate to a part of him. A part that you dont like about yourself, or an intrusive thought that might have crossed your mind once. He is all of those. Which makes the fact that he geniunely can feel love, or his outburst over ryan being attacked feel real. Hes so evil but because hes a twisted person

Subscribed exclusively because of the singing.14/10

out of the three seasons the scene where Annie overcharges with electricity and flying is the most sincere heroic moment of the whole series by far

That intro was amazing lol soldier boy would be proud,

literally nobody is talking about that bald girl supe escapee with telekinetic powers. she looked like a goddamn beast

Kimikos arc ended in a weird place for me. All season she wanted to change, to not be the violent monster she viewed herself as. I wanted to see a better version of Kimiko instead of a monster with a different reason to be a monster. Other than that I thought the season was really great and I can't wait to see what they've got planned for us.

Dope!! Intro

Stan Edgar's is chilling running a chicken restaurant

12:30 the punching Todd in the face was the moment I had to give a big LIKE 👍🏽 to this video. Replaying that moment over and over was therapeutic. Thank you.

4:25 you know, while I was watching them I totally felt the opposite way. The A-Train scene felt really good(from a writing/story perspective), a fitting death for his character at that moment. Meanwhile Black Noir's left me feeling cheated, I can't lie. If he's totally, completely dead, then I am officially dissatisfied with how they used his character. Definitely didn't want the horrible comic version, but this wasn't good enough either. Also, despite that I like her character, Maeve should be the deadest person in that world right now.

black noir deserved an epic fight scene :(

I personally think that the temp V subplot could have been handled better. Starlight never truly understood why Hughie took it in the first place. She’s been blessed with power her whole life while Hughie was always powerless, so of course he’s going to want to give back in the form of saving her when he can. Yes, he can still ultimately reject the V and realize she was right, but she needs to see his point of view as well. Something the show doesn’t get into, simply adopting a “you’re wrong and I’m right” without any grey area. Hughie has always been the guy who gets covered in guts and screams. Starlight was always the one with some level of control and power

I finished the final episode yesterday, really enjoyed it :p

Great episode! Think it could of been 2 episodes though just develop all the Ryan/Butcher stuff a bit more since we haven't seen Ryan in like 4 episodes. But overall, amazing episode and season.

I waited until all of season 3 was out before watching it, so I was rewatching season 1 and 2 before, and HOLY SHIT

Ok i finally agree with you that finally was epic

Agree with you here this was an epic season final.

A train’s reaction to Ashley was so funny

That beginning skit got me Paha. Not writing this 47 seconds into the video but no doubt the rest will also be good

Yes it was! Glad to see love for the finale. Other than some of the fights in the end I thought the episode had brilliant writing. The parallels to S2's ending & the set-up for S4 is fantastic!

Hey man, I would also recommend the umbrella academy on Netflix if you liked the boys. It doesn’t have the same cynical view of super heros that the Boys has but it still takes a critical and meta view of heros. Shows how fucked up a team of supes raised from birth can be but also the love that is still there. Great video man, nice to see the positive content. Can’t wait for the DW videos about the 60th

Mm punching Todd had me jump out seat yelling yes!

Kripke has inferred that the actor who plays Noir will be back in S4, and in the suit, but playing another character. Maybe a different clone?

Honestly thought you would go in quite hard on this finale I actually found a lot of this finale to be a let down, and it may be due to the fact that we do not have season 4 context to help back the decisions made for this finale Black Noir; everyone's gripe. It felt so lackluster. His character had so much potential, and I hope they bring him back in season 4 Maeve - Her fakeout death was really irritating. It actually makes things confusing. If she survived Soldier Boy's detonation, how on earth would he have killed Homelander? Are we to assume Maeve is more powerful than Homelander? Because Butcher was under the assumption that Soldier Boy was to kill Homelander, not to just strip him of his powers (what happened to Maeve). Soldier Boy's detonation mcguffin needs to be explained more - how it works and what it does and why it killed supes at Herogasm but also doesn't kill some? Also Starlight was underutilised this season and spent the whole time whinging lol I loved this season but the finale really brought out these questions and i hope it doesn't jump shark and the writing doesn't get further bogged down and renewed for heaps more seasons because it's amazons cash cow

Robin died cz of A-train, his brother: SLEEP A-train takes revenge on blue hawk, his brother: WHAT THE FUCK

Well... The Boys and in extend The FX's Legion are based the best 2 comics adaptations to television about superhero media, and Knowing that The Boys are gonna get more seasons is gonna be great

For me it was a huge letdown in an otherwise very good season; Soldier boy, no payoff, Noir, no payoff. Kimiko, frenchie and MM look like they don't know what to do with them anymore, they're just around. Angry-powerful-overloaded starlight, no payoff. Butcher forgot his whole motivation in the last moment because the script needed him to? Man, nothing happened to Ryan, just tell Soldier Boy "we can settle that later, leave the kid alone, focus on homelander". Homelander can oneshot Noir, who is very strong, but suddenly Maeve is a worthy opponent? Very bad writing, very unorganic. The season was going great, but the finale lacked substance, consistance and consecuence. I'm very dissapointed and don't understand what you guys loved so much.

Amazing season and not so amazing finale. This might be controversial, but this is what I would have done: -Definitely have Black Noir fight Solider Boy. The previous episode showing his character arc led to nowhere -Maeve should've 100% died from that blast -There was no reason for Butcher to save Homelander and Ryan. His blast would have just taken away their powers and most likely not killed them -It would have been amazing to have Soldier Boy get rid of Homelander's powers and have him be the villain in next season and Homelander joining The Boys to help them take down Soldier Boy with no powers...? -Season after season they're trying to kill Homelander and it leads nowhere. Taking a complete turn would have been interesting...

i have been the most terrified of Homelander when he said 'yummers'

This version of Black Noir is the result of a very torrid night of passion between Deadpool and Snake Eyes!

He embraced his inner Ackles in the intro

I could watch MM punching Todd for hours

I've gotta watch this show

Antony Starr is fucking amazing. He was unreal in Banshee. As Kiwi, I'm totally biased, but I love how some of the biggest characters in The Boys are both Kiwis. And I absolutely love Kimiko and frenchie. I learned the other day he isnt even french!

The season finale was a bit more of a letdown for me, noirs death didn’t feel deserved. I was left with more questions and it felt like we’re right back where we started. It wasn’t terrible by any means but it didn’t feel like it could compete with other finale. I was really let down by the fact she stabbed him in the ear and he was fine, I thought or at least hope there will be some payoff for that.

Ashley's gonna become the boys version of Lex Luthor taking down Homelander

One thing to really applaud this season would be the spot-on political satire in the United States. The show as a hole has been a great reflection of today's climate but the closing scene of the latest season was a real highlight. Whether you stand on one side or the other on the political spectrum, you cannot deny the great parallels the show is drawing from real-world events and weaving them effortlessly into the narrative.

I’m really sorry about your dad. I’ve no idea what you had to go through, but you’re one of the best RU-vidrs I watch. I really can’t cope with the fact that they killed off Noir. What was the point? To show that homelander is completely unhinged and ready to kill his best friend to shed his last piece of humanity? What about all that buildup of Noir’s arc in ep 7? I know it was said in an interview that he’ll be back in season 4 but it’ll be a different character under the mask, but I want THIS NOIR back. Honestly, this poor treatment of my favourite Supe in the show was the greatest disappointment to me.