![]() The social commentary on the prices of fame and the sacrifices some must make to attain it are both relevant and not overly preachy. The slick, irreverent storytelling of The Boys continues to impress. Though the op to procure a sample from A-Train falls short, the Boys have better luck when they discover Popclaw has kept a few doses for herself and when she kills her landlord in the throes of passion, Butcher recognizes it’s the perfect opportunity to get exactly what they want. A-Train takes a hit of it before his big race against Shockwave (Mishka Thebaud, Bitten, Dark Matter, Falling Water), a Supe vying for his crown of the world’s fastest man. Thanks to Hughie’s tech savvy, they spy on the couple and catch their first hint of Compound-V, an apparent PED for Supes. With Mother’s Milk reluctantly in the fold, the boys use the intel gained from Translucent to spy on Popclaw (Brittany Allen, Falling Water, It Stains the Sand Red), A-Train’s number one woman. His mention of Mallory as well as Butcher’s own mission to take Homelander down reveals that much more of the story. Knowing that Frenchie and an inexperienced Hughie aren’t nearly enough to take on the Seven, Butcher recruits Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso, Avatar, Fast & Furious, Detroit), a former ally who’s done his best to get out of the game and live a semi-normal life. Philosophical lessons aside, “Get Some” also furthers the series plot. If these so-called paragons of virtue, gifted with powers of the gods, are this corrupt, what does that say for the hope for the rest of us? ![]() On a more cynical end, they could be monsters whose selfish and sadistic behaviors make you question the entire show that’s played out before you. ![]() At best, you realize they’re not this perfect representation of humanity they’re just people, capable of the same selfish behaviors as anyone else. Though their experiences are vastly different, both Annie and Hughie are recognizing the harsh truth that, sometimes, it doesn’t pay to meet your idols. So much of the throughline in The Boys has been an accurate representation of this social media society and the pitfalls those chasing their dreams can sometimes fall into. “I don’t know if they really want you to be a hero,” she laments to him, “I think they just want you to look like one”. She says as much to Hughie when they bump into one another during the Boys’ mission to procure a sample of Compound-V. Madelyn overrules her objections to the new suit and makes it clear that the partnership between Annie and Vought is more of what they say goes. ![]() ![]() Despite getting a boost in her ratings for the beat down of two would-be rapists, Annie’s exhilaration is short-lived.Īt Madelyn’s behest, Annie is forced from her demure roots and given a newer, more risqué outfit. (Photo: Jan Thijs)įrom the first episode, we’ve been connected with both Hughie and Annie on their painful road of discovery and that the realities we face are not the same as the beautiful fiction we tell ourselves. It’s apparent that Mother’s Milk and Frenchie don’t have warm feelings for one another but, as professionals, they put their differences aside. It’s the same lesson Annie has learned in her short time as Starlight, the newest member of the Seven. Destroying his room is an act of cleansing and, with it, Hughie purges the naïve man he used to be from the world, accepting the truth of how the world really is. Hughie’s glimpsed what’s under the façade of all the smiles, waves, and Vought marketing of Supes and he wants no part of it. It’s really not until he heads home for a change of clothes and takes in the Seven paraphernalia littering his room that he snaps back into reality. After cleaning up Translucent fragments and viscera, Hughie is still struggling to accept what just happened. Hughie labors with the reality of killing Translucent and The Boys get their first potential weapon in the fight against the Supes in Compound-V, discovered when A-Train mentions it ahead of the race to keep his title as the fastest man alive.įor your normal, well-adjusted human being, blowing someone into pieces, deserved or not, is going to have a profound effect on that person. ![]()
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