The other big focus here is on Butcher’s V24 secret and Hughie’s desire to try some too.
Knowing his girlfriend is in a fake relationship with Homelander is tough to begin with, but it becomes unbearable when Homelander stops by early in the episode to toy with Hughie, signing his cast and asking him if Starlight is a good fuck. Starlight steps in and threatens to quit if Homelander hurts Hughie or anyone he cares about, but that only makes Hughie feel more inadequate.Īll of these stories come together nicely at the climax, when the Boys break into the lab and security inevitably arrives for a big shootout. Butcher shocks everyone when he exposes his enhanced V24 abilities, lasering a few guys and breaking a neck. But it is even more distressing to the group that the typically by-the-books Hughie took the temp V, too - it comes out when he nakedly teleports a few yards forward, punching a hole through a man’s torso. So much is happening, but there’s little time to dwell on the emotional significance of these revelations. Because it turns out there’s no Homelander-killing gun in the lab sealed up in some sort of cryogenic chamber is Soldier Boy himself, and Butcher has just let him loose. Soldier Boy escapes for now, but something’s different with Kimiko: she isn’t healing.Įverything turns to chaos when the resurrected supe lets out a long, powerful blast of energy, directly hitting Kimiko. And despite the urgency of this moment, the fact that one of their own could be dying, for real, half the team is distracted: Hughie is still lost in wonder and euphoria at the power coursing through his veins, and all Butcher can think about is Soldier Boy (and, by proxy, Homelander).
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