![]() Homelander was not just abused but neglected, deprived of not just a father but a mother too. Well played, Butcher, but chillingly cruel. We see Soldier Boy’s ambivalence several times, hesitating to kill his own son and emotional about having a child – but Butcher knows to play to the rage he feels at being tossed aside and replaced, focusing that rage on Homelander by telling Soldier Boy that he is his replacement and the reason he was tortured. On the other hand, he’s been fine with using Frenchie and Kimiko and now Soldier Boy to get the revenge he wants, and he’s as manipulative as ever in this episode, as he repeatedly tells Soldier Boy that Homelander is not really his son. He never does tell Hughie about the Temp V being fatal, but he unceremoniously knocks him out with a punch and shoves him in a convenience store bathroom to keep him from taking it again. In this episode, he vacillates wildly between giving into those violent impulses, laser focused (heh heh) on taking down Homelander and willing to use anyone as a weapon to do that, and trying to hang onto the caring part of him that wanted to protect Lenny and now wants to protect Hughie. All the men whose fathers were abusive, with either physical or verbal violence or both, have a hard time not repeating the cycle.īutcher’s father was both, and those toxic messages are ever-present in his head, bleeding out of him in eruptions of physical violence and caustic, cruel barbs thrown at enemies and friends alike. One of those messages is about strength and power. This season is also about the intergenerational transmission of trauma, and the toxic masculinity messages that are passed down from fathers to sons. Passing It On From Father To Son – Or Not I’ve been writing a lot about this season of The Boys being all about choice, and the season finale sees every main character have to make some difficult ones. Well… I should know Eric Kripke better than that by now! I feel like I should not have been hoping for any kind of redemption arc for Soldier Boy, and yet I found myself nervous as hell going into the finale, hoping that a) he wouldn’t be killed off and b) he might find at least a little bit of redemption. He’s an asshole and a bigot and a bully, but Ackles also portrays him with vulnerability and humor and at times he’s almost charming. As a passionate Supernatural fan, the addition of Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy meant that I was even more excited about this season, but even I wasn’t prepared for just how much I’d be drawn in by the character or just how complicated my feelings about Soldier Boy would be. I’ve been watching this show since its beginning and have loved it since then, but Season 3 has been a whole different ballgame. Now that everyone has had a chance to watch it, this is the spoilery recap and review of the season finale, so SPOILERS ahead. We were treated to interviews and red carpets and the cast all having a bloody good time. The cast traveled to Brazil for four wild days of promotion, which only served to amp up the anticipation even more. I watched the whole season before it streamed in the press screeners, but I still felt entirely swept up in the anticipation and excitement (and, let’s face it, dread!) each week. It’s honestly been so much fun watching the excitement ramp up each week for each episode – it was a brilliant decision on Eric Kripke and Prime Video’s part to release the episodes over five weeks instead of all at once, especially with the insane promotion we were treated to each week. The season finale of Season 3 of The Boys has been one of the most anticipated ever. ![]()
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