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“When you see something, say something. Report that groomer, when he comes for you. See something, say something. ‘Cause he hates America and Christmas too. It’s the woke principal and his husband Chad. Or it could be your uncle who says Supes are bad. It might even be your mom and dad…”
Episode seven of “The Boys” Season 4 starts with that bizarre, ultra-right themed lyrics sung by puppets on Vought’s channel for kids, featuring a stupefied Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), who is clearly uncomfortable with the song. But Ryan’s battles are smaller compared to Billy Butcher’s troubles, who is dying but is still nowhere close to finding a solution to kill Homelander. Billy finally confesses to The Boys about the Sameer debacle and proposes a new plan to help create a virus that won’t cause a global pandemic.
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Titled “The Insider,” episode seven of “The Boys” is fast-paced and swiftly covers what’s happening with all its primary protagonists. Like the title suggests, Homelander is once again on the hunt for the person who’s been leaking their information to Butcher, since he finds out Starlight was at the Tek Knight party. I am glad the creators aren’t milking the new friendship between Homelander and Firecracker, pun intended. If you’ve seen the last episode, you know what that means. But thanks to their new equation, Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) finds herself being slowly sidelined. Meanwhile, Sister Sage’s antics also drive a dent in The Deep’s (Chace Crawford) relationship with his octopus partner Ambrosius (voiced by Tilda Swinton). In another major development, Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) finally reveals why she developed her mutism, which wasn’t as traumatizing as one would expect it to be, not after all the grotesque, violent events the writers have already subjected us to.
After that “Fight Club” style reveal at the end of episode 6 about Kessler (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), that he too is only a figment of Billy’s imagination, I thought we wouldn’t get to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan again! But he is still haunting Billy’s mind, constantly cussing him and encouraging him to do devious shit. However, the most underrated surprise of this season is A-Train’s (Jessie T. Usher) redemption arc – he has been risking his life time and again to help The Boys and this time he goes an extra mile against Homelander.
There isn’t a lot of political mongering in this edition, which was a welcome respite. Instead, there’s plenty of tension over who’s going to do what next. I was kind of on edge for a lot of the runtime, anxious over who’s going to drop dead next, and even though the body count in this episode of “The Boys” is relatively low, the makers have successfully managed to keep some of us on tenterhooks all the time.
Episode seven ends with an interesting twist, even though one major event leading up to it doesn’t make sense – let’s just say, someone from the enemy camp tries to infiltrate The Boys, but some of the stuff they say is pretty private, the kind of information they shouldn’t be privy to. On the bright side, the whole team is on the same side again, even if reluctantly!
You can stream “The Boys” on Prime Video.
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