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Okay look, we all knew there were only two ways the whole V1 saga in The Boys could possibly end:
A: Either Butcher (Karl Urban) and the gang track it down and destroy it.
B: Homelander (Antony Starr) gets his hands on it first and finally becomes the immortal, ageless “God” he’s always wanted to be.
Now sure, daddy Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) willingly handing it over was a bit of a twist, but The Boys immediately realizing they were completely screwed and running for the woods definitely wasn’t. But now what??
Titled “The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk,” the penultimate episode of The Boys might sound all dramatic, but it turned out to be the weakest chapter of Season 5 so far. For an edition that’s supposed to set things for the big ending, most of it was a letdown.
Even the long-awaited arrival of Marie Moreau, the protagonist from Gen V, doesn’t add anything meaningful. Instead, the much await cameo (at least for Gen V fans) felt weirdly contrived, despite all the setup in the spin-off show.
About the only fun thing in The Boys Season 5 Episode 8 is the opening sequence, where Oh Father (Daveed Diggs) shoots a wildly choreographed music video with scantily clad dancers to advertise Homelander as the messiah-like face of the Democratic Church of America. Well, it was about time Homelander got his own hymn!
Everything else happening in the episode just feels like a remix of things The Boys has already done before: Homelander still trying to turn himself into America’s literal god, casually murdering anyone who questions him, and obsessively hunting down Starlight, Butcher, and especially Sister Sage for betraying him. Meanwhile, The Boys, despite losing the V1, refuse to quit and immediately start cooking up yet another desperate plan to kill the world’s most dangerous man.
As the big setup for The Boys finale, the episode simply doesn’t pack the punch it needed to. The creators even kill off another crucial character, yet the emotional payoff barely registers. Tsk Tsk. Let’s just hope the finale turns things around and delivers a genuinely satisfying send-off for the fans who’ve stuck with the show this long.
Stream The Boys Season 5 on Prime Video.
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