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Why Homelander from The Boys is the perfect parody of Trumpian ... (The indy100)

The Seven are led by the omnipotent Homelander (Antony Starr), who initially appears as a straightforward riff on Superman or Captain America, a chiselled ...

Enter the maverick Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), who steers a ragtag crew of grudge-bearing vigilantes on a mission to expose the “supes” for who they really are. “[But] that’s not really how hatred works these days,” he explained. Kripke responded to a picture of this buffoon by asking: “Um... are they actually watching the show?” On the amazing prescience of The Boys, Kripke said: “This show happens to be – and I’m not sure I knew it was going to be when I started working on it – the perfect metaphor for the exact moment we’re living in, where authoritarianism and celebrity combine, where fascism and entertainment combine.” Utterly untroubled by conscience or the hundred-weight of his own hypocrisy, Homelander ended season two unhappily and was last seen stood on top of a skyscraper and seething “I can do whatever the f*** I want!” while masturbating petulantly in the moonlight. But behind that clean-cut veneer, Homelander is really a deeply disturbed narcissist – not to mention a homicidal, xenophobic rapist – who sees no contradiction between his grinning, glad-handing persona (“You guys, you’re the real heroes”) and the blank amorality of his conduct.

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Meet the cast of The Boys on Prime Video (Radio Times)

Amazon Prime Video's shocking and intense superhero series The Boys is back this week, and we've got everything you need to know about the cast of season 3.

Where have I seen Jensen Ackles before? Where have I seen Claudia Doumit before? Where have I seen Colby Minifie before? Where have I seen Karen Fukuhara before? Where have I seen Chace Crawford before? Where have I seen Dominique McElligott before? Where have I seen Jessie T Usher before? Where have I seen Erin Moriarty before? Where have I seen Antony Starr before? Where have I seen Jack Quaid before? Where have I seen Karl Urban before? Who is Queen Maeve? Queen Maeve is a leading member of the Seven who has previously gone along with Homelander's brutal actions.

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The Boys season 3 episode 4 release date: When does the next ... (Bam! Smack! Pow!)

The show may move away from the comic book source material, but it's done in a flawless way. Some of the moments seen in Garth Ennis' comic book may not have ...

Fans of The Boys can expect the season premiere to set the stage for what’s to come in season 3. The rest of The Seven are going to be doing their own things. As of now, this schedule will remain the same throughout the season, with new episodes releasing weekly. Some of the moments seen in Garth Ennis’ comic book may not have worked well in a TV show. The show may move away from the comic book source material, but it’s done in a flawless way. At first, fans ate up the violent nature and raunchy behavior of the so-called heroes.

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The Boys Season 3 Premiere Review: First 3 Episodes (IGN India)

Season 3 catches Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Frenchie (Tomer Capone), M.M. (Laz Alonso), and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) almost a year after Season ...

This season promised to be the bloodiest and most violent yet, which so far is irrefutable. Part of me wishes Season 3 let Hughie's pleasant little cubicle bubble last a bit longer — the other half relishes a continuation of Season 3 that confirms to action-horror fans they ain't seen nothin' yet. The Boys keeps the pedal pressed as tremendous acts of violence, fury, and revenge leave a wake of bodies in a mere few hours thus far. Commentary continues to be aces, as Season 3 initially pays homage to the Snyder Cut with its own "Bourke Cut" of Season 2's project-at-large, Vought's latest film, Dawn of the Seven, which features an appearance that adds thunderous star power. Season 3 doesn't allow any of its characters a moment to breathe, which is the bread and butter of The Boys. Starlight's (Erin Moriarty) required to be Hughie's confidant once more, but luckily, there’s enough added to the mix that it doesn't feel like a cheap retread of similar storylines in previous seasons. Butcher's working for Hughie at the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs, but all that fleeting do-gooder hope in government-regulated Vought activities goes out the window because this is The Boys, and you're here to witness the pinnacle of "supe" depravity.

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The Boys Season 3 is here: Amazon Prime Video plans to watch the ... (Times Now)

The Boys is a superhero series with a twist. The series tackles the age old question of; what if superheroes were real but not noble and heroic; ...

The Boys Season 3 Here is how you can watch the show on Amazon Prime Video. The Boys Season 3 Prime video

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6 things you have to watch on TV this weekend (The A.V. Club)

The Boys are back in town, Hulu debuts a queer rom-com, MTV throws a big party, and more.

Friday, Starz, 9 p.m.: Katori Hall’s adaptation of her play Pussy Valley is back for a second season. Friday, Prime Video, 12:01 a.m.: It’s a good day to be a fan of superheroes and supervillains, because The Boys kicks off its third round of terror. Booster and director Andrew Ahn use Austen’s tale of class tension, a romantic comedy urtext, to laugh in the face of such standards, and introduce some new ones. Set in 1980s San Diego, the Rose Byrne-led dark comedy follows Sheila Rubin’s journey of self-discovery via aerobics. The Boys also learn about an Anti-Supe weapon that sends them crashing into the Seven and starts a war. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekly What’s On will publish on Sundays.]

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'The Boys' Season 3: Episode 3 - Recap And Ending, Explained ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

In the previous episode, i.e., "The Boys" Season 3: Episode 2, Soldier Boy's side-kick, Gunpowder, told Billy that the C.I.A. took them on a case job in.

But he ignored all of these, as for him, the only thing that mattered was to take revenge on all the superheroes in the world, especially Homelander. Mallory told Billy that she hid information about Operation Charly and the special superweapon because she knew that Billy would go hunting for it after Homelander raped Becca, and he probably wouldn’t just stop with Homelander, but would eventually turn himself into a “supe-terminator,” killing hundreds of innocent super-humans who were injected with Compound V without their will. Billy might have promised everyone around him that he would never turn out like his father, a ruthless, heartless man, but gradually he was falling prey to his genetics. Nina offered a job to Frenchie to work for her, but Frenchie didn’t want to get himself into that mess again. The Russians, on the other hand, used the diversion and triggered a special device to combat Soldier Boy and took his body away with them on a helicopter. In late 1984, when the operation was in full swing, the officials sent superhero team Payback to assist Mallory in her mission. In this flashback, we are also introduced to Black Noir, or Earving, who was an African-American hiding behind a mask as America wasn’t ready to accept a black superhero. Edgar shared a special bond with Noir, which is the reason why he entrusted him with the most crucial missions even in the present time and also made him a part of “The Seven” after Payback was disassembled. Billy took them to the location where Grace Mallory was living with Ryan, and finally asked her about her secret case job in Nicaragua in 1984. In simple words, the Reagan government buried their hands in all kinds of dirt in their fight against the Reds. There was also an unwritten policy according to which the smugglers were directed to sell cocaine strictly to the neighborhood of the minorities in order to take down two enemies with a single shot and thereby promote their agenda of white supremacy. Starlight was shocked to the core, yet kissed Homelander during the shoot just to buy some time for Hughie. Earlier in her childhood, she made compromises for her mother and now for her boyfriend. After this threat, Starlight wanted to leave the team as soon as possible, but Hughie requested her to stay in and buy some time for them so that they could find the ultimate weapon that Butcher had been hunting for to blow up Homelander’s head. People loved Homelander’s unfiltered speech that he gave during his birthday event, and as a result, his public rating increased by some 21 points, while Homelander and Starlight’s Q Rating touched the 98% mark, which gave Homelander the idea to torment her co-captain further.

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The Ending Of The Boys Season 3 Episode 3 Explained (Looper)

Episode 3 includes important revelations regarding the season's biggest mystery, while also pushing the characters to their limits.

She implores Frenchie to run away with her, but that plan quickly goes out the window when Frenchie tells Butcher about his chat with Little Nina. Now that they know Soldier Boy was taken by Russian forces, Butcher thinks this is a perfect opportunity to call in a favor. Her old flame Supersonic (Miles Gaston Villanueva) is chosen as one of the winners, while Homelander strong-arms Starlight into letting The Deep (Chase Crawford) back into the Seven. Just when you think it can't get any worse, Homelander announces to everyone that he and Starlight are in love. He meets his old friend Cherie (Jordana Lajoie) in the park, where she tells him that she's run afoul of Little Nina (Katia Winter), a Russian crime boss and Frenchie's former employer. As the unlikely pair share a kiss, Starlight resorts to the same coping mechanisms that helped her power through as a child. At the end of the day, Butcher just wants to protect Ryan, but the boy is left more isolated than ever before. A distraught Crimson Countess (Laurie Holden) informs Mallory that the Russian forces used a special weapon to kill Soldier Boy. They watch in horror as his body is taken away in a helicopter and in the present, Butcher berates Mallory for hiding information that could have stopped Homelander years ago. However, Butcher can't help himself when Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) offers him the chance to level the playing field with a version of Compound V that gives the user powers for 24 hours. In the 1980s, she was stationed in Nicaragua, where the American government hoped to destabilize the Russian-supported Sandinista authority by funneling money and weapons to the rebel Contras (via History). The operation is put in jeopardy when a young Stan Edgar (Justiin Davis) arrives with Soldier Boy and the rest of the Payback team. Overwhelmed by grief and his desperation to kill Homelander, Butcher lashes out and Ryan suffers the consequences. He leaves unscathed, and although the interaction makes him rethink his priorities, it's clear we haven't seen the last of Little Nina. After the death of Becca (Shantel VanSanten), Butcher has been keeping an eye on her son, Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), who is living in a safe house with Mallory in order to protect him from Homelander. Since the end of Season 2, Ryan and Butcher have developed a sweet, family-like bond ... or as close to one as Butcher is capable of. After being cleared of all charges at the end of last season, Butcher (Karl Urban), Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Kapon), and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) have been working covertly with Congresswoman Victoria Neuman's (Claudia Doumit) hero monitoring task force.

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Can Homelander die? We asked 'The Boys' creator and cast (Inverse)

Ahead of The Boys Season 3 premiere, Inverse asked showrunner Eric Kripke and Homelander himself (Antony Starr) whether the character can die? As an added bonus ...

It’s still unclear who Black Noire actually is in The Boys show. But I've always said that for Homelander, his humanity is his Kryptonite. Ultimately, the human side of it is his mortality. “Hmm, I think everyone can die,” Starr concurs. Just the sheer fact that he ages says that, eventually, the guy can die. As an added bonus, we also asked series newcomer Jensen Ackles whether his character Soldier Boy could die, too So grab some Compound V and let’s dive in! It’s a question that haunts Billy Butcher’s nightmares and ignites debates among fans of The Boys. With the Amazon Prime series officially back for Season 3, it’s worth revisiting the question once again.

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Every New Superhero Joining 'The Boys' Season 3 and Their Powers (Newsweek)

The show is based on the comic book by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, which ran for 72 issues from 2006 to 2012. Here is everything you need to ...

She also has heat vision and is immune to fire. Soldier Boy, played by Jensen Ackles, is the original superhero. The show is based on the comic book by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, which ran for 72 issues from 2006 to 2012. The duo have a shared power that they activate by holding hands. Gunpowder is also a member of Payback and is played by Sean Patrick Flanery. Mindstorm is another member of Soldier Boy's team who appears in the third season of The Boys. He is played by Ryan Blakely.

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Charlize Theron's The Boys cameo as Stormfront has fans weak in ... (HITC)

The Boys season 3 has left fans stunned after Charlize Theron made a cameo as Stormfront in the superhero series.

The superhero series focuses on two groups – the Seven and the Boys, who are rivalling against one another. Charlize Theron makes surprise cameo in The Boys The Boys season 3 has fans stunned after Charlize Theron made a surprise cameo as Stormfront in the superhero series.

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What Is 'The Boys' Season 3 Episode Release Schedule? (Distractify)

Every streaming platform can't be like Netflix, where most original shows' seasons come out at once, enabling fans to binge-watch as they please.

Season 3 is made up of eight episodes in total and The Boys Season 3 finale drops on July 8, 2022. This means that Season 4 could be filming now and continue toward the end of 2022. So, what is the release schedule for The Boys? Season 3 premiered on the streaming platform on June 3, 2022 and not a moment too soon.

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The Boys' wildest sex scene yet happened thanks to Marvel (digitalspy.com)

The Boys season 3 episode 1 includes the show's most absurd and disgusting sex scene yet. And it's all thanks to Ant-Man in Avengers: Endgame.

Because back when fans first suggested that Ant-Man should explore Thanos' most safely-guarded gem, the Marvel star said this was a "lost opportunity" for his character. "At the time, there was that sort of meme going around of: why didn’t Ant-Man just crawl up Thanos’s butt and blow him up? "Shooting it was so bananas," adds Kripke, "because we built that penis practically. However, the regular-sized guy probably wishes he was a size queen in hindsight, because all of a sudden, the man inside sneezes, thereby losing control of his powers. And there was a lot less blood then too. And "at great expense" too, showrunner Eric Kripke adds during our exclusive chat with him about that scene.

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The Boys' Dawn of the Seven Parody Takes Shots At… Rogue One? (Screen Rant)

The Boys' hilarious in-universe 'Dawn of the Seven' movie is a fierce parody of the MCU and DCEU, but season 3 also (re)shoots on Rogue One.

Star Wars might not have superheroes, but it does have the kind of backstage baggage The Boys season 3's "Dawn of the Seven" spoof thrives on. Whatever the truth, those rumors have been happily seized upon by The Boys, which draws upon Disney's Star Wars nightmare (the first one) as parody material for "Dawn of the Seven." At the "Dawn of the Seven" world premiere, the fictional film's director references "reshoots" before thanking fans for their "ReleaseTheBourkeCut" hashtag. Switching targets from the MCU and DCEU to Star Wars might seem an abstract leap, but lampooning Rogue One actually makes total sense. No topic is safe from The Boys season 3's satirical poking - not even Star Wars. "Dawn of the Seven" is an in-universe Vought Studios movie introduced by The Boys season 2, and a glorious parody of both the MCU and DCEU superhero franchises. might've thought they were safe, but The Boys' cultural humor is as unpredictable as it is indiscriminate.

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<em>The Boys</em> premiere recap: Damn, we've missed this show! (EW.com)

The Boys premiere recap: Damn, we've missed this show! To say the first three episodes of season 3 are "shocking" is an understatement.

In the climax of the prior episode, he injected himself with V-24 in order to take on Gunpowder. But now… - As much as I love Hughie and Starlight together, the writers have done a great job of making me invested in the Supersonic/Starlight relationship. In classic Butcher fashion, he makes a bold move to push Ryan away for good — not by opening up about his feelings — by telling Ryan that he can't stand to look at the monster who killed his wife. But there's one person who might know: Payback's CIA handler — and Butcher's mentor — Grace Mallory. With that intel in hand, Butcher has a chance to let Gunpowder walk free, but with the combination of V-24 and blind rage flowing through his veins, he can't help himself — and he beats Gunpowder to death. Hughie, however, is unaware of this encroaching romantic threat, as he's busy with Butcher and the Boys — including Mother's Milk ( Laz Alonso) who's back in the ring after a few episodes of daddy-daughter time — pressing CIA agent Grace Mallory for insight into the cause of Soldier Boy's death. In the last episode, Queen Maeve gave him a valuable piece of intel that could help him eliminate Homelander once and for all — but that's not all she gave him. Back in the world of Vaught, there's a bunch of super-powered shenanigans going on. Instead, Gunpowder tries to murder Butcher in the parking lot after the convention, and nearly succeeds. After failing to arrest a superhero named Termite (in what's perhaps the most hilariously outlandish sequence thus far in all of The Boys, and that's saying something), Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) steps in with a potentially game-changing piece of intel: Regardless, Homelander's thrilled to celebrate his greatness and to do, as he puts it: "Whatever the hell I want." But in the world of The Boys, good things don't last. It's been a year and a half since the explosive finale of The Boys season 2, and they haven't missed a beat, kicking off season 3 with a premiere that's as shocking as it is…

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'The Boys' Kicks Off Season 3 With a Gory Premiere (TV Insider)

Spoiler Alert. Amazon Studios. [Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Boys Season 3 premiere, “Payback.”] Of course, of ...

A man shows up at Neuman’s office demanding to talk to “Nadia,” and while Hughie doesn’t think much of it at first, it’s a massive clue as to Neuman’s true identity. “I look forward to it,” Homelander says, and then he vanishes. If Butcher can find out what it was, he can use it to, as Maeve puts it, “blow his brains out.” She also hands him three vials of V-24, and leaves after telling him not to “f**k up” their one chance to kill Homelander. Stan pitches it to a presidential candidate as “V-24,” a temporary Compound V: It gives soldiers powers to complete a mission, and then it wears off after a day. When the premiere kicks off, shockingly, things are actually pretty OK for Hughie ( Jack Quaid). He has no clue his boss at the Bureau of Superhuman Affairs is a head-exploding supe, he and Annie, a.k.a. Starlight ( Erin Moriarty), have gone public, and he’s committed to taking down bad guys the right way. (If you require context, this involves a supe with shrinking powers who’s high as a kite, a sex thing, and an unfortunately timed sneeze.)

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'The Boys' Season 3 Reviews Are In, And They Are Stellar (Forbes)

Amazon has premiered the first three episodes of The Boys season 3 today, and it plans to launch the rest of them weekly to extend the conversation about ...

You’ll see. You’ll see. Amazon Prime Video has had fewer hits than its high profile competitors, but they’ve landed a few knockout punches.

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The Boys: Who Is Soldier Boy And What Are His Powers (DualShockers)

Soldier Boy got a proper introduction in the new episodes of The Boys season 3 and here are his powers and introduction if you want to know more about him.

American actor Jensen Ackles portrays the role of Soldier Boy in The Boys season 3. Just like every other Supe, Soldier Boy has incredible strength, far beyond the reach of a normal human. We got the first introduction of Soldier Boy in season 2 when Stan Edgar made Homelander the leader of The Seven. But we didn’t get any proper introduction to his character until now.

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Jensen's One of the 'Boys,' Remembering Joe Papp, Judy Garland's ... (TV Insider)

Jensen Ackles joins the subversive superhero thriller The Boys in Season 3 as Soldier Boy, the first Superhero. American Masters salutes the Public ...

- CNN Special Report: Missing Madeleine McCann (10/9c, CNN): Randi Kaye updates the 15-year investigation into the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann from a resort apartment in Portugal in 2007, described as the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history. Prime time is dominated by her youthful “Let’s put on a show” musicals with Mickey Rooney, including 1939’s Babes in Arms (8/7c) and Babes on Broodway (10/9c). Her greatest hits are yet to come. A busy Friday on the Apple streamer includes the finale of the trippy thriller Shining Girlsand new episodes of The Essex Serpent, Tehranand the bilingual mystery Now & Then. As Uncle Clifford ( Nicco Annan) wrangles with new owner Autumn Night ( Elarica Johnson) for authority, they take the acts to an unconventional place to stay afloat during the pandemic. Ackles is the legendary Soldier Boy, an original Superhero forged from the fires of World War II, who may be the only one powerful enough to take down the dreaded Homelander ( Anthony Starr). After all of those years battling demons as Dean Winchester, our money’s on Ackles. “He wanted theater to be as public as the library was,” explains James Earl Jones, one of the many stars who took advantage of Joe Papp’s progressive, egalitarian approach to the classics.

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<em>The Boys</em> season 3 welcomes a Hollywood A-lister for ... (EW.com)

Let's talk about that cameo from the first 60 seconds of 'The Boys' season 3 premiere.

Then there were mutants attacking New York City. And now in the final cut, Stormfront is the real villain of the movie. (Outside the show, Gilroy, the screenwriter of Michael Clayton, was hired by Lucasfilm to oversee reshoots of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.) complicated. It was meant as a fake dramatization of the Seven's origins, uniting Homelander, Stormfront, Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), Starlight (Erin Moriarty), Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell), A-Train ( Jessie Usher), and Translucent over a common threat. Kripke and his writers like to use the world of The Boys to satirize our own culture, including superhero culture. The actress showed up in one of two end-credits scenes as the comic book character Clea. Showrunner Eric Kripke and his stars have been keeping a major season 3 casting secret under wraps for months, and it was finally revealed within the opening minute of season 3's first episode.

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The Boys Season-Premiere Recap: Peacetime (Vulture)

What does peacetime look like for The Boys? A recap of 'Payback,' episode 1 of the third season of 'The Boys' on Amazon Prime Video.

But perhaps the peacetime that both Vought and Neuman are so keen to maintain isn’t peacetime at all; it’s just stasis. For all his high-and-mightiness about the work he and Neuman have been doing — and, to be fair, they have contributed to a steep drop in “suit collateral” — the rich and famous still rarely face any repercussions. Of course, Butcher refuses to pass along Becca’s son Ryan’s location to Homelander; he’s bonded a lot with the kid over the year of Ryan’s isolated stay with Boys founder Grace Mallory. For all Butcher’s fears of becoming his father, he’s becoming a surprisingly good one himself. The two men agree to commit to their own favored brand of warfare: scorched earth, with only one left standing at the end. Neuman is complicit in sweeping the first death of the episode under the rug. “Think about what that would mean to millions of girls,” she tells Hughie, momentarily forgetting the real end goal here. It’s nice to see the big secret about Hughie’s new boss come out so early on, instead of after a few episodes of wheel-spinning. Creative violence is this show’s bread and butter, especially as it intersects with sex, so you can imagine the writer’s room laughing their asses off coming up with each beat of this scene. There’s no point in putting it off, so let’s dive in (no pun intended): at his boyfriend’s request, Termite shrinks down and squeezes through his urethra, stroking the inner walls of his dick as he meanders toward the prostate. Only two people die in the episode (a low body count in this show), and neither character was featured before this episode, anyway. It’s clear from the beginning of the episode that this ceasefire is temporary (if it even exists at all). In fact, much of “Payback” feels like the calm before the storm. What has happened in the last twelve months, and can an uneasy truce be sustained based on the threat of mutually assured destruction alone?

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We Sure Are Ready for Eight Blood-Soaked Episodes of <em>The ... (menshealth.com)

The Boys is back for eight more blood-soaked episodes in Season 3. Billy Butcher, Homelander, Hughie, and more are back for more fun.

The Boys Season 3, like Seasons 1 and 2, will be eight episodes in total. The cursing. It's the violence. Season 3 picks up right where Season 2 left off; Billy Butcher ( Karl Urban) and Hughie Campbell ( Jack Quaid) have both gone legit in their fight against the Supes, with Butcher's crew working under the CIA umbrella and Hughie working as the right hand to Victoria Neumann (Claudia Doumit)—who may or may not be the mysterious figure who can make people's heads explode whenever the hell she feels like it. It's been a while since the last blood-soaked, gut-filled season of Amazon Prime Video's superhero send-up The Boys, but man are we glad to have it back. Not good at all!

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How to Watch “The Boys” season 3 premiere (mlive.com)

Superheroes don't always choose to use their powers for good. Stream "The Boys" season 3 premiere today with an Amazon Prime Video subscription.

Starting today, stream season 3 for free with an Amazon Prime Video subscription. So when The Boys learn of a mysterious Anti-Supe weapon, it sends them crashing into the Seven, starting a war, and chasing the legend of the first Superhero: Soldier Boy.” - Amazon Prime Video The series follows The Boys as they embark on a dangerous mission to reveal the secrets hiding behind this multi-billion dollar syndicate.

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Meet the Real Homelander on 'The Boys' (TV Insider)

Fun! Meanwhile, Butcher (Karl Urban), Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara), and Frenchie (Tomer Capon) work to get info about Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) from his old ...

“I’m the real hero.” And with that, the episode ends. With that, Butcher heads back to the convention to confront Gunpowder. The guy shoots him several times, and Butcher falls… The prolonged, heartfelt goodbye he says to his ex-wife does not inspire confidence that he’ll survive Season 3. “No God. The only man in the sky is me.” Caught between his laser eyes and the fall, she jumps. He’s left with a bullet in his leg and a cut on his cheek, but he gets away. He tries to threaten her, and then Stan Edgar, who’s been watching the dress rehearsal, cuts in and tells Homelander that since Starlight’s numbers are better, she “can call her own shots.” With that, Homelander storms away. He shares the info about Red River with her. “Oh, God,” the girl says. Ringing in his ears, Homelander rants at the girl and says she should, in fact, jump. With his annual televised birthday celebration approaching, “The Only Man in the Sky” turns the insane supe into a ticking time bomb of contempt, arrogance, and pent-up rage. (He wasn’t supposed to go there without Annie [ Erin Moriarty], but, oh well.) He lies to the nurse and says he and Starlight are thinking of adopting, and he’s able to copy information from one of their computers onto a flash drive. Fun! Meanwhile, Butcher ( Karl Urban), Kimiko ( Karen Fukuhara), and Frenchie ( Tomer Capon) work to get info about Soldier Boy ( Jensen Ackles) from his old Payback teammates.

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'The Boys' returns, slightly dinged, with its very American dystopia (The Washington Post)

"The Boys," Amazon Prime Video's ultra-cynical superhero hit, sets its sights on American imperialism and toxic masculinity.

Season 2 gave us airborne sex and a Scientology-like org in the publicity-hungry Church of the Collective. In Season 3, with plain old humans getting in on the Supe action, the show takes a greater interest in the sad, sordid lives of the in-betweeners: superpowered D-listers who’d never be considered The Seven material. It’s theoretically interesting to give The Boys a taste of the Supe life, so they can experience for themselves how easy it is to give into one’s worst impulses when immune from consequences; under V24, the vengeance-obsessed Butcher splits an uncooperative witness’s head in two as smoothly as he would a melon. When The Boys’ leader, Butcher (Karl Urban), is offered smuggled vials of the stuff, his distrust of the Supes is no match for the enticement of finally being as powerful as his enemies. “You need 5 million people” who are extremely angry (but in the vulgar language the show is known for). Unsurprisingly, Season 2’s explorations of hate as a politically animating force made for blistering parody during the Trump years. A best-drama Emmy nominee for its outstanding second season, “The Boys” is something of a mutant itself. Instead, the Superman-like Homelander (Antony Starr) and the Wonder Woman-esque Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) appear in movies based on their exploits and smile toothily from the sides of buses and soda cups, offering scripted romances to increase their Q ratings and anodyne political messaging that works around, rather than addresses, the prejudices of the day.

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The First Avengers Knockoff on <em>The Boys</em> Was Actually ... (menshealth.com)

In Episode 3 of the new season of The Boys, a suped-up Billy Butcher gets the gang back together to desperately find a way to kill Homelander, leader of the ...

Now that Season 3 is out, we get to go a bit deeper into one of the first superhero groups in the history of The Boys. The loudmouth parody of Marvel's Captain America is the leader of Payback. And he has the strength to help America win World War II—and presumably has strength comparable to Homelander. His anti-aging ability preserves not only his skin, but also the sexist norms of the 1940s, when telling a female case officer for the CIA she needs to smile was acceptable to him. Until we see Orphan Black's Ryan Blakely do more than protrude his large forehead for a pose, we'll reserve judgment on how useful Mind-Storm is in The Boys universe. So far on this season of The Boys, she's only shot a few fireballs, but in the comics, she has Homelander-style heat vision lasers and can manipulate fire on a greater level than Season 2 standout Lamplighter. We may not have seen the last of what Crimson can do. In Episode 3 of the new season of The Boys, a suped-up Billy Butcher gets the gang back together to desperately find a way to kill Homelander, leader of the more popular Avengers spin-off The Seven, once and for all. Through her recollection of that catastrophic event, we find out about one of the first groups of superheroes Vought tried to shove into military action—Payback.

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The Boys: What the Season 3 Premiere Means For Homelander - IGN (IGN)

The Boys Season 3 premiere sets up the potential for an all-new, all-terrifying version of Homelander. Here's what it means for The Boys, Starlight, ...

What he might do next is a chilling thing to ponder, but, as in the real world, the scariest part is asking ourselves how the “good guys” will redirect a monster that has grown much, much bigger than any one person. Other options may include the many other unstable supes that exist in a secret government bunker, but perhaps most likely is the chance of a partnership with Soldier Boy, “the first superhero.” Referred to as “Homelander before there was Homelander,” it should be clear that his politics are dicey and he’s not exactly a team player, but his well-earned hostility toward Vought could entail him allying with The Boys. At this rate, it looks like they’re going to need all the help they can get. This is disturbingly reminiscent of his interactions with Queen Maeve in the first two seasons, and as with Maeve, he’s keeping Starlight off-balance in order to keep the upper hand. Homelander’s increasingly public revelations of his rotten core have only led to a surge in his ratings, putting the rest of The Seven and The Boys in similar positions attempting to navigate his ever-escalating bad behavior. Having already gone above and beyond to make an enemy of Queen Maeve, he’s moved on to attempting to break Starlight while continuing to bully the others. Nowhere is that more true than Homelander, whose anger at being “subdued” has encouraged bolder acts that go beyond cruelty and into outright fascism.

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“Lucifer,” “The Boys” are devilish entertainment options (KGET 17)

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — This week's new entertainment options feature some very dark characters. “Lucifer: The Complete Fifth Season”: Grade 3 /12 ...

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'The Boys': Members of the Seven, Ranked by Power (Collider.com)

The Seven are some of the most powerful "supes" on The Boys. But who's the most powerful of them all? We rank them here.

As the wife of Frederick Vought, she became the first known superhero, and she is by far one of the most powerful. Just a few of the powers we see from Noir, but his main ability is his high martial arts prowess. The only other supe we see with this ability is Homelander, and he is clearly impressed by this as he falls for her. The ability to turn completely invisible is his trademark power, but it's arguably his carbon skin that makes him so formidable. One of the few on this list that is a consistent member of The Seven, Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) is a great all-rounder. He is able to send a girl in the tunnel flying through the wall, and is also to send Starlight flying through the air, which is very impressive considering she's pretty strong herself. After spending years as a local hero, she is attracted by the glamour of The Seven, but quickly discovers the dark reality of being a member. Noir is definitely one of the most feared in the group and is highly reliable, but he has one unfortunate weakness that lets him down: Tree nuts. Her alliance to The Boys massively helps them in their pursuit of taking down The Seven, providing them with intelligence and working from the inside to bring them down. One of the earlier members of The Seven, Lamplighter (Shawn Ashmore) was replaced by Starlight, with not much being known about him in the first season. One of the first heroes we meet, The Deep (Chace Crawford) finds himself sinking toward the bottom of the rankings. Kicking things off, we have Shockwave (Mishka Thébaud). Although he never really made it to The Seven, he was all set to join as the replacement to A-Train after the latter's forced retirement.

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'The Boys' Showrunner Eric Kripke on Casting Jensen Ackles as ... (Collider.com)

The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke discusses how Jensen Ackles was cast as Soldier Boy for Season 3 — and how the Supernatural actor fought for the role.

He can be scary, he can be emotional, he can be a credible action star. So it hadn't occurred to me to think of Jensen because he plays as younger, but it wasn't until I was on the phone with him that I was like, 'Wait a minute, are you interested in this part? The hopelessly smarmy supe is played by Jensen Ackles, and the role reunites him with show creator Eric Kripke — the two worked together for a time on Supernatural when the series was first taking off on the now-CW — and let's just say that Soldier Boy is a pretty far cry from anything Dean Winchester ever was, even on his worst day.

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The Boys Explained: Who Is Soldier Boy, Homelander's Predecessor (ComingSoon.net)

New and crazy adventures await William Butcher (Karl Urban) and his team in their attempt to eliminate Vought's Supes. Plus, Billy seems more relentless than ...

Let us know in the comments section below. The task to portray the first live-action adaptation of Soldier Boy has been entrusted to Jensen Ackles. 44-year-old Ackles is coming off a fifteen-year run as Dean Winchester, the demon hunter in The CW’s Supernatural. His credits also include voicing Bruce Wayne in the Batman: The Long Halloween animation movies. In the comics, Soldier Boy was introduced in 2009’s Herogasm miniseries created by Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and Keith Burns. Soldier Boy’s role and powers mock pretty much the ones of Marvel’s Steve Rogers, including his shield as a melee weapon.

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We'll Be Thinking About Termite's Penis-Exploding Scene in <em ... (menshealth.com)

The Boys had maybe its most disgusting scene ever, featuring an Ant-Man-esque hero named Termite and an exploding penis.

This is Termite's first major inclusion in the show by Kripke and company, though he was previously seen in the secret Supe sex club that Butcher and Hughie walked through in the very first episode. "Then silicon viscera was created, from blood to intestines, to assorted organs, and packed into the dummy's hollow rib cage, so that when it flopped onto the bed, the blood and guts would spill out of it." He tells Termite he didn't see anything, but then Termite doesn't have any interest in word of this getting out—he shrinks down to bug size, and, in a lovely reference to the famous Ant-Man Endgame theory, tries to fly into Frenchie's behind to explode him. And then the romantic suitor tells Termite that he wants to take things to the next level. Luckily, Billy Butcher ( Karl Urban) is monitoring from afar, and comes in to save the day: throwing Termite into a bag of cocaine and shaking him up like a powdered sugar dispenser for a delicious Sunday waffle. So, after the premiere for a movie called Pocket Romance, we find Frenchie (Tomer Capone) monitoring the afterparty for its hard-partying, showboating star, Termite (Brett Geddes). Termite has the power to grow very small and (presumably) very large, and shows this off in front of his adoring party guests.

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The Boys season 3 is a dazzling, disgusting, damning middle finger (The A.V. Club)

Prime Video's action-packed satire asks, "What do the good guys do when the bad guys just keep winning?"

What makes The Boys’ approach to this familiar territory stick—like a speedboat plunging straight into the innards of Lucy the Whale stick—is its unrelenting winks to the world in which we actually live. But generally speaking, The Boys remains one of the more in-touch satires in streaming, putting a fine point on a metaphoric dagger too many other shows wield like a blunt butter knife. So to get what they want, The Boys have to decide what parts of themselves they’re willing to lose. (If there’s an argument to be made for a The Boys movie, then it’s seeing those cruel, icy orbs on the big screen.) So, in a painful action-packed dramedy of errors that never lets up, The Boys season three takes aim at a daunting question: What do the good guys do when the bad guys just keep winning? Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara), Frenchie (Tomer Kapon), and even Butcher (Karl Urban) try to do the same.

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The Boys: Eric Kripke Breaks Down That Explosive Scene From the ... (IGN)

Showrunner Eric Kripke explains how that explosive scene from the Season 3 premiere has a surprising practical effect.

That tunnel inside is really the urethra inside that giant penis. What was supposed to be an act of pleasure turns into a bloody mess. The Boys has never been shy about its gratuitous violence or sexual exploits ever since it first premiered on Prime Video back in 2019.

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