The Boys Season 4 Episode 1 - Department of Dirty Tricks

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. All right, folks, strap in and get ready for a wild ride as we dive into the season four premiere of The Boys. Spoilers ahead. This show continues to be an absolutely bonkers mashup of biting satire, over the top violence, and scarily relevant social commentary. I mean, is Homelander's whole deal really that much crazier than some of the stuff we see in the news every day? The line between fiction and reality keeps getting blurrier, I tell you so. When we last left our heroes, Homelander had just straight up murdered a dude in broad daylight, which of course only made his unhinged fan base love him more classic. Now he's back, and he's been acquitted of all charges, because apparently you can just do that when you're a famous soup. The rich and powerful play by different rules. Who knew, But Old Homi's not feeling quite as invincible as he used to thanks to the shocking discovery of a gray pube. Yep, even genetically engineered ubermensch aren't safe from the ravages of time. While Homelander's plucking his nether regions, the Boys are trying to figure out how to deal with the fact that newly elected VP Victoria Newman is secretly a head popping soup who's in league with Captain Cuckoo.

1:19 Their brilliant plan poison her eye drops. Got to hand it to them, They're not afraid to think outside the box. But faster than you can say, I'm the deep and I'm inappropriately in love with an octopus, the plan goes sideways. Kimmiko and Frenchy get their butts handed to them by Newman's daughter and her freaky mutant throat tentacles, while Butcher completely drops the ball because he's too focused on saving Homelander's son Ryan priorities. Am I right? Speaking of Butcher, the poor guy just can't catch a break. Not only is he benched by the CIA, but he also finds out that all that compound V he's been guzzling is gonna kill him in a year. But even with the grim Reaper breathing down his neck, Butcher can't resist the siren song of revenge. He hatches a shady deal with Newman to help him get Ryan back, but ends up ghosting her at the last minute thanks to a little spectral intervention from his dead wife. Hey, whatever works. Meanwhile, Homelander's on the hunt for a new member of the Seven, and boy are the prospects grim. We've got racism, beastiality, and whatever a butterface is. But then in Walk's sister Sage, a mysterious genius with a plan to help Homelander take over the world. To prove her loyalty, Sage sets up a nice little meet and greet between Homelander and some of his biggest fans, which quickly turns into a beaten delete when he orders a train the Deep and Black Noir to go full Nagan on them. Yikes, But it's all part of Sage's master plan to make Homelander look like the good guy compared to Starlight's violent supporters.

2:47 Got to keep that base riled up and divided. While all this is going on, Poor hughe just can't catch a break. First his dad has a stroke, and then his long lost mom shows up out of nowhere at the hospital. Talk about emotional whiplash. But hey, at least French he's getting sober and starting acute new romance. Right, I'm sure that will end well and not be a horrific tragedy. Waiting to happen. So there you have it, folks, the first episode of The Boys season four and all its twisted glory. We've got political intrigue, family drama, messed up mutations, and more severed limbs than you can shake a laser eyed baby at. It's anyone's guess where this crazy train is heading next, but one thing's for sure, it's going to be one hell of a ride. What did you guys think of the premiere? Did it live up to the hype? What was your favorite messed up moment? And don't forget to smash that like button harder than Homelander smashes his enemy's skulls for TV in the basement, This is Journey Joe Mitchell signing off. See you next week, you beautiful soup loving psychos.