The Boys Season 4 Episode 2 - The Smartest Man in the Room

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Calarogu Shark Media. All Right,
folks, buckle up, because Episode two

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of The Boy season four is a
wild ride from start to finish. We've

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got surprise cameos, twisted revelations,
and enough to prave shenanigans to make even

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the most jaded viewer blush. Spoilers
ahead, let's dive in, shall we?

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First off, can we talk about
that opening scene with a train.

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Turns out they're making a movie about
his life, and who do they cast

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as his brother coach? None other
than Will Freakin Ferrell. I mean,

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I love the guy, but talk
about whitewashing. Poor a Tran can't catch

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a break even when it comes to
his own biopic. Meanwhile, over at

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Vaught, they're trying to figure out
how to market Homelander's son Ryan as the

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next big thing. Enter sister Sage, the supposed genius who's not afraid to

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tell it like it is. She
shoots down the idea of making Ryan a

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mini Homelander, arguing that he needs
to be his own man one if you

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will. Homelander's not thrilled about sharing
the spotlight, but he goes along with

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it for now. Back at Boys
HQ, Butcher finally comes clean about his

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terminal V induced condition, and instead
of a group hug, he gets the

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boot from MM Harsh. But I
guess that's what happens when you're more of

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a liability than an asset. The
team splits up to follow two leads,

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Starlight and Huey Tail a train to
try and clear some falsely accused Starlighters,

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while MM, Frenchy and Kimico follow
Sage to a right wing nutjob convention called

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truth Con. And let me tell
you, the scenes at truth Con are

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some of the most cringe inducing,
hilarious, and disturbingly accurate satire I've seen

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in a while. We're introduced to
two new soups, Firecracker, a YouTube

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conspiracy theorist who makes Alex Jones look
like Walter Cronkite, and Splinter, her

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creepy sidekick who can clone himself endlessly. MM and the crew try to spy

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on Sage's meeting with these two,
but it turns out to be a trap

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qan absolutely bonkers fight scene and a
horde of naked Splinter clones, a crashed

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bar Mitzvah, and more severed limbs
than you can shake a crowbar at Butcher

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shows up just in time to save
the day, but the damage is done

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on the a train front. Starlight
and Huey watch as he tries to connect

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with his nephews, only to be
shut down by his brother Nathan, who

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exposes a train's fake hero persona.
But in a surprising twist, a train

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later shows up at boys HQ with
evidence to clear the accused Starlighters. Maybe

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there's a shred of decency in him
after all. The episode ends with a

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gut punch as Homelander crashes Ryan's first
big solo rescue, splattering the poor kid's

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stunt coach against a wall in the
process. Ryan's traumatized, but Homelander just

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sees it as a teaching moment about
the expendability of us mere mortals. Father

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of the Year, folks, There's
so much more I could talk about,

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Hughey's tense reunion with his mom,
Frenchy's dark past coming back to haunt him,

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Kimico's drunken rampage, but I think
you get the gist. This episode

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was a PERFCX of biting social commentary, character development, and over the top

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action. The Boys continues to hold
a mirror up to our own messed up

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world and the reflection ain't pretty,
but that's what makes it so compelling,

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even as it shocks and disgusts.
Us I for one, can't wait to

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see where this twisted journey takes us
next. So what did you think of

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Episode two? Did Will Ferrell's cameo
make you spit out your fresca? Were

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you cheering or cringing during that truth
con brawl? And what's your take on

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Homelander's parenting style. That's it for
now, folks. This is Joe from

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TV in the Basement signing off until
next time. Keep your eyes on the

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skies, your wits about you,
and your crowbars handy in the world of

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the Boys. You never know when
you'll need them. Stay super