The Boys Season 4 Episode 6 - The Boys' Wildest Episode Yet

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there,
fellow soup watchers, This is Journey Joe

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Mitchell coming at you from the cozy
confines of the TV basement. Today we're

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diving into episode six of the Boy's
fourth season, titled Dirty Business. Was

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this one a doozy? So we
start with a somber moment as Huey,

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his mom and the gang spread his
dad's ashes on a maid in Manhattan walking

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tour. It's a bittersweet scene that
really hammers home how much Hugh Senior meant

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to Huey. Jack Quaid continues to
impress with his ability to convey complex emotions.

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But this is The Boys, so
we can't stay sad for long.

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The team hatches a plan to infiltrate
a far right gathering at Tech Knight's mansion,

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and how do they do it By
drugging the soup web weaver and having

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hue impersonate him. Laz Alonso deserves
an Emmy for his reaction to having to

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administer that drug in a very uncomfortable
place. Now, let's talk about what

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goes down in tech Knight's basement or
should I say the tech cave, Folks,

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I've seen some wild stuff on this
show, but this might take the

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cake, and I do mean that
literally. There's a scene involving Huey a

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German chocolate cake, and well,
I'll let you watch that for yourselves.

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Let's just say it gives a whole
new meaning to having your cake and eating

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it too. The writers really push
the envelope with the Tech Cave scenes.

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It's gross, it's shocking, and
it's also darkly hilarious. Derek Wilson as

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tech Knight is having way too much
fun with this role, and poor Hughey

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jack Quaid's face as he endures these
increasingly bizarre tests is priceless. When hue

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follows tech Night down into his secret
layer, we're treated to a smorgasbord of

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depravity that would make the Marquis de
Sade blush. The Tech Cave is less

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Batman's high tech headquarters and more like
a fever dream designed by someone who's watched

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way too much German dungeon porn.
Poor Hughey, thinking he's there for a

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superhero audition, finds himself an increasingly
bizarre and uncomfortable situations. First, there's

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the German chocolate cake incident. Jack
Quade's face as he realizes what he's being

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asked to do is an absolute masterclass
in what have I gotten myself into?

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Acting? But it doesn't stop there. Oh No. The boys writers were

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clearly in a hold my beer mood
when they wrote this scene. We've got

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Ashley Barrett, once the put upon
Vodigzec, now wielding a feather like it's

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a weapon of mass destruction. The
tickle torture scene is simultaneously hilarious and deeply

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unsettling, with Colby Minifi really leaning
into Ashley's newfound sadistic streak, and just

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when you think it can't get any
weirder, Tech Knight ups the ante his

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plan to shall we say modify Hughie
takes the scene from darkly comedic to genuinely

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horrifying in the blink of an eye. It's a testament to Derek Wilson's performance

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that Tech Knight manages to be both
ridiculous and terrifying at the same time.

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The cherry on top of this Sunday
of insanity, the revelation that Webweaver's safe

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were it is Zendaia. It's a
brilliant bit of metahumor nodding to the Spider

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Man films without being two on the
nose. This entire sequence is The Boys

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at its most audacious. It's gross, it's shocking, it's darkly hilarious,

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and it pushes the boundaries of good
taste to their absolute limit. But it

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also serves a purpose beyond mere shock
value. It's a stark reminder of the

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depraved depths to which those in power
can sink when they believe their above consequences.

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In the end, watching Hughe endure
this ordeal and come out the other

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side is oddly cathartic. It's a
trial by fire, or by cake,

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as it were, that forces him
to confront some deeply uncomfortable truths about the

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world he's fighting against, and isn't
that what The Boys is all about at

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its core? Meanwhile, Homelander is
trying to convince a room full of billionaires

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to invoke the twenty fifth Amendment and
make Newman president. Anthony Starr continues to

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be the MVP of this show,
perfectly balancing Homelander's menace with his deep seated

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insecurities. It's fascinating to watch him
flounder when he's out of his depth with

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these power players. Speaking of Newman. Her speech to the billionaires promising them

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free reign once she's president is chilling. It's a stark reminder of how far

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she's fallen from her initial ideals.
The reveal that Kesler has been a figment

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of Butcher's imagination this whole time,
some minds were blown. But I noticed

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that weeks ago that said Carl Urban
and Jeffrey Dean Morgan have such great chemistry,

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it's hard to believe one of them
isn't really there. This twist adds

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a whole new layer to Butcher's character
and his internal struggles. And let's not

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forget about that final scene with Homelander
and Firecracker. Just when you think this

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show can't get any more outrageous,
they hit you with that. Valerie Curry

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is really going for it as Firecracker, and her dedication to pleasing Homelander is

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as disturbing as it is darkly funny. Overall, this episode was a game

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changer. It pushed the boundaries of
good taste, as the Boys loves to

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do, but it also moved the
plo forward in significant ways. We're seeing

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alliances shift, characters reach new lows
or highs, depending on your perspective and

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the stage being set for what's sure
to be an explosive finale. So what

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did you think, fellow basement dwellers. Was this episode too much or just

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the boys being the boys? I
felt like it was too much and not

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for the first time this season.
Get the ball back to Homelander and dial

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down the crazy. That's all for
now, soup fans. Until next time,

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keep your v locked up tight,
your cake's unsat upon, and your

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basement's free of any creepy sex dungeons. This is Journey Joe Mitchell signing off

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from the TV Basement