‘The Boys’ Just Pulled Off Its Best Twist Of The Series In Episode 7

The X-rated antics of The Boys season 3, which were on full display last week with the Herogasm episode, are not the only reason I like the show.

We got a great explanation for the fall of Black Noir and a history of Butcher's hard family life in this week's episode. The following arespoilers.

It would be revealed that Homelander is actually Soldier Boy's son.

This answers many questions. Vought ordered his team to betray him as he was about to sell Soldier Boy to the Russians. They didn't know that Soldier Boy wanted to start a family and share the spotlight.

Soldier Boy is the only hero that can go toe to toe with Homelander. The revelation that Soldier Boy was the weapon they had planned to use against Homelander creates a huge problem for The Boys, as they now appear to be on the same side, even though they didn't know about it until now.

Homelander has parent issues, raised as a lab rat, and Soldier Boy always wanted a child, so the two are ready to connect. In this episode, Homelander talks about how he wanted kids with Maeve, and now he wants to harvest her eggs to make kids with their powers against their will.

My theory is that the Boys will find a way to kill Soldier Boy, but not Homelander in the finale, which will enrage him even more, since he just met his father. I don't know how they're going to do that, but it looks like something the show would do. I didn't see the initial twist coming, but it was set up in retrospect and blinded me when it happened. In this age of internet spoilers and plot twists, that is quite impressive.

I don't know how next week's finale is going to top this, but I think Homelander will survive, as I don't think we want him dead. We will wait another year to see what happens. Don't you want Antony Starr that award?

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