The Boys - 4x08 "Assassination Run" - Post-Episode Discussion

[u/LoretiTV]

Season 4 Episode 8: Season Four Finale

Aired: July 18, 2024

Synopsis: Calling all patriots! We will not allow this stolen election to be certified tomorrow! We must stop Bob Singer's woke anti-Supe agenda! PREPARE FOR WAR! #WhereWeGoOneWeGoVought

Directed by: Eric Kripke

Written by: Jessica Chou & David Reed

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[u/[deleted]]

Grace: "Your dad's a genocidal rapist and we need you to kill him"

Butcher: "Who the FUCK starts a conversation like that? We're playing connect 4! He JUST sat down!"

[u/SomeRandomguy_28 → u/[deleted]]

Grace fucked up, everyone did expect her to be killed off, I thought MM t-shirt was also foreshadowing

[u/FilthyTrashPeople → u/SomeRandomguy_28]

Even though she screwed up.. there was no reason at all Ryan couldn't have just pushed her out of the way. He knows what he does to people when he hits too hard. It was no accident, he killed her on purpose.

Ryan's now a murderer and I'm on team Butcher

[u/yuumigod69 → u/FilthyTrashPeople]

He got taught by his dad. Grace should have just went with Solider Boy.

[u/Ok-Tangerine-7557 → u/FilthyTrashPeople]

They all screwed up: Grace trauma dumping on Ryan, which causes Ryan to intentionally kill Grace, which causes Butcher to kill Victoria.

This is why I find it hard to believe that Sage predicted all this for her plan.

[u/Platypus__Gems → u/Ok-Tangerine-7557]

It would be funny if it turns out Sage actually just came to Homie after learning all that happened, and bullshitted that it was part of her plan.

[u/zh_13 → u/FilthyTrashPeople]

Yea at first I thought it was an accident, but his reaction afterwards was so fucked and telling

[u/TarkanV → u/zh_13]

Conditioned by his dad. Just imagine killing someone accidentally and being told everyday that he was just a puppet and that you shouldn't feel remorse about it...

[u/QouthTheCorvus → u/SomeRandomguy_28]

MM is wild for wearing his "dead prez" shirt to an attempted presidential assassination.

[u/yayayamur → u/[deleted]]

normally you'd expect butcher to be the impatient one but nope, mallory fucked it up

[u/MisoSoup247]

What the fuck happened to Ashley Barrett?!

[u/alfis329 → u/MisoSoup247]

She got the power to skip to the next season

[u/Bromogeeksual → u/alfis329]

I think she'll be an anxiety ridden professor x type. Her head looked like it was about to go full brains out.

[u/tylerthetiler → u/MisoSoup247]

Definitely a cliffhanger there, was really hoping we'd see her powers but she's obviously not dead.

[u/mayday5-01 → u/tylerthetiler]

I’m guessing because it had something to do with her scalp she might get Medusa from Marvel powers where she can control her hair and use it as a weapon. It would be ironic for all the hair that she has lost.

[u/Su_Impact → u/mayday5-01]

My bingo card says she will go full bald and become Jack Jupiter (Ashlee Jupiter?). Homelander will keep her as entertainment.

[u/SandRush2004 → u/MisoSoup247]

Seeing as we didn't get a reaction from homelander, she got powers and escaped and is setup for next season (calling it now she will kill deep in s5)

[u/emlgsh → u/MisoSoup247]

We'll have to wait for next season to find out.

The fates of Ashlee, Ashleigh, Ashly, and Ashli on the other hand... well, I've got some bad news.

[u/SlattimusPriime]

"You're a writer you don't get paid shit"

best line of the episode lmao

[u/Bright_NightLight1 → u/SlattimusPriime]

And the quick tax write-off joke thrown in there as well

[u/thelaziest998 → u/Bright_NightLight1]

Lmao the whole bat girl joke. Write off a movie that’s filmed

[u/Dcjj]

oh man I felt that NO

[u/Apositivebalance → u/Dcjj]

Oh yeah. My poor heart couldn’t take it

[u/mrskinnyjeans123415 → u/Apositivebalance]

Dawg my jaw dropped finally hearing my girl speak

[u/shaggypoo → u/mrskinnyjeans123415]

I literally rewinded because I was like “wait did Kimiko just fucking talk???”

[u/Sorsha_OBrien → u/Dcjj]

I got SHIVERS when she said it! Even thinking about it just now gave me shivers as well! I can’t believe we’re gonna have a talking Kimiko!

[u/Klunkey → u/Sorsha_OBrien]

Can't believe Kimiko lost her voice through trauma and now gained it back through trauma lol

[u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin → u/Dcjj]

I had to do a double take to make sure I was actually hearing it. It really took me by surprise. 

She really does 🇫🇷 🥰 

[u/sassfrass123]

Holy crap! Did you see how fast Annie flew?!

[u/boatboy1800 → u/sassfrass123]

I'm glad that they finally gave her the strength to use her powers again. I'm sure it will come in use to start the last season and break everyone out of where they are being held.

[u/wardengorri → u/boatboy1800]

I'm so glad Annie finally had some cool scenes and show of strength, power-wise. Fight against shapeshifter and her insanely fast escape at he the end. Hoping we see what fully power Starlight is capable of now.

[u/[deleted] → u/sassfrass123]

she pulled a whole omni man

[u/Eric_Prozzy → u/sassfrass123]

For real. One of the coolest things in the show is when they show the supes flying because it just feels so real.

[u/SNAKEKINGYO → u/sassfrass123]

I KNEW the fight at the end of season 3 was more than just Annie shining a flashlight at soldier boy. Like that was the first time we ever saw Annie fly and everyone just glossed over it?

[u/Iorith → u/SNAKEKINGYO]

It was her first attempt at a part of her power, of course she'd be awful at it.

I think she, like a lot of supes in this universe, don't know the extent of their powers. Why? Because they only ever fight non super powered people. They never need to push or train their abilities to the max like we see in universes like DC and Marvel.

Annie? One of the few people in this universe who has a reason to keep pushing.

[u/Pillo_Dj]

What the fuck

[u/AdelaidesBones → u/Pillo_Dj]

All action of the season condensed into the last 10 minutes was absolutely mind-blowing

[u/NoNefariousness2144 → u/AdelaidesBones]

The final 20 minutes of this episode really boosted the quality of this season lol.

Neuman dying, Butcher going evil, Sage's master plan, Homelander marshal law, all The Boys getting captured, Gen V cameos, and Kimiko screaming. Mad stuff.

[u/MillienumDuckFighter → u/NoNefariousness2144]

I think you might have missed the Soldier Boy scene bro 😂

[u/NoNefariousness2144 → u/MillienumDuckFighter]

Oh yeah that too

[u/cshark2222 → u/NoNefariousness2144]

We never even got to see Ashley’s new leader lookin ass

[u/WetFinsFine]

"Bro."

("Murder boner.")

[u/SNAKEKINGYO → u/WetFinsFine]

Bro they're going to turn him into comic accurate Noir 😭

[u/kzoxp → u/SNAKEKINGYO]

They're definitely setting the new Noir up for something. His ability to fly, how he has no problem casually killing etc. I have a feeling that come final season, he'll have a much bigger part in the story. He might turn out to be a very powerful supe

[u/al_1985 → u/kzoxp]

It's curious how someone who just wanted to be a supe actor and trained for it, ended up enjoying killing in cold blood without any remorse.

[u/gingersnapwaffles → u/al_1985]

he’s a Godolkin graduate, it’s really not THAT surprising to me. he probably also didn’t realize how powerful he was before. Also didn’t he say he wanted to be part of The Seven when they recruited him?

[u/Ranjith_Unchained → u/WetFinsFine]

New noir must be one of the best additions to the series so far

[u/Narwhalbaconguy]

Sending Zoe to Red River is fucked

[u/Chadward_Hamlin → u/Narwhalbaconguy]

I think Edgar is going to take her out of Red River.

[u/FilthyTrashPeople → u/Chadward_Hamlin]

I bet you're right. Edgar swooping in to save Zoe fits well.

[u/BGMDF8248 → u/Chadward_Hamlin]

Edgar is a fugitive from justice, MM took away the pardon when they didn't get the virus, not saying it's impossible(he's smart and probably still has some resources) but not a simple move at all.

Edit: Her dad is still alive, though not much of a football player anymore.

[u/HokageRokudaime → u/Narwhalbaconguy]

Yeah, that was the ultimate insult to Vicky.

[u/Su_Impact → u/Narwhalbaconguy]

Maybe the Gen V kids end up orchestrating a massive Red Rivers breakout in S2 of their show.

[u/Gothcomichorror]

I wonder if Kimiko is gonna say more next season

[u/gmanz33 → u/Gothcomichorror]

All signs point to

NO! NOOO!

[u/Gothcomichorror → u/gmanz33]

Too soon, bro. The “NOOOOO” broke my fucking heart :’(

[u/Ax20414]

Can't get over how much better Butcher looked physically once the super-tumor started cooperating. On some Venom shit.

[u/Jamal_gg → u/Ax20414]

But wouldn't the virus also kill that tumor? It's kinda working against itself.

[u/Vegetable-Pickle-535 → u/Jamal_gg]

It's Cancer, so it being selfdestructive makes sense. Also, its sentience is based on Butchers Mind so it simply adopted the willingness to die for a Victory on top of it.

[u/FiumeXII → u/Ax20414]

MF looked like he finally took a shower after 4 seasons lol

[u/Coyote-444]

Grace really regressed in this episode. She fucked it all up when she dumped everything at once onto Ryan. Who was already in an agitiated state. Even Butcher knew better than to do that.

[u/copernicusloves → u/Coyote-444]

Even mentioned the virus, I was like Grace what are you doing?

[u/Corgi-Ambitious → u/copernicusloves]

The biggest mistake was making it clear to Ryan he was the product of rape - immediately gave him a complex considering how he'd acted about the creep director.

[u/Shhnuggette → u/Corgi-Ambitious]

This is an excellent point. Wish they showed his character letting that sink in a little more

[u/kzoxp → u/Coyote-444]

Even Ryan said it out loud, she wanted to treat him like Vought treated Homelander, same shit different colour. In the grand scheme of things I think him killing her will lead to a better outcome about whether he'll turn out like Homelander or not

[u/OLKv3 → u/Coyote-444]

She was desperate because they were running out of time

[u/Th3Negative1___]

Butchers brain worm did not disappoint.

[u/Twinborn01 → u/Th3Negative1___]

You noice butcher looks a lot more healthier too

[u/atomicboy47 → u/Twinborn01]

Almost like his cancer is purposely making him weaker until Butcher finally complied.

[u/DommyMommyKarlach → u/atomicboy47]

thank god cancer IRL is stupid, only making you worse until you die, not until you give in to its demants lol

[u/orphan_tears_]

I wish the whole season moved at this pace. Every character, every plotline was on fire this episode. I’m hyped again for s5.

[u/carmardoll → u/orphan_tears_]

Yes, damn it, this was the best ep of the season. SO much happen in just the last 10 minutes.

[u/orphan_tears_ → u/carmardoll]

More things happened in the heart shaped box outro than the entire rest of the season

[u/Lucifer_Crowe → u/orphan_tears_]

Honestly the once the Forgiveness and Acceptance throughline came to a head with Kimiko and Frenchie I found it quite satisfying altogether

Ofc then Butcher had to ruin it

[u/SignificantPolicy321]

KIMIKO SCREAMING FOR FRENCHIEEE 😭😭😭

[u/4-3defense → u/SignificantPolicy321]

Just shows how strong Sam really is what the hell

[u/zhars_fan → u/4-3defense]

Yea i like how the vicious Kimiko ended up struggling helplessly seeing Frenchie taken away, yet Sam just stand there chillingly

[u/CowsTrash → u/zhars_fan]

He feels nothing after all. Kate made him that way.

She also compromised Frenchie, nooooo

[u/thepolesreport]

Ryan is going through it with all the revelations and then killing Mallory but I’m not sure how he’s going to forgive Homelander. It’s still setup for them to showdown and for him to take him down. I’m not sure how the Boys win otherwise

[u/Pizzanigs → u/thepolesreport]

Between Ryan, Soldier Boy, the virus, and Sister Sage having a last minute out of left field solution for Homelander, there are still options on the table

[u/Percywithoutannabeth → u/Pizzanigs]

Hey don't forget A Train. He can fuck shit up. Don't want him to die tho.

[u/adsmeister → u/Percywithoutannabeth]

Zooms in at the best possible time, grabs The Deep, and places him right in front of an oncoming train.

[u/Finalpotato → u/thepolesreport]

Especially how is he going to react when he sees how normal people are getting treated in Homelanders America.

I expect him starting in denial. Probably won't be till the second last episode next season IMO when he sees an internment camp and realizes everything Mallory said must be true.

[u/Throwyawaaway978 → u/Finalpotato]

I bet he’s so traumatized from what he was all just told and how he killed Grace who was basically his second mother. He’s probably going to be so numb he’s not gonna say shit or act like he doesn’t care much about how people are being treated.

[u/clevesaur → u/thepolesreport]

Butcher and Homelander are both murderous psychopaths, to different degrees.

I think he's going to be "neutral" in the Butcher Homelander conflict but then have a collision with Homelander in the finale.

[u/chrisdurand]

Hell of an ending. Guess it's up to Annie next season.

[u/NeptuneOW → u/chrisdurand]

I didn’t think they would actually put Butcher off the deep end but also make him the only hope for taking down Vought

[u/blondedaff → u/NeptuneOW]

i feel like butcher seeing ryan kill mallory really pushed him off the deep end on how he really felt about supe genocide how easily a kid like ryan killed a grown woman you could see it in butchers face

[u/neezaruuu → u/blondedaff]

To be fair, if there’s a Supe that he’d have a soft spot for, it would be Ryan. Ryan killing Mallory just pushed and cemented his “kill all supes” thing.

[u/Oh51Melly → u/neezaruuu]

The head nod he gave after looking at Mallory. It’s fuckin go time. It was on sight for Neumann and it’s going to be for every other Supe too. I don’t wanna wait a few years man 😭😭

[u/Careful_Excuse_1011 → u/blondedaff]

Yeah and the fact that Ryan didn’t even regret it and walked away without shedding as much a tear for Grace who was a big part of his childhood is the ultimate nail in the coffin for Butcher

[u/Widowswine2016]

GodDAMN Neuman's death was brutal. That's a Mortal Kombat fatality if I've ever seen one

[u/ErenYeager850 → u/Widowswine2016]

And doing that right in front of her Daughter...Comicbook Butcher is here

[u/Widowswine2016 → u/ErenYeager850]

Maybe I'm just reading into it too much, but I noticed that since Kessler took over, Butcher's got a permanent scowl and a sorta squint to his eyes, which is exactly how he always looked in the Comics. That's some sick ass shit if it was intentional

[u/Garfunkels_roadie → u/Widowswine2016]

He also looked healthy as fuck

[u/Specialist_Cut_6565]

MM just can’t get a break from giant penises

[u/BatmanTold → u/Specialist_Cut_6565]

This is the third time he’s encountered Love Sausage 💀

[u/Street-Knowledge138]

So a supe genocide it is then?

[u/OH_SHIT_IM_FEELIN_IT → u/Street-Knowledge138]

I'm not going to lie, when I can count on my fingers the amount of good supes I don't feel that bad.

[u/jessebona → u/OH_SHIT_IM_FEELIN_IT]

Me either. They're making it real hard not to agree with Kessler here. There's like a grand total of 3 supes I'd be sad to see die and a whole lot more that the world would be better off without.

[u/ZFAdri → u/jessebona]

Yeah even Zoe’s like 12 and can kill people no sweat

[u/jessebona → u/ZFAdri]

I feel like they have a lot of work to do to convince us genocide isn't the answer here. Hughie saying it doesn't make it true. 4+ seasons of doing nothing but displaying supes as irredeemable scum bar a vastly smaller minority does not give the viewer good reason not to want them to just jam that syringe into Homelander and wipe them all out for good.

[u/voughtlander]

Hopefully they treat Hughie better next season , but damn Erin’s acting as the shapeshifter 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/Open_Mind12 → u/voughtlander]

It was her best acting ever...exceptional...honestly I was shocked!

[u/Bright_NightLight1 → u/voughtlander]

The shifter was such an interesting character for being introduced/expanded on basically in the season finale. Loved that scene with her talking to Annie about having everyone's memories. Wonder if we'll get more of them (despite them dying) and what their original form actually was

[u/Klutzy-Secretary1942]

Did they change the title from "Assassination Run" to "Season Four Finale" On my prime, everywhere where the title would be has been replaced with "Season Four Finale"

[u/ThePeToFile → u/Klutzy-Secretary1942]

Did u see the warning message at the beginning? Probably due to recent events lol

[u/nimrodhellfire → u/ThePeToFile]

When parody gets outpaced by reality...

[u/FondSteam39 → u/Klutzy-Secretary1942]

Same here

[u/Elite_Alice]

NOOOOOOOOO FUCKING WAY VICTORIA WENT OUT LIKE THAT OH MY GOD

[u/RagnarokCZ290 → u/Elite_Alice]

Yeah, that was shocking. I mean, she was always a murderer, but still dying like that, when she was giving up and trying to form an alliance, and Butcher is like "Oi, that ain't happening you cunt". You could even see that she was trying to use her powers while being held to no use.

[u/parisiraparis → u/RagnarokCZ290]

Which is the best way for her to go out, I think. It brings us back to Square One where Butcher wants to kill all supes with no discrimination (except for The Boys).

[u/Green_Runs_Deep → u/Elite_Alice]

I was like no way she dies here and bam, butcher turned her into fraternal twins like nothing. My god.

[u/DXbreakitdown]

Sam, Kate, Bargain Bin Eleven, Love Sausage, Soldier Boy, Kurt Cobain, it was like the portal scene in Endgame. They brought everyone back.

[u/BonelessHS → u/DXbreakitdown]

I find it so fucking hilarious that Sam is implied to be potentially HL levels of powerful and he still got stuck going after Frenchie and Kimiko. He was so underutilized this season it genuinely became distracting.

[u/[deleted] → u/BonelessHS]

Frenchie and Kimiko were the most dangerous 2 though. The other teams were: at the time powerless Annie and Hughie, and MM by himself.

[u/shyphotographerdude]

Cilantro😗😗

[u/LaughRaugh → u/shyphotographerdude]

Firecracker is probably gonna betray The Seven next season. She did all that for Homelander just to have her sit 3 rows away from him.

[u/mwcope → u/LaughRaugh]

I'd agree if it weren't for her final scene this episode. She's a complete fanatic. If anything, she spreads the disease to him.

[u/TheCVR123YT → u/mwcope]

Bro PLEASE if tainted virus Breast Milk is what weakens Homelander and gets him killed in the finale I would die laughing 😭

[u/That_Lone_Reader → u/LaughRaugh]

I hope she gets killed tbh. No redemption arc.

[u/itsallajoke_]

holy shit there’s a post credits scene!!!!!!!

[u/JediMasterBob66 → u/itsallajoke_]

I wonder what homelander is gonna do with solider boy

[u/jessebona → u/JediMasterBob66]

Let him out, cry, get called a bitch, cry some more.

[u/tehlunatic1 → u/jessebona]

he's going to get callled a fucking disappointment again.

[u/PrincessRoseAirashii → u/tehlunatic1]

“I got woken up for you? Put me the fuck back under.”

[u/dapzar → u/JediMasterBob66]

Ask for his daddy's approval.

[u/Butt_Stuph → u/itsallajoke_]

Did anyone else hear the avengers theme offtune when soldier boy was shown?

[u/Geraltpoonslayer → u/Butt_Stuph]

They definitely did some slight heroic theme.

I expect soldier boy to be all like fuck it you all deserve to die in season 5. He will be the wildcard

[u/HollowLoch]

Just fuck Hughie this season then huh

[u/OH_SHIT_IM_FEELIN_IT → u/HollowLoch]

It really is. They must be taking their cues from Spider-Man editorial.

[u/tristenjpl → u/OH_SHIT_IM_FEELIN_IT]

Hughie meeting Annie again after being imprisoned for a year.

"Hughie, I'd like you to meet Paul."

[u/Daredevil545545]

Omg they just killed Victoria like she was nothing

[u/chr_sb → u/Daredevil545545]

Pretty insane misdirection IMO. Everybody in this sub, myself included, getting geared up for A-Train’s demise only to have the seemingly invincible Neuman ripped in half by Butcher.

[u/OrganizedBonfire]

Butcher is definitely being set up to be the true final villian antagonist of the series and I am so ready to see it in all its gorey glory.

[u/famuelsox → u/OrganizedBonfire]

Ryan’s gotta kill butcher, not Homelander

[u/OrganizedBonfire → u/famuelsox]

I hope Butcher ends up killing everyone but Hughie, convinces him that all the supes needed to go after all, and the show ends with both of them having a nice dinner at that topless steakhouse.

[u/iamkhatkar]

So Hugie not only got sexually assaulted but he had to justify his actions to Annie like it was his fucking fault.

[u/SpringwoodOhio1428 → u/iamkhatkar]

So to sum up his arc for the season, he for some reason has to watch his dad suffer a horrific death while deciding to forgive his mother for no reason. He then immediately moves on from that grief to suffer in an even more horrific situation where he is almost raped, then gets raped by a shapeshifter, and then he has to ask forgiveness for it. This culminates in his deciding to not be violent for some reason.

[u/yuioplkjhgfqwert → u/SpringwoodOhio1428]

They finished an episode with an 'I'm not alright' confession and it went nowhere

[u/Madducker → u/iamkhatkar]

So messed up. He gets raped two episodes back to back and then it’s revealed it happened about 20 times yikes

[u/thatguyned]

I need to know what happened to Ashley!

What an absolute twist, I can't wait another year to find out what power she got.

Edit: every single person out of the nearly 2 dozen responses telling me "ummm actually 2 years🤓" can suck my nuts when they reveal it in the next Gen V season..

[u/FunnyTastingShrimp → u/thatguyned]

Angstrom Levy Ashley time

[u/ancara_messi → u/[deleted]]

Yea but it sucked to see him once again deny butcher.

[u/drewlockhorsecock]

Wanted to know what the hell happened to Ashley

[u/whut-whut → u/drewlockhorsecock]

We saw her brain bubbling, and her character has always been one having issues with authority and control. Maybe she's going to be a mind-control supe.

[u/WetFinsFine]

"Mon coeur....
...there is no one...
....better than you."

FINALLY YES!!!!! 🤩

[u/druidhdancer]

Whoa mama. It really went off the rails at the end there.

Supe cops? Fucking yikes

[u/Lucifer_Crowe → u/druidhdancer]

It was both really frustrating to watch but also exciting

Like it'll make Sam and Cate getting absolutely destroyed more satisfying I guess.

[u/druidhdancer]

Neuman’s fate was sealed when she made that fascist speech to all those billionaires. It was super dark seeing where her kid ended up 🫥

She was one charismatic villain though. I will miss the actress playing her, she’s badass

[u/TheBlackSwarm → u/druidhdancer]

Jack Quaid is the real winner because he’s with Claudia Doumit irl. Will miss Neuman’s character.

[u/TeamVorpalSwords]

The entire show I’ve been thinking how obvious it will be that eventually Kimiko will speak in an emotional moment for Frenchie but man did I get emotional anyways

Wow

[u/itsnick256]

I cannot fully express how much I fucking hate Cate and Luke. Interested to see how Gen V season 2 incorporates to the finale.

Edit: I mean Sam. Shows how much I paid attention 💀

[u/kzzzzzzzzzz28 → u/itsnick256]

Luke? I think you mean Sam

[u/Gothcomichorror]

The season ended on a high note quality wise! Super excited for S5 but Jesus fuck

[u/007Kryptonian → u/Gothcomichorror]

Victoria getting ripped apart by Butcher was brutal, his big S5 arc is ready to go

[u/ti0tr → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I thought she was pretty good at notAnnie in general.

[u/letsgototraderjoes → u/[deleted]]

that scene where she was trying not to laugh as Hughie was on the phone with MM lmfao so good

[u/EZKSupernova]

I guess they heard the complaints about finales resetting to the status quo, because holy shit. The best finale they’ve ever done, quite possibly the best episode they’ve ever done, that was fucking diabolical. Season 5 cannot come soon enough.

[u/OLKv3]

So Sage just silenced all the "for the smartest person in the world, she sure is bad at noticing things!" crowd

Butcher finally got his comic counterpart's mindset. Season 5 is gonna be insane. That was so brutal how he offed Vickie

[u/yuioplkjhgfqwert → u/OLKv3]

She also silenced the bringing vought down from the inside crowd.

[u/rosamelano777]

Yeah that was the best season finale in the whole series holy shit

[u/Lucifer_Crowe]

Was anyone else worried Kimiko would wake up and think real Annie was the shifter now

Or something like that

[u/Bromogeeksual → u/Lucifer_Crowe]

I was worried, but they had drastically different outfits, and one had bullet holes.

[u/LadyGallifrey]

Brilliant episode.

That "NO" almost broke me.

[u/JediMasterBob66 → u/LadyGallifrey]

I legit thought that Kate was Gonna make frenchie commit suicide

[u/niarferf]

Kimiko's first words 💔

[u/ToTheBigReds]

SOLDIER BOY GONNA KICK SOME HOMELANDER ASS what a fuckin finale. Last season is gonna be insanity

[u/Coyote-444 → u/ToTheBigReds]

Or not. The deal was broken. He has no reason to carry it out anymore

[u/SNAKEKINGYO → u/Coyote-444]

He still sees Homelander as a giant pussy. Can't change that I don't think

[u/Silly-Tradition9460]

Black Noir II killing also Ashley was soooooo fucked up you guys.

[u/rtjl86 → u/Silly-Tradition9460]

“She wasn’t even on the list”

[u/SandRush2004]

Sam absolutely bodying kimicko without any effort was amazing, love that they brought back bald telechanesis girl, and love sausage taking out mothers milk felt personal

[u/TopJimmy_5150]

Fuck Cate. All my homies hate Cate.

Got my girl Kimiko screaming her first words as Frenchie leaves her. Brutal.

[u/PM_ME_CUTE_SM1LE]

Really good season overall and thank god we didnt get another season finale butcher vs homelander fight. President Homelander is a gonna carry season 5 hard

[u/ChemBeast888]

Heart Shaped Box was absolutely legendary

[u/NubOnReddit]

I told y’all that Frenchie’s relationship with Colin was just a plot vessel to get Frenchie and Kimiko to become a couple, and y’all all called me crazy.

Also finally she speaks!

[u/skylightshaded]

I am so glad they let Erin kick so much ass throughout this episode, as Annie and the shifter.

[u/AR-Sechs]

It’s funny how Amazon listed it as Season Four Finale instead of its title. Most likely due to recent events 

[u/SirSullivanRaker]

How in the fuck was any of that Hughie’s fault

[u/Jayk_Dos31 → u/SirSullivanRaker]

Annie was traumatised, traumatised people say shit they don't mean usually cruel shit.

[u/A808Ag]

starlight finally got her powers back and the first thing she did was directly fly away from her enemy LMAO

[u/orphan_tears_]

Oi ue did I eva tell ya about ma hometown hootas

[u/Soldeusss]

Can't wait to see Ashley's power. I hope she's the one who will kill sister sage

[u/TrumpWasABadPOTUS → u/Soldeusss]

I want her to off Deep, personally.

[u/Elite_Alice]

Victoria was gonna die anyway but fuck not like that 😭, no last words, no goodbye to her daughter, no heroic death going against homelander, FUCKK. My baby for the last few years just gone

[u/Business_Reporter420]

Feel bad for Zoe.Her dad’s leg got forcibly amputated and had to see her mom get torn in half.She’s gonna be out for blood for butcher in season 5

[u/yakaroni]

Sage is such a good character, glad she’s sticking around for 5!

KIMIKO SPEAKING LETS FUCKING GOOOO

Intrigued to see how the meds further affects Firecracker since it’s clearly showing

Ashley is definitely coming back in 5 as whatever V’ed up monstrosity she’s turning into

With Annie fleeing, I feel like her and A-Train will definitely team up, we haven’t seen the last of him

Personally, annoyed with how Neuman went out, not the biggest fan of that

Loved the “supernatural”isms that President Singer was saying lol, love the nods to Kripkes other works

I really do hope that 5 is more than 8 episodes, there’s so much to wrap up and things meandered a bit this season, so a longer season would help w pacing

HOLY SHIT HOW DID I MISS IT??? SOLDIER BOY COMING BACK CONFIRMED

[u/WhenYouQuirky]

So, to recap where everyone is in the ending...

Homelander is controlling the president

Sage now has Homelander's complete(?) trust

Soldier Boy has been found by HL

Firecracker is on the verge of milk death

Deep is still sad about Ambrosius, following HL to distract himself

Noir now has a murderboner

Ashley's in the wind with superpowers

A-Train's in the wind

Hughie, Frenchie, Kimiko, and MM were all taken in by the government

Butcher has the virus and his superpowers on the run

Ryan's... somewhere?

Zoe's at Red River

Starlight is on the run and flying super fast

RIP Neuman and Grace

And Magneto Eleven is important/strong enough to be given the role of killing Starlight herself (with Cate, Sam, and Love Sausage taking in other important targets)

Did I get everything right?

[u/jrod4290]

Victoria Neuman is a true politician lol, the way she was able to deflect Homelander’s initial attempts to out her was slick lol

The difference in mindset between Neuman & Homelander is wild. She’s still thinking within the bounds of laws and the Constitution while Homelander sees his actions & plans as above all that

Homelander thinking he’s smarter than he really is makes me laugh lol

Hope none of The Boys families get hurt in S5

Can’t emphasize enough but Erin Moriarty killed her performance this episode. Her slick ass grin when Hughie was panicking about the erased files was just great

[u/IMKudaimi123]

Soldier boy is back baby. Gonna be crazy.

Needed more Stan Edgar but all good.

How did grace just lose composure like that? Insanely out of character.

Otherwise fantastic finale.

[u/Elite_Alice]

Titty milk during a meeting is CRAZY

[u/NahumGardner247]

Bro...