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The Boys head to Fort Hampton seeking V1, but tensions flare within the group. Homelander and Soldier Boy arrive with the same goal. Back at Vought, writers brainstorm ways to rebrand Homelander as a deity for public consumption.
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The Boys head to Fort Hampton seeking V1, but tensions flare within the group. Homelander and Soldier Boy arrive with the same goal. Back at Vought, writers brainstorm ways to rebrand Homelander as a deity for public consumption.
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00:00:00Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show, I'm your host Paul and in this video we're breaking
00:00:04down the boys.
00:00:08Episode 5 is now here and it's one of my favourite episodes ever.
00:00:12There's lots of big deaths, lots of big cameos and also lots of big cameo deaths.
00:00:17This episode ends with the death of Firecracker and also has the cinema goat Adam Burke who's
00:00:22no longer staying alive.
00:00:24Well done cancel culture, you finally won!
00:00:29At the centre of it though is Homie, or am I okay?
00:00:33We see as Homelander continues his search for V1 in his quest to become immortal.
00:00:37Here though we see those around him and how they react to him and basically get the lives
00:00:42of the Seven in a Pulp Fiction style story.
00:00:44This jumps around with lots of different characters and each story could have really been it's
00:00:48own episode, especially the boys version of this is the end.
00:00:52So there's a lot to get into and in this video we'll be breaking it all down.
00:00:55I do hope you enjoy it, I am dressed as Hughie, we went with a lazy costume this week but
00:01:00yeah,
00:01:00thank you for clicking this.
00:01:01They can't all be bangers, I'm sorry.
00:01:06We open with an advert for the Democratic Church of America.
00:01:10It's reminiscent of the US patriotic adverts for Budweiser or the Bruce Springsteen Jeep
00:01:14advert.
00:01:14Or even the recent Mando Superbowl advert that parodied them both.
00:01:19The advert though calls America God's country which is something that it's sometimes referred
00:01:22to.
00:01:23It also calls Americans God's chosen people.
00:01:26That is a phrase that's used in the bible to refer to the Israelites aka Jewish people.
00:01:30But Vought's trying to push something different and the advert evokes this rural lifestyle which
00:01:34is seen as traditional and more religious than most of those from big cities.
00:01:38The advert ends with the tagline come home to Homelander and he's described as the greatest
00:01:43American ever.
00:01:45By layering the idea that Americans are the chosen people and Homelander is the best of
00:01:48the best of the best of them, it sets the groundwork for him being God.
00:01:52It's a roaring success so far as well with white men and women aged 36 to 54 and 55 to
00:01:5872 absolutely loving it.
00:01:59But yeah, this also highlights the church isn't appealing to the youth.
00:02:03Church attendance is up though as people move from their original church to this new megachurch.
00:02:07Which we see the repercussions of later.
00:02:10Donations are also up as well with a click through rate at 44%.
00:02:14However as we learn later from Firecrackers former mentor, there's a franchise fee to convert
00:02:18your church to a democratic church of America.
00:02:20It's basically extortion and if you don't then your church will be vandalised.
00:02:24It shows how little Vought actually cares about respecting religion and for them it's more
00:02:29about extortion and the bottom line.
00:02:31It's all about money for Oh Father as well and he'll be out of the hole in no time with
00:02:35the amount of cash they're raking in.
00:02:36And everyone's seeing massive growth.
00:02:40As we learn the rest of the seven don't believe it though and soldier boy just cracks jokes
00:02:45in the meeting.
00:02:45They're also gonna spend 500 million dollars on adverts which is something that could
00:02:50probably feed a lot of people.
00:02:51But this has nothing to do with religion and being kind, it's more about control.
00:02:55It's similar to how Henry VIII turned England Protestant simply so he could divorce his wife.
00:03:00We also of course have a lot of debate around this at the moment and people like Sean Hannity
00:03:05announcing that he no longer considers himself Catholic because of frictions between the
00:03:09white house and the Pope.
00:03:10I know this was written before the election but I think that the church and state are always
00:03:14gonna clash over certain things so it's kind of a timeless message.
00:03:17I've actually also been rewatching and or recently and I saw Tony Gilroy talking about how some
00:03:22of it seemed very relevant even though it was written years ago.
00:03:25He said though that he looked through history and saw certain things that repeat and I think
00:03:29the boys has probably done something similar.
00:03:37We then see that Vaught has inserted Homelander into some of the most historic paintings of
00:03:42American history.
00:03:43The first one is the Emancipation Proclamation by A.A.
00:03:46Lamb.
00:03:46In the original it was the personification of America Columbia being dragged by the horses.
00:03:51The proclamation stated that all slaves and confederate states would be free now and forever.
00:03:56It was vital as it changed the civil war from a political one to a one of moral duty to
00:04:01end slavery.
00:04:02Here though Homelander's made it about himself and in the end he's enslaving all those around
00:04:06him.
00:04:07He wanted to be Caesar and a lot of the things that they're doing with America in the show
00:04:11is obviously clearly inspired by Rome.
00:04:13We then see Homelander inserted into the 1778 painting Watson and the Shark.
00:04:18Lastly Homelander's been inserted into the crossing of the Delaware and he's replaced
00:04:22George Washington.
00:04:23I also wonder if Vaught is planning that when he becomes immortal that Homelander will just
00:04:27be seen as someone who was at all these events.
00:04:30It also says the saviour cometh but Homelander is still not happy as he's called a prophet.
00:04:35I think this episode in general is about the danger of following false prophets and how
00:04:39one shouldn't take the Lord's name in vain.
00:04:42Homelander calls the prophets servants and is adamant that they need to be honest and direct
00:04:46with the public.
00:04:47So he wants to be called Saviour or Lord with these of course both being what Jesus and
00:04:52God are referred to.
00:04:53These are suggested by Oh Father and as we see over the course of the episode he becomes
00:04:57Homelander's right hand man.
00:04:58Throughout the series we've seen there's been Stillwell, then Noir, then Firecracker and now
00:05:03Oh Father is the latest shiny plaything for the man baby Homelander.
00:05:07His ego must be stroked at all times and even with an entire company and country behind him
00:05:12spreading his gospel, he's still not happy.
00:05:15Oh Father even says religion is not about the meek but the bible actually states that they
00:05:19shall inherit the earth.
00:05:20Everything is all gonna come crashing down though and as Noir 2.0 said to the deep, no
00:05:25one is more important to Homelander than Homelander himself.
00:05:28Oh Father then references the seven mountain mandate as he says they should dominate the
00:05:32seven mountains of society.
00:05:34This is something that some christians believe is key such as controlling education in the
00:05:38media.
00:05:39Homelander is essentially a christian nationalist but he doesn't actually believe it.
00:05:43They're all just simply cashing in on people's beliefs because they believe that if
00:05:47they present beliefs that people believe in then people will support the corporation.
00:05:52We've seen this happen forever and ever and ever and you'll often see corporations push
00:05:56political identity beliefs and politics because they think the audience will align with them
00:06:01but when push comes to shove and they're tested on it, they don't really stick by it.
00:06:05Looking at you Disney.
00:06:07Oh Father reveals he wants his ascension to coincide with Easter but Homelander clearly isn't
00:06:12down for it.
00:06:13He doesn't see himself as a second coming but something more.
00:06:16Firecracker is clearly delaying the reveal though as she's in a religious dilemma and
00:06:21she blames her production timelines of the Homelander bible.
00:06:24This bible is obviously inspired by the Trump bible as it has the same flag image but it
00:06:28opts to have Homelander in a crucifix style post.
00:06:31She calls it the book and seems to actually believe in Homelander and we can see a statue
00:06:36on the outside of the building.
00:06:37Soldier Boy is also shocked as he mouths what the fuck and he of course doesn't believe in
00:06:41any of this as any sane person would.
00:06:43But not only does this book have the Old and New Testaments but it also has a brand new
00:06:48American testament.
00:06:49It's written by AI trained on the works of Pat Robinson who's a former religious writer
00:06:53famous for the 1991 book The New World Order.
00:06:56She says they need to pass the torch from Jesus to him but that they can't rush it as they
00:07:00aren't an Arby's but are in fact at the Cheesecake Factory.
00:07:09But he knows how to speak to him and get what he wants as his ego needs to be struck.
00:07:14Sage reminds him that a sudden religious upheaval will lead to civil unrest even more so than
00:07:18what we've seen so far.
00:07:20Firecracker then mentions that the smaller areas will be okay with the police and local
00:07:24Supes but major cities will need help.
00:07:26This leads Homelander to request that all Supes be pulled back to America and he says they
00:07:30should be protecting the homeland first.
00:07:33It's very similar to the rhetoric of our country first sort of thing that you see a lot during
00:07:37politics.
00:07:38It's a sort of looking after our own thing which I know has been prevalent in British
00:07:43politics as well.
00:07:44This leads actually to break the news to Ukraine later which builds on Vought siding with Russia
00:07:49after soldier boys return.
00:07:50This is also funny as well as Vought spends so much time and effort trying to get Supes into
00:07:54the military and now they're being brought back to quell the protestors at home.
00:07:58All that effort to make money and protect power is just gone at the whim of a childish erratic
00:08:03dude.
00:08:03We then see firecracker get her fried as someone from Daytona Florida calls her.
00:08:08It turns out to be her former mentor who is a victim of Homelander's new branding.
00:08:11So far firecracker has mostly been one dimensional but we really get to see Valerie Curry flourish
00:08:17in this episode.
00:08:18Sadly it's also her last one but it's a great swan song that shows a pretty timeless message
00:08:24as well.
00:08:25Calling back to those and or parallels before we saw there how Deidre was turned on in the
00:08:29end by the very system she helped build.
00:08:32Gilroy said that fascism always turns on it's own and eventually firecracker meets a similar
00:08:36fate.
00:08:50But here she meets up with her former reverend and she's trying to be low profile.
00:08:54It's the same thing Homelander did when he went to recruit Sister Sage and we saw him
00:08:58wearing a baseball cap just like firecrackers doing here.
00:09:01Now both these tutorial choices are inspired by the MCU, their heroes always wear baseball
00:09:06caps when trying to be either undercover or on the run.
00:09:09When Sage recruited her she was this raw unfettered supposed voice of the voiceless but now she's
00:09:14this big city girl and no longer some country bumpkin.
00:09:17As they talk we can also see an advert for Sister Sage's Soul Sister.
00:09:21This shows that Vore is omnipresent which makes sense considering how it seems they somehow
00:09:26knew about this meeting and made her expose him as a punishment.
00:09:29In addition we can also see the last supper by Vicente Juan Massip to the right of the
00:09:34reverend.
00:09:35This is the depiction of Jesus' last meal with his disciples before being betrayed by
00:09:39Judas which then led to his arrest and subsequent crucifixion.
00:09:43Firecracker here is sharing a last moment with her mentor before she betrays him and is
00:09:47then killed by Homelander.
00:09:48This also looks like the same diner we saw Starlight reunite with Gecko during season 2.
00:09:53As they talk we then learn why she was so into religion as a kid.
00:09:56She had a very tough childhood by the sounds of it and was in the pageant circuit like Starlight.
00:10:01Her family were poor and this was the only way to a better life but Starlight then started
00:10:06rumour that Firecracker slept her way to success with the judges.
00:10:09This then led Misty to drop out and become a right wing media influencer.
00:10:12The only safe place for her was at the church and her reverend who made sure she was fed.
00:10:17He held fish fried fridays as an act of kindness but Firecracker weaponises this to insinuate
00:10:22he abused kids.
00:10:23We see him being really really desperate here though as his church is losing attendees and
00:10:28being harassed by the local soups praying mantis.
00:10:31Praying Mantis shoots stuff out of his butt and he's just like Webb Weaver, feels a lot
00:10:35like how Jews were persecuted during the holocaust, synagogues were smashed up, their businesses
00:10:40were vandalised and there was this constant threat that the walls were closing in.
00:10:44It's also just like some sort of protection racket where the reverend's church has to pay into
00:10:48this new church or they'll be harassed non stop.
00:10:51He asks his former mentee for help and even points to a turbo rush advert.
00:10:55As mentioned before, Homelander has taken over the brand and we can see Firecracker with
00:10:59a petrol pump handle.
00:11:00So surely she can do something to help?
00:11:03Not really.
00:11:04Homelander hates being challenged and won't care about holdouts and would probably even make
00:11:08an example of them.
00:11:10Despite having a seat at the table, Firecracker's just as powerless and her former church can barely
00:11:15keep the lights on.
00:11:16This sums up Firecracker's entire character in general as she's not really got any superpowers
00:11:21and her only talent lies in pushing hate.
00:11:23But now she's created a monster that she can't control and ultimately falls victim to it.
00:11:28We see her slip into a rhetoric where she says God doesn't favour one country over another
00:11:32but it fails here.
00:11:34His words really affect her though as she's just in the middle of a religious crisis.
00:11:38She has a Jesus action figure which she throws away later on showing she has truly lost
00:11:42her way before her death.
00:11:43It also plays into that Judas metaphor and he casts away Jesus and his loyalty to him
00:11:48before ultimately succumbing to his fate.
00:11:50We then get a soldier boy busting a nut as the pair then have some pillow talk which leads
00:11:55to her death.
00:11:56In what's some amazing foreshadowing though, the eagle that ends up killing her is shown
00:12:00on the right of the screen.
00:12:01Like some sort of Chekhov's eagle.
00:12:03This is something that I feel might be referencing Psycho as their Norman Bates back room was filled
00:12:07with stuffed birds and the beaks of these symbolically represented Norman's knife.
00:12:12And a big breakdown of that on the channel now.
00:12:14They have the classic cigarette in bed after sex scene though and it's sort of playing off
00:12:18the comics where Homelander shagged soldier boy but there they weren't related.
00:12:22But it was a similar scene in a way.
00:12:23Firecracker finally puts a stop to their sex though and says they won't have sex again
00:12:28which yeah, they won't as she dies on the evening.
00:12:31She then asks if he thinks that Homelander would go easy on her former reverend and he
00:12:34mentions that he was baptised in front of all of Chestnut Hill.
00:12:37Again this shows how he's the opposite of Steve Rogers as this area is a very rich part
00:12:42of Philadelphia.
00:12:43But Soldier Boy thinks that Homelander as Gods stuff is ridiculous and mentions how Joseph
00:12:47was a cock.
00:12:48Now though he sides with his son in this episode, it does sound like he might turn on Homelander
00:12:52later which does seem a possibility at least for a bit when Marathon and Malkalmichal basically
00:12:58want to take him out.
00:12:59However he repeats this info back to his son later on as he has this weird sense of loyalty
00:13:04to Homelander due to him being his son.
00:13:06Even though he's kind of just cloned from his genetic material but we see having to accept
00:13:11Homelander as the new god is complicated for the current religious people.
00:13:14Homelander wants people to accept him now but he has no idea of the internal dilemma that
00:13:19his flock faces.
00:13:20I also wonder how Marie is gonna be brought into it as she was sort of painted out as being
00:13:24like a christ-like figure in Gen V.
00:13:27Now we do hear that Soldier Boy is heading off to LA and I did wonder at first if this
00:13:31was
00:13:31like a west coast avengers thing.
00:13:33However we see how it's anything but but it lays the groundwork for what's gonna come.
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00:14:47We then go to her trying to speak to her boss only to find out that Oh Father is now
00:14:51the
00:14:51chosen one.
00:14:52He's in Homelander's room and the only time we've seen people in there without him they've
00:14:55either been trying to steal compound V or take a dump in his toilet.
00:14:59Oh Father is delivering breast milk for the soup though sourced from the followers of the
00:15:02new church.
00:15:03My guy is getting breast milk instead of the followers babies which is an app parallel between
00:15:07Homelander's selfishness and how a capitalistic society often starves the needy.
00:15:13Firecracker isn't too privy to Homelander's movements and activity though and it shows
00:15:17she's really being frozen out in favour of Oh Father.
00:15:20He's now giving Homelander milk which means that he's now replaced her as the milk provider
00:15:24and also someone who can give Homelander advice.
00:15:27Further than mentions that they are Peter and John bearing witness and spreading the gospel
00:15:31with those names being two of Jesus' apostles.
00:15:34There's definitely an uneasy feeling throughout the scene and this is a duel of words through
00:15:38four smiles.
00:15:39He's worked out that the printers are happy to rush the Homelander Bible to release in
00:15:43time for Easter and knows that she's stalling.
00:15:45He then presents himself as a warm shoulder and friendly ear and asks what she wants to talk
00:15:50to him about.
00:15:51Missy in general has been shown to be racist though so she's instantly distrustful and
00:15:55knows that Oh Father is just trying to screw her.
00:15:57We then cut to her in her dressing room which seems like it's playing off the scene at the
00:16:01start of the season where Annie dressed up as her.
00:16:02I always figured that Starlight would be the one to take her down but ultimately she's
00:16:07killed by her idol and something something about worshipping false idols.
00:16:11Homelander wants her to denounce her former church though and expose them as starlighters.
00:16:15Doing this would send the stronger statement and would probably force the rest of the holdouts
00:16:20to pay the franchise fee and accept the new church.
00:16:22The Reverend is also shown with a little girl and Firecracker says that the church has been
00:16:26infected with seditious starlight propaganda.
00:16:28The picture is partnered with Firecracker saying how the Reverend would regularly have her over
00:16:33for dinner alone.
00:16:34She then insinuates that while nothing happened to her, he could have taken advantage of other
00:16:38young girls.
00:16:39This is playing on the historical abuses by some church leaders such as the huge Boston
00:16:43cover up in Scandal.
00:16:45She then says she heard stories about his fish fry Fridays which were actually her haven
00:16:49from a bad childhood.
00:16:50I'm also sure she is kind of playing up her accent, a bit like me mate but let me know
00:16:56all your thoughts below cause she sounds like she's really leaning into it.
00:17:00For now though, Firecracker is just a useful idiot.
00:17:05She's a propaganda mouthpiece twisting a personal story so this all seems believable.
00:17:11Firecracker then says that fish fried Fridays sounds like a code for child grooming.
00:17:15Reminds me of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory and the coded language used in that.
00:17:20She has given up all her morals though and sheds a tear as she buries her mentor.
00:17:24All that power and money and it's just been used to promote a fake god.
00:17:27And she still dies in the end.
00:17:29She cries a tear here though and also cries another one at the end before dying having realised
00:17:34she's completely sold her soul.
00:17:36We then cut to Blacknois story as the earlier meeting continues from another perspective.
00:17:40Soldier Boy acts like a total dick to the deep which yeah, Waka Man is a dick but this
00:17:45Soldier Boy is going back to his old behaviour.
00:17:48He abused his sidekick gunpowder and bullied Blacknois relentlessly.
00:17:51This is something we saw in season 3 during animated flashbacks and basically he's doing
00:17:56the same thing.
00:17:57Soldier Boy then asks the deep if he wants knee pads to nosh him off and this joke gets repeated
00:18:02throughout.
00:18:03This is something calling back to that infamous scene though where Homelander told the deep
00:18:06to fillet a train.
00:18:07But luckily the deep is saved by Homelander who says go easy on him as he brought in Stan
00:18:11Edgar.
00:18:12And god knows what would have happened if the deep didn't get that win.
00:18:15Noir is of course furious though because the deep screwed him over and we finally see where
00:18:20he's been going every afternoon.
00:18:22And that is to theatre school, yay!
00:18:25Yeah he's been secretly rehearsing for Adam Burks production of Vivint.
00:18:28It's a French word that means alive and fits in with the play's story of the Bee Gees and
00:18:33their song Stayin Alive, Stayin Alive.
00:18:36The poster is even playing off the work they did for Saturday Night Fever and even the
00:18:40person in the middle is drawn doing that famous pose.
00:18:43Vivint is about staying alive as well and it's a dramatised account of the group arguing.
00:18:48They argue about the members of the team and this of course ironically plays into the tensions
00:18:52within the Seven.
00:18:53But Burk is trying to be a visionary genius and as we know musical biopics are very very
00:18:58popular.
00:18:59They had a resurgence with Bohemian Rhapsody, that Elton John movie, Elvis, A Complete Unknown,
00:19:07Springsteen and even the Michael movie recently.
00:19:10So yeah he's cashing in on that and we see Noir's playing Barry while his co-star here's
00:19:14Robin.
00:19:15Maurice is also mentioned and that's basically the members of the Bee Gees.
00:19:19But Noir's hiding who he is along with his powers however the other actor does look a bit
00:19:23scared when Noir leaps towards him.
00:19:25But as we see the secret soup is struggling with his character motivation which is something
00:19:29he also wrestled with with Noir.
00:19:31From his own experience he explains that Narcissists are just insecure people and he's clearly pulling
00:19:36a lot from life.
00:19:37Comes across really well in this episode, it's nice getting to know him and I can understand
00:19:40why Sage did not need to self-lobotomise before banging him.
00:19:44As we see sadly he's finally met someone who understands his talent and drive to be the
00:19:48best actor too late.
00:19:50This is a huge change for Burke though who's usually the butt of the jokes and we see he's
00:19:54been insulted quite a lot throughout the series especially with Stormfront in season 2.
00:19:58He's hiding up his actor here though as he did with Will Ferrell in season 4.
00:20:01We also saw him being slapped by his assistant after Homelander and Ryan threatened him and
00:20:05he's kinda stepped out of the limelight and gone back to theatre.
00:20:08Noir is then told to stop acting and be himself on stage and the soup explains that the scene
00:20:13hits close to home as it reminds him of the Deep.
00:20:15Funnily enough, Burke also hated the Deep while working on Dawn of the Seven.
00:20:19It made a billion dollars but Burke's constant Weinstein like behaviour led to him being sent
00:20:24to Godolken and now here.
00:20:26Apparently on Dawn of the Seven though the Deep would constantly try and upstage the rest
00:20:29of the cast with his improv and Burke calls him a Jared Leto level baby bitch.
00:20:33Leto is known for doing some weird stuff on set and I've heard some stuff in the industry,
00:20:39some stories from people who've worked on films with him and uh, they clearly put this
00:20:44line in for a reason is what I'll say.
00:20:46Burke then inspires him to upstage the Deep which is what we get next at the manhandled
00:20:51podcast.
00:20:52O Father doesn't seem to be too thrilled about being on it and he says that they need to meet
00:20:56young men where they are.
00:20:57We have seen how influential this podcast is on kids with Mason last week and it's similar
00:21:02to real life as well.
00:21:03The podcast circuit has become a big place to sway people and the last presidential election
00:21:07campaign leaned heavily into using them.
00:21:09After the election many were asking where the Joe Rogan of the left was and should Kamala
00:21:14have met young men where they are.
00:21:16This also mirrors religion being a growing part of the Manosphere space.
00:21:20The Deep then says he has some ideas for elevating the new church but he just has stupid stuff
00:21:24like better tasting wafers and commandments to not bang another dudes girl, which yeah already
00:21:30exists broseph, thou shalt not covet.
00:21:33Black Noir then shocks O Father by speaking.
00:21:35He says the Deep can't be trusted and that he latches onto every new member of the Seven.
00:21:40We start with Annie, all the stuff for the Church of the Collective, Noir and Sage and
00:21:44the guy is just a fucking leech.
00:21:46The smell on his breath is because he's been clam diving.
00:21:49On clams.
00:21:50What?
00:21:50Noir then comes out with a genius idea for a homelander miracle.
00:21:54He says that Homelander could heal him and get his voice back.
00:21:57Not only does this mean that he'd be able to speak and take the mask off finally but
00:22:01he could also finally have a bit more to work with his black noir.
00:22:04Also kinda got flashes of Kane in WWE cause like at one point they said he had to wear
00:22:09a mask at all times cause he was so badly burned and then the next year they're like nah he's
00:22:13good mate he just got a dodgy eye.
00:22:16But I remember.
00:22:17But this path was something that the original Noir wanted.
00:22:20We saw in season 3 how Stan explained that a black member of Payback wouldn't sell in
00:22:24the deep south and if he unmasked he'd be sent to Minneapolis.
00:22:27So we could see Noir finally getting his wish later on.
00:22:30All in the form of his successor.
00:22:32Noir also says he can fly but he's had to hide it because the last one couldn't.
00:22:36This is sort of an odd to the comics as Noir could fly as well but he was instructed not
00:22:40to buy the higher ups.
00:22:41This would have given away he was a certain character that I still refuse to spoil in these
00:22:46parts of the videos cause people might not wanna know.
00:22:49And this ain't the heavy spoiler show mate we keep things shtum here.
00:22:53I'm renaming the channel Screen Crush or something.
00:22:57Black Noir here has got a new pep in his step as he arrives at rehearsal but we see as
00:23:02the
00:23:02deep is following him wearing a douchey jacket.
00:23:05Burke the name drops Paul Rudd being a dick which I haven't heard and he mentions training
00:23:08a train being shelved.
00:23:10This is something that we learned at the end of season 4 and it felt like a reference to
00:23:13Batgirl.
00:23:14Burke then turned to drugs but he was saved by this play and it's going so well it's actually
00:23:19going to Broadway.
00:23:20Both of them are on their way up but what else is on it's way up is the eel that
00:23:25goes up into
00:23:26his arse.
00:23:27Yes Burke is killed in the toilets and he says fucking Tony Gilroy.
00:23:31That director was brought in to re-shoot lots of Dawn of the Seven much in the same
00:23:34way he was brought in to fix Rogue One.
00:23:36This was mentioned by Ashley in season 3 also in a cubicle interestingly enough.
00:23:41The Deep like Homelander though is just a childish idiot and he gets revenge on Noir
00:23:45by killing him.
00:23:45I also love how we think we're getting some profound last words but he just says that
00:23:50his ass hurts.
00:23:51The Deep has finally gone too far though but there's nothing that Noir can really do to
00:23:55stop him.
00:23:56However I do think come the end of the season that he may try and kill The Deep but probably
00:24:01fail to do it.
00:24:02I feel like The Deep might be the only one who survives this whole thing and in the comics
00:24:05he was actually the only baddie soup left standing.
00:24:08We then cut to him next as he's reading a Vax and Vax book by RFK Jr because yeah you
00:24:13get the subtext there may you pay attention to the news and are you sure this was written
00:24:18before the election?
00:24:19Either way Noir is furious at the Deep killer's best friend and is one way out of the prison
00:24:24he's found himself in.
00:24:25Deep then references his improv not being used for Dawn of the Seven and he did have a grudge
00:24:30with Burke as well.
00:24:31Noir is now under the Deep's thumb though as Homelander would be furious if he found out
00:24:35about the play.
00:24:36Homelander has even banned the National Endowment for the Arts which is an idea that's also
00:24:40been floated recently.
00:24:41You will see this as something that happens a lot throughout history with certain songs,
00:24:45plays, art pieces and so on being banned by governments.
00:24:49We even get it like sometimes when we put like a certain song in a James Bond video and
00:24:54it'll pop up like this video is banned in Russia.
00:24:57Fascist societies have done this throughout time because banning art can stop independent
00:25:01thought, dissidents and move people away from just seeing the propaganda.
00:25:05The Deep then brings up the miser technique when Noir has nothing to say to him and this
00:25:09is him throwing a jab at his method acting.
00:25:12We then get to Homelander or more specifically Terra dreaming about Homelander.
00:25:16It's a scene that has amazing meme potential in a season that's already producing some of
00:25:20the funniest memes yet.
00:25:21Terra is dreaming of boning the character which is something he does to his Homelander toy.
00:25:26Butcher actually gave Terra this toy in episode 5 of season 2 and we saw this toy also mentioned
00:25:31in season 1.
00:25:32In the comics you regularly humped other dogs which is something that Ryan mentioned in
00:25:36episode 3.
00:25:37Terra also hated Homelander in the comics and we saw him growl out the soup during issue
00:25:4119 and he even pissed on his leg at one point.
00:25:44But this one shot story follows Terra almost dying due to ingesting chocolate.
00:25:48It's possibly inspired by the comics where Terra was killed by one of the seven which Billy
00:25:52thought was Jack from Jupiter.
00:25:53Sadly the dog who played Terran in season 2 passed away but they did manage to recast
00:25:58and I have to say didn't notice myself.
00:26:01But yeah losing a dog is fucking shit.
00:26:03But yeah Kimiko and Huey come in and feed him and Kimiko talks about the steak and how
00:26:07Frenchy doesn't really do it the way she likes.
00:26:09She says she's told Frenchy how she likes it though and says maybe they just don't like
00:26:14the same steak.
00:26:15Now this continues on from last week where they seemingly broke up and she said she didn't
00:26:19want to change him and basically showed their relationship was falling apart.
00:26:23Sadly I don't see them having a happy ending and I do think that it could potentially be
00:26:29like what happens in the comics.
00:26:31Mothers Milk also mentioned Romeo and Juliet and it does seem like their relationship is
00:26:35gonna end in tragedy.
00:26:37They then find Terra's fuck toy and propose washing it which is something Billy stops them
00:26:41from doing.
00:26:42Terra though follows to squeaking and we see Billy rolling in a load of equipment for a
00:26:46secret project with Frenchy.
00:26:47We mentioned last week that Billy saw the Uranium hurt Homelander and the soup barely escaped
00:26:52the chamber.
00:26:52It looks like Billy has stolen loads of parts from Fort Harmony as you can see the tiny Vought
00:26:57American logo on the device with the dial.
00:26:59Because of this I do wonder if they plan to lure Homelander out, lock him up and combine
00:27:03both the virus and Uranium.
00:27:05Even if Homelander gets the V1 I do think this could work together as Soldier Boy was almost
00:27:09taken out by the virus so some Uranium on top of that should push him over the brink.
00:27:14They're also tracking bombsite just like Soldier Boy in Homelander.
00:27:18He must be hiding somewhere and Billy suggests asking the legend.
00:27:21We last saw him during season 3 and there he was played by the legendary Paul Reiser.
00:27:26In the comics the character was inspired by Stan Lee and helped to create the fake stories
00:27:30for each of Vought's Supes.
00:27:31Interestingly we also learn that he's gone off the grid.
00:27:34He knows every dirty secret Vought has, possibly even more so than Stan Edgar.
00:27:39So he's also in hiding but should make an appearance hopefully down the line.
00:27:43At least I hope yeah cause I always loved the legend and the comics and I think the updated
00:27:47version was a great character as well.
00:27:49Now at this point Terra almost eats some chocolate which I'm sure we all know is toxic to dogs.
00:27:55I remember mine ate a big box of Maltesers once and I freaked the fuck out but it was
00:27:59fine in the end but still there was a couple of hours I was panicking.
00:28:04But we see his mother's milks change as he's ok eating stuff off the floor and feels better
00:28:08now that he's accepted he's going to die.
00:28:10We have seen him drinking out the toilet before and it seems like the guy just doesn't give
00:28:14a fuck anymore.
00:28:15Now this epiphany came to him when he realised that Soulja Boy is immune and immortal.
00:28:20He's been trying to take him out his whole life and just doesn't see the point when the
00:28:24guy seemingly can't be killed.
00:28:26He also accepts that his wife and daughter are better off without him.
00:28:29Milk says that if he thinks there's a chance he'll see them again then he'll be too scared
00:28:32to do what he needs to to end this for good.
00:28:35Billy at this point then seemingly starts to realise the effect he's had on others.
00:28:39Even Mother's Milk has lost his faith in life and is ready to sacrifice himself.
00:28:43It's partly why later on he agrees to give Annie and Kimiko the V1 if they get the chance.
00:28:48I do wonder what's gonna happen with Milk though and whether they'll go the way of the
00:28:52comics or not.
00:28:52But right now he's at least accepted death and will go in without fear or hesitation because
00:28:57of this.
00:28:58It's a great performance by Laz Alonzo and probably the most emotional we've seen him
00:29:02this season.
00:29:03Mother's Milk is also wearing a Naughty By Nature shirt and if you're wondering if I'm down
00:29:07with OPP, yeah you know me.
00:29:11But he's ready to die fighting Vaud much in the same way his dad did before him.
00:29:15Tara then wanders off and I love how he gets sort of black and white muted colours for the
00:29:19dog vision.
00:29:20He then sees Frenchie who says he made Kimiko the perfect french ribeye.
00:29:24He has no idea she hates it which shows how oblivious he is to what he likes indicating
00:29:28how different they are.
00:29:30This just adds in to the one shot nature of the episode and at the time of recording this
00:29:34that is also the title.
00:29:36One shot is of course based around one shot comics which are stories that are like one
00:29:41shot and obviously you know the terms used in like TV episodes as well.
00:29:45But Frenchie is confused as to why Kimiko wants a dog and he says she deserves peace.
00:29:49Which did make me a bit worried that he might sacrifice himself for her.
00:29:53He then says that he can't give her what she deserves and that he's ruined his souffle.
00:29:57Come on man don't worry maids it's pretty hard to get right.
00:30:00Tara then sees it in the bin though and like every dog they see food they eat the food.
00:30:06Meanwhile Hugh and Billy are arguing over using the V1 as a cure for Annie and Kimiko.
00:30:10Like the comics, Billy doesn't want any soups left alive as he sees them as being inherently
00:30:14bad for the world and to be fair I can see why.
00:30:18But Annie and Kimiko have proven that they want the world to be safe for humanity.
00:30:22But as Edgar said in episode 3, Vought will always win.
00:30:25They can just rebrand and return with a newly packaged 7 as there's always profit to be made.
00:30:30Billy then says that he's always been right and asks Hughie if he can accept the risk
00:30:35of Homelander becoming a god and killing like one as well.
00:30:38Hughie then brings up Becca asking if he let her die to which Butcher replies saying that
00:30:42he did.
00:30:43Now this isn't necessarily true as Becca wanted to stay and protect Ryan from Vought's influence.
00:30:48She thought she could give him a proper upbringing which isn't something Homelander had.
00:30:52Billy still feels he failed though and Hughie's asking for the others to get a chance at surviving.
00:30:57It's put on hold when they realise Terra has eaten the whole souffle but I do feel like
00:31:01this conversation kind of paints out where things are gonna go.
00:31:04Anyway Butcher blames Frenchie and asks for some hydrogen peroxide to make Terra throw up.
00:31:09Hughie then asks the hero as always and feeds him the stuff to make him sick.
00:31:13Luckily he survives, unlike the comic book version, and dreams of Homelander are giving
00:31:17him some turkey.
00:31:18Billy has also been watching over him as well and is reading The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
00:31:23That follows the spy who's pretending to defect in the cold war.
00:31:26It paints both the east and west spy institutions as immoral and willing to do awful things for
00:31:31what they see as the greater good.
00:31:33It's very similar to Billy's mission and how he'll do bad things for what he sees as right.
00:31:37Terra then wakes up and we can see Billy's soft side again.
00:31:45Now I'm gonna be completely honest but I think Butcher has gone way too nihilistic recently
00:31:50and it's just nice seeing the softer side to him cause you do wonder why people would
00:31:55even follow him when he's constantly a dickhead.
00:31:57No idea what happened to Geoffrey Dean Morgan still.
00:31:59But he thanks Hughie who's wearing a Hall & Oates t-shirt for the song Rich Girl and we
00:32:04can also see a mural of Sister Sage behind him.
00:32:06This shows her reading which makes sense considering her power set.
00:32:09Butcher then has a change of heart inspired by this moment and seeing Lenny's trophy from
00:32:13the magic show.
00:32:14In the comics Hughie is constantly compared to Lenny and he's the one person he couldn't
00:32:19save.
00:32:20So Butcher doing this is him trying to make amends and show he's not the monster his father
00:32:24was.
00:32:25Think the brush with death with Terra has made him realise he needs to look after those
00:32:28close to him and show how much he loves those around him while he still can.
00:32:32There's also a lot of books on the shelf.
00:32:34Sadly I can only make one out by Kenneth Oppel which appears to be Silverwing.
00:32:38Billy then says that if it doesn't mess up their plans to kill Homelander they can use
00:32:42some V1 to cure Kimiko and Annie.
00:32:44However, he will not keep any for himself.
00:32:46My guy is on a one way path to death and as they say, when you go out for revenge
00:32:51you
00:32:51should dig two graves.
00:32:53He then goes back to his hard nut self when he asks Hughie what he's looking at.
00:32:57Terra then goes back to his usual ways as well and we cut back to them meeting again for
00:33:01the Sister Sage story.
00:33:02They're pulling troops out of the Middle East and obviously there's a constant military
00:33:05presence there which is still something we see debated all the time today.
00:33:09Sage then enters the lift and Soldier Boy holds the door so he can get in.
00:33:13Behind him there's also a poster of Translucent.
00:33:15Kind of reminding you of how many have fallen.
00:33:18Soldier Boy is heading to crime analytics and Sage manipulates him again.
00:33:22She says how the meeting was thrilling and Soldier Boy drops Bob Giconi, the founder of
00:33:27Penthouse magazine which I fucked up the name of, but Sage says it will be more exciting
00:33:31when Homelander is immortal.
00:33:33She's playing to his hatred of his son which is something I think she may be miscalculating.
00:33:38While he doesn't want Homelander to be immortal as we see in this episode, he's still protective
00:33:42of his son.
00:33:43Soldier Boy then heads off to interrogate Stan Edgar which we see later and we finally learn
00:33:47what Sister Sage's end game is.
00:33:49Which I never expected to be the plot of a Twilight Zone episode.
00:33:53Sage is looking over plans for what I think is the Colorado Springs bunker that she
00:33:57mentions later and funnily enough, her mural in the school has her holding blueprints.
00:34:02She's then interrupted by a furious Ashley who's being suffocated by her secret service
00:34:06detail.
00:34:07And she even shouts out one called Garth which I feel is a reference to the boys crater Garth
00:34:11Ennis.
00:34:12She's furious though as she almost made it so that VNN was the only network with a broadcast
00:34:17license.
00:34:18After Sage explains what Homelander wants she speaks to a Ukrainian official and says maybe
00:34:23they shouldn't have been invaded and basically victim blames them saying that they may
00:34:27as well have been wearing a short skirt.
00:34:29Ashley is turning into a panikin though as she explains that the markets are in freefall
00:34:33and that Vought's stock is tanking but Sage doesn't care at all.
00:34:37That's because she doesn't want a world where markets are important and wants to change things
00:34:41because right now it's always what the man wants.
00:34:44They then share a drink and Ashley describes a story that many of us fully expect to happen
00:34:48behind closed doors.
00:34:49She says that the Swiss Chancellor suggests racing their Gulfstream jets at the climate change
00:34:54conference which I do think probably happens.
00:34:58She also says lols and you are never beating those millenial allegations.
00:35:03Sage then goes to ask the back of her head what Homelander is doing.
00:35:06Ashley too says that Homelander is looking for V1 and Sage needs her to read Soldier Boy's
00:35:10mind.
00:35:11It's a dangerous plan as it means going against Homelander which is something Ashley has seen
00:35:15first hand always ends in a bloody death.
00:35:18The Ashley on the back of her head is pre-corporate Ashley and she recites their tramp stamp words,
00:35:22the only prison is fear.
00:35:24Fear is the mind killer as they say which makes you unable to act and shuts down your ability
00:35:30to do things as we learned in Dune over here.
00:35:33Main Ashley refuses to help but Sage manages to get her to stay and have a drink with her.
00:35:37The pair then polish off the decanter and get pretty drunk.
00:35:40Sage wants a chalupa while Ashley wants to call her ex.
00:35:43This then leads to the pair talking about their family.
00:35:46Ashley says that her mum died of cancer and Sage says that her grandmother died of the illness
00:35:50too.
00:35:50It's a backstory that Sage mentioned to Newman at Tech Nights Mansion and though she managed
00:35:54to cure cancer, she wasn't allowed to do anything about it.
00:35:57Ashley's mother was apparently tiny and scary and went so far as to reveal an affair to get
00:36:02revenge on her daughters bully during Kindergarten as well.
00:36:05As we know, Sage's parents also gave her V and they did this because they thought it would
00:36:10be their meal ticket.
00:36:11However, she says that being smart is the worst superpower as having a three year old correcting
00:36:15your grandma gets very very annoying.
00:36:18She basically shut down all their plans and made them realise their life dream yogurt shop
00:36:22was bound to fail.
00:36:24But as we see, Sage is still upset over her death and Ashley wants to be like her mother.
00:36:29She then realises that Sage baited her and Sage finally reveals exactly what her end game
00:36:33is.
00:36:34It really is as simple as what she said to Newman when she said fuck them all.
00:36:38Helping Homelander and getting him to a position of power is phase one while phase two is causing
00:36:43a soup slash human civil war.
00:36:46They will wipe out each other using their powers and also the power of the virus.
00:36:50She will then wait this out in her bunker and once everyone's dead she can read as much
00:36:54as she wants some peace.
00:36:56Now if you've watched the channel in some of our more niche videos you'll possibly have
00:36:59seen me talking about how when I was in university I basically downloaded every twilight zone episode
00:37:05ever and binge watched them all, that was like my thing.
00:37:08And this plan is just like the episode time enough at last.
00:37:12This followed a guy called Henry Beamers who was obsessed with reading so much so his boss
00:37:17and wife would get angry with him.
00:37:18One day he then decides to enjoy his lunch break in a bank vault.
00:37:22Now while he's inside a hydrogen bomb goes off and basically annihilates everything and
00:37:28everyone.
00:37:29Whoo sounds bad but he sees that every cloud is the silver lining and realises that he finally
00:37:35has time to read.
00:37:36Thus he heads to the library to live out his days doing the thing he loves.
00:37:40The tragedy strikes though as his glasses break and he's now alone with books he can't read.
00:37:46It's probably one of the most famous episodes of all time that's up there with horror at 37,000
00:37:51feet.
00:37:51There's something on the wing, some thing.
00:37:55Like Bemis I imagine Sage's plan to live out her life reading may end up in a cruel twist
00:37:59of fate.
00:38:00Maybe she will lose her eyes or something and that would kind of play into how I think the
00:38:04symbol on her costume there is an eye or at least it looks like one.
00:38:08But her main aim is to make sure that Homelander dies and Sage invites both Ashly's to her bunker.
00:38:13I love how their expectations are shattered in this moment as well as Ashly thinks there's
00:38:17an out but there's always someone who's even more evil and cunning out there.
00:38:21It's why Belly is partly right in wanting all the Supes gone as this will never ever end
00:38:26with Homelander.
00:38:27There will always be a chance that the Supes will be a danger to humanity.
00:38:30Personally I can also see Stan Nedgar somehow surviving all of this and leading a rebranded
00:38:35vault especially as we have The Boys Mexico coming out starring Diego Luna.
00:38:40Which is another Andor reference.
00:38:42We then end with a great shot of Sage standing below the mural of Homelander, placing them
00:38:47at opposite ends.
00:38:48Sage is basically the woman who threw a stone at God and brought everything crashing down.
00:38:53She is on the ground while he's above her in the air, almost like the creation of
00:38:56Adam painting but the way it's framed it makes her appear like Sage has turned her back on
00:39:01him and thus has turned her back on God.
00:39:04Which is such a good shot.
00:39:05We then cut at the final story of the episode and man did they save the best till last.
00:39:10It's one that I'd have loved to have seen a full episode on if we weren't in the final
00:39:14season cause yeah, banger after banger line.
00:39:17Now we see a soldier boy stands up and hear some Captain America music that fades out hinting
00:39:22this super's no Steve Rogers.
00:39:28Soldier Boy then mentions that Homelander is pissy and asks about Stan Edgar.
00:39:32Soldier Boy hasn't seen him since Nicaragra and he was the one who basically organised Payback's
00:39:37mutiny and had Soldier Boy sent off to the Russians.
00:39:40Soldier Boy mentions how he was the one who fetched his cocaine and he can't believe that
00:39:44he's now in this position of power or well was in this position of power.
00:39:48So now he's going to interrogate his former fort contact.
00:39:51However Homelander doesn't trust him but this is his only chance to get V1.
00:39:55We see that Stan is being held in the same prison that Maeve was at during season 3 as well
00:40:00as Webweaver in season 4.
00:40:02He's been made to wear the same outfit as the freedom camp inmates but homie wants to keep
00:40:06Edgar close.
00:40:07I do wonder as well if they'll even play into how Soldier Boy liberated concentration camps
00:40:12in the 40s and now his son is off running these freedom camps.
00:40:17But who doesn't love freedom?
00:40:18And who doesn't love camps?
00:40:20I do feel like he would at this point but ehm...him getting this information might be
00:40:24a curveball for the show.
00:40:26But Soldier Boy brings up the betrayal and Stan assures him it was nothing personal, just
00:40:31business.
00:40:32Stan is very cold so I believe it but I bet deep down he was happy that Soldier Boy was
00:40:37Winter Soldier.
00:40:37As he says they had his replacement model ready to go which showed more promise than
00:40:42Soldier Boy ever did.
00:40:43As he notes though, it amounted to nothing.
00:40:46Homelander is just as awful as his dad.
00:40:49Again it's wildly different as Steve Rogers and in the first Avenger he was the weakest
00:40:53and smallest of the selection group for the Super Soldier Serum.
00:40:56However he had heart and a sense of doing the right thing and hitting the thumbs up.
00:41:01That's why he didn't turn into a massive knobhead like Soldier Boy.
00:41:04Homelander just doesn't get it though and says that his power is absolute.
00:41:08Soldier Boy used his fame to have orgies and do drugs while Homelander just uses it to scare
00:41:13and control people.
00:41:14This is just like the comic when Homelander met with Edgar's comic counterpart James
00:41:18Stillwell.
00:41:19The show created two characters out of him with Madeline and Stan.
00:41:23The former was the person who oversaw the Seven like the comics while Stan had the cold,
00:41:27calculating company man persona.
00:41:29In the comics, Stillwell was completely unimpressed with Homelander and over time the suit believed
00:41:34that those with powers shouldn't be controlled by the company or even the US government.
00:41:39Stillwell constantly put him in his place though which led to Homelander leading a coup.
00:41:44Edgar then says...
00:41:45When have you ever done anything remotely interesting or original?
00:41:51Which is lifted directly from the comic.
00:41:54Like there Homelander doesn't kill Edgar which the former CEO puts down to the soups desperation
00:41:59for daddy figures.
00:42:00In the comics, Stillwell also asks to be killed as well as he's so bored with Homelander's
00:42:04cringy bullshit.
00:42:06In the show Homelander asks Stan if he wants to die and we see that Edgar becomes a little
00:42:10bit scared.
00:42:11This is different in the comics where Stillwell's face doesn't change whatsoever and he's completely
00:42:16nonchalant.
00:42:17Luckily for his son though, Soulja Boy actually has a brain he can use.
00:42:20He mentioned earlier about going to crime analytics and he says that he went there to track down
00:42:24Zoe and her father.
00:42:26So finally there's some leverage over Stan but he doesn't know where the B1 is.
00:42:30Instead he points them in the direction of Mr Marathon who is somewhat of a vault history
00:42:35buff.
00:42:36He also jokes that it should be a delightful reunion and yet we do get that as there's
00:42:41lots of supernatural cast members.
00:42:43But yeah in the comics Mr Marathon was a member of the Seven and he was featured in the 9
00:42:47-11
00:42:48flashback.
00:42:48There the Seven went to stop a plane hijacking only for it to go completely wrong just like
00:42:53the show.
00:42:54As he couldn't fly he was also carried along with Black Noir who again could secretly do
00:42:59it.
00:42:59Marathon was then killed after Homelander flew into the plane.
00:43:02Now in the show he was on the Seven but A-Train took his spot after Mr Marathon slowed down.
00:43:07It also sounds like this happened as he lost a race.
00:43:10This mirrors A-Train's race against Shockwave in season one and there A-Train's spot was
00:43:14in jeopardy and thus he abused Compound V.
00:43:17This led to him winning but the V affected his heart.
00:43:20We then cut to LA and hear Hooray for Hollywood by Rosemary Clooney and that was from the movie
00:43:26Hollywood Hotel.
00:43:27It juxtaposes the visuals of homeless people sleeping on the floor and tent cities everywhere.
00:43:32Now despite living in LA Mr Marathon is washed and even has to deal drugs to get by.
00:43:37His fancy life is all a facade just like the Hollywood dream.
00:43:41We then arrive at his mansion and see a painting of him in his costume.
00:43:44It's just like the comics where he was based on the first Flash Jay Garrick though he looks
00:43:48a bit different in colour to his appearance on the poster for Dawn of the Seven.
00:43:51Mr Marathon is played by Jared Padalecki who was of course Jensen Ackles co-star on Supernatural.
00:43:58Marathon says that he's a huge fan of Soldier Boy even saying he lost his virginity in his
00:44:02underoos.
00:44:03This is a term I'd never actually heard of until Tony Stark called Spider-Man underoos
00:44:08in Civil War and all my knowledge is built from Marvel movies.
00:44:12Homelander then says which reminds me of what Shockwave said before his race.
00:44:25We also see a few productions that Marathon has been in since leaving the Seven.
00:44:29We get a hilarious joke though that these are not official bought pictures.
00:44:32Instead they're produced by Sony who are the studio behind this show and it reminded me
00:44:37of when the Simpsons constantly poked fun at Fox.
00:44:43Kripke in general is making fun of the Sony picture movies and Marathon says that they can't
00:44:47reference the VCU which is something that Sony Pictures also has issues with when it comes
00:44:52to Marvel.
00:44:52They've made numerous Spider-Man less Spider-Man movies and then even had to lie in trailers and
00:44:57stuff to make it seem like it was all connected.
00:44:59Just a great line and while it's a jab at stuff like Madame Web that couldn't use Spider-Man,
00:45:05it's also a jab at the wider rights issue that connected universes face.
00:45:09The Netflix Marvel shows couldn't reference the MCU which was at the height of it's success
00:45:13and even Agents of Shield could only really name drop events here and there as it got deeper
00:45:18into it's run.
00:45:19Feige clashed with Jeff Loeb and then Feige came out and was like we're gonna do our own
00:45:23Marvel shows on Disney Plus, they'll be the real Marvel shows.
00:45:27And yet we saw how most of them turned out and Agents of Shield clears them all if you
00:45:33ask me.
00:45:34Now we then see a poster for Marathon of the Heart, it's one of those terrible hallmark
00:45:38of lifetime movies and his co-stars Michaela Starr who is actually a producer on the show.
00:45:42We then see Mr Marathon around the speedyverse which is a clear parody of Into and Across the
00:45:47Spiderverse.
00:45:48He's even sitting on top of a traffic light similar to how Miles Morales sits on high buildings
00:45:52in those movies.
00:45:53He co-stars Mindstorm who was a former member of Payback in the show as well as Muzzletov
00:45:58who was on Team Titanic with Malchemical.
00:46:00The third character in the movie is Mindroid who in the comics was a member of Payback and
00:46:04the comics version of Mindstorm.
00:46:06We then see the Madame Web parody called Madame Marathon which is part of Mr Marathon's origins.
00:46:11Which is kinda referring to how Madame Web was sort of a prequel to Spider-Man in a way
00:46:16but not connected.
00:46:17You know what I mean, the writers are a fucking mess.
00:46:19This also stars Malchemical played by Misha Collins in the show.
00:46:23He's also a former supernatural cast member and is excellent in this episode.
00:46:27We finally get all three of them on screen and behind the camera we also have Eric Kripke
00:46:31who was the showrunner behind that series.
00:46:34Now in the comics Malchemical can change into anything you want.
00:46:36He was kicked out of Team Titanic and is a parody of DC's Metamorpho.
00:46:40He was then made the leader of SuperDuper who are a bunch of naive young Supes.
00:46:44Huey was surveilling the team in the source material and then ended up infiltrating them
00:46:48when one of the Supes was choking.
00:46:50He then went in to stop Malchemical after hearing him abusing the team only to get his ass beat.
00:46:55Luckily though, Butcher is always watching and he set Malchemical on fire.
00:46:59At this point we then see Mr Marathon Vampire Hunter which is a parody of Abraham Lincoln Vampire
00:47:04Hunter.
00:47:04There's also running on vapours, Let There Be Rampage and Savage Justice.
00:47:08All of which look like terrible made for streaming movies.
00:47:12But yeah it's all under Sony's umbrella and as we learn Mr Marathon even gets half off Sony
00:47:16TVs.
00:47:17We then cut to a poker game being played by celebrities.
00:47:20There's Kamal Nanjani, Seth Rogen, Christopher Minceplass and also Will Forte.
00:47:25Seth Rogen is of course an executive producer on the show and we saw him in season 3 as Succums
00:47:30A Lot 779.
00:47:32He was also shown as the director of Black Noir Insurrection in season 1 as well as having a brief
00:47:36part in season 2.
00:47:38Kamal then mentions Aziz Ansari, Macaulay Culkin, Joaquin Phoenix, Keita Sutherland and lastly
00:47:43Meryl Streep.
00:47:44We learn that Malchemical isn't on board with the fascism as he just wants to live that Hollywood
00:47:49lifestyle.
00:47:50They all agree they need to do something and Kamal says that their super power is storytelling.
00:47:54It's a speech that reminds me of Seth Rogen's one in the studio when some doctors looked
00:47:58out on his role as the head of a movie studio.
00:48:00He then mentions Luke Skywalker, Katniss and how Gandhi inspired people.
00:48:05Which mate, Gandhi was real.
00:48:07Will claps back saying that actors just collect their paychecks and this is poking fun at actors
00:48:11trying to be all political.
00:48:12Rogen then says they should post about what's happened at the same time by using black squares.
00:48:17However this was used by the Black Lives Matter movement and critics of that said that
00:48:21people would just find endless black squares which blocked out activists sharing information.
00:48:25Rogen then suggests blue squares saying blue lives matter which is of course a movement
00:48:29to support the police.
00:48:30They then suggest using white squares.
00:48:33Rogen then suggests getting Lena Dunham to write an article for the Atlantic.
00:48:37This is riffing on the toothless activism from 2016 onwards.
00:48:41Lena Dunham is a wildly polarising figure and kind of like the poster child for Hollywood
00:48:46liberalism.
00:48:47Will then says the best day of his life was when Bill Hader was executed as he's now getting
00:48:52more offers.
00:48:53Christopher also says he has hopes Michael Cera gets rounded up as they're going for the
00:48:57same part.
00:48:58This whole thing is basically the boys version of this is the end and there Jonah Hill prayed
00:49:02for Jay Baruchell's downfall.
00:49:04We even see as Craig Robinson missed out on all the events just like Danny McBride.
00:49:08Rogen then says they've been friends for 20 years, referring to their first movie together
00:49:12super bad.
00:49:13That hater was also a part of it and I'm freaking out cause I went to see it and I
00:49:17was like this
00:49:17movie sums up my youth and now that it's 20 years ago I'm not young anymore.
00:49:23I need that V1 shit.
00:49:25We then see as they're interrupted by Homelander and Soldier Boy arriving.
00:49:28They pretend to be pleased to see them despite plotting a protest against fascism.
00:49:32We then learn that Will turned in Channing Tatum and Seth Rogen introduces himself.
00:49:37They met at the premiere for Silent Vengeance 3 Vengeance Reloaded which is part of the VCU
00:49:41Phase 10.
00:49:42Rogen is also gonna be testifying in front of congress and outing star ladders such as
00:49:47Post Malone.
00:49:48Now this is a reference to the House of Un-American Activities Committee that basically popped
00:49:52up during the Cold War.
00:49:53It aimed to root out communism and for a time focused on movies, tv and radio.
00:49:58There suspected communists were investigated which led to a Hollywood blacklist.
00:50:02Here it's being used to look for star ladders but it's also being abused.
00:50:06The Supes then ask Marathon about V1.
00:50:08We then go into his personal vault museum which is a smaller version of Godolkens Secret One.
00:50:13As they enter we can see the logo for Vortamerican which was the original name for the company
00:50:17and the one used in the comics.
00:50:19This logo was also used at Vorticon which they basically used as a way to announce the
00:50:24next slate for the VCU.
00:50:26There's also a poster for Soldier Boy Ahoy and next to that is the Ghost of Hanai which is
00:50:30inspired by Rambo.
00:50:31Next to the flag is also a Payback team poster.
00:50:34We then see adverts for Vort Thins and Silver Kincaid being used.
00:50:38In the comics she was a member of the G-Men and was abducted by Godolkens.
00:50:42She was experimented on and abused leading to her to try and blow the whistle to the CIA.
00:50:47Reyna then told her that her family was dead and the Supes then took her own life shortly
00:50:50after.
00:50:51The picture here looks identical to the comic book version though but in season 3 we did
00:50:55have a different version of Kincaid.
00:50:57She actually took part in the American Hero show and was a Muslim woman from Birmingham.
00:51:02Starlight wanted her to win but Homelander rejected the idea and thus The Deep was brought
00:51:06back in in what's another classic moment.
00:51:09Next to that is also an advert for Liberty Bonds which is similar to how Captain America
00:51:13was used to sell war bonds.
00:51:15We then see a Captain America comic that blends his original run with the 70s Marvel comic
00:51:19group banner.
00:51:20This was taken off the shelves after the Kent State Massacre which was when student protesters
00:51:24were shot by authorities.
00:51:26The cover shows him telling these hippies to get a haircut and shooting at protestors as
00:51:30well as a very on the nose, thou thoth protest too much.
00:51:34It shows how Vought has gone as far back as the 70s though and was in bed with a US
00:51:39admin
00:51:39back then.
00:51:40You also see Vought trading cards with black noir and gunpowder.
00:51:44But it's clear they think they were good times and Homelander then sees a load of baby
00:51:47oil called Puff Baby.
00:51:48This is a clear reference to what was found in Diddy's home and Diddy's old rap name used
00:51:53to be Puff Daddy, so Puff Baby.
00:51:56Homelander then looks at him disgusted and I did find this odd.
00:51:59He's been painted as an asexual person but we know he forced himself on Becca Butcher.
00:52:04So I do wonder if he's kind of gone celibate after seeing himself as a god now.
00:52:09Marathon also has a number of Nazi objects and says that Dr Vought was a great man.
00:52:13Soldier Boy knows different though and calls him a pansy with a German accent and sweaty
00:52:17palms.
00:52:18Clearly though he was also very jealous that Clara was his wife.
00:52:22Soldier Boy has mentioned her a few times now and seems to caress her photo.
00:52:27The pair even founded Herogasm together and I expect that Vought Rising will explore this
00:52:31potential love story with her being Soldier Boy's Peggy.
00:52:33I even wondered if Stormfront was secretly Homelander's mother as you'd need a soup to
00:52:38carry a soup child.
00:52:39And yes that would make things even more fucked up than they already are.
00:52:42Homelander then asks if he knows where V1 is or not and we can see another Soldier Boy
00:52:47Captain America style poster to the left.
00:52:49He then mentions that Bombsite knows where it is and that he can call him to come over
00:52:52as he's been Marathon's best customer.
00:52:55At Fort Harmony they of course discover drugs and it's just playing up the idea that the
00:52:59guy's a fucking drug addict.
00:53:01We then cut to Soldier Boy and Marathon doing blow which the speedster just picked up.
00:53:05Homelander though just sits alone as he's not into the drugs and debauchery.
00:53:10McLovin then offers Homelander a spliff and Seth Rogen says he just pretends to like weed
00:53:14for his brand.
00:53:16Now this is a big joke as Seth Rogen is probably like the biggest weed guy besides Snoop Dogg.
00:53:22He says he just does it to sell ashtrays and yeah I really appreciated this self referential
00:53:26joke.
00:53:27McLovin is completely mugged off and then we see Malchemical talking to Homelander who
00:53:30doesn't remember him.
00:53:31He then overhears Marathon saying that he's weird.
00:53:34This is similar to how he caught A-Train insulting him under his breath.
00:53:37Marathon then recites a story about how Misha Barton wanted to suck him off but he kept
00:53:41talking about Nietzsche.
00:53:42This is a name drop that made me chuckle as I did watch her crush it in a stage production
00:53:46of Double Indemnity.
00:53:47See I can be cultured.
00:53:49It's not all just look at this easter egg that shows Glup Shitto.
00:53:53He says that he's always been weird though and is obsessed with his cape which is something
00:53:57Soldier Boy also made fun of him for last week.
00:53:59And they think it's like a baby blanket or something but Star is just so intimidating
00:54:04in these moments and he asks him to say it again which just silences the room.
00:54:10Soldier Boy then tells him to take a joke but Homelander really cannot and then threatens
00:54:14to leave.
00:54:15Before this though he says the actors will pay for their memes.
00:54:18Very very soon.
00:54:19They all end up dying and it's kind of like a last warning before things go down.
00:54:24Even if he doesn't really have a hand in it.
00:54:25Will then turns on his friends and Kamal jokes that he's yoked.
00:54:29This line really made me laugh cause yeah the guy's in great shape but he did this for
00:54:34the Eternals and then basically wore a costume throughout the entire movie.
00:54:38Behind the bar we can also see Mr Marathon racing a cheater which is of course the fastest
00:54:42land animal.
00:54:43Malchemical then uses his power to knock out Homelander.
00:54:46Reminded me a lot of Dune when the Duke's given gas to try and take out the Baron.
00:54:49That plan fails just like this one here and ultimately the tyrant lives.
00:54:53Will then begs to leave but he gets called MacGruber which is a reference to his long
00:54:57running MacGyver parody character.
00:54:59We see his marathon wants Soldier Boy to help get rid of Homelander and then he can have
00:55:03the Seven.
00:55:04They're rounding up everyone cool like hookers and drug dealers and though Soldier Boy doesn't
00:55:08seem interested he does when abortion's brought up.
00:55:14Think what this highlights in the end is that the vault media machine isn't really working
00:55:18on most of the public.
00:55:19Especially the Supes and celebrities, they just wanna make movies, do drugs and bang chicks
00:55:24but instead, because of Homelander, Supes have been brought into politics.
00:55:28The episode also insinuates that while Homelander appears to be in control, the markets are not
00:55:33on board with his weird plants.
00:55:35I was surprised that Malchemical died so fast as well as I think that Butcher could have
00:55:39done something with his power.
00:55:40Turns out Mal was also had hero gasm and he brings up Soldier Boy's chest blast.
00:55:44That can actually take away Homelander's powers but he says that the Supes is his son.
00:55:49Nobody fucks my son but me.
00:55:51What?
00:55:52Oof, it's the second joke about the pear banging and that I feel is another reference
00:55:57to the comics.
00:55:58We then see as Soldier Boy kills Malchemical which leads to a fight between him and Mr.
00:56:02Marathon.
00:56:03He even has a sound similar to A-Train when he uses his powers.
00:56:07Yeah it's like A-Train but sped up.
00:56:09Will is then killed as the speedster runs into him and Soldier Boy uses the celebs as
00:56:13human shields.
00:56:14I absolutely died during this and throughout this scene I thought it was brilliant.
00:56:19They all explode just like Hueys poor ex-Robin and Marathon just gets bloodier and bloodier.
00:56:24Next is Craig Robinson and he says that his guts have been destroyed by Danny Trejo's food
00:56:28who has a chain of restaurants.
00:56:30Kamal and McLovin then try to call the police and trust Soldier Boy only to get screwed over.
00:56:34Seth Rogen then tries to escape only to get run into as well, leaving him cut in half
00:56:39on the floor.
00:56:40It's a funny, emotional moment and Marathon says he'll remember Rogen every time he watches
00:56:44an American Pickle.
00:56:45Soldier Boy then carries out a home alone and uses the Diddy Lou to trip Marathon.
00:56:50As he runs into it we can also see TNT twin toy boxes.
00:56:54There's also blueprints for what might be Seven Tower as there's a picture of that as
00:56:57well.
00:56:58Soldier Boy then breaks Marathon's ankle which is something that happened to Barry Allen during
00:57:02Flashpoint.
00:57:02The speedster then reveals bombsite does have the V1 but he hasn't seen him for 5 years.
00:57:08Also love how Homelander comes in out of nowhere with the curb stomp.
00:57:11Close by we can also see a crimson countess that reminds me of Rio by Duran Duran.
00:57:16Soldier Boy then says he took care of what happened because fuck them which is a similar sentiment
00:57:21that Sister Sage had.
00:57:22Then reveals he's been banging firecracker as well as their pillow talk.
00:57:26While doing this he picks up the comic we saw earlier and we can see a bombsite comic
00:57:30was next to it.
00:57:31We also saw he was in the Curse of Fu Manchu during the V52 scenes in season 4.
00:57:35As well as these we can see a reference to Private Angel as there's a cast chair for her.
00:57:39She'll be part of Vought Rising incase you don't know and lastly we can see a Retro
00:57:43Vought Petroleum Petrol Pump which is a brand that we saw in Gen V Season 2.
00:57:47We then cut to Firecracker who loses the last bit of herself by throwing away the Jesus action
00:57:52figure.
00:57:53She's shocked by Homelander and he then reveals he knows about her on Soldier Boy's pillow talk.
00:57:58Funnily enough he doesn't care about the sex but is clearly annoyed they've been talking
00:58:03behind her back and she's been having doubts.
00:58:05He then asks...
00:58:06Are you thinking of Jesus when you're praising me?
00:58:08He can tell she's lying and does a Dr Meredith Gray and says...
00:58:22He's angry that she doesn't believe in him and fires her from the Seven.
00:58:25He tells her to pack up and leave and it's crazy she could have walked away from this had
00:58:30she not pled and further bruised his ego.
00:58:32But she's the only one who truly believes in him and she says the others are scared of
00:58:36him.
00:58:37All he wanted was for someone that really loved him and it does seem like she actually does.
00:58:41However due to his ego and parental issues he's pushed her away and he ends up destroying
00:58:46her.
00:58:46He's transactional and the minute she could make milk he tossed her aside and because
00:58:51of this he'll never truly be happy.
00:58:53He even scoffs at her calling him a man and she says that everyone needs love, even God.
00:58:59There's no room for love though as any tiny perceived slight is the worst thing he can do
00:59:03to him.
00:59:03And so he kills her.
00:59:05She's a patriotic soup killed using the symbol of America which is an eagle by the wannabe
00:59:10symbol of America.
00:59:11Ultimately Firecracker gave up the only thing that helped her through life while Homelander
00:59:16killed the only person who genuinely liked her.
00:59:18That's the end of one of my favourite episodes of the boys ever and it was just great getting
00:59:24a look at all the lives of the seven.
00:59:26It had emotion, funny moments and was littered with comic book easter eggs and I do hope we
00:59:30get a bit more of an explanation from soldier boy and exactly what the fuck he's doing cause
00:59:35it does feel a bit flimsy.
00:59:36But yeah we've also got the super war in the comic epilogues to go as well and beyond that
00:59:41wrapping up everyone else's story.
00:59:43So let's hope this is better than the lamplighter finale.
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