The Boys 2x7 Uncut Reaction!
Added 2022-10-18 23:33:54 +0000 UTCWhat's up homies! This is the penultimate episode of The Boys Season 2 and hopefully this more somber tone will start to turn itself around and maybe things will start to take a turn for the better for our mains.
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Ahhhhh... It"s Mrs. Patmore!! Good to see her in something else.
Lori
2022-11-18 18:59:24 +0000 UTCI agree on Homelander going, and that this episode was like super intense and depressing. But extremely accurate. No idea where the finale is going
Roman Penna
2022-10-23 02:37:03 +0000 UTCI know exactly what you mean lol
Pulin Joshi
2022-10-20 20:26:00 +0000 UTCI originally watched this season when it came out and it was pretty controversial. A lot of right-wing fans of the boys hated when it got too political. I think the boys started off as a take on capitalism but as the episodes go on it goes more into the political state of America. The stories/messages of this episode are still if not more prevalent today. I agree that this episode is on the heavier side in regards to the storytelling but it adds to the tension and reality of the boys universe. Cant wait to see your reaction to the rest of the season and on season 3 :)
Marlene C
2022-10-20 18:18:19 +0000 UTCIt's really interesting re-watching that courtroom scene. No spoilers. Just interesting.
Jake Samuels
2022-10-20 01:48:55 +0000 UTCThank you for keeping the beginning of the recap in the video. It makes it really easy to sync up.
Jakub C
2022-10-19 20:39:42 +0000 UTCThis episode pushes a lot of buttons, and boundaries as well. It also does an uncanny job of subverting expectations and pulling off some great misdirections. That opening. Wow. The seemingly average guy who allows his world to skew into a false, radicalized black and white narrative immediately punches home the fragility of everyone's place in this world - whether you're a supe or not. Of course, that the person welcoming his manipulation into a political extremist, and eventual murderer, is a white male is no coincidence. Zeitgeist, and all that. From that horrific point, the episode just keeps hammering home the brutal, almost hopeless reality of this world. Of the many things this show does well, one specific aspect is not allowing scruples, morals, and ethics to mean a damned thing. The Boys may be the most "Actions speak louder than words" show ever made. There can be no high ground when everyone's rolling around in the muck together - although even the dirtiest occasionally can show off a clean spot or two. When Homelander or Stormfront actually makes a good point or are correct about something, it doesn't seem right because they're supposed to be absolutely evil. But when Homelander warns Becca about Ryan becoming warped by being reared in a fake bubble world, and when Stormfront tells Starlight her "Pippi Longstockings" story, they're both wholly right in those moments. It sucks when you're forced to agree with the villains, but the teeth-gnashing it provides is pretty delicious. Also, it's gratifying to see these characters organically becoming three-dimensional people rather than a series of tropes, and that's facilitated by both the excellent writing and acting. That matters so much, because when the truism of "change always bringing pain" kicks in with these characters, we're invested enough to empathize with them. When we see people like Annie and Hughie - no matter how heroic they want to be or how good their intentions - with so much blood on their hands at this point from being compromised by this ugly, insane fight, it hits hard. And when the "bad guys" are winning, it hits even harder because we realize the the purest of the "good guys" have damned themselves and are still probably going to lose.
Zzzax_Loves_Hulk
2022-10-19 05:20:59 +0000 UTC
