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Yes. Use the superpower. Angels, this is so funny. Is this them getting informed that GenV is canceled? I think they're finding out on camera. I was with you. Oh my god. Thank you to Shopify for sponsoring this video. More on them in just a bit.
Newly immortal godheads of the reject nation. We are back for the penultimate episode. Everyone's favorite way to describe that. It's the boys season 5, episode 7. We're almost done. We boys Yeah. have only one more after this to look forward to. Koi, how does that make you feel? You know, it's bittersweet cuz I've really enjoyed this season. I've especially enjoyed the experience of like reacting to this season. I think this show is is especially fun to share and so I'm going to miss that energy of The Boys because I like sharing comic book stuff. I like sharing movies, but there's something about The Boys that like the satire, the layers. There's something meta about even us being like part of the commentary. I don't know.
I really I've been enjoying the season of Boys, so I will miss it. It's the here and now. Gee, how are ye? Why aren't you sucking a sentimental sausage, you Jesus looking freak? Pretty good.
That was pretty good. Diabolical. And I'm good, too. Let's watch the show.
Now he turned water into wine. What a useless superower. Useless superower.
Oh no.
New world order. singing on high. No invisible man in the sky. Now they're taking our Christianity direct.
Oh, so cool. They gave a musical number.
Mercy for strangers and put us in danger. Oh no. On his own. Now he's bigger than Jesus. Bigger than Jesus, baby. We got sexy angels. This is so funny. Now we got a God who's strong and just American like us. The eagle is crazy. Yeah, the history of that. O, praying for God's rebirth. We just rebooted the universe. O, that was rehearsal. That's a wrap.
Outstanding everybody. Oh, they failed me. Be perfect as the Lord. Father is perfect. Angel number six. Wait, it was late. Coming back after the break. We going to run that [ __ ] again. O.
What? The White House. Come in. Oh, Christ. Hello, you two. This is like a beautiful day.
You're welcome to use this office as long as you need. The final boys comics. I know. Democratic Church of America is to be the official national religion based upon one true god. Me. me. Great idea. I want every boundary between church and state dissolve. I want troops sent into every sanctuary city that took in starlighters. Whoa. Issue an executive order banning abortion. Also, breastfeeding is now mandatory. What? Actually, outlaw that, too. Sir, ban nut milk. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making you think nuts were milk. Jesus. There's a there's a gift.
I'll run them by Congress. No, disband it. Sorry. Disband Congress. It's better for freedom. So topical. Yeah. I was like, "Oh, I don't really have that authority." Ashley, do me a favor. Uh-oh. Read Steven's mind. I want to know if he's a true believer. Grim. Of course I am, sir. Terrific. Then you have nothing to worry about. Knew it. What the is that? Oh. Uh-oh. Such a disturbing effect. He's terrified of you, sir. Oh, he thinks you're just a tiny bit psychotic.
Just a tiny bit. Steven, here I am. Rock me like a hurricane. A living God right before your eyes.
And still your faith waivers. It's okay. I'm not I'm not angry. Uh-oh. Oh no. Oh Christ. But I am disappointed. Oh yeah. Yep. Been a minute since we had a good head pop. So he just murdered the president. President and God. I mean, he's God. He's fine. He can explain this way.
Yeah. President God. Good ring to it. Me, right? You must be Marie Maro. Something like that. I'm MM. Me, too. That you're like the chosen one and have Homelander level strength or some [ __ ] Well, reports of my awesomeness have been greatly exaggerated. Do you have it? No, I don't believe it. Emma's been tracking our father's movements for the past three weeks. For some reason, he's been spending a lot of time at Vault Studios. Hasn't been to Vault Tower, DC, not even the church. The studios doubled their security. They're packing serious heat. Fine. What's our next move? Pack it up. You guys are done. What are you talking about? Star. Okay. So, just tell those other guys to run. Hold on. That's it. Aren't you the one who recruited us to fight your fight? We have been risking our lives for a year. Yeah. Dumpster diving and sleeping in cars. And we're happy to do it because we want to help. What goods all that power, Marie? If you can't control it, is this them getting informed that GenV is canceled? I think they're finding out on camera.
We're not going to stop. Then you're naive. Since when did hopeful and naive become the same thing?
Damn. Your audition tape for the seven. I must have watched that [ __ ] like a thousand times at Red River. Oh no. Or was that just some line you said to get the gig? It's like you talking to Mave. I was naive. Hits I guess you're not who I thought you were, Annie. Guess not. Come on, let's go. I hope that's not the end of Marie in this season. That was also them reacting to this being the end of their appearance in the show. But Marie's got to be important to to Yeah, the bloodlanders blood cuz that's like the V1 element. Like I thought she would be the one to like maybe they kill him but they se Yeah. But happy to see London get some boys screen time. Amen. Shouts out Oh no.
Wouldn't do that for you. Uranium. 3 seconds.
What the is going on in here? Yeah. Comic boys. Oof. Oof. Oof.
Damn. The second she's ready, we go to next dose, right? Next dose? Are you kidding? Look at her. Damn. What a crazy way to figure out your dose. Yeah, if at first you don't succeed, find another old. That's a way to put that. Soldier boy's flashy tip blast got me thinking.
He weren't born with that power. The Ivans gave it to him through a consistent application of scientific methodology. They threw a net and bomb worth of radiation at him. So using the research we nick from him a few donkeys back. Oh no, they're doing the same thing to Kamigo. No, she gets Soldier Boy's power. She tipped lastander. These are honey. In the few weeks, you're going to somehow do what it took the Russians over a decade. Yeah, cuz unlike the Ivans, we got us a living, breathing supercomput bunk down at student services. Oh, no. All she does is self-medicate and binge love Island. No, it's not my wish. Butcher, who cares what he wants? Not Butcher. Me. Me. It's Michael. It's the only reason my friendship would go along with this. So, the JV league deliver. My father's up to something big at Vot Studios, but we don't know what. We'll bust into the studio, nab the holy [ __ ] stomp on his bollocks till he gives us Homelander's next move. Oh no. Oh my god. Quit acting like we're going on a milk run. It's over.
We lost. Uh-oh. All is lost. Push Spice was easily the most [ __ ] member to squad. Could barely sing or dance. No discernable talent whatsoever. Wasn't even featured on Wannabe. Yes. Yes. Did that stop her? No. You look at her now. Still married with begs. 15 engagement rings, 32 faux covers, inducted by Prince William into the Order of the Bruddy British Empire. Even I doubted her move into women's apparel, but her life was a staple at Paris Fashion Week. Wow. Despite her obvious disadvantages, including a tragic inability to smile, she never gave up and we ain't giving up either. Awesome. Speaking his language, but also some great Beckham lore. That talks terrible. The worst bo. That was a knockout. I was with you. I was with you. Oh, you I've learned more about Spice Girls from Butcher than anything else in my life. The Beckham documentaries and Netflix both great. Mhm. Sir, I I just want to start by saying how deeply sorry I am deeply. But you know Nir was saying some really mean [ __ ] about you. It's okay. All is forgiven because I am abolishing the seven effective immediately. Whoa. There hasn't been seven members of the seven in quite some time. It's a bit of a running joke. You could give it to me. I could run it for you, sir. Oh my god. I mean, I'm the most loyal. I've always done whatever you've asked. No questions asked. I mean, I've given you everything. I've chosen you over everyone that's ever wanted any. Let me be your St. Peter. Let me be the rock you found your church on. Seven's all I have. Don't make this about yourself. Wishing you all the best. Wow. Wow. Cold. Just going to let them live. Uh-oh.
Wow. On the backline. We're PAS. Blend right in. Yeah, I was thinking of that, too. Like he didn't change his outfit at all. We have a spot to minister. Call it in and the others come running. Yeah.
Hold it right there, little missy. Hey, cool. He's back. You think you could smuggle illegals onto my land? Would you like a fresca? Looks like another birthright citizen. Godamn you. Is that an American sniper joke? This is my home and my country. Just picture it. This whole valley, a million acres. Wait, who's she? She was familiar. Drip malls, subdivisions, chain of hamburger berries. Hamburger berries. We could all be rich. That's what you Manhattan elites will never understand. We don't want to be rich. We want to be free and rich. Cut.
Everybody hold. Going to CG in that arrow. Hey, the worm. Eli's back. You dropped the line. I'm going to send these illegal back where they came from. This is [ __ ] Okay. American Eagle is Vault Plus's number four show. Oh, why are we being cancelled? They're with you. This is coming from the top. Can you at least then write a finale that isn't just a dog pile of a bunch of red state bumper stickers slapped together? Oh snap. AI wrote the thing and it does not. Balls and charts. Balls and charts. I love that Eli as a SAG strike captain gets to say these lines about AI. That makes me happy. What do you want? Oh no. Presently labmized. No, I need I need your help. Iradiating Kimo. It is the turducken. A fourth quarter long shot. Hail Mary. Wishful thinking. Yeah. Formula wrong by even a fraction of rim. Kamiko's dead than Epstein between guard shifts. Exactly. Turducken. She said it. She did. Check my work. Tell me if I'm doing this correctly. 30 seconds. Appeal to her intellect. Has it been 28 seconds? I cannot lose Kimiko. I love her. You love her. Oh, and she lost her love. Love made me miscalculate that a disfigured nussy [ __ ] stump could actually bring Homelander and Soldier Boy together.
Yeah. Yeah. Love makes people unpredictable. And if I can't predict people, I am useless.
Will love win in the end? Therefore, useless to you. [ __ ] Homelander is a threat to you, to us, to the whole world. Yeah. If you won't save us, save yourself. Yeah, your bunker. Help me.
Not used to that. I mean, everything that she gets all value from is You got to hand it to me. Who else would announce they're the second coming with a song and dance number? [ __ ] Hitler on the outside, fy on the inside.
Hitler Verden. Oh. Oh, it's going to be perfect.
Hey, Pete. Where you going? Top 10. Billy Joe. What? Guess you top 10. Come on. I mean, it it'd be so hard to rank them. There's things from an Italian restaurant. The entertainer. The entertainer. Deep cut one there. No. What else? What else? Allentown, which actually is about decline of Levittown, New York. What are you doing? [ __ ] That's Synapse. He's wanted for those psychic interstate murders. What the is he doing out here in the open? If he reads our thoughts, then I think I got you talking about Billy Joe.
must have been on that psychic wall with Kate. Two seater. Oh my god, that was fast. Yeah.
Oh, another psychological deep dive. Oh, deep dive. Oh, a train drink littering in his own ocean. Throw it back at him. You going to get that, bro? He's in her. Hey, what are you doing here? So good to see you, man. We wouldn't want a little Guppy to get caught in that can, my man. Whose voice? Get in the water, man. You're not listening to me. We know you were responsible for the pipeline. Samuel Jackson 15 mother. Wow. If you step one foot, one [ __ ] stupid ass Simeon toe in the water anywhere, an ocean, a stream, a bucket, on God, son, you're dead. On God. You understand? And you jump. Water ising off limits to you. Oh no. Damn.
Oh no. Lost everything. Good. [ __ ] deserved it. Absolutely serves this man right. But he's so pathetic. This is it. The end. We have to get the Pentagon or NATO. Somebody, anybody to help. I lost every single student council election. [ __ ] April Jenkowitz could see me now. April Jenkoitz.
You got the president killed. I didn't have a choice. Now, will you let me enjoy this? Oh, don't fall for this. Get off my back. You know I can't. And you've always had a choice, Ashley. You took over my body and spied on Soldier Boy without my consent. Do you know what a violation that was?
Oh, God. You. All of this is mine, not yours. I'm the one that got us from Mini Driver's junior publicist all the way to the [ __ ] White House. Mini Driver. Look at you. You hate yourself so much. Don't you want to be able to sleep through the night or quit yanking out your hair? Oh, look at yourself in the mirror again. Oh, Ashley, how can I when you're constantly telling me how horrible I am? I should be proud. I haven't died. I think Ashley dies this episode. I would rather we died than be this. Oh, what a [ __ ] martyr. You want to die? Great. I will cut you out with a cheese grater if I have to. Ooh, evil dead. I have really tried to help you. I'm done. Don't threaten me with a good time. I'm serious. It's over. You will never hear from me ever again. Whoa.
I'm free. Oh, no you're not. Now she's alone like the deep. Truly alone. Nothing to replace her. Just sadness. Shouts out to Kobe Mes who like having to do that all alone in the Oval Office. Yeah. Best defense against psychics. Weed numbs your brain so they can't reach you. Hit him hard. Really cool. Damn. Okay. Welcome. Praise him. Praise him. My dear, where are you from? Rachel from Duth. Okay. Rachel Coleman from uh Temple, Texas. There we go. You lucky souls were painstakingly selected from around the country for your dieh hard online support of the big man online support. We're excited to start focus testing.
Are you all ready for this VIP experience? Oh no. Look at that Superman poster. You see that? Oh my god. It's a Superman parody poster. Exactly. The the uplander. Oh, that's good. Good catch. That must have been diet water. What the Amazon I'm a cat. She lines back. Afterwards, we will hand out some questionnaires so you can mark down your reactions and then we'll have a a little discussion about the film. Full honesty. A psychic in there. God, focus testing. We will use your input to help us going forward. They would love that honestly. Yes. Wait a minute.
That's gray matter. And that muscle [ __ ] over there, that's KO. They all the same vibe. Wait, I've seen them before. I have. Their head shots were up at the church. Why would Homelander be bringing together the world's most dangerous psychics? To make sure everyone's true believers.
Okay. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Wipe out the non-believers. Genius. The ultimate focus group. The Snider uh gladiator. American Wheat. I love the visuals. Not done. Sliding Light. Remove Jesus. Cable. Fighting Jesus. Oh my god. Yes, brother. the creep. What are you doing here, Jesus? I've taken the fight as far as I can. Corrupt FBI, transgender, immigrant. Oh, wow. Forces of darkness in today's world are simply too much to bear. What do you say? Turning the other cheek does nothing.
We need results. We need results. Can conquer evil once and for all. You look just like him.
Yeah. You wear the crown of thorns now. Passing on the crown. Wow. I'm not worthy. Neither was I.
Oh, neither was I. If you don't know Christianity, this must be so confusing. Is the crown actually like a king thing. That's exactly my point. We've got a lot to talk about after this co. Exactly my point. Actually a symbol of great suffering and I accept. I accept eagle. Oh, it's pdemic.
I wear this crown of thorns. I know that song. Didn't know it was about Jesus. He wrote that part of the Bible. Homeland. Next phase of the reboot. Showing the faithful my boundless love for them. That there. The Homelander Mount. We're saying that this is where the angel visited me.
Mountlander. When I ascended to godhood. Right. Right. Right. This area here, we're calling it Soldier Boy, Father of God. All the fastest rides are going to be there. Every night there's going to be a ticket parade. Wow. I'm going to head down to Bogota. Figure I'll start my way through the Banana Republics. Sure. Uh, is that what we still call them? When are you coming back? Probably not for uh ever. What? Uh-oh. Forget it. I don't I don't care about any of it. Damn. And got you all the drugs and all the wrinkly old in America. I'll build you land. I want you to have whatever you want. What I want is to get away from what? Ew. Come on. I hired you a threestar Michelin chef. All you ever order is meatloaf and chili. I even had LJ mock up a new super soup for you. Ew.
Captain America. I don't want that. And another thing, I gave you the V1 because of Clara. Not because of you. Because that's what she would have wanted. This was never going to be a play catch in the front lawn fixing up the old Impala [ __ ] Natural reference. I got that one. And you're no god. It's good. Oh. Oh. Oh. No angel came to you. You had a wet dream about some chick with big juices. If that makes you a god, that I'm a [ __ ] god every night. I am God. Oh, still backing down. God the sun. Maybe. Would it help if I said it's not you, it's me. If you want to go, go. He's so pathetic. Good luck, son. Son shoulder pad. Woof. Oh, [ __ ] this. If I can't have you, noers will have you. Oh, he's going to lock him up. Yeah. Is he going back tube? Yeah. That is so pathetic. That is icky. Forget already trying. Oh, they gave you the cool guy cuffs. Use your powers. Oh, what about your um Medusa? You can't an hero was diddling me [ __ ] While you could signapse, I could feel him woring around me no and he switched off me powers. Damn. I was going to say there's like different kinds of mind [ __ ] in this world. Telling nobody nothing if we don't get out of here. No, that's my number three Billy Joel song. I can't die without getting that straight.
It's a four quadrant bop. Come on, man. It's just us here. Love with me. You're grasping at straws.
You know none of this [ __ ] is going to work. We ain't done yet. Even if I have to drag your broken fuckuses over the finish line. Damn. We are going all the way. That's what I'm talking about. No matter the cost till the job's [ __ ] done. That's what I'm talking about. Whatever it takes. Homelander, bless you. Ascended. I mean, as menacing and truly [ __ ] as that sounded, I got to say it was kind of hopeful. You may be right. I'm always bloody right. No, that's my number three Billy Joel song. Oh, I knock it off. You started this. Okay. A Come on, Sage. You're barely healing.
Oh, you open it so soon. I was uh thinking about what you said. Let's have kids. Yeah, children. Three. Wait. Huh? We We can buy a place in Mar. Warm sea spray, lavender air, plenty of room for children, and a burner doodle. A burn a doodle. Stay strong. You hear me? After everything we've been through, settling down sounds nice. Yeah, man.
Can we go? Oh [ __ ] Oh no. Oh no, Sage. I swear to God. Come on, Sage.
I remember the cut too. You took a risk. You stayed loyal while Cordell was was making out with what's her face from Kasa. [ __ ] dude. Said I wanted a [ __ ] chalupa. The Taco Bell. I cannot risk her life all while the smartest person in the world is sitting right here marinating in her own guilt and urine. You're blocking me. Keeps having to pull people out of their depths now. After he's been in it for seasons, he's now the one. Cordina are still together till this day. You're a Love Islander. You name it, I watch it. Why is it so [ __ ] good? Because you were right. Love, it makes no sense. Yeah, it's unpredictable. It's stupid. Unpredictable. Socrates Kolita, a divine madness. Was he that [ __ ] boy again with Nicole? So you do not understand love. So what? No one ever has or ever will. There is still mystery in the world. Isn't that wonderful? Have you never been so completely loved?
her grandma. I know you have no reason to help me. I'm begging you. I beg you. I love Kimiko. Oh, I cannot leave without her. [ __ ] fine. I'll help you. Give me that damn Chalupa. But you got to give me a couple hours to get my brain, you know. Good. She's in an emotional love state. You got her at the right time. Where are you guys? I was getting worried. Tossing off father's trailer. There's some weird [ __ ] in here. Well, we got eyes on him. M doing a No, no, no, no. On our way. Ew. Damn, you look emotional. What's going on? I'm sorry. I just um I just think Homelander is so selfless. Taking on the burdens of Jesus. How many of you now believe that Homelander is your personal Lord and Savior? Well, well, Amen. Start small and spread. No. No. Someone's lying. Yep. Yep. Oh, God. They're going to start pumping heads. If I read your name, you are free to go. Please grab yourself a special Vitality swag bag from the lobby. Vitality. Everyone else, uh, use the restroom. We will reconvene and we'll have some more in-depth conversation. Oh no. Scott Emble, Thomas Carter. Oh boy. What is the [ __ ] point of saving people if they don't want to be saved? This is what they want. Chaos. They want to be led. Back when my gramps got killed by Soldier Boy, [ __ ] got rough. And then one day, I find this pigeon on the sidewalk, wing busted. He was in bad shape. So I run inside, grab a shoe box and a first aid kit, and come and start nursing it. A I figured if I can save just this one life. Hey, maybe it might somehow make up for Anyway, those same [ __ ] kids, they found out. Oh no. And so now it don't take a genius to go from Marvin milk to mother's milk. Oh, you letting that sky rat suck on your or that they were relentless. Cruel. Right up until the day when that little bird flew out of my house and right over their heads. Then he embraced it. You know what, Annie? Here's the crazy thing. I loved my new name. Yeah. Cuz I loved helping people. I love being kind. Making my family proud. H. That's cool. Last year, locked up in that detention center, something changed. My heart, it just got scarred over like the world had just broken it one too many times.
It got easier just being cynical, checking out, but I also hated myself a lot more. Yeah, dude. I went from being a mother with a heart to a heartless mother to just being a mother. Ah, but you know what? Hope you listen, Starlet. Giving a [ __ ] in a world where nobody gives a [ __ ] It ain't soft. It's hard as hell. That's the real me. God damn. That's beautiful. Right here. Mother smoke scene. Preach. And that's the real you, too. Embrace what it means to be a starlight.
This is going to be fun. Whoa. How'd they get up there so fast? Yeah.
Oh, Christ the Lord. No.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Lol.
Oh. Oh, dog and cat. Thought you were looking for Starlight. She's not here.
Wait. You smell that? Smell what? Well, oh no. Here we go. God. Oh god. Oh god.
Of course. Of course. Oh my god. Bowl with extra guac. Oh my god.
And corn salsa.
And you had Little Caesar's crazy bread stolen right off the counter. You're a bad boy. Well, you're both bad. Defying the animal kingdom. I hope this was the audition. Yes, Lord. I've been trying to reach you, Lord. We have detained Billy Butcher and Hugh Campbell. They are here at the studio. You want us to kill Butcher and Campbell? No. Get Sage's location first. I a visit. Oh, boy. How many? Believed in their hearts that I am indeed the one true god. Six. Ooh. Give them the full VIP experience. I can convert them. Yeah. Wipe them out. Oh, kill them. You know, thinking outside the box here, what about San Antonio or Tucson? Maybe Vegas. Hey, did I lose you? No, Kevin. Honey, those towns are all landlocked. All landlocked places. No water. Somebody help him. Oh [ __ ] Please. It's a trap. It's a trap. Actual moment to be a hero. The deep's here. Thank God. Help my pop. Hurry up. Help my pop. No. Get him. Kill the deep. Turn sideways to the shore. Swimming at an angle. You're the Lord of the seven seas. Papa, great. I love it. I love this. This is so awful. Let him suffer. Yeah. I mean, he's made his bed so many times. What was the name of that topless steakhouse? The one in Reno. The one you and Lenny wanted to see. The Juicy Rack. If we get out of here, we're going to the Juicy Rack. When we get out of here, we are definitely going. Here's to Lenny.
How are you two feeling? Why don't you out of my head and not tell you? You want to rip me in, too, which makes me a tiny bitter. Yes, of course. I'd rather not be in that rat's nest of yours.
An abject failure like with this [ __ ] guy. Oh, wow. That's getting him back. You miss me? Who's this? He ain't real. Joseph Allen Kesler. Billy and I, we were besties. M you know sometimes Billy get real freaking blitzed. They start in a movie together. Quiet sullen. Then he'd admit that he had this darkness inside of him. A shark that couldn't stop. Oh, he's black like a doll's eyes.
You see, Billy had no conscience. So I was there to be that for him. Pull him back when he went too far. Canary Valley. We were there to take out this midlevel ISIS clown. Billy got us in at the compound. Got this call that this ass hatet had a 100 men that were minutes behind us. Now any sane command leader, they'd pull their men out. Make sure they were safe. But not Billy. No. See, Billy got that little glint in his eye. He likes violence. Wouldn't give the order. So I got in his face. I screamed at him. Target's not worth it. target wasn't worth it. Damn, what a way to do a flashback. Smacked him right there in the forehead. Got him a sweet little scar. You see, we were surrounded. Good news is that old butcher, he got his target.
The issue was that Billy was the only member of the unit to walk out of there alive. Of course, he was. But the truth of the matter is, you are [ __ ] when you get in his way. Lot of dead canaries and old Billy Butcher's coal mine. Wow, what an eerie sentence. I know everything. I've been inside your cassava the whole [ __ ] time. I've just been distracting you. That's another melon. Let's see. Sage is in an abandoned school in Eerie, Pennsylvania. And ah [ __ ] [ __ ] Mo, seriously, you're going to saddle her with soldier boys power blast? Are you [ __ ] insane? Uggh.
Homelander is going to love this [ __ ] See you soon. We got to warn Frenchie. But no, don't let him break you. No. Your own thoughts betrayed you. But we we do believe in Homelander. Just not quite where it counted in your hearts. There is no room for heresy. Oh man. Is it 30 for 30 or the six already leave? They're going to let these two kill all these people. We not allowed to leave.
Wow, this is going to be a mess.
Starlight. Starlight. Interesting. Yeah, I can't stand for that.
And Starlight fought him before. Move the other way. [ __ ] Pop that corn. Hey. A clever water.
That's fun. The wacky sex stuff is funny, but I like the wacky stuff when it's also just wacky stuff. I think that scene set up this one nicely. We just get a full cat dog situation. Yeah, cat-like reflexes. A Don't sacrifice the wrap.
A ouch. Come on, Mm. There you go. There you go. Whoa.
Wow. So many. Ooh. Yep. Wipe it up. Was any of it true? Every [ __ ] word. Time is up. Come on then. He's trying to shake him out of it, but it's all true. I want you to watch first. You see that there, Huie? This is the part where he pretends like he cares. Oh, no. You like people to watch like the way you watched your brother die. In those crime scene photos, I can still picture them in my head. Oh, smart. So smart. 7 years old. And you loved him. That's what's so tragic. I will [ __ ] gut you, too. Oh, this is so clever. Yeah. You were so focused on my head, you weren't focused on his. You see, we were just distracting you. Yeah. Oh, I'm going to enjoy this one, but then again, enjoy them all.
Special and unspecial at the same time. Call Frenchy now. God damn it, Frenchie. Pick up.
Thank you. That's how you convert them all. What do you want? Your help. Yeah, you got to triage all these people now. Nice work. Your numbers are only a tiny bit [ __ ] stupid. All fixed now. And the exposure will be dispersed evenly. Wow. I checked everything three times. I never check anything three times. We're ready. Let's [ __ ] go. LFG.
Oh, she cannot take it. Stop now. She will not recover from another attempt. This is it. Come on, dude.
Give me go.
Incoming. I set a Doppler system on the roof to detect unexplained objects or flying soups. Homelander. 3 minutes, give or take. Not enough time to escape. Oh no. Sage going to die. But her bunker.
Oh. Yeah. One last selfless act from Sage. And I cannot see through Zinc.
Get in here. Yeah.
Or Frenchie. Yeah. Could be. I think Frenchie after the the kids speech. Okay. No. Hey, it's okay. There is no time. No. I want to find somewhere else to hide. No. Oh [ __ ] No. I love you. At least say I love you.
Oh, [ __ ] That's it. Sage, come on out.
Oh god, this really sucks. I'm so scared. Yeah.
Oh no. Oh [ __ ] The Frenchman. the Frenchman or sage.
You don't really think you're going to recreate Soldier Boy's little party trick. We already did and they're coming for you as we speak. So gargle my sick you Nazi and gargle on this.
Oh, I bet you never danced a day in your life.
You never known Joy.
Oh [ __ ] What happened? Oh, did he leave him trapped in there?
Oh no. [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] Oh. Why' you do that? Why'd you leave me? You stupid. Are you all right?
Thank you for saving me. No. Okay. You saved me. Yep. Please don't leave me. Never.
from the first. I love you.
This doesn't feel real.
No, no, no. Oh, you got me this [ __ ] time. Jeez. No, no, no, no.
That is so sad.
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If you'd like to help us process this, you could leave a like on the video. And if you would like to process what happens next, you could subscribe and hit the notification bell so you can be notified when the finale reaction comes your way. And uh if you want this experience to feel that much more real, you could come on over to the Patreon page, patreon.com/thereal rejects, where you could sync up with your own Prime account, watch the boys front to back with us, sync up with your time code. If you see reaction highlights on this channel, it's probably watch along over at the Patreon page. Appreciate everyone over there. Guys, Greg, Koy, Coy, I'm going to come to you first because you have the most trouble experiencing emotion. I do. What struck you most emotionally in one of the more emotional boys episodes?
Um, you know, Frenchie, like that was one of the better TV deaths I've ever seen because they um they really manipulated all of our emotion to have a bunch of false leads of who was going to die and we're at the penultimate episode. So like arguably that was maybe that might be one of the more impactful deaths because I imagine there'll be a lot of death in the finale. So to have the episode end in a way that you know you'd kind of teed up a lot of potential deaths.
Um I thought Ashley was going to bite it. I thought at any point Huey might um they they gave a lot of I mean they had that great speech from Mother's Milk. They did a lot of the things in writing where they give a big moment and then it could be the last scene for someone.
Um so I thought it was really effective in its emotional manipulation that like there were five misleads and then Frenchie gets you know his own last beat. But it's the it was the sound design and the the silence and the sobbing and like the emotionality of Kamiko and it's from a character who was silent for 90% of the show. So having her speak this season allowed for that. Like the whole arc of her learning English allowed for that to be like more emotionally devastating. Like her being audible and um the whole episode, you know, it's one of those things where good writing is in hindsight. you see it all like you know the the talk of love and him bonding with Sister Sage like they did all the right things to ceue up how that was going to be extra devastating. Um so yeah like like that was a really effective death. I mean that's a character we've had for seven or eight years. Um and and a bunch of really fun like comic moments like the goggles again and like how they were able to to make those little things. Also just want to give some love to uh the mother's milk speech. I think that was my favorite mother's milk moment of the show like of all five seasons.
Um his his name is different in the comics. Uh the reason he's called Mother's Milk. So that was a really cool way to um is it something like gross in the comic? Yeah. So to make it to make it see like the guy that Jamie Fox plays in that one. It it's more depraved and and you know it's a kind of the equivalent of a dick joke kind of thing. Uh whereas this was like really emotional and and very heartfelt. I really like this episode kind of gave us obviously the the end of Frenchie, but it also gave us origins in a way for Mother's Milk and and a bit more context to Butcher. Um cuz Butcher in the comics is like, you know, the military background and stuff, but we've never heard a lot of that. Like obviously Jeffrey Dean Morgan and a little bit, but that was like the most context we've been given. So interesting to have the Penultimate episode have two origin deep dives and then the death of Frenchie. So the boys got a lot of time to really like contextualize themselves. So now I'm definitely worried more people are going to die. Yeah, they are letting the Stranger Things kids die this season. It's crazy. Yeah. Gee, what had the biggest emotional toll on you this episode? She didn't eat the Taco Bell. She didn't eat whatever that burrito food like that. My mom be so mad at me. I'm still hungry thinking about it. Well, good news is there are a few around. So, I'll get a taco after this. It was a few takes, too, so how much did they waste? Yeah. Uh well, I mean that's a it's a it's interesting question of like what else would it be? Such an obvious answer, isn't it? I guess it is. All right. What are you compelled to talk about then going here, but what? Okay. So, what else shocked you the most?
What else would take the cake? What what what what would top the demotion? What do you think we're headed toward now that everything is where it is? or talk about Frenchie or just share your thoughts on Frenchie. Just just say what you want to say. Whatever it is, start wherever you want. Um, I have a harder time with TV deaths more than most people. I go so hollow every time. If it's a goodbye or a death, I tend to go very hollow. There's something about TV specifically that does that to me more than movies or shows for some reason. It's like uh it's like how I am in real life death with something I'm someone I'm really connected to. You spend all that time like when my dad died, I didn't cry for like the first day or something like that. Took me a while. Something just happens where my wall like it's just like this empty. It's the I guess that's what shock is. I guess that's what shock and denial is. Like this isn't real. This isn't happening right now. Yeah. Because I think there's more of like a That's what it is. Okay, I cracked the code. It's a it's a longer lasting relationship in a TV show than it is with a movie. You know, even if there's like multiple movies, it's not compared to like the length you commit to a television show. So, there's this uh feeling of like hollowess that like washes over me. And so, yeah, it was a really sad one, especially in hindsight of like they they they set up a lot of these characters like is this their death speech? Is this their death moment? So, they do a lot of that here. And it seems like a lot of signs were leading towards Frenchie dying this season. I didn't think it would happen though in this way. Like it it there was nothing. It seemed like he might die this season. I did not think it would happen actually in this episode surprisingly. And uh with the and the way how he dies is for someone else's like desire like she g she gains something that she wanted but it was at the sacrifice of himself. So it is love you know and the greater thing they wanted it for. Yes, it was a beautiful it was a beautiful sendoff and it only more emotionally motivates this final episode. I've had a lot of like anxiety and headaches lately and uh today is no exception for that. And there was like thoughts that were interfering in my brain a little bit because uh with just managing a channel, you can't escape some of the noise and some of that noise has been about how a lot of people like [ __ ] hate this season for some reason. And I I don't know. I haven't like dived into like the super specifics honestly. And so some of that was like interfering in my brain when I was watching this episode cuz I was going like what is it that people don't really like about this? I don't I don't It's not even like the political [ __ ] And maybe that political [ __ ] is a thing that's like bleeding over and they're making it about other stuff. I don't know.
But apparently people the main common word has been filler. There's been a lot of filler. Insane.
This season has been so full. Yeah. I feel like it's been like mainly characterbased stuff and we're dealing with modern society. Like people are dumb as [ __ ] That's where it feels like some of that is is coming down to cuz I was like wow one of my favorite episodes of this season perhaps the series. People were like total filler and it wasn't like there was nothing filler in there.
The the one with the multiple stories like I was like wow this is like a real like [ __ ] thing that people keep saying about this show and uhing. So like when I'm watching like a great scene where I'm hearing about like Butcher's backstory and seeing how more of Butcher's backstory and how like yeah it's there's all these things about what makes Butcher Butcher and Jeffrey D.
Morgan's confronting him and and telling this true story of of him. And it's like you you reframe last season where this guy was a was was a was an advocate for the butcher that we know where butcher's mind reframed him to be that when that really wasn't the case. He was another version of a of a of a Huey in some aspects, right? And I'm like, I like that. Like I find that rich. And then my mind's going there much [ __ ] people are complaining about this, you know? So that starts like interfering with a with an already anxiety racy thought mind of mine. And so yeah, I was like it's just been like a weird experience. And sometimes I wish I wasn't privy at all to any of that noise. And I don't see search for it. It just sometimes gets in there. And uh yeah, so I was like really I I really like still like this episode. I think it's very character motivated and um haunting. I like So when Jesus was being tortured co Oh yes. Yes. when Jesus was being like so they they call it like um like his whole crucifixion was a bunch of stages and like part of the first stage is was the uh public humiliation and then the whipping and then they put like uh they made thorns a crown of thorns and they put it on his head and that [ __ ] hurts. They put a thorn on like cuts into you. So it's a false king. It's a humiliation tactic uh of it. So saw that in that Mel Gibson movie. So it becomes the symbol. It becomes the symbol of the pain and sacrifice, you know, on behalf of our sins and all that. I see how that relates to the the Homelander.
So then the Homelander thing is like, oh, this is not the point. And also also false king also like that's got layers to the total perversion of what the concept is. Yeah. Why do people that like Homeboy wear him dead on him? It's a symbol of sacrifice and a reminder to look out for your common man in a similar fashion. Well, his death is the thing they can say he died for our sins.
So, because of Jesus, we can now go to heaven and such. Yeah, that too. But like if people if like if if people's kids get killed in a school shoot and they wouldn't wear like an AK on their neck.
Uh well, they haven't set up a church around that. Those are very good questions. These are these are fair questions. There are other things you could wear. It's just I was wondering if this symbolism had like because symbolism is obviously so powerful and important and like the cross is so interesting as like a I feel like people wear it as a reminder of the love and sacrifice and the call to live by that you know example. Well people also use like crown of thorns. It's like an like in that Johnny Cash song. I wore this crown of thorns like yes I am the king of this but this is I'm suffering. But yeah 9 wrote it first. Johnny Cash. I I did he say I don't think 9 in Nails says crown of thorns. He says crown of [ __ ] Yeah. Oh, you're right. Johnny Cash made a Jesusy cuz Johnny Cash is very Jesus. That is fascinating cuz I never I never would have notic. Yeah. All right.
All right. Man in black doing his thing. Sorry. We went we went astray. Uh John. Yes. Yes. Uh I like John, what was the most emotional scene for you? Did you find Frenchie filler death good? Did you like all that filler? I was going to say, I mean, like, you know, the Frenchy death obviously is like a centerpiece thing, but this was an episode with multiple dimensional emotional moments. And my favorite was probably the little mother's milk uh monologue. Personally, I really liked that thing between him and Starlight after both of their struggles with the reason to try at all and why and and especially when you're being unre like then that's part of the whole Jesus thing is like to do the right thing even though it's probably going to be very unrewarding and very difficult and you're probably going to get spat on for doing this. So like you know the MM thing that if they really brought that around from something like silly and obscene to something Yeah. like very sweet like a sign of like I persevered and you know how great I felt when that bird flew off.
I was like that's really beautiful and like I had expected to get more emotional in the first Frenchie scene when he's like you know really professing his love or expounding upon love to Sage and I was like oh not as emotionally in tune this episode and then that was the moment where I was like oh my god I'm getting emotional and I don't know why. Uh, and then of course the the Frenchy thing. Although I think the thing that gave me the greatest rush of emotion was uh realizing this universe's adherence to having all telepathic characters baldheaded. They're all the same bald which makes me want to go back to the wall cuz I'm like I bet they put an Eric Krypkkey face up there somewhere just to be cheeky about it. Like I was like is he going to show up in the background as one of these? That's very fun. It's probably like antenna that throws off. Yeah, like like a TV static. Like I would I that's one of those silly things where like I would kill for just a oneoff line. Maybe there has been one and I'm just forgetting now about why they all can just not do hair. Um but yeah, and then Soldier Boy and Homelander and uh him just wanting to f off and you know be alone and uh you know him bottling them back up. Fascinating. I like Homelanders freaking theme park. I felt for the GenV kids that scene really kind of did feel uh meta in a way because it felt like they showed up on the boys and they're like, "Cool, your scene's done." They're like, "What? We've been hyped up. You told everyone to watch our freaking show. We're not going to participate in this episode." And then you also mentioned like, "Wait, what? We're not even going to continue our own show." So, it was nice to see the two of them. Uh, and I'm glad that they get to do the whole like we will found the little refugee camp that Logan brings X23 to, you know, that'll be great. Um, so but yeah, uh, this this I don't know. It's fascinating because I thought this is one of the stronger seasons thus far, and it's me, too. First and last are to me the best season so far. Yeah, I would agree with that. And I feel like this season for me has returned to a sense of focus, which is ironic if yeah, if a lot of people are complaining of filler. Um, but yeah, I don't know. Especially the way things are moving. It just feels like there is no more time to waste and like [ __ ] is just going to hit the fan and and now there feels like a different kind of danger. I lost a little bit of the danger in three and four and now the danger feels tangible again. Going from like the a train death at the top now over to here. And these moments, I like that they're still able to get me in positions where I'm like wishing characters would choose better, even though the whole point is they just cannot help themselves.
Ashley, like how sad. I feel like Ash's going to live. Ashley's going to live and be punished to be alone. Like the deeper that 40second video, the deep like oh so sad, dude. Samuel Jackson is the shark. I can't believe it took three lines of dialogue till I clocked it, but I was such great celebrity voice cameo. Like that is so perfect. Yeah. Yeah, that was really fun. Like again, shouts out to all the deep stuff cuz it's like it's so cringy and painful, but like commitment like Chase Crawford like to commit to that is, you know, good good work. It cannot be flattering to be that guy. Um but yeah, here's hoping the GenV kids get to help out. Next time we get a dual Soldier Boy, Kimico Blaster Rooney. It's one episode left of the boys. See, that's the weird thing is this felt like a really good really to me again very focused season with a lot of m momentum and I can sense a finale coming but at the same time I do have that feeling of like [ __ ] how are they going to cover what is going to cap off this world. Yeah, cuz I mean in an hour the V1 is the highest stakes and obviously this episode is is just building to a giant finale but do we know the runtime? I don't I know it's getting a theatrical release which makes me very happy. So, it's got to be 90 minutes. Yeah. I mean, they're getting a theatrical and and it's sold out in minutes, which makes me happy. It doesn't have to be. Um, I'm really curious how they can wrap up as much as they have. And also, if it feels like it's the end or if it's the end of The Boys, like, is this going to be a thing where we get a prequel show with Soulj Boys or something where it's like Gen V was going to be post the boys? You know what I mean? Soulja Boy definitely going to be post the boys. So that's what I mean like they might not feel like an ending of the universe. Goes back in time to put the stones back. That's where Vault Rising begins. And it's like a big old or a Boris and he's Nomad Boy. He's nomad. Someone else has the shield. See, cuz he doesn't use it since Homelander fixed it. Put it back together cuz he doesn't care about all this [ __ ] right? There's no more seven. That thing with Oh, father. Pretty chilling. That opening song was so funny watching.
They keep doing this to me where I'm like, are you going to realize or or allow yourself to think this? No, probably not. But they're putting down Jesus in order to elevate Homelander.
So funny. Well, and that's something that I feel like, you know, that's that is going to test the boundaries of a lot of viewers even beyond your political leanings, is like they're laying, it's weird. They're laying down blasphemy at the same time the characters are like cooking people for blasphemy. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I think that's part of what it's either conscious or subconscious, but I think a lot of people's aversion of the season is maybe they just feel slighted and so it's like externalizing that in another way. Like I hate the writing and it's like I feel persecuted. Like there there could be a feeling that maybe people don't even realize what they don't like. But I I think filler is wrong. Like I I don't understand that as an actual credible argument, especially with how dense every episode has been. Yeah. Uh I but I get how like character oriented we've we barely stopped to have a weird sex interlude and even when we do it's brief and something else is happening that's important and it leads to character moments like even the weirdest sex cat dog thing leads to a cat dog fight or even like Yeah. It's like if you have like a little moment here I'm like this just the boys. Yeah. Like people were bitching about the um that's one one one image I saw going around about the um sorry I'm totally blanking on the dog's name terror on terror's uh moment and while we while we were here being like I thought that would have been stronger or like taking a different perspective people like [ __ ] this image of homeland or filler I'm like it's just [ __ ] boys it's the boys [ __ ] around the [ __ ] what season of boys is every moment of the boys is constant just [ __ ] momentum forward that's boring you need the feeling of this to make the highs won't feel high if it's all high and like this is also comedy. It's a satire and and having terror made so many comic fans happy and it's also a character that's like we haven't had that perspective and we even talked about the nuances of the boys getting to act as themselves because the dog POV so even that element wasn't filler. Uh I I don't know the internet was a mistake. Um it's an interesting line they get to walk because from what I understand they are not just doing the source material but it seems like they do enough to definitely not do it. They have deviated so far him sitting behind like we both had a moment in the White House where that was exciting because that is the end of the but that's about all this episode was that feature to the end of the boys. It seems like they have an interesting line that they're able to walk with lacing in stuff where it's like if you know the comics, you're like, "Oh, cool. They don't not care, you know, but uh but yeah, I I understand people some people like the show better than the comic." I Oh, I like the comic. And and all love to Derek Robertson, but I think everyone agrees.
99% of people think the show is better than the comic. The comic is very This not a It's an offic of it. Kind of an off-putting comic, honestly. I think I think I think Derrick's a producer on this. So, I think Derek is very happy that people love the boys TV show. Almost no heart.
It makes this look like a warm fuzzy like Nicholas Sparks. It is so cynical and angry cuz it's it's a reflection of a reflection of cynicism. Like it's a turducken of cynicism. It is a turduckan.
We got a turducken in here. We have Paula in here. So many things for us. I I liked this episode a lot. I definitely feel like I I don't know if it's a hollowess like Greg was describing, but I definitely am having a hard time. I think that death hit me enough that I'm having a hard time being cogent. Like that feels nice to be impacted so much. Love does. It's it disrupts you.
It's unpredictable. You're mourning Frenchie. I know how much we love the Koi name drop, but it's about the show. And I think what's really beautiful about this show is every time I've I've met a member of the cast or gone on a set visit or any of the things that are professional, this cast is impossibly close. So, I think there's something to like the human experience of seeing these. It's long form, but these people have grown together at a such a level. And so like you feel that chemistry even in like little subconscious ticks and things. And I've seen Tor Capone with Karen Fukahara as like someone protecting her going into a party. Like we went to a party at Comic-Con and like there was a a line of people that got a little aggressive and I saw Tor like be defensive of her and that really struck me in my mind of like they're so close and that was such a comic moment of like he he Frenchie protecting the female but in life I was like man that's a really beautiful moment of how a cast can come together. So, I think there's an element of like the human part of what I love about playing a character for 10 years and also the exaggerated nature of the boys and the exaggerated nature of of of satire allowing these these emotions to feel heightened even like I don't think a a dead silent soba could have worked season one with like out us connecting to them to the sed level. Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, props to them for ending on that note cuz yeah, they let that breathe. Let the silence ring and uh and all we can do is wait with baited breath till next week. Do you have any name drops you need to work in G?
No. All right, cool. Well, drop drop your names down in the comments. Drop your finale predictions. Nope. No. All right. Well, actually, I got I got a name drop question. What was the What was the Asia? Oh, yeah. I learned all about this just yesterday. I've been muted. Well, that's all the time we have, folks. Sorry, Matt. David won't be on the show. Asia Rogers. Shout outs to Asia Rogers. Asia Rogers. You guys live again. I just wanted I wanted John to experience the Asia Rogers type. So, that was a whole deep dive into the last I really want to shout out Ryan Ford as a saxophone. Kill episode. Ryan Ford was absolutely amazing. Ryan Ford's working this out. So Ryan Ford, you know, we only like I met Ryan Ford at a we went to a party and he was really protecting the trumpeter Rudy Ray Quaku at a at a at an event like they play together and then pretty soon Mark McKay the guitarist and basist Dwight Cameron. They were all around Ryan Ford this time.
Ke Bertrand who was the onlooker isn't part of the band but as someone named Keanu he is a wind over the mountains and took care of all of them. That's who you want to observe. But Rebecca Bau, who is unlocker number one, was like, "Get Koi away from me. He's a creep." Yeah. She was always my Rebecca Bower, let me talk about you. Let me tell you how you are people. And also, how did Rebecca get billing over Keanu? I was asking her number one. Yeah. It's cuz Keanu was a good enough guy that he insisted. No, he's like, "Excuse." That's very Keanu. Yeah, it's a Keanu thing to do. Anyway, comment your name drops and we'll see you for the finale next week, people. Be well.
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