The Boys only has one episode left, and the show is down to the final few Supes who could defeat Homelander in the series finale.
is down to its final episode. Heroes and villains have died in various graphic, gruesome ways, some have changed allegiance, and what’s left is one last showdown with Homelander, who looks more unstoppable than ever thanks to the V-One in his blood and a God complex that’s made him even more merciless and cruel.
Combined withIt remains possible that Homelander will emerge victorious when the credits roll for the final time, but also implausible: as much as that would be a subversion of superhero tropes and typical good vs. evil outcomes, it’s also hard to imagine it being a rewarding end point to years of fan investment. Of course,anyway, with plenty of concern online, but it shouldn’t be due to Homelander not being defeated.
The bigger question is who will defeat him and, while there are lots of characters left alive and most should playkind of role, I think it comes down to five candidates in particular to be the one to fully defeat him. , with both being the only survivors of Vought’s Project Odessa .
Her blood-bending abilities are remarkable, she’d even been hyped as the “Chosen One,” and she survived a laser blast from Homelander in the first season of the spinoff. I Can’t Believe Prime Video Just Cancelled This 2-Season TV Show With 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. She said they have been exaggerated, while Starlight said she doesn’t have control over them.
Couple that with the fact it seems unlikely thatwould be settled by a character from a spinoff who has appeared in two episodes of the main show and, while her powers might well play a part , she probably won’t be the one to defeat him. Soldier Boy had ostensibly picked a side for good when he gave the V-One to Homelander, which was due to his love for Clara Vought, aka Stormfront.
Episode 7, however, adds in yet another wrinkle, as his hatred for his son means he can’t stick around, and attempts to leave – only to be choked out and put back into cryo. Presumably, the series finale ofis not going to have one of its biggest Supes, who just so happens to have a prequel series coming up, on ice for the entire episode.
It’s pretty much guaranteed that he’ll be removed from the chamber again and, when he is, he’ll be pissed at Homelander . He has the ability to de-power him, and might now finally use it. At the same time, after a season of flip-flopping, and after the series going to the trouble of Kimiko getting that same ability, it doesn’t seem as likely that it’ll pursue that course of action.
Still, at this point, nothing would really surprise me with Soldier Boy. Kimiko is now positioned as the biggest weapon against Homelander, after Frenchie and Sister Sage used uranium to give her the ability to remove a Supe’s powers.
She’s also going to be more motivated than ever after Frenchie’s death, so she’s certainly a major danger heading into the finale, and her regenerative abilities further give her as good a shot as anyone purely in terms of powers and abilities. The Boys Season 5 May Not Give Us the Death We’ve Been Waiting For However, the setup for it is also why she’s unlikely to be the one to defeat Homelander for good.
It’s safe to assume there’ll be another twist or two in the finale, and so the show introducing the way to defeat Homelander in Episode 7, and that being exactly how it’s done in Episode 8 seems too straightforward. It should still pay off Kimiko gaining these abilities in some way, but I think it’ll probably be the case that they only partially work, rather than completely removing Homelander’s powers, meaning there’s still a lot to do in order to beat him.has always been building to.
He’s been the biggest driving force of opposition, so is the show going to avoid having that be how it ends? In a way, not having Butcher kill Homelander would be likenot having Jon Snow kill the Night King: it’d be because it’s considered too obvious. And for a show that has tended to avoid the obvious, that is at least somewhat understandable .will do it, in some kind of galaxy-brained double twist.
And in fairness, Butcher being the one to deliver the killing blow – though it would need to happen after he’s at least been partially de-powered – still remains a fitting choice that’s in keeping with everything the show has done. I also can’t see Butcher surviving either, but them going out together would make sense. , and hasn’t been seen since. We know he’s alive, but we don’t know what condition he’s in, nor where he is.
Which means he is obviously going to return in the series finale, because that’s how this works, and he’s going to be doing what he can to defeat Homelander, but will his powers be enough this time around? He did land a shot that made Homelander bleed, but otherwise got beaten to a pulp by his father.
The notion of him coming back from that defeat stronger and able to win the second time out is a bit of an old trope, but it still seems like the card thatmight be most likely to play. It’s less obvious than Billy Butcher, but has more of a personal connection to Homelander than someone like Kimiko or Marie, and so I think he just has the edge heading into the finale.32 Years Ago, Star Trek Wrote Out the Underrated Cult Hero Who Turned Down Both Deep Space 9 & Voyager
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