The Boys

I want to flip A-Train.

Why the fuck would I ever talk to you?

' Cause you gave Starlight that footage.

Surveillance footage was taken from Crime Analytics

and given to Starlight.

She just wanted some help--

She confessed. Leak plugged. You don't think

the next word out of her mouth might've been useful?

My dad's about to die.

I need a dose of Compound V and I need it today.

What the fuck?

What happens when he finds out you murdered his family?

- It was me. - What was you?

I'm so sorry.

I hate you.

Kimiko!

Starlight visited a clinic and she had an abortion.

Baby killer!

What happened to me back there?

Welcome to Godolkin University.

The virus only affects Supes.

It attaches to the Compound V in their blood.

Concentrate the dose. Let's see how sick we can make her.

Is this all of it? - Yeah.

You're the only one who knows how to replicate it.

In a world of chaos, some things never change.

That good will always win.

That love conquers all.

And that heroes will answer the call to protect, to inspire.

Welcome to the V52 Expo.

Now please give a big round of applause for your hosts

Cameron Coleman and The Deep.

Homelander.

Nice trip home? Thank you, Superfans.

We are so excited to be here with you, celebrating another year...

This turnout.

They love the fuck out of you.

Talk about bread and circus.

...G-Men: World War trilogy, scheduled for release this summer,

G-Men: World War III.

And it's just one of the many new projects we've got

- coming to you on the VCU timeline. - Phases seven through 19.

Which we'll be sharing with you all today in exhaustive detail.

Are you okay?

Is there anything, like, buzzing or tingling or... weird?

No, I'm telling you. I feel great.

Are you absolutely sure I had a stroke?

- Yes. - What's the last thing you remember?

Let me see... I was at Smart & Final, I was buying a family pack of pizza rolls.

They didn't have pepperoni, so I had to get supreme.

- Or was it Triple Meat? - Dad.

No, it was supreme.

I remember it had the little green pepper specks in it.

Dad! Forget about the fucking pizza rolls.

Well, he sure sounds like himself.

Yeah. I mean, if I was as bad as they say, then I-I-I shouldn't be alive, right?

I mean, it's a true blue miracle.

Why don't you get some rest?

Okay? Mom and I are gonna go find you a Diet Snapple.

Okay!

You gave him the V?

Yeah. I thought that's what you wanted.

It fell out of your coat. I don't understand.

Why did you bring it if you didn't want to use it?

Look, I wanted to. I...

I did. But then I didn't.

Okay? It's just that I've...

I've seen that shit go wrong so many times.

Well, it's got to go right sometimes, right?

I mean, otherwise there wouldn't be any Supes.

Look at him. He's fine.

Tonight, on Vought's Funniest Pet Attacks...

Well, um...

You grew up without one parent.

I just couldn't bear

the thought of you losing another one.

Sorry.

Guess Starlight can't decide whether to rape a baby or kill it.

Well, I am pressing charges for assault, and that's for damn sure.

And even though the police say she had an "alibi,"

we all know she had something to do with Ezekiel's murder.

This is a biblical war of good versus evil, folks.

And I'm declaring hunting season on Starlighters.

Now, on the subject of baby-killers, let's welcome our guest

Dr. Dorian Boone.

Dr. Boone, what'd Starlight's baby feel when she murdered it?

There was a study done at Samaritan's Embrace University

on ferrets which proves unborn babies feel pain

as early as conception.

What am I

supposed to do with her home for two weeks, Marvin?

I have a job.

- So do I. - And the boy needed stitches,

which you can be sure we're going to get the bill for.

Suspended for fighting, baby? This ain't like you.

- Dad, I-- - Uh-uh.

What were you thinking?

He said Homelander's a hero, so I told him the truth.

Then he told me to f-word off, so I hit him!

Baby, fighting is not how you solve problems.

Why not? That's what you do.

Sweetie, go to your room.

Go to your room!

Okay, Monique...

Goddamn it, Marvin.

I am not gonna lose another person I love to this superhero shit.

Let me talk to her.

You fix this.

Now.

Fuck all this cloak and dagger shite.

It's bloody freezing out here.

Well, I mean, I was thinking we could meet in your mom's pussy,

but, you know, I wanted someplace more private.

- So, what you thinking? - Butcher, listen.

How about we do this job,

just you and me?

I don't know, Joe. It's a bit all of a sudden, isn't it?

Billy...

your team is a joke.

You think I haven't noticed?

M.M.'s on the verge of a breakdown,

Frenchie's a fucking junkie, Hughie is a gaping wet pussy.

And the two Supes on your side?

Man, for whatever reason, you have a blind spot for them.

All right, I'll give you Starlight.

But Kimiko's a bloody good weapon,

and the rest of them are still up to scratch.

Well, I don't get you. I don't.

Half your brain is a fucking tumor.

This is your last shot at Homelander, and now you decide to go soft?

Yeah, they are decent people, but you and me,

we don't belong with decent.

Hey, so, where is Colin?

Chais pas. Why?

Because he completely ghosted me.

Did you guys get into a fight or something?

He, uh, went out of town last-minute.

Are you okay?

Super.

How are you?

So great.

Fucking hell, it's like a morgue in here.

What's with all the long faces?

I don't know, maybe because

I'm getting blamed for the murder you did.

I'd call you a cunt, but you ain't got the depth or the warmth.

I've been meaning to ask you something.

How was it that you took out Ezekiel?

I have no idea.

- Bullshit. - God's honest. I, uh...

blacked out, came to, and there he was.

All over the shop.

But never mind that bollocks because, my son,

I have found it-- the answer to all our prayers.

- And what might that be? - Ah, it's nothing much.

Just a... a virus that kills Supes.

- Such a thing does not exist. - Did not exist. Does now.

You see, some clever cunts

over at Godolkin University cooked up a bug

that latches onto the V in their bloodstream.

Now, it's completely harmless to humans,

but to Supes?

Fucking diabolical.

So, you shove this shit into me and Kimiko and we just...

drop dead?

Yep. That's the idea.

Now, it ain't juiced enough to kill Homelander.

But I reckon we get our hands on some

and try it out on our lovely V.P. elect.

And why the hell are we just finding out about this shit, Butcher?

There's only one small snag.

When I went to God U to nick it,

Neuman had pipped me to the post, so we're gonna have to nick it from her.

This is insane and desperate. Even for you.

Well, insanely desperate's where we are, don't you think, love?

Okay. All right, all right. Time out.

Look, if this virus is as dangerous as Butcher says it is,

do you really want it in Neuman's hands?

No. No, you're right.

All right, then. Then we're sorted.

Oh, uh, uh... One other tiny little thing.

I need you to get us one presidential pardon.

Lord, they asked me to join The Seven.

I know I should be happy,

but I'm not sure I'm strong enough to fight all the sinners.

Will you carry me, Jesus?

Are you... are you there?

That clip is from our new studio division Vought Faith.

Speaking of faith,

let's all have a moment of silence for my brother in Christ, Ezekiel.

Adios, amigo.

You, um, you all right?

Still searching for this leak.

Hmm.

Any leads?

Working on it.

But it's got to be someone.

That footage didn't just run itself out of Crime Analytics, am I right?

Let me know if I can help.

Mm.