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The Boys (2019 TV series)
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| Based on | The Boys by |
| Developed by | Eric Kripke |
| Starring | |
| Composer(s) | Christopher Lennertz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 14 (list of episodes) |
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| Production location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 55–68 minutes[1] |
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| Distributor | Amazon Studios |
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| Original network | Prime Video YouTube (Butcher) |
| Picture format | 4K (UHDTV) HDR |
| Audio format | 5.1 Dolby Digital |
| Original release | July 26, 2019 – present |
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The Boys is an American superhero web television series developed by Eric Kripke for Prime Video. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered individuals who abuse their abilities.
The series premiered on July 26, 2019.[2] Ahead of the premiere, Amazon renewed The Boys for a second season, which premiered on September 4, 2020 and is running episodes weekly.[3][4] A third season has also been ordered and a spin-off is in development.[5][6]
Premise[edit]
The Boys is set in a universe where superpowered individuals are recognised as heroes by the general public and work for the powerful corporation Vought International, which markets and monetises them. Outside of their heroic personas, most are arrogant and corrupt. The series primarily focuses on two groups: the Seven, Vought International's premier superhero team, and the titular Boys, vigilantes looking to bring down Vought and the corrupt superheroes.
The Boys are led by Billy Butcher, who despises all superpowered people, and the Seven are led by the narcissistic and violent Homelander. As a conflict ensues between the two groups, the series also follows the new members of each team: Hughie Campbell of the Boys, who joins the vigilantes after his girlfriend is killed by one of the Seven; and Annie January (whose superhero name is Starlight) of the Seven, a young and hopeful heroine forced to face the truth about the heroes she admires.
Cast and characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- Karl Urban as William "Billy" Butcher, the leader of the Boys and a former SAS operative who distrusts all individuals with superpowers. He has a particular hatred towards Homelander, who he believes is responsible for the disappearance of his wife.
- Jack Quaid as Hugh "Hughie" Campbell, a civilian member of the Boys who joins the vigilantes after his girlfriend Robin is killed by A-Train.
- Antony Starr as John / Homelander, the extremely powerful leader of the Seven, whose powers include flight, superhuman strength and durability, and laser and X-ray vision. Beneath his public image as a noble hero, he is narcissistic, sadistic, and cares little about the well-being of those he professes to protect.
- Erin Moriarty as Annie January / Starlight, a light-emitting superhero and member of the Seven. One of the few superpowered individuals sincere in helping the public, Starlight questions her loyalty to the Seven after she learns of their true character.
- Dominique McElligott as Maggie Shaw / Queen Maeve,[7] a veteran member of the Seven with enhanced physical strength and durability. Although she once wanted to protect innocent lives, she has become disillusioned and suffers from burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Jessie T. Usher as Reggie Franklin / A-Train,[7] a speedster member of the Seven. He is determined to maintain his status as the fastest speedster, resulting in him becoming addicted to Compound-V.
- Laz Alonso as Marvin T. "Mother's" Milk (MM), second-in-command of the Boys, responsible for organizing and planning the vigilantes' operations. He continually promises to leave the group for the safety of his family, in part due to his frequent clashes with Frenchie, but finds himself lured back by Butcher.
- Chace Crawford as Kevin / The Deep, a member of the Seven who possesses the ability to communicate with aquatic life and breathe underwater. He is looked down upon by the other members of the Seven due to his status as the group's token aquatic hero. Patton Oswalt voices his gills.
- Tomer Capon as Serge / French / Frenchie,[7] a member of the Boys and international arms trafficker skilled in munitions, ordnance, infiltration, and communications. Frenchie has a tendency to not follow the team's plans, which puts him in repeated conflicts with Mother's Milk.
- Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko Miyashiro / The Female (of the Species),[7] a mute, feral member of the Boys with enhanced strength and regenerative healing. Involuntarily injected with Compound-V as part of a scheme to create superpowered terrorists, she joins the Boys after they rescue her.
- Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir, a silent member of the Seven who possesses superhuman strength and agility and conceals his physical appearance behind a dark costume.
- Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell (season 1; guest season 2), the charismatic, scheming vice-president of hero management at Vought International.
- Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett (season 2; recurring season 1), a publicist for Vought International and later the company's vice-president.
- Aya Cash as Mrs. Vought / Stormfront / Liberty (season 2–present), the first successful Compound-V subject and member of The Seven with electrokinetic abilities. Born in 1919 and coming of age in Nazi Germany, she holds supremacist views towards minorities and individuals without superpowers. She was once married to Vought organizational founder and Compound V creator Frederick Vought, having been his first successful test subject.
Recurring[edit]
- Simon Pegg as Hugh Campbell Sr. (season 1),[8] Hughie's father. He cares deeply for his son, but does not believe Hughie has the confidence to stand up for himself. Pegg was the visual inspiration for Wee Hughie in the comic book series from which the series is drawn.[9]
- Ann Cusack as Donna January (season 1; guest season 2), Starlight's mother. She groomed Annie to be a superhero since childhood out of a vicarious Princess-by-Proxy mentality.
- Jennifer Esposito as Susan Raynor (season 1; guest season 2), the deputy director of the CIA.
- Shaun Benson as Ezekiel (season 1), a homophobic Christian superhuman with elastic powers who is secretly gay himself.
- Christian Keyes as Nathan Franklin (season 1), A-Train's older brother and trainer.
- Brittany Allen as Charlotte / Popclaw (season 1), an actress and superhero in a secret relationship with A-Train.
- Jordana Lajoie as Cherie, Frenchie's girlfriend and a weapons specialist.
- Shantel VanSanten as Becca Butcher, Butcher's wife who went missing eight years prior to the events of the show, and is being held prisoner by Vought in a high-security compound with her and Homelander's son.
- Nicola Correia-Damude as Elena, Queen Maeve's girlfriend.
- Laila Robins as Colonel Grace Mallory, the former deputy director of the CIA, informal founder of the Boys, and Butcher's mentor.
- Malcolm Barrett as Seth Reed (season 1; guest season 2), a Vought Public Relations writer.
- Mishka Thébaud as Shockwave, another speedster in competition with A-Train.
- Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar (season 2; guest season 1), the CEO of Vought International and Stillwell's superior.
- Parker Corno (guest season 1) and Cameron Crovetti (season 2) as Ryan Butcher, Becca and Homelander's son.
- Jessica Hecht as Carol (season 2), Eagle the Archer's "teacher" and therapist who recruits him into the Church of the Collective.
Guest[edit]
Introduced in season 1[edit]
- Alex Hassell as Translucent (season 1), a member of the Seven who can turn invisible by changing his skin into a diamond-hard carbon meta-material that warps light around him.
- David Reale as Evan Lambert, a Vought Public Relations writer alongside Seth.
- Jess Salgueiro as Robin Ward (season 1), Hughie's girlfriend who was killed by A-Train in a high-velocity impact in the pilot episode. She periodically makes appearances as a hallucination seen by Hughie due to a combination of PTSD and survivor guilt.
- Dan Darin-Zanco as Doppelganger (seasons 1–2), a shapeshifting Supe that works for Vought.
- John Doman as Jonah Vogelbaum (season 1), the Vought scientist who created and raised Homelander in a sterile laboratory.
- Haley Joel Osment as Charles / Mesmer (season 1), an ex-superhero and former child-star who can read minds via skin-to-skin contact.
- Jim Beaver as Robert Singer, the US Secretary of Defense. Beaver's name is a reference to his character Bobby Singer on the Kripke-created series Supernatural.
- Alvina August as Monique (season 1), Mother's Milk's wife and mother of their daughter, Janine.
- Nalini Ingrita as Janine (season 1), the daughter of Mother's Milk and Monique.
- Brit Morgan as Rachel (season 1), Becca's sister and Butcher's sister-in-law.
- Jackie Tohn as Courtenay (season 1), a Vought production assistant.
- Débora Demestre as Isadora (season 1), Vought's suit designer.
- Brendan Beiser as Jeff (season 1), a Vought operative who oversees Deep's sabbatical in Sandusky.
- Krishan Dutt (season 1) and Samer Salem (season 2) as Naqib, an Arab super-terrorist with explosive-based powers, akin to suicide bombing.
Jimmy Fallon, Mike Massaro, Billy Zane, Seth Rogen, and Tara Reid appear as themselves.
Introduced in season 2[edit]
- Langston Kerman as Eagle the Archer, an archery-themed superhero operating out of Cleveland who introduces the Deep to the Church of the Collective.
- David Thompson as Gecko, a former superhero with regenerative abilities and technician at Vought.
- Chris Mark as Blindspot, a blind superhero with super hearing who attempts to join the Seven.
- Abraham Lim as Kenji Miyashiro / The Male, Kimiko's younger brother who possesses telekinetic abilities.
- P. J. Byrne as Adam Bourke, a film director helming a movie for Vought starring the Seven titled Dawn of the Seven.
- Katy Breier as Cassandra, a member of the Church of the Collective who Carol arranges to marry the Deep.
- Adrian Holmes as Dr. Park, the head of the compound that Becca is being held prisoner in.
- Goran Višnjić as Alistair Adana, the leader of the Church of the Collective.[10]
- Shawn Ashmore as Lamplighter, a former member of the Seven with pyrokinesis.
- Barbara Gordon as Judy Atkinson, Butcher's aunt who takes care of his dog Terror.
- Jason Gray-Stanford as Dennis, a man whose car Butcher and Starlight take to drive Hughie to the hospital.
- Andrew Jackson as Love Sausage, a Compound V test subject with a prehensile penis that can stretch to enormous lengths.
- Ess Hödlmoser as Cindy, a telekinetic Compound V test subject.
- Michael Ayres as Jay, Frenchie's best friend who suffers an overdose the night Frenchie was assigned to tail Lamplighter.
Seth Rogen, Chris Hansen, Maria Menounos, Nancy O'Dell, Katie Couric and Greg Grunberg appear as themselves.
Episodes[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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| First released | Last released | ||||
| 1 | 8 | July 26, 2019 | |||
| 2 | 8[11] | September 4, 2020 | October 9, 2020[4] | ||
| Short film[12] | September 10, 2020 | ||||
Season 1 (2019)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Name of the Game" | Dan Trachtenberg | Eric Kripke | July 26, 2019 | |
| Hughie Campbell suffers mental trauma after his girlfriend Robin is killed in a high-velocity impact with celebrity superhero A-Train. Lawyers offer a $45,000 settlement, which Hughie hesitates to accept. Aspiring superhero Annie January auditions as "Starlight" and is accepted to join the superhero group The Seven following the Lamplighter's retirement. Arriving at the Seven’s headquarters, she is greeted by the Deep, who blackmails her into performing oral sex on him.[13] Vigilante Billy Butcher offers Hughie a chance to expose superhero corruption, taking him to a secret "Supes Club" to show him security footage of A-Train laughing about Robin's death. Butcher asks Hughie to take the settlement money and to secretly place a bug at Seven Tower, but Hughie initially refuses. In Central Park, Annie meets Hughie by happenstance and they motivate each other to stand up for themselves and face their challenges. Hughie plants the bug, but Translucent discovers it and confronts him. Butcher arrives and helps Hughie incapacitate Translucent. Elsewhere, Homelander destroys the Mayor of Baltimore's plane while in flight, killing all passengers, in response to the Mayor's attempt to blackmail Vought. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Cherry" | Matt Shakman | Eric Kripke | July 26, 2019 | |
| Butcher and Hughie take Translucent to Frenchie, who makes a meta-bullet to pierce the hero's diamond-hard skin, but it fails to kill him. Butcher turns to CIA Dept. Director Susan Raynor for the "Mallory files", but she refuses. Vought VP Madelyn Stillwell tells Homelander about evidence Deep found incriminating him for the plane crash, so she handles it while he talks to Deep. While working with the Deep, Starlight promises to kill him if he tries to sexually assault her again. Stillwell uses shapeshifting Supe Doppelganger to blackmail Senator Calhoun into allowing a vote that could enable Vought to contract superheroes to the military. Annie stops a rape, unaware she is being recorded. Her agent, Ashley, reprimands her potentially causing negative exposure and legal implications. While Homelander searches for Translucent, Frenchie decides to place C-4 explosives in Translucent's colon, who fearfully reveals A-Train was with his girlfriend Popclaw before he killed Robin. The Boys learn Homelander is nearby, so they cannot risk killing Translucent with an explosion. While Frenchie and Butcher create a distraction elsewhere with another explosion, Translucent escapes and convinces Hughie to let him go. However, Hughie changes his mind and detonates the C-4, killing Translucent. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Get Some" | Philip Sgriccia | George Mastras | July 26, 2019 | |
| Hughie moves out after telling his father how he truly feels. Starlight gains positive publicity for stopping the rape, but subsequently learns Stillwell wants her to wear a revealing costume. She declines, but Stillwell forces her to or else she will lose her job. Butcher brings in his former friend, Mother's Milk, to run surveillance on Popclaw. Hughie installs spyware on her computer, and they learn that A-Train takes a performance-enhancing substance called Compound V. Butcher wants to expose them before supes can be allowed into the United States Armed Forces, but requires a vial of Compound V from A-Train's upcoming race with another speedster, Shockwave. Beforehand, Hughie meets Annie and invites her to lunch, where they open up to each other. A-Train secretly uses Compound V to win and publicly announces he is single, breaking his promise to Popclaw to make their relationship public. With MM deducing Popclaw swiped some vials, the Boys find her heartbroken, high, and in the midst of killing her landlord during hyper-charged sex. Butcher uses this to blackmail Popclaw as an informant. At Vought headquarters, Homelander presents Translucent's remains to Stillwell along with Butcher's message, "COMING FOR YOU". | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Female of the Species" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Craig Rosenberg | July 26, 2019 | |
| Following Popclaw's tip, the Boys find a Triad hideout holding an imprisoned Japanese woman called "the Female", whom Frenchie frees. After she kills her guards and runs off, MM finds evidence she was a test subject. When Hughie meets Starlight, Butcher has him bug her phone. With their Compound V supply compromised, A-Train has Popclaw go into hiding while he searches for the Female. Stillwell sends Homelander and Queen Maeve to save a hijacked airliner. After he accidentally destroys the controls however, Homelander abandons the plane and its passengers, forcing Maeve to leave with him before she can rescue them. After the Female kills a woman associated with her captors, Frenchie tracks her to Penn Station. He makes a momentary connection with her, but loses her in the crowd just as A-Train arrives and tries to kill her. Frenchie attracts a crowd to distract A-Train, allowing the Female to escape. The Boys corner her, but she attacks them before Butcher uses knockout gas. Stillwell is pleased to see Homelander use the airliner tragedy to push for militarized supes, rousing the crowd with a heartfelt speech, while Maeve grieves for those she and Homelander allowed to die. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Good for the Soul" | Stefan Schwartz | Anne Cofell Saunders | July 26, 2019 | |
| At the "Believe Expo", Starlight is quietly directed to push the Vought agenda while Butcher has Hughie meet Ezekiel, the Expo host and their next lead. Maeve feels guilty for letting the airliner crash and visits her former girlfriend Elena, but leaves before explaining herself fully. Butcher takes time to talk with Rachel, his sister-in-law, over putting a tombstone to his wife Becca. A-Train kills Popclaw for betraying him and finds surveillance footage of Frenchie. Once Ezekiel is alone, Hughie extorts him for information about Compound V. Homelander rallies the crowd with an impromptu hardline speech. Starlight breaks script to speak candidly on Christianity, her sexual assault, and the compromises she made for her corporate employer. Hughie later comforts her and sympathizes with her plight by telling her about Robin's death. Butcher and MM discover Vought is using Compound V on infants to manufacture supes. Frenchie discovers Seven member Black Noir is looking for him. Attempting to escape, he is told to leave the Female behind, but releases her out of sympathy. She seemingly dies protecting him from Black Noir, but she awakens as her wounds immediately heal. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Innocents" | Jennifer Phang | Rebecca Sonnenshine | July 26, 2019 | |
| Now informed, the Boys know Vought has used super charities to smuggle Compound V disguised as vaccines and make super-babies since 1971. Annie learns that Ashley was fired, and Stillwell demands she comply with her designed image. Annie refuses, remarking that firing her after reporting a sexual assault would hurt Vought. Aware it was Deep, Stillwell has him apologize publicly and transfers him to Sandusky, Ohio, for a sabbatical. Butcher brings Hughie to a superhuman survivors' support group, but leaves after yelling at them for doing nothing to get justice. Butcher later tells Hughie that Homelander raped his wife, who went missing shortly afterward. Frenchie and MM get help from Mesmer, a telepath, to see into the Female's mind, learning her name is Kimiko and that she was kidnapped by the Shining Light Liberation Army terrorist group. They also learn that Vought is making Compound V boosted terrorists to push their agenda for militarizing supes. Butcher tells Raynor, but when she refuses to target Homelander, he calls off the deal. Mesmer gives Homelander surveillance photos of the Boys. Butcher finds out about Hughie and Annie, warning him not to fraternize with the enemy and threatens to tell her about Translucent. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Self-Preservation Society" | Dan Attias | Craig Rosenberg & Ellie Monahan | July 26, 2019 | |
| Hughie and Annie have sex and he agrees to introduce her to his father. Deep finds his transfer to Sandusky dull and is sexually assaulted by a fan. Homelander holds a meeting to discuss Hughie killing Translucent, extorting Ezekiel, and A-Train killing Robin. He accuses Starlight of co-conspiracy, but Maeve defends her. When A-Train calls Hughie, claiming he is holding his dad hostage, the Boys realize Mesmer betrayed them, for which Butcher later murders him. Hughie obtains Compound V to distract A-Train and allow Kimiko to cripple him. Homelander asks Vought scientist Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum about Becca, who informs him she was pregnant with his child, but claims both died and Vought covered it up. Questioning the revelation's timing, Vogelbaum expresses regret raising him in a lab, calling Homelander his "greatest failure". Butcher asks Raynor to protect Hughie and MM's families in exchange for evidence. As Raynor charges Stillwell and Vought, she learns of the superhuman terrorist "Naqib". Annie confronts Hughie, who explains Vought's use of Compound V before Butcher arrives to exfil him and shoots her. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "You Found Me" | Eric Kripke | Anne Cofell Saunders & Rebecca Sonnenshine | July 26, 2019 | |
| The Pentagon classifies Compound V as a controlled substance and the Boys as fugitives while Annie confronts her mother. Deep learns Stillwell has denied his return to the Seven and suffers an emotional breakdown. Angry at being racially profiled while out of costume, an injured A-Train rebounds to Compound V. Butcher takes Hughie to Colonel Grace Mallory, who refuses participation, but informs them about Stillwell and warns Hughie about Butcher's desire for vengeance. Hughie leaves to ask for Annie's help, but she refuses out of distrust. Seeing her old self in her, Maeve opens up to Starlight, asking her to be herself. Homelander confesses to Stillwell that he secretly made the super-terrorists and they have sex. At a black site, Hughie helps Frenchie and MM free Kimiko. Starlight rescues them and when A-Train arrives, she and Hughie fight him until the speedster suffers a heart attack. Hughie applies CPR, but Starlight takes over so he can escape. Butcher takes Stillwell hostage and fits her with explosives to bait Homelander. After revealing he tortured Vogelbaum for the truth about Becca, Homelander kills Stillwell himself, saves Butcher from his suicidal explosion, and shows him where Becca has been secretly raising Homelander's son. | ||||||
Season 2 (2020)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [14][a] | Directed by | Written by [14] | Original release date | |
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| 9 | 1 | "The Big Ride" | Phil Sgriccia | Eric Kripke | September 4, 2020 | |
| The Boys become wanted fugitives, with Butcher framed for Stillwell's murder. In hiding together, Hughie, MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko learn that a superpowered terrorist with telekinetic abilities is on the loose. They attempt to inform Raynor, but she is killed by a superpowered assassin. Against Hughie's wishes, Frenchie contacts Butcher to lead the Boys in facing the new threats. Hughie and Starlight extort Vought test subject Gecko into stealing a Compound V sample. Homelander's power over Vought is challenged when CEO Stan Edgar has superhero Stormfront join the Seven without his approval. When Homelander fails to intimidate Edgar, he returns to Becca's house to see Ryan. The Deep joins the Church of the Collective in an attempt to regain favor with the Seven. | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | "Proper Preparation and Planning" | Liz Friedlander | Rebecca Sonnenshine | September 4, 2020 | |
| Butcher arranges a deal with Mallory to capture the superpowered terrorist in exchange for Mallory finding Becca's location. The Boys later learn the terrorist is Kimiko's younger brother, Kenji, whom they manage to subdue. A-Train threatens to expose Starlight's involvement with the Boys when he awakens from his coma, but Starlight counters with the knowledge that he murdered Popclaw. Homelander forces himself into the secluded facility Becca and Ryan are living in so he can become a father figure to his son and teach him about his powers. Drugged by the Church of the Collective, the Deep hallucinates his gills encouraging him to value himself. Maeve tells Elena she fears Homelander will kill her if he finds out about their relationship. | ||||||
| 11 | 3 | "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men" | Steve Boyum | Craig Rosenberg | September 4, 2020 | |
| Homelander pushes Ryan into using his powers, which culminates in Ryan attacking Homelander to protect Becca. Using the sample she acquired from Gecko, Starlight secretly leaks that Compound V is responsible for giving superheroes their powers. Edgar responds by sending the Seven after Kenji when he is spotted by the police. The Boys attempt to bring Kenji to a CIA safehouse, but the Seven's arrival results in Kenji escaping. Disobeying Homelander's orders, Stormfront kills Kenji, slaughtering several minority civilians in her pursuit, and frames Kenji for their deaths. Edgar uses the destruction to argue that superheroes are necessary to prevent such incidents, while casting Compound V as the work of rogue scientists led by Stillwell. | ||||||
| 12 | 4 | "Nothing Like It in the World" | Fred Toye | Michael Saltzman | September 11, 2020 | |
| Mallory provides Butcher with information on a superhero called Liberty and Becca's location. Butcher infiltrates the facility, but Becca refuses to leave because he does not accept Ryan. Black Noir discovers Butcher's infiltration. Threatened by Homelander, Starlight joins Hughie and MM in investigating Liberty. The three discover that Liberty is Stormfront, who committed a racially-charged murder in the 1970s. Growing more unstable from Stormfront usurping his popularity, Homelander removes A-Train from the Seven and outs Maeve. Meanwhile, the Church of the Collective enters the Deep into an arranged marriage. | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | "We Gotta Go Now" | Batan Silva | Ellie Monahan | September 18, 2020 | |
| Protests emerge against Homelander when a video of him inadvertently killing a civilian surfaces. Stormfront helps Homelander regain popularity and the two enter a sexual relationship. Butcher plots his retirement at his aunt Judy's house after failing to rescue Becca, prompting Hughie and MM to intervene. The three are attacked by Black Noir, but Butcher has Edgar call him off by threatening to release information on Ryan. Starlight discovers Stormfront has been in contact with Edgar regarding the Sage Grove psychiatric hospital. A confrontation between Starlight and Stormfront ensues over the former leaking Compound V to the public and the latter's past as Liberty. Maeve reveals Elena that she is planning Homelander's downfall and recruits the Deep to assist her. | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | "The Bloody Doors Off" | Sarah Boyd | Anslem Richardson | September 25, 2020 | |
| Infiltrating Sage Grove, MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko discover captive Compound V patients. Frenchie recognizes an orderly as Lamplighter, causing a scuffle that allows patients to break out. Forced to work together in surviving, the Boys learn from Lamplighter that Vought is attempting to stabilize Compound V in adult subjects. Lamplighter is spared by Mallory at Frenchie's behest over his remorse for killing her grandchildren. Stormfront tells Homelander she is the first successful Compound V subject and founder Frederick Vought's widow, wanting him to lead the superpowered to world domination. Maeve obtains a video of Homelander abandoning the plane as leverage against him. Unstable patient Cindy escapes Sage Grove. A-Train is lured into the Church of the Collective. | ||||||
| TBA | TBA | "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" | TBA | Craig Rosenberg | TBA | |
| TBA | TBA | "What I Know" | TBA | Rebecca Sonnenshine | TBA | |
- ^ Future episodes are currently ordered based on the "credit date" on the Writers Guild of America West website.
Short film (2020)[edit]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Butcher: A Short Film"[15][12] | Liz Friedlander | Rebecca Sonnenshine | September 10, 2020 | |
| On the run after being framed for Stillwell's murder, Butcher seeks help from his old friend Jock, only to beat him to death after Jock calls the police on him. | ||||
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Between 2008 and 2016, a film adaptation of The Boys had been in various stages of development at both Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures.[16]
On April 6, 2016, it was announced that Cinemax was developing a television series adaptation of the comic book. The production was being developed by Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen. Kripke was set to write the series while Goldberg and Rogen were set to direct. Executive producers were reported to include Kripke, Goldberg, Rogen, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, James Weaver, Ken Levin, and Jason Netter. Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson were set as co-executive producers. Production companies involved with the series included Point Grey Pictures, Original Film, and Sony Pictures Television.[16]
On November 8, 2017, it was announced that Amazon Video had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of eight episodes. The series had reportedly been in development at Amazon for a number of months preceding the series order announcement. It was also reported that the previously announced creative team was still attached to the series.[17][18][19]
Kripke wanted to retain a sense of reality to the show, and to keep the writers disciplined decided "Anything that comes out of this drug is viable, and anything that doesn't we're not allowed to do". He did not want to fall into the overused convention of killing off female characters to motivate the heroes and also saw an opportunity to surprise readers of the comics by changing the story of Butcher's wife Becky.[20]
On April 30, 2018, it was announced that Dan Trachtenberg would direct the series' first episode. He replaces Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.[21]
Ahead of the series premiere, on July 19, 2019, it was announced that Amazon Video had renewed the series for a second season.[3] The eight scripts for the second season were completed by November 2019.[14]
Ahead of the second season premiere, on July 23, 2020, Amazon renewed the series for a third season at the aftershow hosted by Aisha Tyler for San Diego Comic-Con@Home.[5]
Casting[edit]
On December 18, 2017, it was announced that Erin Moriarty has been cast in the lead role of Annie January/Starlight.[22] On January 17, 2018, it was reported that Antony Starr, Dominique McElligott, Chace Crawford, Jessie Usher, and Nathan Mitchell had joined the main cast.[23] In March 2018, it was announced that Laz Alonso, Jack Quaid, and Karen Fukuhara had been cast in series regular roles.[24][25][26] On April 5, 2018, it was reported that Karl Urban had been cast in the series' lead role of Billy Butcher.[27] On May 16, 2018, it was announced that Elisabeth Shue had been cast in the series regular role of Madelyn Stillwell.[28] On June 25, 2018, it was reported that Tomer Kapon had joined the main cast in the role of Frenchie.[29] On August 30, 2018, it was announced that Jennifer Esposito had been cast in the recurring role of CIA Agent Susan Raynor.[30] On October 5, 2018, it was announced during the annual New York Comic Con that Simon Pegg had been cast in the role of Hughie's father.[31] According to the artist Robertson, Hughie was drawn in the comics to resemble Pegg after he saw Pegg in the sitcom Spaced, but Pegg thought he was too old to play the role of Hughie in the TV series.[32]
On September 5, 2019, Goran Višnjić and Claudia Doumit were cast in recurring roles for the second season.[10] A month later, Patton Oswalt was announced in an unspecified role.[33] Aya Cash was confirmed to be portraying superheroine Stormfront in March 2020 following contract negotiations that began when the second season was announced.[3][34] On August 10, 2020, it was reported that Shawn Ashmore was cast as Lamplighter for the second season.[35] A week later, Jensen Ackles joined the cast for the third season as Soldier Boy.[36]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography for the first season began on May 22, 2018, in Toronto, and was scheduled to last until September 25, 2018.[17][21][37] Principal photography for the second season took place from June 17 to November 13, 2019, in Toronto.[38] Filming for the third season is scheduled to begin in 2021.[39]
Music[edit]
The score for The Boys was composed by Christopher Lennertz.[40]
All music is composed by Christopher Lennertz.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Translucent Alive" | 1:15 |
| 2. | "Truck Robbery" | 1:34 |
| 3. | "Butcher" | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Starlight" | 1:17 |
| 5. | "On the Trail" | 0:55 |
| 6. | "Homelander and Stillwell" | 2:16 |
| 7. | "Race of the Century" | 1:04 |
| 8. | "Boys Arrive" | 1:19 |
| 9. | "Hughie Stalls Starlight" | 1:23 |
| 10. | "Maeve Spars" | 0:37 |
| 11. | "Start the Race" | 2:00 |
| 12. | "Popclaw Climaxes" | 0:56 |
| 13. | "Hijacking" | 2:45 |
| 14. | "Kidnapping Translucent" | 1:10 |
| 15. | "Ass Bomb" | 2:42 |
| 16. | "Translucent Explodes" | 4:06 |
| 17. | "Hughie Trashes Room" | 1:29 |
| 18. | "Translucent Visits Hughie" | 1:13 |
| 19. | "Planting Bug Plan" | 0:51 |
| 20. | "Dock Patrol" | 1:50 |
| 21. | "I'm the Hero" | 3:15 |
| 22. | "Vought" | 1:14 |
| 23. | "Starlight Teams Up" | 0:43 |
| 24. | "Frenchie's First Kill" | 1:35 |
| 25. | "Homelander's Speech" | 1:42 |
| 26. | "Butcher's Pep Talk" | 2:28 |
| 27. | "Rescue the Female" | 1:35 |
| 28. | "Frenchie Lost Female" | 1:46 |
| 29. | "Dead Shooter" | 0:57 |
| 30. | "Hospital Shootout" | 1:12 |
| 31. | "Graveside Sledgehammer" | 2:24 |
| 32. | "Maeve's Girlfriend" | 1:57 |
| 33. | "NICU" | 0:51 |
| 34. | "Tent Confrontation" | 1:22 |
| 35. | "Starlight's Speech" | 2:13 |
| 36. | "Come In" | 1:50 |
| 37. | "Black Knight Not" | 1:07 |
| 38. | "Kimiko's Backstory" | 1:20 |
| 39. | "Subway Chase" | 1:01 |
| 40. | "Mesmer and Homelander" | 1:36 |
| 41. | "The Mesmerizer" | 0:30 |
| 42. | "Butcher Tells Hughie" | 1:53 |
| 43. | "Hughie Kisses Starlight" | 1:03 |
| 44. | "Robin's Memory" | 2:02 |
| 45. | "SBS" | 2:09 |
| 46. | "Always a Choice" | 2:39 |
| 47. | "Supe Terrorist" | 1:36 |
| 48. | "A-Train Shows Up" | 1:34 |
| 49. | "Shoot Out" | 2:49 |
| 50. | "I Got Teddy" | 2:40 |
Release[edit]
On September 26, 2018, the official poster for the series was released.[41] On October 5, 2018, in tandem with the series' panel at the annual New York Comic Con, a teaser trailer for the series was released.[42] On January 24, 2019, another teaser trailer was released via Seth Rogen's official Twitter account.[43] The series premiered on July 26, 2019, after another teaser was released.[2] On July 22, Slipknot released a new single called "Solway Firth" with an accompanying music video which featured clips and audio from the show.[44][45] On June 26, 2020, it was announced that season two will debut on September 4, 2020, with the first 3 episodes available and the rest debuting on a weekly basis.[4] The second season's official trailer was released on August 4, 2020.[46]
A companion short film titled "Butcher" was released on September 10, 2020.[12][15]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Season 1[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 84% based on 101 reviews, with an average rating of 7.65/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though viewers' mileage may vary, The Boys' violent delights and willingness to engage in heavy, relevant themes are sure to please those looking for a new group of antiheroes to root for."[47] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[48]
Christopher Lawrence of the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote: "Irreverent, deliciously cynical, The Boys follows the greed and corruption behind the superhero industrial complex."[49] Matthew Gilbert of Boston Globe wrote: "The cast is fine, particularly Shue, who is icily effective; Quaid, whose neurotic but brave fumblings are endearing; and Urban, who is Hughie's gonzo guide."[50] Kristy Puchko at IGN gives the first episode a score of 7.2/10 and appreciates how the story comes from the comics but with clever changes. Puchko praises the cast, particularly "Moriarty brings a nuance to her performance that refuses to let Starlight feel like a two-dimensional damsel. She's not naïve. She's hopeful. And she's a fighter. The Boys makes all of that clear in short order." She concludes "The Boys could still be a thrilling ride as it subverts the expectations of the family-friendly genre, with dark twists and unapologetically graphic scenes of sex and violence. The premiere ep has a lot of heavy lifting to do in exposition, yet Kripke works in some stunner moments, jolts of fun, and stellar action sequences."[51] Liz Shannon Miller of AV Club wrote: "Karl Urban proves to be a thoroughly committed performer as Billy Butcher, whose dedication to taking down "supes" of course has a personal edge, but then again, when you see what men like the blatantly fake and evil Homelander (Antony Starr) are getting up to it makes sense that he's devoted his life to taking down the cause."[52]
Season 2[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season holds an approval rating of 98% based on 81 reviews, with an average rating of 8.08/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Boys comes out swinging in a superb second season that digs deeper into its complicated characters and ups the action ante without pulling any of its socially critical punches."[53] On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[54]
Eric Deggans of NPR described the second season as "a wonderfully subversive, cynically entertaining piece of work".[55]
Audience response[edit]
On Amazon, the series saw initial review bombing with 49% of 1400 reviews left by September 6, 2020 providing a one star rating, most of which praised the available episodes while voicing criticism of the second season's staggered release schedule.[56]
Audience viewership[edit]
In October 2019, Nielsen announced it had begun tracking viewership of Amazon Prime programs. It said The Boys had attracted 8 million total viewers in its first 10 days of release, making it one of the most successful original programs on Amazon Prime.[57]
Spin-off[edit]
On September 24, 2020, it was announced that a spin-off centered on a superhero college had been fast tracked into development upon the ratings success of the show's second season. Described as being "part college show, part Hunger Games", the spin-off is to be set "...at America’s only college exclusively for young adult superheroes (and run by Vought International), the Untitled Boys Spinoff is described as an irreverent, R-rated series that explores the lives of hormonal, competitive Supes as they put their physical, sexual, and moral boundaries to the test, competing for the best contracts in the best cities."[6]
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