The fifth episode of The Boys’ fourth season is a game changer in many ways. We discover what happens to Hughie’s dad after taking Compound V, A-Train and Ashley team up to cover his tracks, and most of the Boys team works with Victoria Neuman and Stan Edgar on a mission involving murderous farm animals. (I know.) Speaking of the latter, this episode of The Boys ties in Gen V in quite a few ways, including cameos by Cate Dunlap and Sam Riordan. Let’s dive into all the diabolical mess.
Butcher Tells the Boys About the Supe-Killing Virus at God U
The desperation to get rid of awful supes like Firecracker, Homelander, and Victoria Neuman is at an all-time high. So Butcher decides to tell the team about a virus that can kill supes by basically frying the Compound V out of them. MM and the others are annoyed but not shocked that he was withholding information once again. Butcher knows that Victoria has the goods, so he works with MM to strike a deal with Stan Edgar. They visit the former Vought leader in prison and say that they will help exonerate him and assist him with getting custody of Zoe. Stan is very angry that Victoria betrayed him and gave Zoe Compound V, so he agrees to help.
Victoria Neuman Is Leading Experiments on Animals and Most of Supe-Killing Virus Is Gone
The Boys team (minus Hughie) and Stan travel to a remote home he owns to see if Victoria is stashing the supe-killing virus there. She was not only keeping it there, but also having a crew of researchers, including Zoe’s father Sameer, experiment on small animals. Victoria likely wants to perfect it so she can take out Homelander. One hamster went rogue, Compound V got into the water supply, and the farm became a not-so-pleasant space. The crew battles deadly flying sheep and chickens before they eventually discover that there’s only one dose of the supe-killing virus left.
Butcher and Joe Kessler later return to force Sameer into making more of the virus. That is not the plan everyone wants, but Butcher is always doing his own thing.
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Gen V Characters Tek Knight, Cate Dunlap, and Sam Riordan Appear at a Comic-Con Style Convention in The Boys Season Four
We get a few familiar faces from Gen V at a convention to announce Vought’s next media phases. T ek Knight announces a film called The Tek Knight with a dark sequence and a great soundtrack. (God, I love this show.) Then, the “Guardians of Godolkin” come out to announce their show Flipped. Cate plays a stuck-up sorority girl, Sam is a nerd, but a gypsy swaps their bodies. Honestly, that show sounds awful.
Sam and Cate also appear at Vought with Homelander and the Seven. Homelander says they will now be wrathful gods and Cate happily agrees to do whatever he wishes. Sam, on the other hand, looks afraid and doesn’t have much to say. Outside of a brief TV report about Marie and the others being missing, there hasn’t been much mention of the God U kids until now. We will see how Cate and Sam play a larger role in the final episodes.
We know that The Boys season four will likely end on a note that preps us for Gen V‘s second season. Maybe we will see where Marie and her friends are being hidden. Maybe we will get a glimpse of The Tek Knight. Either way, we love how The Boys seamlessly blends Gen V into its narrative.