The Boys Season 2 Episode 8 Review and Breakdown

Episode 8 What I Know

Helped by A-Train, Hughie and Annie leak Stormfront's Nazi past. Learning about Ryan from Becca, Butcher leads the Boys in rescuing him at Homelander's cabin. Butcher reneges on a deal with Edgar to have Vought recapture Ryan and instead attempts saving him and Becca from Stormfront. When Stormfront attacks Becca, Ryan cripples her with his eye lasers, but fails to stop her from killing Becca. Butcher forgives Ryan after Ryan takes his side over Homelander, while Maeve uses the plane footage to force Homelander into releasing them. Afterwards, the Boys are cleared of their charges and Annie is reinstated into the Seven. The Church of the Collective also has A-Train rejoin, but not the Deep which upsets the latter. Ryan is taken by the CIA. Hughie gets a job with Neuman, unaware she is the superpowered assassin responsible for the deaths of Raynor, Vogelbaum and Alastair.

 

The Boys is an American superhero web television series based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. Developed by Eric Kripke for Amazon, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they fight back against superpowered individuals who abuse their abilities.

The series premiered on July 26, 2019. Ahead of the premiere, Amazon renewed The Boys for a second season, which is set to premiere on September 4, 2020

The Boys is set in a universe where superpowered individuals are recognized as heroes by the general public and owned by powerful corporation Vought International, which markets and monetizes 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 keep the corrupted heroes under control.

The Boys are led by Billy Butcher, who despises all superpowered people, and the Seven are led by the egotistical and unstable 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 / Starlight of the Seven, a young and hopeful heroine forced to face the truth about the heroes she admires.