- I'm Sharronda Williams and welcome to Prime Video Recaps.
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With The Boys Season 3 premiering
its first three episodes on June 3rd,
I thought you might need a little reminder
of everything that happened in seasons 1 and 2 of The Boys.
So loosen up your capes
as we dive into seasons 1 and 2 of The Boys.
The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens
when superheroes are as popular as the celebrities,
as influential as the politicians,
and as revered as the Gods,
abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good.
- I can do whatever the (beep) I want.
- It's the powerless against the super powerful
as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth
about The Seven and their formidable Vought backing.
Now that you know the series's premise, let's meet The Boys.
Billy Butcher is a former member
of the special forces turned vigilante.
His number one mission in life is to destroy
all superheroes, especially Homelander.
Billy's hatred for Homelander stems from
his involvement with Butcher's wife, Becca's disappearance.
There's definitely more to this story
but I can't give you all the tea up front just yet.
- One more little listen, see what's really going on.
- Next up, we have Hughie Campbell.
Hughie was attempting to make the most of his life
working at an electronic store while living with his dad.
He had a girlfriend, Robin who was tragically killed
by a Supe by the name of A-Train, who ran through her.
Yes, like he literally ran right through her
because he's a speedster.
- Robin?
- RIP Robin.
Hughie is offered a settlement agreement for Robin's death
as long as he signs the NDA.
Hughie is approached by Billy after her death
to join him on a mission to destroy superheroes.
- So what are you gonna do about it?
- His first mission is to infiltrate Vought headquarters
by setting up a meeting with A-Train
in order to plant a bug.
Hughie ends up dropping the bug in the restroom where
the Supe Translucent, he's invisible,
figures out what he's up to.
Translucent follows Hughie back home to work
and almost kills him until Billy saves the day
by driving his car into the store
as they both work together to capture Translucent.
- Let's get him in the boot.
- We are then introduced to Frenchie
after he is approached by Billy and Hughie
to figure out how to penetrate Translucent's skin.
Frenchie is a killer for hire and also a genius.
Frenchie had a tough childhood
after being kidnapped and abused by his father.
He committed many crimes with his friends, Jay and Cherie,
while also inventing weapons to use on Supes.
Frenchie comes up with an idea to place a bomb inside
of Translucent in order to help him give information
on members of The Seven.
- I trigger this, blows up big, understand me?
- Please don't kill me.
- Translucent almost gets away,
but Hughie ends up detonating the bomb and kills him.
This leads our boys to find Mother's Milk
who initially left The Boys
to be with his wife and daughter.
- Oh, hell no.
- However, after Hughie kills Translucent,
Mother's Milk is convinced to return to the group.
Mother's Milk has beef with Vought
and holds them responsible for his father's death.
Later in the season, Mother's Milk's family is put in danger
leaving his wife to become angry
about his reinvolvement with The Boys.
While The Boys are continue to track down A-Train
and what secret compound V holds,
they discover a secret hideout
which leads them to find Kimiko in a cell.
The Boys quickly find out
that Kimiko might have been in the cell for a reason,
as she tears into the man who has held her prisoner.
Frenchie later builds a bond with Kimiko
and convinces her to help them.
Now let's meet our heroes, or as some would say,
our villains of the series, from The Seven who are backed
by Vought, a multi-billion dollar company
that profits from the use of Supes.
What are The Seven without its leader, Homelander,
who is the main agonist of the series.
Homelander is one of the strongest Supes in the world,
and he's also easy on the eyes.
Well, maybe not 'cause he could actually
shoot lasers out of them.
(lasers firing)
Homelander has super strength, super hearing,
x-ray vision, and can even fly.
On the outside Homelander seems like the perfect hero,
but we soon find out that even our heroes
have secrets to hide.
(clapping) (laughs)
Homelander has a handler by the name of Madelyn Stilwell
who is the VP of Vought International.
Homelander loves to kill and has no emotion or morals,
mainly due to him being raised in a lab
surrounded by doctors.
Homelander always does Madelyn's bidding,
even helping kill the mayor of Baltimore
after he tries to blackmail Madelyn
with his knowledge of compound V.
- I happen to know about compound V.
- Queen Maeve has superhero strength and durability.
She is close with Homelander and we later found out
that the two had a romantic relationship
- Things I let you do to me.
- Yeah. We're not even dating anymore.
(footsteps)
- Maeve is taken down a dark path in the season
when she goes on a mission with Homelander
to prove how helpful Vought International can be
with superheroes in military situations.
Homelander and Queen Maeve rush to stop human terrorists
who have taken over a plane.
After the mission goes wrong,
Homelander decides to abandon the passengers on the plane
leaving them to their death.
Maeve is guilty and runs to the arms
of her on-again, off-again girlfriend, Elena.
However, fear of Homelander killing her
forces Maeve to once again push Elena away.
- This was a mistake.
- No, just talk to me. Just tell me what, if you-
(door slams)
- A-Train is a speedster, and the fastest man in the world.
A-Train has developed an addiction to the chemical substance
engineered by Vought International called compound V
to ensure that he remains the fastest speedster
in the world.
Just a little background on compound V,
as we learned later in the season that compound V
is actually the drug that was used to create Supes.
Yes, you heard it, this is not a born given ability,
this is something that Vought international has come up with
on their own in order to use Supes to generate more money.
After killing Robin while high on compound V,
Vought covers up the incident,
saying that A-Train was actually at a bank robbery.
A-Train ends up getting wounded by Kimiko in a fight,
leading him to take even more compound V.
Which eventually leads him into a heart attack
at the end of season 1.
(gasping)
- Holy shit.
- Black Noir is a ninja, is proficient in martial arts,
and one of the most feared members of The Seven.
While we never hear him speak,
Black Noir always makes his presence known.
Starlight is new to The Seven,
and the perfect girl next door.
Her entire life has been controlled by her mother
and what others want her to do.
She wins a contest to make it into The Seven,
which makes her one of the happiest girls in the world.
That is until she realized
that sometimes it's not always great meeting your heroes.
As she meets one of her favorite members
of The Seven, The Deep.
Starlight is forced to leave her morals behind
in order to become a permanent member of The Seven.
During the season she begins to form a romantic relationship
with Hughie, until she is betrayed
after he finds out his plans with Butcher.
Starlight eventually finds her voice
and tells the world who The Deep really is,
which leaves her on Homelander's bad side.
- I'm done pretending, and I'm done taking any more shit.
- By the end of season 1, she decides to side with The Boys
in an effort to bring the corruption
of Vought and The Seven, to light.
The Deep could communicate with sea creatures
and uses his abs of gill to breathe underwater.
He isn't taken seriously
by The Seven or Vought International.
After Starlight exposes him at the Believe Expo,
he is sent on a sabbatical
and eventually kicked out of The Seven.
As we make our way into the season 1 finale,
Butcher kidnaps Madelyn
in order to lure Homelander into a trap.
Homelander ends up killing Madelyn
after he finds out she lied to him about Becca
and the baby that she had by him.
Homelander takes Butcher to a house
where he discovers a shocking secret
that not only is his wife Becca alive,
but the secret child between Becca and Homelander
is alive as well.
Woo. I need a break after that.
In season 2, we pick up at the shocking season 1 cliffhanger
of Butcher finding out about Becca.
We learn later that Becca asked Homelander
to spare Butcher's life
in exchange for visitation with their son Ryan.
Homelander is trying his best at parenting,
but let's just say he needs a little more work.
(screams)
But now not only is Butcher missing,
but The Boys are now on the run
after Butcher is framed for Madelyn's death.
Stan Edgar is now the head of Vought International,
which presents a potential threat to Homelander.
After Homelander's creation last season of Supe terrorists,
the military begins to allow Supes,
which makes Vought International even more money.
But let's just say, Stan is still not a fan of Homelander.
- You slipped compound V to terrorists all over the globe
to get you and your cronies international defense,
but maybe at the cost of destroying the whole company.
- I don't think I appreciate your tone, sir.
- The Deep is still in exile
and is definitely not taking things too well.
He is recruited to join a cult
by the name of the Church of the Collective,
but is determined to get back into The Seven.
He meets Cassandra Schwartz and they later get married.
He later leaves the Church of the Collective
when they negotiate a deal for only A-Train
to return to The Seven, and not him.
Starlight, who joined forces with The Boys last season,
is still a double agent
while keeping up appearances with The Seven.
She is also working with her boo thing, Hughie,
in an effort to not only expose the Vought International,
but also The Seven.
Starlight traces down Gecko from a lead given by Hughie,
and forces him to find a sample of compound V for her.
- I thought that we'd fun.
- I'm sorry.
- At this point in time A-Train is the only one
who knows her about her alliance from The Boys,
but due to A-Train suffering a heart attack
and being in a coma at the beginning of season 2,
Starlight is able to carry out her mission with much ease.
That is, until in a surprise interview
she realizes that A-Train has actually awakened
from his coma and he threatens to expose Starlight.
However, Starlight uses the information that she knows
about A-Train killing Popclaw last season,
and forces him to back down.
The boys learn that there is a Supe terrorist
that has been smuggled into the US,
and goes to the CIA
in order to cut a deal for their immunity.
However, before the CIA can agree to terms,
agent Susan Raynor's head literally explodes.
(head explodes) (blood spurting)
Frenchie calls Butcher to come out of hiding
in order to help The Boys.
This leads them to turn to Grace Mallory,
who originally created the group The Boys,
but she reluctantly agrees to work with them
in an effort to clear their name
with the exchange of them delivering the Supe terrorists
over to the FBI.
- It's like asking a cockroach to not be a cockroach.
- The boys later find out that the Supe terrorist
is actually Kimiko's brother, Kenji.
As we learn a little bit more
about Kimiko and Kenji's trouble past.
For those who don't know,
the Shining Light Liberation army killed their parents,
and kidnapped both Kimiko and Kenji,
and tested them with compound V
which eventually turned them into Supes.
Later in the season with The Boys having Kenji,
The Boys head into the middle of the ocean
to hand Kenji over to the FBI,
that is until Kenji gets free and runs away.
Ultimately leading him into the hands of Stormfront
who kills Kenji in front of Kimiko.
With Translucent being killed in season 1,
it is now time for The Seven to receive a new member.
Stormfront joins The Seven and becomes a rival to Homelander
before the two eventually become passionate lovers.
And I do mean passionate.
We find out that Stormfront is a Nazi who used her position
as a member of The Seven
in order to push her white supremacist agenda.
She is also the reason A-Train is kicked out
of The Seven as well.
Her antics in season 2
make even the likes of Homelander not seem so bad.
We find out that she ages slowly
and is almost over 100 years old.
And did I also mention that Stormfront was patient zero
for compound V,
since founder Frederick Vought was her husband.
The Boys discover that both Stormfront and Vought
have a place called Sage Grove Center,
where they are testing patients to perfect compound V,
not only in adults, but also children.
While The Boys are there
they run into the former Seven member Lamplighter.
And lamp lighter, as you may know, can manipulate fire.
We find out that Lamplighter was actually a spy
for The Boys,
and also tried to kill The Boys founder, Grace Mallory,
but mistakenly killed her grandchildren instead.
- I didn't know they were gonna be in that bed.
It was supposed to be your boss.
- Grace convinces Lamplighter to speak
at the congressional hearing to testify against Vought,
and he agrees.
Before Vought could be brought down
there is a super villain attack at the congressional hearing
causing many heads to literally explode,
which resulted in the deaths of the Chairman,
Jonah Vogelbaum, Shockwave, and several others.
- What the fuck do we do now?
- After Homelander kidnaps his son Ryan,
Butcher makes a deal with Stan
in order to get Ryan from Homelander and back to Vought.
Under the condition that Becca actually has to
be the one to stay with him.
While Ryan is reunited with his mother,
Stormfront stands in their way
as the team has to now band together
to take down Stormfront.
As Stormfront almost kills Becca,
Ryan lasers Stormfront to save his mother,
but ends up killing her.
Before her last breath,
she makes Butcher promise to protect Ryan and he agrees.
- You promised me you'd keep him safe.
- Homelander arrives on the scene to take Ryan back.
But Ryan wants to stay with Butcher.
Homelander attempts to kill Butcher,
but Queen Maeve steps in and threatens
to release the video of Homelander
abandoning the passengers on the plane,
leaving them to their deaths.
At the end of season 2,
The Boys are once again officially deputized
as CIA operatives, supervised by Colonel Grace Mallory
and overseen by Congresswoman Victoria Neuman,
who Hughie will now be working for.
And did I also mention that Hughie's new boss
is actually the person that is
around those head exploding super villain attacks.
I will have to say,
I will never wanna be on my boss's bad side with that power.
(can cracking) (head exploding)
Well, there you have it.
That's everything that you need to know
about seasons 1 and 2 of The Boys.
Don't forget that season 3 of The Boys
premieres on Prime Video with new episodes airing each week.
Once again, my name is Sharronda Williams,
and thank you for watching Prime Video Recaps.
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