What I’m Watching: The Boys

The Boys: Season 3, Episode 2 “The Only Man in the Sky” (B+)

I’m glad to see that Hughie took what he saw and fully understood it, and now he’s doing research into Victoria’s background while trying to play it cool around her, something that is not going particularly well. We did get some more insight into her history, and to the relationship she has with Stan, who she had to call do cleanup. It was interesting to see the different facets of the investigation into Soldier Boy, with Kimiko and Frenchie going after Crimson Countess, who I hadn’t realized was played by Laurie Holden from “The Walking Dead,” and Butcher working and then ultimately bludgeoning Gunpowder. While the Deep appears to be doing well in his career rehabilitation with his own movie spectacular, apparently titled “Not Without My Dolphin,” A-Train is having considerably more trouble getting his off the ground, with his idea to make a video game about slavery not received well at all. Homelander’s birthday celebration was a recipe for disaster, and trying to force Starlight to sing to him to make her seem subservient and Marilyn Monroe-like was cruel and tasteless. She did fine spinning it, but after he had his rooftop encounter with the woman who ultimately decided she didn’t want to end her life, he was ready to explode. The news about Stormfront pushed him over the edge, and it’s going to be hard for him to live down his public takedown of the entire audience, which will make them fear him but definitely not see him as the hero.