Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Boys season 4, episode 5!
Summary
Homelander has an incredibly dark ending inThe Boyscomics, and one moment inThe Boysseason 4 is already setting up this conclusion to the supe’s arc. Homelander is a horrible person in Amazon Prime Video’sThe Boys, and while he has already done all sorts of abhorrent things, the TV series is only scratching the surface of what Homelander has done in the comics. Homelander’s ending inThe Boyscomics is truly wild, and season 4, episode 5 finally teases that the show might include this ending as well.
The Boysseason 4 is finally here, with the highly anticipated continuation of Amazon Prime Video’s critically acclaimed superhero series now releasing on the streaming service.The Boysseason 4 picks up right whereThe Boysseason 3 left off, with the titular team attempting to kill Victoria Neuman before she can become Vice President of the United States while Butcher secretly continues attempting to kill Homelander. Meanwhile, the Seven are investigating a leak on the team, and episode 5 sees them seemingly catch the source.
The Boys Season 4 Directly Sets Up Homelander’s Supe Army
And It’s A-Train’s Fault
InThe Boyscomics, Homelander becomes a fascistic leader of the supes, with him creating a massive supe army near the end of his story. With this supe army, Homelander heads to Washington D.C. and attempts to take over the United States, with him killing Victor Neuman, the comic book counterpart of Victoria Neuman, during his coup.The Boysseason 4 has been teasing Homelander’s journey to the White House for a while now, but season 4, episode 5 solidified Homelander’s supe army, the final piece of set up that this storyline needs.
In episode 5,Ashey and A-Train frame Cameron Coleman as being the source of the leak from within Vought. Because of this, Homelander has Coleman brought to the top of Seven Tower, where he instructs the supes on the team to kill him. The unquestioning supes follow his order, brutally beating and presumably killing Coleman. Homelander commanding these supes could be a tease of Homelander being the captain of a supe army, with the murder of Cameron Coleman being a smaller-scale version of Homelander’s insurrection with his supe army.
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The Boys Season 4’s Supe Army Tease Makes President Homelander Possible For Season 5
In A Different Way From The Comics
Before the release of the season, it was highly speculated that Homelander would run for president inThe Boysseason 4, setting up the scary possibility that he would be voted into the White House. Now that the season is halfway over, this storyline seems unlikely. However,Homelander’s supe army could set up another waythat Vought’s prize supe could make it into office. If Singer and Neuman are voted in, Homelander could lead his supe army to D.C., adapting his comic book story with a twist.
Upon getting there, Homelander could kill Neuman and Singer, with his insurrectionary attempt leading to him taking over the country. This would allow Homelander to be president without having to be voted in, which is a more realistic story path for the world ofThe Boys. Much like other times thatThe Boyshas changed the original comics, this would be a way that the Amazon series could adapt the broad strokes of the source material while changing many of the finer details.
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Homelander’s Supe Army Makes Gen V Season 2 Way More Important
Cate & Sam’s Lives Have Changed Forever
Homelander’s supe army will undoubtedly have a big impact onThe Boys, but the same can be said forGen V,as the storyline will makeGen Vseason 2 more important. This is because, as season 4, episode 5 shows, Sam and Cate are part of Homelander’s supe army, with them being around during Cameron Coleman’s death. Sam and Cate are two characters who attended Godolkin University and led the Godolkin riots at theend ofGen V, with Homelander showing up and siding with the two students.
SinceGen Vwill most likely feature Sam and Cate again, the season could follow Marie and the gang as they attempt to convince their friends to stop following Homelander. Sam and Cate are the connective tissue between the two shoes, so it is likely that their actions inThe Boysseason 4 will have an impact onGen Vseason 2. It isn’t yet known how much Sam and Cate will appear in the rest ofThe Boysseason 4, but just episode 5 already has had a massive impact onGen V.
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