The Boys: 10 WTF Moments

10. Robin's Fate

What better way to introduce audiences to the uncompromisingly gruesome world they'll be spending the next eight episodes in than by having an innocent woman explode in a cloud of blood and guts?

That's how The Boys lets viewers know this isn't your average superhero show.

All seems to be going smoothly for Hughie, our protagonist and way in to the world of superheroes running amock, as his girlfriend Robin has just suggested they move in together. A loving embrace and a defence of Billy Joel later, and Hughie is left blood-spattered and holding Robin's disembodied hands.

This is a big slap in the face for both Hughie and us, as we realise that the superheroes this world worships are actually narcissists that cause an awful lot of collateral damage and suffering.

The unapologetic speedster, A-Train, doesn't hang around to console Hughie or deal with the repercussions, but races down the street and back in to his comfortable life of status and celebrity.