The Boys Season 1: 9 Questions In Desperate Need Of Answers
Well THAT season just happened and our lives will never be the same again. So, what comes next?
It’s been almost two weeks since The Boys came out of nowhere to blow the minds of unsuspecting superhero fans across the world. These eight episodes could single-handedly make it worth purchasing Amazon Prime. Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen did a superb job bringing the Dynamite Entertainment comics to life with this first season.
This epic tale of superheroes, more interested in their public appearance than the hero aspect of their jobs, offered a unique perspective on the genre and left us devastated that there weren’t more episodes for us to digest.
So, now that we’ve all had enough time to binge through The Boys, it seems only fitting that we take a look at where we lie with Season One having wrapped up. There are plenty of questions in need of answers, predictions to be made and theories to be thrown around ahead of Season Two.
Please note that these entries are from the perspective of someone who has only seen the TV series and has not read the comics. Some of these questions may have been answered in its literary form, but are still wide open for fans of the show.
Beware, spoilers ahead.
9. How Many Super Terrorists Has Homelander Planted?
As the season was coming to a close, Homelander revealed to Madelyn Stillwell that he had distributed Compound V to various hostile nations across the planet in order to create super powered terrorists for The Seven to fight. This came at the perfect time for the pair, with the CIA cracking down on Vought International and with Vought figureheads trying to pass a bill in congress that would allow supes to join the military.
We are first introduced to these super-terrorists with The Captain, who makes an appearance in a recording taken by the US military in which he survives multiple gunshots followed by an explosion, walking away unharmed. The following episode shows Homelander clearing out a terrorist compound in Syria, but noticeably lacks a showdown with The Captain.
Going by this, The Captain is surely going to make a real debut in Season Two, but how many more will there be? Homelander alluded to multiple villains, so could each of them be the focal point of an episode next season? Could they even team up to fight The Seven? Either way, we’re sure to see a big face-off between the bad guys and… well, the other bad guys soon enough.