The Boys Season 3 Review: 8 Ups & 2 Downs

Perhaps the biggest talking point about this season of The Boys was the fact that, before the premiere, showrunner and writer Eric Kripke announced he'd be adapting the controversial storyline Herogasm to the screen, and pushing the series to new heights of WTF depravity.

Herogasm, which is basically an annual supe orgy, really shouldn't have worked on the small screen, and yet thanks to Kripke's desire to shock his audiences but also deliver a compelling story, it easily emerges as the best episode of the season and the show.

Darkly amusing and ludicrously crude, the episode is surely one of the most mature episodes of TV ever aired, but cleverly counters its shock value with a clash for the ages, in which Homelander is trapped by Butcher, Hughie and Soldier Boy and is finally put on his back foot after years of being seemingly unstoppable.

It's a brilliant display of storytelling, perfectly balancing The Boys' insane humour with its intelligent character clashes and gasp-inducing cliffhangers.

Whether it's Mother's Milk being covered in supe semen (seriously), Homelander fleeing in anger, or Starlight telling the world how evil Homelander is, Herogasm is an episode that deserved to talked about for a long time as a major turning point in the show's overarching drama.