{"id":17444,"date":"2022-06-24T12:32:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T10:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1668543"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T11:05:12","slug":"the-boys-fans-react-as-season-3-episode-6-delivers-epic-face-off","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-boys-fans-react-as-season-3-episode-6-delivers-epic-face-off\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys fans react as season 3, episode 6 delivers epic face-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 24 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Fans of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/the-boys-season-3-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Boys<\/a> have taken to social media to sing the praises of the superhero show\u2019s latest episode Herogasm \u2013 which concluded with an epic showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of the episode, Soldier Boy, Billy Butcher and Hughie Campbell all faced off against Homelander, and although the antagonist was able to make his escape at the end it was still a highly dramatic affair.<\/p> <p>And the episode has clearly struck a chord with viewers, with one fan writing on Twitter that it was the \u201cBest Episode of all time\u201d and another adding \u201cEpisode 6 of The Boys was one of the best episodes in TV\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>One fan even went so far as to compare the episode favourably with other classic episodes of TV \u2013 including the iconic Game of Thrones episode Battle of the Bastards and the Breaking Bad episode Ozymandias.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Kids already had their fun, now its real men turn ????<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TheBoys<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Herogasm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Herogasm<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/JjsyqWYYzc&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/JjsyqWYYzc<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Sameer Kumar (@HarishPanjiyar) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarishPanjiyar\/status\/1538947815140798464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>The team of Soldier Boy, Butcher, and Hughie was especially popular with fans, with one describing them as \u201cThe trio I never knew I needed\u201d while their showdown with Homelander also received wide acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>One fan described the battle as \u201cProbably the best fight scene in a comic book property for about a decade\u201d while another went even further by calling it \u201cOne of the best fight scenes in the history of television. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the performance of Homelander star Antony Starr was also applauded by fans, with one viewer writing, \u201cMy man needs all the praise for playing the best TV show villain we\u2019ve seen in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">My man needs all the praise for playing the best TV show villain we\u2019ve seen in a long time.<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Herogasm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Herogasm<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheBoys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TheBoys<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Homelander?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Homelander<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/FN0I795g5H&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/FN0I795g5H<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Destin Griffin (@Griffdog82) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Griffdog82\/status\/1540175781355298817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Overall, that\u2019s certainly a lot of superlatives being thrown around \u2013 and so the series clearly has a lot to live up to for the rest of its third season, which still has two episodes left to run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Boys season 3 streams on <a class=\"&quot;body-link&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0875XWNVH\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; 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