With The Boys season 4<\/a> fully into its stride with episode 5, things are getting even more dangerous for Butcher (Karl Urban) and co.<\/p>\n This season has had mixed reviews<\/a> \u2013 but things are starting to get very real as the Gen V crossovers<\/a> begin.<\/p>\n At Vought, A-Train is hiding a secret and Homelander<\/a> (Antony Starr) attempts to spend quality time with his son Ryan, who\u2019s becoming more and more like him by the minute \u2013 a chilling thought!<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Hughie (Jack Quaid) and his dad Hugh (Simon Pegg) go through a traumatic ordeal before saying a painful goodbye. Oh, and that virus we saw in Gen V? That\u2019s about to be key.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything that went down in The Boys season 4 episode 5.<\/p>\n Mother\u2019s Milk (Laz Alonso) is having trouble with his daughter, who hit a boy at school after he claimed Homelander is a hero \u2013 and his wife is understandably not\u00a0<\/em>happy about the example he\u2019s setting.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, Joe Kessler (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) tries to encourage Butcher (Karl Urban) to ditch the rest of The Boys, reasoning that this time is his last chance to take Homelander down before he dies. After all, season 3 saw Butcher dealing with an inoperable brain tumour, but, after taking Temp V, there\u2019s something rather inexplicable going on with his health.<\/p>\n Starlight (Erin Moriarty) starts to question Frenchie (Tomer Capone) about Colin (Elliot Knight), who she says has ghosted her. Unbeknownst to her, Colin found out that Frenchie was the one who killed his family \u2013 so it\u2019s safe to say the pair aren\u2019t exactly on speaking terms.<\/p>\n As Butcher arrives, he tells the gang about the virus from Godolkin University that kills supes (as seen in Gen V). He knows Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) has her hands on it and suggests stealing it from her, with MM backing him up.<\/p>\n Butcher says he needs a presidential pardon, and it soon becomes clear that\u2019s for Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito), the former CEO of Vought who\u2019s currently in prison after Vought turned its back on him, in return for his help overthrowing Neuman.<\/p>\n While he almost refuses, Butcher drops the bombshell that Neuman injected Zoe (her daughter and Edgar\u2019s adoptive granddaughter) with Compound V, riling him up. Butcher adds custody of Zoe to the deal and Edgar agrees and walks out a free man. Edgar has a very awkward reunion with Starlight and orders The Boys to head west.<\/p>\n Edgar takes The Boys to a house, where he claims Victoria would keep something secret. They enter to find a terrifying laboratory, with smashed Compound V on the ground and animals that have been tested on. Edgar claims he\u2019s as surprised as the rest of them. All of their noses start bleeding, and Victoria arrives \u2013 and they all reluctantly agree to a brief truce.<\/p>\n Victoria claims she\u2019s been protecting Zoe as she clashes with Edgar. She claims he was ashamed of her powers and says she won\u2019t put Zoe through the same thing. MM asks what happens when their truce with Neuman ends, and Butcher says he\u2019ll inject her with a dose of the virus \u2013 easy enough!<\/p>\n But first, they have to deal with some suped-up animals. The group enter a chicken pen to find a man dead with a hole in his chest. Before they can wonder what\u2019s happened, one of Neuman\u2019s colleagues dies horrifically as a chicken bursts through his body \u2013 clearly after being injected with Compound V.<\/p>\n Annie\/Starlight attempts to use her powers but is clearly struggling \u2013 something Neuman notices.<\/p>\n Neuman reveals that she and Butcher made a deal \u2013 that he would sell out The Boys if she gave him Ryan, but he points out that he didn\u2019t go through with it. Truly heroic, Butcher.<\/p>\n Neuman confronts Starlight about her lack of powers and accuses her of being out of control. Losing her temper once again, Starlight punches Neuman \u2013 immediately proving her right.<\/p>\n Butcher finds a rabbit close to death in the woods and sees a creature burst out of its chest \u2013 and we have to wonder if that\u2019s what\u2019s about to happen to him considering what we\u2019ve seen of his declining health. He\u2019s clearly wondering the same thing.<\/p>\n Frenchie is having a crisis about all the terrible things he\u2019s done, as he confesses to Starlight. He admits he\u2019s scared that Kimiko will hate him \u2013 or that she won\u2019t. But there\u2019s no time to worry about that now as the gang encounter, as MM puts it, \u201ca V-ed up bull\u201d. Fabulous. The bull is torn apart by V-ed up sheep who fly into the air, and The Boys quickly make a run for it.<\/p> They find Sameer Shah, Zoe\u2019s father, who admits that he tested V on a hamster before it leaked into the ground water, infecting the other animals. He reveals that the virus is gone except for one dose.<\/p>\n MM suggests using it to kill the animals, but Butcher says it\u2019s too valuable. MM shows the gang that he has hives (he claims from stress, but is something sinister going on there?) and gives Starlight and Butcher a talking to after they clash. MM wins the fight and injects the dead man with the virus in order to kill the animals.<\/p>\n The Boys make a run from it away from the V-ed up animals, who finally start to die around them. Sameer has disappeared and Edgar is arrested once again as he didn\u2019t take them to the virus \u2013 so no deal. Neuman kills the driver taking her father back to prison and rescues him.<\/p>\n Frenchie arrives at the police station, handing himself in for his crimes.<\/p>\n As we return to Butcher\u2019s point of view, we discover that Sumeer isn\u2019t dead \u2013 Butcher has him hostage and he\u2019s ready to put him to work to produce more of the virus.<\/p>\n [squirrel-affiliate-playlist squirrel_playlist_id=\u201d609\u2033 \/]<\/p>\n We catch up with Homelander at the V52 Expo, where the powers that be from Vought announce \u201cphases seven to 19 of the VCU\u201d (which is definitely clearly not based on any major franchises). As he prepares to step on stage, Homelander is having gruesome and bloody flashbacks.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Firecracker, the so-called \u2018Lord\u2019s Soldier\u2019, is on TV throwing accusations at Starlight after she beat her to a pulp on live TV. She also blames her for Ezekiel\u2019s death.<\/p>\n It becomes clear that Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) is determined to find the Vought leak, which we know is A-Train (Jessie T Usher). She starts getting suspicious.<\/p>\n Vought are introducing ridiculous films and jaw-droppingly racist \u2018diversity initiatives\u2019, while Ryan\u2019s debut is being planned. But he\u2019s not so keen. Homelander says he doesn\u2019t have to do any films or TV he doesn\u2019t want to, and he tells him he\u2019s been manipulated his whole life. He says that he doesn\u2019t want to do the same thing to Ryan anymore.<\/p>\n Firecracker (Valorie Curry) confronts Sister Sage about setting her up to get beat up by Starlight, with Sister Sage arguing it\u2019s worked in her favour. She also warns Sister Sage not to underestimate her and threatens her.<\/p>\n A-Train admits to Ashley (Colby Minifie) that he is the leak. He threatens Ashley and tells her she needs to get Sister Sage\u2019s eyes off him.<\/p>\n Homelander asks Ryan what he wants to do, and he says he wants to help people. When he finds out that Vought employee Adam (PJ Byrne) is making his PA Bonnie feel uncomfortable, Ryan orders him to get on his knees and apologise to her.<\/p>\n Homelander says he needs to be taught a lesson and tells Bonnie to slap him repeatedly. Homelander and Ryan share a chilling smile as they watch it happen. Like father, like son!<\/p>\n Homelander confronts the Seven and says that the world needs saving, and that they\u2019re going to have to do some violent things to save it. He says that, instead of being celebrities, they\u2019ll need to be \u201cwrathful gods\u201d, which sort of makes you wonder what his aim has been before now.<\/p>\n Homelander brings in Cameron Coleman (Matthew Edison), accusing him of being the leak, with A-Train visibly surprised. Soon enough, we see Ashley, who Cameron dumped earlier in the episode, looking on, as it becomes clear that she\u2019s held up her deal with A-Train and is getting her revenge. The supes brutally beat Cameron up as Homelander smiles at Sister Sage.<\/p>\n Hughie\u2019s dad Hugh (Simon Pegg) can\u2019t remember having a stroke after being infused with Compound V. Hughie\u2019s left shocked as he didn\u2019t end up giving his dad the V \u2013 but his mum Daphne (Rosemarie DeWitt) admits it was her. She says Hugh is doing just fine, a comment that is about to age very, very badly.<\/p>\n For a while, Hugh is thriving after being injected with V. Hughie\u2019s mother gives him her engagement ring for when he proposes to Annie\/Starlight. Hughie confronts his dad about giving his mother power of attorney over him. However, soon it\u2019s clear that his dad is suffering from memory loss.<\/p>\n Hughie\u2019s dad disappears and Hughie finds him facing the wall in another hospital room. He\u2019s standing over a dead nurse with a hole in his back. As he turns round, we see he\u2019s holding a bloody heart. When Hughie touches his dad, he flinches and it\u2019s clear he doesn\u2019t recognise his son.<\/p>\n Another nurse arrives and screams when she sees the scene in front of her. Panicked, Hughie\u2019s dad runs through a wall and straight into another patient. Stopping in his tracks, he manages to rip a hole in the patient, killing him in a bloody mess.<\/p>\n Hughie and Daphne find his dad bloodied, confused and terrified. His memory appears to have regressed as he talks about his 11-year-old son Hughie. He becomes distraught and enraged when he sees Daphne, as he remembers her leaving when Hughie was young. Killing a security guard, he sets his sights on Daphne.<\/p>\n Hughie finally gets his dad to recognise him and not kill his mother (a big win), but he\u2019s in pieces not knowing what\u2019s happening to him. Hughie says he knows what to do.<\/p>\n Hughie and Daphne emotionally say their goodbyes to Hugh, as Hughie injects him in order to kill him. In a final moment, Hugh slips away and Hughie breaks down in his mother\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n The Boys season 4 will continue on Prime Video on Thursday 4th July.<\/strong>\u00a0The Boys seasons 1-3 are available to watch now\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>try Amazon Prime Video for free for 30 days<\/a>. Plus, read our guides to the\u00a0best Amazon Prime series<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0best movies on Amazon Prime<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Boys hunt down the Gen V virus<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Homelander wants to \u201csave the world\u201d \u2013 with Ryan\u2019s help<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Hughie says goodbye to his dad<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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