After the most “unhinged episode in television history” from the Amazon Prime series, fans of The Boys were left “sick to their stomachs.”The fourth season of the superhero program returned with a bang, shocking viewers with its first three episodes featuring Tilda Swinton as an Octopus who has 𝓈ℯ𝓍 with a human, a violent 𝓈ℯ𝓍 scene that alludesd to The Human Centipede, and a close-up look of her posterior.
Though there was fierce competition, one sequence in particular—a gory and brutal lobotomy—disgustingly had viewers reach for their remote controls. Susan Heyward’s character Sister Sage uses an icepick to severely damage her extremely intelligent mind, which explains why she fell for the misogynistic Deep (Chace Crawford), who was not the kind of person she would have been.
Sister Sage takes some very drastic action in The Boys.
Fans who were very troubled by Sister Sage’s action took to X to express their dismay. One such fan, @Ben74450057, said, “That lobotomy scene is one of the grossest [things] I have ever seen on TV like why tf did they film it up close like that.”
@negressvelaryon echoed their thoughts, writing, “Yeah, IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO WATCHING DEEP GIVE SAGE A LOBOTOMY.” I had to conceal my eyes so I couldn’t even watch, but the sounds—#theboys.
Sister Sage became attracted to Deep after her lobotomy.
The Boys has shocked fans with an ‘unhinged’ episode.
Sage lobotomized herself to dumb down her super smart brain.
@eridoof added: ‘Just watched that #theboys lobotomy scene im sick to my stomach.’
Susan recently spoke about her character Sister Sage’s decision to lobotomise herself, telling Variety: ‘[Showrunner Eric] Kripke and I talked a lot about Sage’s sense of isolation. How her brain is a blessing and a curse because she’s trapped among all this information all the time and she can never really escape and just be.
‘And so I think [the risk of losing her eye with a lobotomy] is worth it, for her sanity, because if she doesn’t get a break from her brain, she’s gonna go even crazier than she already is.’
The plot of the show, which saw Homelander returning to the lab where he was reared and bringing a Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake for the lab techs, also captured the attention of viewers. False.
Throughout the episode, the superhero uses psychological torment to terrorize the lab technicians who performed experiments on him as a child.
Homelander has been branded one of the best TV villains of all time.
In a past episode, Homelander was having identity issues.
After compelling one employee to have 𝓈ℯ𝓍 in front of his coworkers, he compels him to burn alive in an oven and then uses a laser to pierce another.
He then dismembers the remaining lab technicians and imprisons the lone survivor in a room with their gory corpses, as if they were going to die there.
Then, covered in blood and guts, Homelander enters an elevator and grinned to himself at having exacted retribution on his parents.
Supporters praised the graphic episode and insisted that Antony should win every award for his menacing portrayal, making Homelander’s villain one of the greatest TV shows ever.
The show has been hugely successful (Picture: Amazon Content Services/Jasper Savage. All Rights Reserved)
‘This might be one of the most unhinged episodes in television history. Antony Starr is the real star of this episode. What a performance.#TheBoys,’ said Scenesoftheboys.
‘Antony Starr as Homelander is the best villain in television just give him his awards already,’ said Azirascrowley.
‘Homelander has joined the best villains of all time now #TheBoys, said Bluerayangel.
‘After this episode, I can say that…Homelander is The best villain on the planet and The best villain in the history of television…#TheBoys,’ said AbOoD0GOT.
Homelander has joined the best villains of all time now#TheBoys pic.twitter.com/GV1xokjqum
— BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel) June 21, 2024
After this episode I can say that..
Homelander is The best villain on the planet and The best villain in the history of television..#TheBoys pic.twitter.com/hdA427T7nv
— yo It’s Aboood 🎬 (@AbOoD0GOT_99) June 20, 2024
The major superheroes performed a duet in this episode, and it also featured a biting critique of the secrecy surrounding abortion.
Fans expressed their genuine appreciation for the frightening and graphic episode, noting that it was remarkable that the creators could once again combine depravity and comic genius with such weighty subjects.
It was revealed that The Boys will conclude after season five, so viewers would do well to enjoy the show while they can.
This indicates that this amazing show will conclude with just about 12 fresh episodes.
The Boys centers on real-life superheroes and a protagonist named Homelander (Antony Starr), who is entirely evil and devoid of love since he was a test subject for a lab and has been such for his whole life.
