this week's thing: THE BOYS's humor got in the way of its satire

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In 2020, a New York Times newsletter wrote, as I paraphrase: if The Boys spent as much time on character development and plot as they do on exploding guts, this would be one of the best shows on TV.

The latest and penultimate season has gorged on the insanity of its own world.

Flying, cannibalistic sheep.

A bat cave sex dungeon.

An intern...