7 Most Memorable/WTF Twists in “The Boys” Season 4

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The Boys – Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Annie AKA Starlight (Erin Moriarty), Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara), and Frenchie (Tomer Capone) – are still on their quest to kill Homelander (Antony Starr), the super-villain of their world in Season 4 . Known for its shocking graphic violence, the series continues to deliver mad moments, which makes it the kind of TV show you shouldn’t be watching while eating anything. We recap seven of the most sticky surprises from the penultimate season.

Bringing back dead characters to life is the oldest trick in the book for television series, especially when the writers are running out of ideas and realize they shouldn’t have killed off a popular face. But given the countless deaths in “The Boys,” you’ll keep guessing who Eric Kripke and the team decided to bring back to life if you haven’t seen season 4 of “The Boys” yet. But anyway, we are keeping that twist off the list because it just doesn’t feel like a “WTF” moment to see dead guys come back to life. We mean, who thought fans would get to see Hugh Jackman as Logan AKA Wolverine again after he died in “Logan,” but Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy convinced him to come back for the 2024 “Deadpool & Wolverine” again!

Okay, let’s not digress and get back to our list of the seven twists that we thought were the most memorable ‘WTF’ moments in “The Boys” season 4. We’re going to start from the weakest surprise moment to the strongest one. Also, even though Butcher killing Victoria in the season finale seemed unprecedented, there’s a chance she might not be dead, so that’s not on the list.

Seven: Kessler being a figment of Billy Butcher’s imagination

This twist was foreshadowed well; Billy was already hallucinating seeing his wife and having conversations with her. So when his friend Joe Kessler (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) shows up out of nowhere and starts colluding with Billy on killing Homelander, things did feel a little off. The “Fight Club” style reveal that Kessler wasn’t a big WTF moment, but it was a pretty recall-worthy part of the season, considering how Kessler keeps egging Butcher to orchestrate a genocide of superheroes by unleashing a highly contagious virus that would only affect superhumans. The virus was introduced in “Gen V” season one, so those who saw the spin-off show will be expecting the revelation.

Six: Tek Knight’s Sex Dungeon Romp with Webweaver

The Boys decide to infiltrate an exclusive invite-only party being hosted by billionaire superhero Tek Knight to find out what their enemies are plotting (Homelander, Victoria Neuman, Sister Sage). Hughie decides to masquerade as Webweaver, a Spiderman rip-off, to plant bugs at Tek Knight’s house. However, he is mortified to discover that Webweaver isn’t a regular guest when he is led to a basement floor, housing a sex dungeon. Hughie’s decision to wear Webweaver’s suit backfires awfully, and he gets a lifetime’s worth of trauma. Even though this subplot felt contrived and seemed like it was there simply to shock the viewers, it does the job of scarring the viewers a bit too.

Five: The Barn Massacre by V’ed up Animals

Now this was a great plot twist! We weren’t expecting flying pigs brutally killing humans because they’ve been injected with compound V, the drug that gives superhuman abilities to people. Even though the scene was teased in the trailer for “The Boys” season 4, watching what exactly happens was wacky as hell. Who knew the all-powerful Victoria Neuman or the cocky Billy Butcher would find themselves panicking to save themselves from a bunch of barn animals!

Four: Ashley taking V to save herself

This happens in the last episode of “The Boys” season 4 and was pretty unexpected. Although, obviously, it makes complete sense—Ashley is scared shitless for her life, knows the Supes are going to kill her, so her only chance to survive is by gaining superpowers herself. Viewers only get to see Ashley injecting V into her blood-stream, so her new powers continue to be a matter of suspense that will only be known next season.

Three: Hughie’s Dad going berserk at the hospital

Even though a desperate Hughie backs off from injecting his dying father with compound V to extend his lifespan, his mother does it! And while, as viewers, we knew he was going to get messed up with the V in his bloodstream, watching Hughie’s dear old sweet daddy going on a murderous spree in the hospital was something else.

Two: The shapeshifter becoming Starlight

If Hughie were a cat, it would be safe to say that “The Boys” season 4 puts him through seven lifetimes worth of trauma! As if almost getting raped by Tek Knight in Webweaver’s costume wasn’t awful enough, Hughie also unwittingly has plenty of sex with a shapeshifting supe, who takes the form of his girlfriend Annie AKA Starlight. And just when we thought the supe was done playing with Hughie, they (we don’t know the character’s gender) go an extra mile and propose marriage to Hughie! That was another level of evil. The fact that the shapeshifter rips off their skin from their body while shifting was also grotesque.

One – Firecracker lactating for Homelander

We just got grossed out by typing that sub-header! Like Hughie, the viewers have been scarred too, but Firecracker’s ambition to stay in power is praiseworthy. The fact that she would go to the lengths of taking drugs to lactate and cater to Homelander’s kink for breast milk was obviously the biggest WTF moment of “The Boys” season 4.  

Honorary mention: Homelander visiting the Vought lab where he was raised and maniacally killing a bunch of people and then basking in their blood probably made episode 4 of “The Boys” season 4 the best edition of the season. It’s just that any kind of violence perpetrated by Homelander has ceased to be surprising anymore, but Antony Starr’s portrayal of Homelander is still very much the USP of the series. Homelander continues to be one of the most anxiety-inducing villains on the screen!

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