The fourth episode of The Boys season 4 is now streaming on Prime Video, and "Wisdom of the Ages" certainly proved to be an eventful hour - even if it did leave us with some big questions heading into the second half of the season.
The biggest talking point is sure to be Homelander paying a little visit to the Vought laboratory that experimented on him as a child. The scientists there put the young Supe through some pretty horrific stuff (is it any wonder he turned out like he did?) in an effort to test the limits of his abilities, and ol' Homie decided the best way to purge himself of what remains of his humanity and need to be loved was to brutally, sadistically murder every one of them - aside from one lady, Barbara, who "John" still seemed to have some affection for (although he probably left her significantly traumatized by what she witnessed, anyway).
As for the Seven's new recruits, we find out that Sister Sage lobotomizes herself in order to enjoy the simpler things in life like eating fast food, watching Transformers 2, and... f*cking The Deep. Firecracker, meanwhile, pushes Starlight too far by revealing to the world that the former Seven member decided to have an abortion, and Annie responds by beating the holy hell out of the Supe on live TV.
We also learn that Billy Butcher's Compound V-V24 cocktail did have the desired effect (sort of), giving him sporadic superpowers that even he doesn't seem to be aware of. How exactly did he manage to escape from Ezekiel, reducing the stretchy Supe to a pile of skin and blood in the process?
Elsewhere, Kimiko and Hughie narrowly escape after a bloody battle with members of the Shining Light, Frenchie tells Colin that he killed his family (which goes about as well as you'd expect), and Hughie asks for A-Train's help in getting his hands on some V to help his dying father.
A-Train comes through, and Hughie forgives the speedster for accidentally killing his girlfriend in the very first episode. Back at the hospital, Hughie thinks twice about giving his dad the V. But his mother Daphne injects it when he's out of the room, and we see Hugh Sr.'s eyes snap open...
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"The world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power," reads the official season 4 synopsis. "Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son as well as his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late."
Returning cast members include Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti, along with new recruits Susan Heyward, Valorie Curry, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
The first three episodes of The Boys season 4 will be available to stream from June 13th, with new instalments dropping weekly through to the season finale on July 18.