This article contains major spoilers for The Boys Season 3
How will the show cap off its craziest season? Only time will tell, but the previous seven episodes have done plenty of setup for what promises to be an explosive finale. Here’s what you need to know before watching episode eight, “The Instant White-Hot Wild.”
The Boys Season 3 Recap
If you’ve just been following the show through its fantastic social media campaign and missed the actual episodes, then you might be unprepared for the finale. In addition to the more talked about moments, The Boys continues to be surprisingly thoughtful and character-driven. Here are the major developments over the past seven episodes.
Soldier Boy Returns
Leading up to the season three premiere, the big story was the addition of Soldier Boy, a Captain America riff who once served as the leader of Payback. For as much hype as the character received, he didn’t appear until relatively late into the season. During the first episodes, Butcher and the others searched for a Russian weapon that supposedly killed Soldier Boy in the 80s. While investigating a secret lab, they discovered not a weapon, but Soldier Boy himself, frozen and experimented upon by Russians. The Boys freed Soldier Boy, who made his way back to the states. Confused by the period and wracked with PTSD, the confused and abusive Soldier Boy killed a crowd of civilians with his energy blasts.
More Power, More Problems
Unlike the comic book source material, the Boys of the TV show have been staunchly against using Compound V, the chemical that gives Supes their abilities. Of the group, only Kimiko has powers, and those were forced upon her in childhood. But after the death of his wife Becca, Butcher had grown desperate. When his new ally Queen Maeve offered him V24, a version of Compound V that grants its user temporary powers, Butcher could not resist the temptation to indulge.
On the other hand, when Kimiko blocked a deadly energy blast from Soldier Boy, she awakened to learn that her own powers were gone. Thrilled by the revelation, Kimiko imagined a new life with her humanity restored, complete with a fantastic musical number. However, when she was nearly beaten to death by enforcers working for Russian mobster Little Nina, Kimiko began to understand that her powers might be integral after all, and she chose to take Compound V and restore them.
Starlight Goes Rogue
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Disassembled
How will these story threads come together? We’ll find out soon enough.
