Every episode of The Boys , Prime Video’s ultraviolent, savagely satirical superhero series, offers an abundance of gross moments. Some involve violence. Others involve sex.
And others still feature characters crossing moral, personal, and ethical boundaries. But even in a series in which no one’s hands are ever fully clean — literally or figuratively — some characters behave worse than others. This week’s episode, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son,” plays as if it will be a grossness drought in its opening scenes.
It’s pretty tame — until it’s not. A visit to a quaint country farm goes terribly awry, and Hughie’s dad’s miraculous recovery turns into, to borrow a phrase from Nope , a bad miracle. And a gory one, too.
30. In the previous episode , Butcher told Mother’s Milk that he considered him a great father. And that’s true, though Monique’s contribution to this episode is a reminder that he’s being graded on a curve.
Marvin might be a good dad, but he’s not always around and does not always set the best example for his daughter. 29. Speaking of, Janine has been attempting to solve her problems with violence.
That’s not good, but it does sound as though the kid she punched, an obnoxious Homelander fan, had it coming. 28. Janine’s situation echoes that of Bonnie, the assistant being harassed by director Adam Bourke.
It might be a little distasteful to take that much pleasure in slapping him (again and again), but it’s also hard to blame .
