I really love Ashley’s character this season especially- her will to live and doing anything to survive clashing with her want to be a good person makes her one of the most compelling and interesting secondary characters I’ve seen in a while… she got Coleman killed and covered up some really horrible things but also saved Maeve and A-Train.
@@harvest44492I feel that scene distinctly showing leaning more towards being uncomfortable then thinking it’s an act rather than her knowing and not caring
It says something important that Ashley (like Stan Edgar before her) didn't risk a Compound V injection despite having to spend every day around said "Gods".
@@Grizabeebles i'm still not entirely sure Stan isn't a supe, my theory currently is he has the power to turn off other powers which is really the only reason i can think of as to why Starlight wasn't able to use her powers the moment he said "don't" at the farm and why he was always so damn confident with Homelander.
Ngl they seriously have to or else I'd go so far as to say that's a point against the show, no l way a character goes through ALL that and is unchanged
Homelander's relationship with Ryan reminded me of Cerseri Lannister with her children, she doesn't love them for who they really are, she loves them because they are an extension of her, and a way to feed her ego.
@@marveldc9997 Meh. He got some of it right in that she sees them as an extension of herself (I mean why do we as parents go out of our way to protect our children if not for that?) but to say that she didn't love them for who they are is straight up wrong. In many ways, having all her children pass left her broken and pushed her down the path toward what she did in the culmination of the series. The only thing she had left was the throne and at that point, she had zero f**** to give as to how she attained it as everything else she cared for was gone.
The its over section of this video is pretty gut wrenching because you're reminded that the light at the end of the tunnel can easily be blocked by a sudden avalanche. You're left with two options, give up and accept the bad end or believe something good will happen and turn everything will be alright.
People tend to write off supernatural as just 2000s cable tv schlock that ran on for far too long (which it is don’t get me wrong) but it’s also interesting to see how Kripke’s favored ideas and themes follow through into the boys
@@MarianelaAyelenlourdesSajama I think the first five seasons (which were the seasons that kripke was show runner for before he left) were the most coherent because iirc it was, especially with season 3-5, one of the only times the show was given he space to pursue a storyline that spanned multiple seasons. Kripke was given the grace to complete a whole multi season arc as the shows creator, whereas later seasons fell into a pretty predictable finale set up where the season long A-plot was wrapped up in the penultimate or final episode, and then the plot hook for the next season was introduced. IMO, there is some genuinely good tv sprinkled throughout the shows 15 seasons, as well as some absolute duds, but such is the nature of long running cable tv. There are some very interesting character concepts introduced in the later seasons, when the brothers get to be more middle aged rather than just in their 20s.
It sucks how Hughie was treated this season. With his dad I can understand, that was some of the most emotionally impactful stuff in the series. But my man gets assaulted and it's either played for laughs or he gets victim blamed. I think this season was still great even if weaker than the others, but its lows were a hell of a lot lower imo.
@@orbboom6119 he didn't really. It switched back to being about his dad which is what he comforted for ultimately. The reason ye wasn't comforted after SA is because the writers said it was hilarious .
@@orbboom6119Oh please, you guys are overthinking it. Starlight was understandably upset that he couldn't tell it was her, and thought about it for like one scene and moved on. Now if what you're saying is that the writers should focus more on Hughie that's fine, but being a b**ch? Relax
Grace, does jack the whole season and just comes in, tilts the poor kid asking him to commit patricide like is just a walk in the park, when both Butcher and Ryan had this mutual understanding about their situation, and Grace comes in as subtle as a brick to the face making this point of no return where everything got screwed over, man that sucked, but I still loved the season finale, is not what I expected yet I believe it worked well, hopefully the final season is great as well.
Seriously that pissed me off so much. Was it that hard to give Ryan a choice? That's all they needed to do, and seemed to be what Butcher was leaning towards before Grace barreled straight threw with the subtlety of a bulldozer.
@@ItsButterBean1020 They set it up correctly, Sage is the only one who ever interacted with the shapeshifter. Neumann was gonna be kicked out for being superpowered (and inevitably exposed by Homelander) one way or the other, whilst getting Singer to admit he ordered her assassination was just a matter of prompting him, using the Starlight disguise. Sage was also in the same place as the replacement president, at the mansion party. This is called show-dont-tell, specifically in the sense that they have _shown_ us how she assembled the puzzle, we just didn't get to hear any dialogue with the involved parties.
Hughie with his dad is extra worse when his mom ultimately failed the hard choice too and by actually doing what she thought Hughie would, made his final moments so much worse. But Hughie had to doubt his fathers trust in him.
The thing I know won’t happen but wish would in the boys is that sister sage understands home lander’s psychological issues and is taking advantage of him and leading him down a path of self destruction until she take complete control once he is out of the picture. She is the smartest person she only lacked the motivation to take control.
yeah, i think it’s almost always a bad idea to establish a character as a super-genius. because the audience will always find a million solutions to their problems they didn’t think of, and the power starts to feel like nonsense.
I was also a bit disappointed about the ending of this season, but as you said, it may have just been because I thought the ending was going in a different direction. Overall though, I did enjoy this season though. A-Train's arc was a particular stand out, that scene where he saves MM and the one kid sees him? Perfection.
@@MrYac-ie8ieThey meant in reality. Kimiko finally speaks outside of any fantasy sequences, when Frenchie is mind controlled to walk away as she’s held back by Sam in the final sequence
@@POOKESEE Screen Actor's Guild. In order to to be eligible for a SAG card you need a speaking role in a union production, even if it's just a single line, you qualify
Thank you for reminding me that this season was so much more complicated and well-crafted than I had thought on first watch. Watching this video essay after finishing the season feels like it adds value to many s4 moments I took for granted before, by showing how the different perspectives of each character affects their decisions they make. And you showed each character's thought process, which provides context for why they did what they end up doing..
I think that next season once they all get together Hughie will be the leader. He almost single handily subverted Sages plan just by showing kindness and I think that part of him will be what beats the odds and saves the world
I just finished the season before watching this video, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. But My biggest complaint is how Hughie got SAed 2 episodes in a row, and over 20 times and they barely mentioned it. I fully understand Annie’s perspective and pain around the shifter situation but Hughie is also a victim here.
Bro Homaelanders police state, as a functional response of the oligarchical neo liberal state, is far more realistic and terrifying than anything in the comics. That's what the show has been doing.
I’ll be honest my confidence in the show faltered with season 3’s finale (it wasn’t bad, but I had a few criticisms like many others had when it aired), but the season won me over with A-train, Homelander and Butcher’s journeys in the season. The finale leaves me excited for season 5 to come out, and I’ll have to occupy my time so I don’t overfixate on when it finally releases.
Truly enjoy your take on shows without just random opinions or deep dives into Easter Eggs that are no more important than somebody noticed a production staff's joke. 👍🍻
@KingNerdius And you shouldn't just use that as an excuse to abandon them without a word and then come back without any apology. She just went "you should forgive me because I was depressed and acted horribly"
I was literally just about to comment how pretentious and dramatic this video was and then I saw the name of the channel lmao. Hes giving us what he promised lol, I'm into it
Somewhat long comment in coming! I'm hyped for s5! So many twist & turns this final. I wasn't expecting frenchi & kimiko to get together , Mms worst nightmare has returned, Butchers powers I really didn't know want to expect from it. I wonder what's Ashley's power is 🤔 seeing starlight fly off like that was pretty cool but unexpected, I wonder how they're going to do Soldier Boy
Wasn’t as good as season 3 but season 4 was still amazing. Great deep dives into the characters we’ve grown to understand and giving us more to think about.
On the episode of Marvin. Can we really talk about how they offscreened his relationship with homegirl. Like he loves her so deeply in season 1 and 2 and season 3 just opens up with them being split and now theyre back. What happened there
I honestly didn’t mind Butcher killing Neuman in the finale. What exactly would she have brought to the table at that point that mattered? She wasn’t nearly as strong as Homelander. It wasn’t worth the risk of having to constantly look over your shoulder in the future; she was a liability to the team either way. It’s no different than in the Angel series finale when Angel had Lorne kill Lindsey because he “wasn’t part of the solution, and he never would be.” But yeah, Butcher going for full-on Supe Genocide is reprehensible and inexcusable. Although him having “made the choice on his own” was a bit undermined throughout the season by the Kessler hallucination consistently tormenting him into submitting and even (implicitly) worsening the cancer effects to weaken him further. I mean the comics were bad and all, but at least comic Butcher eventually made that reprehensible decision with a clear head and of his own free will.
But, show Butcher had to start in a better place. Having a passive death timer didn't do it to him, it didn't break him to such a stage where he would wholly embrace the final solution. Failing.... what must feel like everyone is what did Butcher in - and keep in mind, for all supe-genocide Kessler was hyping up, Butcher only killed Neuman and kept his tentacles away from Kimiko and Starlight - the latter of which has been a pain in his ass. I don't think he's approaching this mission with a personal vendetta as much as he's doing so out of a feeling of broader responsibility. If Ryan becomes Augustus to Homelander's Ceasar, then someone needs to tear down the establishment, and honestly - with what we see in the post credits with supes all over willing to do the dirty for Vought - it might be for the better to kill a fair number of supes and ask questions later, because I've barely seen one worth redeeming. I mean. Big Schlock took out a man just trying to live with his family in Belize! If ding-dong magic guy isn't a cool dude, then who is? If the Deep and Noir 2 can go on murder benders against employees - two guys, that if you took them in a different context would be rather pathetic socially - who can you trust? Even A-Train took a specialized journey to get where he is right now, across a multitude of years and atrocities. We can't spare the same for every supe. Butcher made the right call. Kessler didn't fuck him over - not truly. That credit goes to Grace. Butcher had it in the bag, 'til she ran her mouth and just made it all worse.
6:11 You'd have to be naive to believe what Barbara is saying here. The entire time, she was trying to manipulate him and taunt him. Getting in the last laugh because she knows she's doomed. She's a narcissistic sociopath. She wasn't being honest.
I saw it is a reference that “I drink your milkshake” Line from There Will Be Blood. Homelander kid is his to exploit. It also kind of fits with the critique of capitalism that the show seems to be themed around to the point where I can’t just ignore it. 😅 maybe I’m reaching
Right I'm the only one, she is the reason why the conflict only gets worse and yet has the audacity to call out butcher for being vicious when she was the one who gaslight him from the beginning, she never wanted genocide, on HER hands. That's why she called butcher(kesser possessing his body at the time) she took a loophole. Shetty was right about her
Tbh if Grace had only been convinced to let Ryan leave, we would be in such a different place. Ryan would know the truth about his father, and be able to do his own digging. He would feel that Butcher has his back. Butcher wouldn’t be in rampage mode. Neuman would still be alive. Kimiko would become the cool big sister of Zoey. I can dream.
19:00 I’m with you on this, Kinda disappointed with the Final episode but oh well nothing to be done about that. Just gotta hope the Final season is good 🙏
This was a great breakdown, but I do wish it had come out later, or had a spoiler warning for the last episode. I've been seeing spoilers for episode 8 showing up all day, and it isn't even released in America yet.
I just do not understand the hate this season has received online. I will agree it's weaker than season 3, but man does this season have so many great character moments.
Watch the end of season 3 they explained that he had gotten a replacement heart from bluehawk after he killed him for his brother. He’s able to use his powers normally without juicing up on V
Where can I find the clip where franchie is quoting Jean Paul sartre and "men is condemned to be free because the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does" I NEED to know
Forgot the ep number but the one where Starlight beats the shit out of Firecracker and Starlight, Frenchie & Kimiko are licking their wounds and having a drink in the office at the end of the ep
I think I similarly enjoyed the character work in this season, but I think it still weighs itself down with some dumb stuff and a little repetitive plotting.
I’ll be honest I love this show but did anyone else notice this season wasn’t as good and tried leaning to much to one political side? I mean the finale only took 0 days to age badly
The controversy is dumb tbh though I guess that's because I'm able to separate fictional events and real events that are only similar in 2 words. You were taking about the Trump assassination attempt, right? There's not another controversy?
I’m gonna be honest, this season is the season that lost me, it’s just not fun to watch anymore, it’s just as mean and crude and unsubtle as the worst issues of the comic, will not be watching season 5 or Gen V season 2.
I don't really agree that this season was just mean and crude. It absolutely is at times, definitely too much for my tastes, but I agree with Implicitly Pretentious at 12:36. I think the show has a lot of optimism when it comes to people on an interpersonal level. A-Train's arc this season, and Hughie's position as the protagonist (though he was on the sidelines too much this season imo) really showcase that. I wasn't a big fan of the finale though.
I love this show, but I won't deny it was hard to sit through the same hateful rhetoric we hear from real life right wing media. It did establish however that the "starlighter" camps would predominantly be minorities. The ending of this season to me feels like a warning of what's to come if project 25 comes to fruition.
Ashley spent so long kneeling to these Gods & suffering their wrath, poor thing didn’t know what to do when one showed her mercy
I really love Ashley’s character this season especially- her will to live and doing anything to survive clashing with her want to be a good person makes her one of the most compelling and interesting secondary characters I’ve seen in a while… she got Coleman killed and covered up some really horrible things but also saved Maeve and A-Train.
@@aidanrflemingShe participated in torturing Huey. Shes evil as fuck and irreedamable.
@@harvest44492I feel that scene distinctly showing leaning more towards being uncomfortable then thinking it’s an act rather than her knowing and not caring
It says something important that Ashley (like Stan Edgar before her) didn't risk a Compound V injection despite having to spend every day around said "Gods".
@@Grizabeebles i'm still not entirely sure Stan isn't a supe, my theory currently is he has the power to turn off other powers which is really the only reason i can think of as to why Starlight wasn't able to use her powers the moment he said "don't" at the farm and why he was always so damn confident with Homelander.
they really need to focus up on hughies situation next season. bro couldn’t catch a break 3 eps in a R O W 😭😭
He gonna suffer 3 episodes in a row at the end of season 5. Mark my words
Prison Arc in the 5th Season is gonna be crazy for Hughie
Ngl they seriously have to or else I'd go so far as to say that's a point against the show, no l way a character goes through ALL that and is unchanged
I don’t think he’ll get a break until the end of the boys, but he’ll probably get the best ending out of anyone honestly
They need to make something finally happen. This show has been awful for ages.
Homelander's relationship with Ryan reminded me of Cerseri Lannister with her children, she doesn't love them for who they really are, she loves them because they are an extension of her, and a way to feed her ego.
u don’t understand cersei lannister at all
@@marveldc9997 Meh. He got some of it right in that she sees them as an extension of herself (I mean why do we as parents go out of our way to protect our children if not for that?) but to say that she didn't love them for who they are is straight up wrong. In many ways, having all her children pass left her broken and pushed her down the path toward what she did in the culmination of the series.
The only thing she had left was the throne and at that point, she had zero f**** to give as to how she attained it as everything else she cared for was gone.
Ever since starlight beat the brakes off of firecracker it made me realize starlight power isn’t light. Starlight power is Hans.
Ik thats a typo but why do i just imagine starlight in an rx7 drifting around tokyo and running over supes.
@@tonymacaroni955or a big German guy 😂
Los Christensen????
I really feel like Ryan will be the wildcard go his own way not become butcher or another homelander.
I love the idea he rejects both Homie and Butcher and ultimately tried to be better
@@ItsButterBean1020si ojalá sea como superman y queriendo ayudar a la gente no por la fama sino por hacer lo correcto
I think he is going to die.
Yeah this. Ultimately he is his mother's son, standing between two evils.
The its over section of this video is pretty gut wrenching because you're reminded that the light at the end of the tunnel can easily be blocked by a sudden avalanche. You're left with two options, give up and accept the bad end or believe something good will happen and turn everything will be alright.
Real. Sometimes you gotta take that leap of faith
People tend to write off supernatural as just 2000s cable tv schlock that ran on for far too long (which it is don’t get me wrong) but it’s also interesting to see how Kripke’s favored ideas and themes follow through into the boys
It ran on for too long, but that's all I'll agree on
Sam and Dean walked so Hughie and Butcher could run
Do you know how I call those people? Idjits.
I mean I had heard that the first 5 season of the show were amazing,enough to make fans follow the show after it glory days,right?
@@MarianelaAyelenlourdesSajama I think the first five seasons (which were the seasons that kripke was show runner for before he left) were the most coherent because iirc it was, especially with season 3-5, one of the only times the show was given he space to pursue a storyline that spanned multiple seasons. Kripke was given the grace to complete a whole multi season arc as the shows creator, whereas later seasons fell into a pretty predictable finale set up where the season long A-plot was wrapped up in the penultimate or final episode, and then the plot hook for the next season was introduced. IMO, there is some genuinely good tv sprinkled throughout the shows 15 seasons, as well as some absolute duds, but such is the nature of long running cable tv. There are some very interesting character concepts introduced in the later seasons, when the brothers get to be more middle aged rather than just in their 20s.
It sucks how Hughie was treated this season. With his dad I can understand, that was some of the most emotionally impactful stuff in the series. But my man gets assaulted and it's either played for laughs or he gets victim blamed. I think this season was still great even if weaker than the others, but its lows were a hell of a lot lower imo.
I mean he literally said yes to everything that happened. Like Ashley couldn’t have known the simp gimp wasn’t into it.
With the webweaver stuff he got conforted after tbf
But yeah annie being bitch fter the shapeshifter stuff was cringe
@@orbboom6119 he didn't really. It switched back to being about his dad which is what he comforted for ultimately.
The reason ye wasn't comforted after SA is because the writers said it was hilarious .
@@orbboom6119Oh please, you guys are overthinking it. Starlight was understandably upset that he couldn't tell it was her, and thought about it for like one scene and moved on. Now if what you're saying is that the writers should focus more on Hughie that's fine, but being a b**ch? Relax
@@tinamoul Also, she had just been kidnapped and had to mutilate her own hands to escape so its understandable why she isn't in a great mood tbf
Man, I'm still recovering from the finale.
Grace, does jack the whole season and just comes in, tilts the poor kid asking him to commit patricide like is just a walk in the park, when both Butcher and Ryan had this mutual understanding about their situation, and Grace comes in as subtle as a brick to the face making this point of no return where everything got screwed over, man that sucked, but I still loved the season finale, is not what I expected yet I believe it worked well, hopefully the final season is great as well.
Yeah like what the heck? I thought she'd be smarter than to do that
Seriously that pissed me off so much. Was it that hard to give Ryan a choice? That's all they needed to do, and seemed to be what Butcher was leaning towards before Grace barreled straight threw with the subtlety of a bulldozer.
Ryan isn't Lil baby he's so annoying and changes sides every 5min
Honestly I was more annoyed by Sage saying “lmao this was the plan”
Like what?
@@ItsButterBean1020 They set it up correctly, Sage is the only one who ever interacted with the shapeshifter. Neumann was gonna be kicked out for being superpowered (and inevitably exposed by Homelander) one way or the other, whilst getting Singer to admit he ordered her assassination was just a matter of prompting him, using the Starlight disguise. Sage was also in the same place as the replacement president, at the mansion party. This is called show-dont-tell, specifically in the sense that they have _shown_ us how she assembled the puzzle, we just didn't get to hear any dialogue with the involved parties.
I actually liked Victoria and always believed she'd come to the light. She'll forever be my head popper 😢
Hughie with his dad is extra worse when his mom ultimately failed the hard choice too and by actually doing what she thought Hughie would, made his final moments so much worse. But Hughie had to doubt his fathers trust in him.
Gotta love watching a shit ton of video essays on a show you haven't watched.😂
lmao I'm one episode into the new season
You should man
@@rodrigopena449 yeah I plan on it, seems really good
You should man (2)
Same here
The thing I know won’t happen but wish would in the boys is that sister sage understands home lander’s psychological issues and is taking advantage of him and leading him down a path of self destruction until she take complete control once he is out of the picture. She is the smartest person she only lacked the motivation to take control.
yeah, i think it’s almost always a bad idea to establish a character as a super-genius. because the audience will always find a million solutions to their problems they didn’t think of, and the power starts to feel like nonsense.
12:47 i squealed like a little kid when this kiss FINALLY happened
I was also a bit disappointed about the ending of this season, but as you said, it may have just been because I thought the ending was going in a different direction. Overall though, I did enjoy this season though. A-Train's arc was a particular stand out, that scene where he saves MM and the one kid sees him? Perfection.
Poor Hughie but at least Karen got her SAG card last episode because she finally spoke!
maybe i'm misremembering but didn't she speak in a dream sequence while in the hospital?
@@MrYac-ie8ieThey meant in reality. Kimiko finally speaks outside of any fantasy sequences, when Frenchie is mind controlled to walk away as she’s held back by Sam in the final sequence
What is sag
@@POOKESEE actors union, gives them rights and stuff
@@POOKESEE Screen Actor's Guild. In order to to be eligible for a SAG card you need a speaking role in a union production, even if it's just a single line, you qualify
I enjoy your essays "Trauma Man". Has making an essay on Ang Lee's "Hulk" gone through your mind?
Thank you for reminding me that this season was so much more complicated and well-crafted than I had thought on first watch. Watching this video essay after finishing the season feels like it adds value to many s4 moments I took for granted before, by showing how the different perspectives of each character affects their decisions they make. And you showed each character's thought process, which provides context for why they did what they end up doing..
Pls could one person comment here to remind me to watch this video essay again.
@@PlayerOfGames23 hey, watch it again
As Alucard once said:
"Only humans can kill monsters"
I think that next season once they all get together Hughie will be the leader. He almost single handily subverted Sages plan just by showing kindness and I think that part of him will be what beats the odds and saves the world
BABE WAKE UP! A NEW TRAUMA VID JUST DROPPED
Big hype my favorite place to be, more trauma video. The saddest part about next season is that it’ll be the last TRAUMA VIDEOOOO
Watching your "The Boys" videos (along with your Miles Morales vids) make my day and I'm excited we got another banger here. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for posting this. Helps fill the void of being done with the show for now
9:53 The Deep ended up being the mindless Homelander supporter.
Actually getting to one of these early is insane luck, today must be a good day man
im going to be SO surprised if butcher isnt dead by the end of season 5
Implicitly Pretentious talking about TRAUMA lets gooooo!!!!
I just finished the season before watching this video, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
But
My biggest complaint is how Hughie got SAed 2 episodes in a row, and over 20 times and they barely mentioned it.
I fully understand Annie’s perspective and pain around the shifter situation but Hughie is also a victim here.
THANK YOU!! SOMEONE ELSE IS SAYING THIS. The show is even worse than the comic in this aspect.
Exactly
Bro Homaelanders police state, as a functional response of the oligarchical neo liberal state, is far more realistic and terrifying than anything in the comics. That's what the show has been doing.
The edit you did at the end of this video was a masterpiece!! Great video, I always look forward to your content.
I keep seeing "The Boys" this. "The Boys" that.
Where are "The Men?"
Hey.
Kissing in the park
come back in 10 years
Who watches the Watchmen? Surely it can't be The Boys
@@shadowprince101 watchwatchmen watches the watchmen
10:40 I giggled keep up the great work man! I absolutely rely on your videos to decompress from my days
I’ll be honest my confidence in the show faltered with season 3’s finale (it wasn’t bad, but I had a few criticisms like many others had when it aired), but the season won me over with A-train, Homelander and Butcher’s journeys in the season.
The finale leaves me excited for season 5 to come out, and I’ll have to occupy my time so I don’t overfixate on when it finally releases.
Really enjoyed this video, obviously a lot of work went into this
Today must be a good day if you upload.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS THANK YOU KING
Truly enjoy your take on shows without just random opinions or deep dives into Easter Eggs that are no more important than somebody noticed a production staff's joke.
👍🍻
Okay, but Hughie shouldn't have forgiven his mom. She was 100% selfish and her only excuse was "I was depressed", she didn't even apologize.
When you’re depression is as bad as “hell getting dressed everyday “ you should get help before that drags your family down
@KingNerdius And you shouldn't just use that as an excuse to abandon them without a word and then come back without any apology. She just went "you should forgive me because I was depressed and acted horribly"
Forgiveness isn’t really for her sake, but more likely his own.
@repulser93 that's called gaslighting. He was convinced that his anger towards her selfish actions was wrong when he was 100% justified.
People when a mentally ill person commits irrational action
Man, your channel Is great, I can see the effort you put into this, and you actually make intelligent arguments throughout the video
Your ending was exactly what I was hoping as well
FINALLY, VIDEO ESSAY THAT SKIPS THE INTRO
I just gotta say I love your videos. There's something beautiful on your scripts, pacing and editing.
Captain Trauma traumatising again!!!
12:06 I dunno if that was intentional, but man, that's bold
I was literally just about to comment how pretentious and dramatic this video was and then I saw the name of the channel lmao. Hes giving us what he promised lol, I'm into it
Somewhat long comment in coming! I'm hyped for s5!
So many twist & turns this final. I wasn't expecting frenchi & kimiko to get together , Mms worst nightmare has returned, Butchers powers I really didn't know want to expect from it. I wonder what's Ashley's power is 🤔 seeing starlight fly off like that was pretty cool but unexpected, I wonder how they're going to do Soldier Boy
Wasn’t as good as season 3 but season 4 was still amazing. Great deep dives into the characters we’ve grown to understand and giving us more to think about.
6:12 Wow. Earl's mom is pretty harsh. No wonder he and Randy turned to being petty criminals before he found Karma.
On the episode of Marvin. Can we really talk about how they offscreened his relationship with homegirl. Like he loves her so deeply in season 1 and 2 and season 3 just opens up with them being split and now theyre back. What happened there
Imagine if Grace didn’t pry
I honestly didn’t mind Butcher killing Neuman in the finale. What exactly would she have brought to the table at that point that mattered? She wasn’t nearly as strong as Homelander. It wasn’t worth the risk of having to constantly look over your shoulder in the future; she was a liability to the team either way.
It’s no different than in the Angel series finale when Angel had Lorne kill Lindsey because he “wasn’t part of the solution, and he never would be.”
But yeah, Butcher going for full-on Supe Genocide is reprehensible and inexcusable. Although him having “made the choice on his own” was a bit undermined throughout the season by the Kessler hallucination consistently tormenting him into submitting and even (implicitly) worsening the cancer effects to weaken him further.
I mean the comics were bad and all, but at least comic Butcher eventually made that reprehensible decision with a clear head and of his own free will.
But, show Butcher had to start in a better place. Having a passive death timer didn't do it to him, it didn't break him to such a stage where he would wholly embrace the final solution. Failing.... what must feel like everyone is what did Butcher in - and keep in mind, for all supe-genocide Kessler was hyping up, Butcher only killed Neuman and kept his tentacles away from Kimiko and Starlight - the latter of which has been a pain in his ass.
I don't think he's approaching this mission with a personal vendetta as much as he's doing so out of a feeling of broader responsibility. If Ryan becomes Augustus to Homelander's Ceasar, then someone needs to tear down the establishment, and honestly - with what we see in the post credits with supes all over willing to do the dirty for Vought - it might be for the better to kill a fair number of supes and ask questions later, because I've barely seen one worth redeeming. I mean. Big Schlock took out a man just trying to live with his family in Belize! If ding-dong magic guy isn't a cool dude, then who is? If the Deep and Noir 2 can go on murder benders against employees - two guys, that if you took them in a different context would be rather pathetic socially - who can you trust?
Even A-Train took a specialized journey to get where he is right now, across a multitude of years and atrocities. We can't spare the same for every supe. Butcher made the right call.
Kessler didn't fuck him over - not truly. That credit goes to Grace. Butcher had it in the bag, 'til she ran her mouth and just made it all worse.
6:11 You'd have to be naive to believe what Barbara is saying here. The entire time, she was trying to manipulate him and taunt him. Getting in the last laugh because she knows she's doomed. She's a narcissistic sociopath. She wasn't being honest.
awesome video, specially the music tribute
Facts
Hughie's mom looks like Stephen Malkmus in a whig THIS HAS to be said
"The safeword is Zendaya," ah damnit, I just got it.
underrated season.
I saw it is a reference that “I drink your milkshake” Line from There Will Be Blood. Homelander kid is his to exploit. It also kind of fits with the critique of capitalism that the show seems to be themed around to the point where I can’t just ignore it. 😅 maybe I’m reaching
Mallory seems to do more harm than good
Right I'm the only one, she is the reason why the conflict only gets worse and yet has the audacity to call out butcher for being vicious when she was the one who gaslight him from the beginning, she never wanted genocide, on HER hands. That's why she called butcher(kesser possessing his body at the time) she took a loophole. Shetty was right about her
Tbh if Grace had only been convinced to let Ryan leave, we would be in such a different place. Ryan would know the truth about his father, and be able to do his own digging. He would feel that Butcher has his back. Butcher wouldn’t be in rampage mode. Neuman would still be alive. Kimiko would become the cool big sister of Zoey. I can dream.
3:35 I just bursted out laughing
Next, Captain Trauma's analysis on Fallout TV series' The Naive, The Fool, and The Salty.
we need this!
19:00 I’m with you on this, Kinda disappointed with the Final episode but oh well nothing to be done about that.
Just gotta hope the Final season is good 🙏
I do not forgive the appalling treatment of Hughie and SA this season.
Iargue the ryan thing is very open for interpretation untill s5. He sayed he needs to think so thats what he will do now
This was a great breakdown, but I do wish it had come out later, or had a spoiler warning for the last episode. I've been seeing spoilers for episode 8 showing up all day, and it isn't even released in America yet.
Damn no sections for Frenchie Kimiko and Ashley?
Capibarnya mentioned 🔥🔥🔥
I clicked very fast. Love your analysis of this show and your videos in general
I just do not understand the hate this season has received online. I will agree it's weaker than season 3, but man does this season have so many great character moments.
Sadly we will have to wait another year for Season 5.
Season 4 was great
Christ bless you, the ending was tragic
Can you please do one on the Deep I really don't understand his character and the role he's supposed to play
I like the ending we got.
Well yeah..Victoria really changed this season
I don’t know if everything he says is smart. I just watch these videos to feel smart
Good vid keep goin
Brazil mentioned🎉
Ok, but what happened to A-Train dying if he uses his powers?
Watch the end of season 3 they explained that he had gotten a replacement heart from bluehawk after he killed him for his brother. He’s able to use his powers normally without juicing up on V
Did you watch season three?
8 seconds before the first "Trauma" of the video
I really need to catch up on this
how did they turn such an edgy ass comic into such a beautiful show
Where can I find the clip where franchie is quoting Jean Paul sartre and "men is condemned to be free because the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does" I NEED to know
Forgot the ep number but the one where Starlight beats the shit out of Firecracker and Starlight, Frenchie & Kimiko are licking their wounds and having a drink in the office at the end of the ep
Mommy and Daddy issues: the show
And then, for some reason, MM finds himself on the wrong end of a super dong. For the second time no less 🤔
12:06 💀
1 view in 26 seconds. We’ve hit peak
I think I similarly enjoyed the character work in this season, but I think it still weighs itself down with some dumb stuff and a little repetitive plotting.
Shall it be trauma?
What u mean controversy around the show
Can we just get rid of Sage? So pointless.
Sinceramente, não gosto desses regressos de caráter em final de temporada de série serializada. Preguiça aiai
I’ll be honest I love this show but did anyone else notice this season wasn’t as good and tried leaning to much to one political side?
I mean the finale only took 0 days to age badly
Yeah this season was the weakest to me. So many lazy or grotesquely self-indulgent writing decisions that sucked me out of the story.
You wasted no time 😂
The controversy is dumb tbh though I guess that's because I'm able to separate fictional events and real events that are only similar in 2 words.
You were taking about the Trump assassination attempt, right? There's not another controversy?
Damn
I’m gonna be honest, this season is the season that lost me, it’s just not fun to watch anymore, it’s just as mean and crude and unsubtle as the worst issues of the comic, will not be watching season 5 or Gen V season 2.
I’m just curious how the last episode goes.
I don't really agree that this season was just mean and crude. It absolutely is at times, definitely too much for my tastes, but I agree with Implicitly Pretentious at 12:36. I think the show has a lot of optimism when it comes to people on an interpersonal level. A-Train's arc this season, and Hughie's position as the protagonist (though he was on the sidelines too much this season imo) really showcase that.
I wasn't a big fan of the finale though.
I love this show, but I won't deny it was hard to sit through the same hateful rhetoric we hear from real life right wing media. It did establish however that the "starlighter" camps would predominantly be minorities. The ending of this season to me feels like a warning of what's to come if project 25 comes to fruition.