The Boys Season 4 Debuts with Homelander’s Reign of Terror

Antony Starr’s Homelander is as evil as ever in the Season 4 debut episode of The Boys—creating an ominous feeling that his maniacal energy is going to cause some serious damage as the sprawling narrative of the series continues to unfold.

Homelander, of course, is the seemingly unstoppable leader of The Seven, a megalomaniacal and MAGA-inspired creation by The Boys’ showrunner Eric Kripke. The showrunner has never hid the fact that the series is about Trumpism—which he discussed in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter—and he makes his intentions clear in Season 4’s opening episode.

The fourth season of The Boys—based on the Garth Ennis-penned comic book series of the same name—debuts on Prime Video Thursday with the premiere of episodes 1-3.

To prevent revealing any major spoilers, this article is a recap and review of Season 4 Episode 1 only.

For the uninitiated, The Boys is about a vigilante group (known as The Boys) that is trying to rid the world of so-called “superheroes” manufactured by the mega-conglomerate the Vought Corporation. Vought has engineered a serum called Compound V that turns normal humans into supervillains, and the most elite of them form a powerful group called The Seven.

Unbeknownst to the public, the members of The Seven are marketed as heroes even though most of them have secret, sinister agendas. Thanks to Starlight’s (Erin Moriarty) viral social media post in Season 3, though, the public has finally been exposed to the fraud Vought has been perpetrating on the public.

As for Homelander, his terrorizing ways were finally exposed in public during the Season 3 finale, when a protester hits his son, Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), with an empty can. In a quick retaliatory move, Homelander gruesomely executes the protester in full view of the public.