Season Four Finale

Season 4 of The Boys was clearly a set up season for Season 5. It lacked a clear central narrative and sometimes felt like a bunch of unconnected things happening. Fortunately, all of those individual plots and character arch's came together in episode 8 for an incredible finale. From start to finish, this episode is incredibly exciting. It is genuinely one of the best episodes of this show so far (second to maybe Herogasm) and it really cleverly sneaks in reveals that will change the whole dynamic the final season. Mainly, it injects some much needed momentum back into the show and I couldn't be more excited to see how season 5 plays out.

Spoiler free review here. I thought this episode set up season 5 nicely while also tying up a lot of the subplots from this season. There were several unexpected moments in this one, for sure. Also, love that Erin Moriarty got a chance to show off her acting chops, thought both she and Antony Starr (as always) were phenomenal this episode.

I'm interested to see if the cameos we saw will have any weight on the next season, and if we will get any additional closure for characters like A-Train and Ashley. All in all, I think that this season was very entertaining, but certainly felt like an exposition season for whatever insane ride season 5 will be.

This episode was incredible. It was really incredible. Sometimes you need to lay a foundation to do something really good. That's what this fourth season was. People put a lot of pressure on this season, but Eric Kripke didn't let me down. The beginning of the episode is a bit quiet, but as it goes on, the action increases exponentially. For those who say they tried to drag it out: Eric Cripke has already announced that there will be a fifth season. There is no logical explanation for saying that. The episode was supposed to be called Assassination Run, but they made a very flat name because of the events in America. It happens :). The Boys are coming back. But we'll have to wait until 2025. That's very sad. The Boys is a very happy return for me :). Butcher will take care of everything. Everything will be beautiful.

The hallmark of great writing in shows is when protagonists drive the story instead of just reacting to whatever happens. In this episode so much could have turned out right, but so much turned out wrong - and it was all due to a chain of poor decisions by several protagonists, and the consequences of those decisions. That was definitely very fresh compared to the usual fare in htis show, where the status quo is perturbed only slightly most of the time. The time has come to pay the piper this time around, that's for sure! There's also very satisfying payoff for the Kimiko & Frenchie arc, which was prematurely criticized by a lot of viewers after the early episodes of the season (a lesson not to judge the story before the season is over). There is constant emotional whiplash and tone shifts, the episode is densely jam-packed with action and events which makes it feel much longer than it is, and there is an unusual post-credits scene that also shouldn't be missed. Overall, tragedy is in the air, there are a lot of loose threads left, which sets up perfectly for season 2 of Gen V and season 5 of this show afterwards. It's quite possibly the best season ending thus far in this show. The highs this episode reaches really remind of the truly great TV shows such as Breaking Bad, and I'm not even exaggerating. An absolute knockout, highly recomended.

They Changed the name of the episode from "Assassination Run" (because of the Trump incident) to just Season 4 Finale though I hope they'll changed it into a thematic-one.

Kind of an Epic Conclusion despite me having minor issues. (Starlight v Shifter, unsatisfied) Wish there were some A-Train scenes. Direction and writing-wise, top notch. Pacing felt very cinematic too. Music choices towards the end were really good. Kripke directed this well. Butcher's last scene was justified because of how the events at Grace's went and if they're gonna go with the comic (I haven't read the comic but I know about all the important stuff), I'll be very pleased.

Tbh, after this episode, it feels like that's the only way this is gonna go now. The ending was beautiful. I'm trying to avoid setting the spoiler tag (because I want this to be read plainly), which is why I'm not spoiling anything. Anyways, great finale though lacked what I expected. It was more of a Character-focused finale rather than an action-packed and for that, they deserve praise. Looking forward to the Final. 9/10.