Beware the Jabberwock, My Son

Just like I thought from last week's episode, it looks like a main arc this season will be Sister Sage's smarts vs Ashley's cockroach-like survival instincts. My quatloos are on Ashley.

This episode has so many interesting conflicts. Will Homelander succeed in corrupting Ryan? Will Butcher demonstrate that he has anything to offer The Boys in his remaining days on this planet besides entertaining, outlandish chaos? Will Frenchie finally come to grips with his past? Will Stan somehow save poor little Zoe from her demented mom? Will Starlight stop crying and go back to butt-kicking?

The story of Hughie and his parents was tragic in contrast to the horrifying/funny plotline on the Frankenfarm. Nice seeing the Gen V crossover even just briefly.

And of course the brilliant MU parody with 1000 superhero movie logos, all iterations of each other. Plenty of awkward comedy. "Black At It," good lord.

"Mind. Blown. 'Beware of the Jabberwocky, My Son' is a masterclass in storytelling, character development, and pure, unadulterated chaos. The Boys takes a deep dive into Butcher's troubled past, expertly weaving together complex themes of trauma, morality, and the blurred lines between good and evil. The tension is palpable, the humor is razor-sharp, and the action scenes are bloody brilliant. Aya Cash shines as Stormfront, delivering a chilling performance that's both captivating and terrifying. The Boys continue to push boundaries, tackling tough topics with wit and style. 10/10" definitely one of the best episodes of the boys this season.

Seasons 1 & 2 were good and compelling, season 3 was mostly good other than the finale. Now it feels like it has nowhere to go. I really hope they don't drag this show on past season 5. I think they built up too much in season 3 about getting rid of Homelander, and it all led to nothing. It's as if it lost it's direction. It's still alright, but it feels, as I read someone else put it, an empty shell of its former self.

I cannot pin it down exactly what it is, but it is just slipping in quality and objective. I have to write more for the character limit, so: this Sage character-they simply say she is the smartest person in the world without doing much to prove it. Nothing she has done has felt impressively smart.

Ok, met the character limit.

Show over all is quality and at least *most* of the plot lines are going somewhere.

It's becoming a bit too obvious with some of the random "loss of powers" during certain scenes though.

The farm suddenly kimiko is not a super human anymore and can't fight off the animals? Nueman can pop a chicken mid flight but when the plot calls for it cannot deal with the sheep? The driver was no problem so I do not understand her powers and the writers just use it when convenient (like the driver). This happened before with homelander not detecting Hughie when he was practically on top of him. The man has super hearing and smell and xray vision. Again kimiko has super healing so why is she ever worried about being hurt?

Starlight and frenchie could just not exist in this season and I don't think it would have any impact to this point. Kimiko likely as well. What is their purpose? At least with hughie it's resolving something and...well...sad stuff for sure.

I think this show is starting to suffer the GoT problem with far too many plot lines running simultaneously and it's barely scratching any one story. There's just not enough episodes in this season for how many characters it's trying to cover.

This episode was quite funny and mostly entertaining. Those animal scene was topnotch. Feels like the OG Boys with that crazy atmosphere and silly action, which kinda reminds you how excellent the show was back in the day. But for love of God ... Starlight is absolutely pointless character. Every single scene is just her complaining about everything. Crying about Butcher, crying about Neuman, crying about everybody's plan. She literally has nothing to offer for the sake of the plot. Maybe (and again - just maybe) it's time for her to leave the series cause she literally meaningless at this point.