Beware the Jabberwock, My Son

This episode is so good. The plot gave serious character development to both heroes, villains and everyone in between.

Homelander's evil arc continues to be captivating and Antony's presence on screen commands attention with all brand new little changes last episode kicked into motion. Both him and Jack Quaid are showing some solid acting throughout the whole episode.

Homelander's new attitude affects Ryan's view on good and evil and throws him back into the greys.

Beloved characters make a comeback.

There a dramatic scene which I won't spoil, and it is done so tastefully that changed my whole opinion on the writers and made me realise that, even if having several misses with a couple of the new characters, really are working towards something for both the present and the next seasons.

And one more thing. The humor and character interactions are so exquisite this whole episode! This feels like a much needed throw back to the first two seasons in terms of dialogue and the way characters play off each other.

My only complaint... Kimiko's arc this season continues to feel aimless and has nothing to do this whole episode.

"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.

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.

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.

Not that i disliked this weeks episode but it did have quite a lot of running time consisting of the slightly boring advertising stage work along with sub plot shenanigans inside Vought that we could roll our eyes at. Not to say that those parts of story shouldn't happen, but i just think it happened too much in this episode. In result it completely broke up the main story into badly paced slices that to it became a slight chore. Given the hospital scenes were emotional and acted well, that and also the progress with Butcher and the gang were the only thing that kept me interested in the story moving forward at all. But again, it also seemed that to keep it interesting, certain theatrics were placed to keep us entertained. Horrifying yes, but it seemed a little off, the whole Hughie's dad segments was my overall favourite. The Homelander scenes with his son on the other hand are getting tiresome, it needs to develop into something more by now.

It doesn't really bother me that people rated it 10/10. What bothers me are the bots that either don't make sense or people calling it the best episode ever. It really isn't, but that's not to say it's the worst either.

A mediocre episode but small promise the season isn't truly gone. Given that also episode 4 was a great one. This one was a little confusing as to what track it was trying to stay on.