Wisdom of the Ages

This is the quintessential "The Boys" episode that was missing in Season 4 so far. Every character is at their worst, in the best way possible.

Anthony Starr perfectly captures Homelander's trademark diabolical smile throughout the episode. He is rapidly moving towards transcending his human emotions and achieving his goal of total domination.

It's also smart what they've done with Butcher's character and health arc. Having him just resign and accept his fate didn't feel like the Butcher the show has built up. This episode changes the trajectory his character has taken since the seventh episode of Season 3, and I am all for it. Only Butcher, at his devious best, can be a true counterweight to Homelander, which the showmakers seemed to have forgotten in the previous few episodes.

Starlight and Firecracker are yin and yang. It would be interesting if the show gave Starlight more grey undertones to add depth and substance to their feud.

Hughie and Mother's Milk have been done a disservice by this new emphasis on past trauma, as their characters are unlikely to receive any substantial growth or screentime this season. However, what they do with Hughie's father will be very interesting to watch.

Overall, this is a fun episode through and through, with some despicable eye gore moments. This is what I expected the first episode of the season to be, but I guess better late than never.

The tension wow Antony Starr has to be one of the most incredible actors I have ever seen. Regardless if you like the episode or even the show you can't deny it. Every time Homelander is on the screen automatically you become nervous because you genuinely don't know what he's going to do. The ability for him to shift tones from being playful to serious to evil is unbelievable. I love even the side plots with Hughie, A train, Butcher and starlight. I think the frenchie plot is alright I do think there's a bit too much going on right now and out of all the plots I think it's the most unnecessary, however it still is good. The only reason I didn't give it a 10 is because there has been better episodes on the Boys but the episode was amazing!

This episode features Antony Starr's top tier acting of Homelander. All Homelander scenes in this episodes will give you the chills, anxiety and fear.

For all the people complaining on the first three episodes, this episode is entertaining as hell. The slow cooking of some of the previous plots planted in the first three episodes come to fruition in this single episode, The Boys have gone crazy with Wisdom of the Ages and you love to see it.

This season of The Boys is really about majority of the characters' past and how does it still affect them nowadays, if you are still reading this please stop and go watch Wisdom of the Ages, personally one of my favorite episodes of the whole show.

After a somewhat slow start to the season, the boys picks up with one of the best episodes to date. Nearly every character is given their own time to shine, each in their own unique plot lines. Even though the show is splitting its attention between nearly 15 characters, the pacing is absolutely immaculate! Nothing feels rushed whatsoever, and the episode is not afraid to take its time for certain scenes. Every plotline is simply fantastic this episode. Homelander has one of his best episodes ever, Butcher is excellent as always, Hughie and Kimiko have an amazing team up, Starlight and Firecracker's beef escalates to an insane degree, Frenchie has an excellent conclusion to his plotline this season, and even characters like Ashley, A-Train, and the Deep get their time to shine. The episode is also filled with absolutely wild twists in it that could potentially change everything for the boys. It is absolutely an episode that will keep you glued to your seat. Diabolical!

Probably the best episode I've seen of the boys yet. Fantastically acted, Homelander is terrifying, and the emotion was spot on. Absolutely just phenomenal episode. The whole plot with starlight was very well done and knew exactly how to deliver a gut punch. I saw some similarity to one episode of the boys diabolical and I won't spoil which but it was kind of cool to see it done in the main show. Gory, insane, and ridiculous in every way possible. This is what the boys is to me, this is when the show peaks. I hope the show continues down this path of episodes like these because they are fantastic.