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.

To be honest, even though I did like the first three episodes of this season, they definitely weren't as good as what you would expect from this show. But these last two episodes have confirmed that this show has still got it.

All of the main plots and side plots are getting really interesting except maybe Frenchies. There are some returning characters from previous seasons in this one and it's glorious. The actors are also all doing pretty great.

There's some crazy action, good humor, and an intriguing sort of mystery here. Even though last weeks episode was a little better because of the Homelander stuff, this episode had me more invested in all of the plot lines. Standouts in this one are Butcher, Neuman, and a returning character who I wont spoil. I hope this season continues this quality to the end.

And in that farm he had some sheep with a v v here and a v v there old McDonald had a farm.

Writing this episode had to be done by writer's severely under the influence of psychedelic drugs.

When you think the weirdness has maxed then they throw some animal farm crazy into the mix with something that's bound to haunt your dreams and reset nursery rhymes for ever.

Then father and son relationships get taken to a next level of hardship with some in-depth heart to heart lesson having to be learnt super quick.

This episode was like watching a train crash into a plane whilst both are caught in a tornado in the middle of a tsunami.

How can they top this one going forward??

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.

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.