‘The Boys’ Season 4 Finale: 7 Biggest Unanswered Questions
This season of The Boys has been wild. It dives deeper into political satire than ever before, leaving a divided nation in its wake.
The series follows The Boys, led by Butcher (Karl Urban) and Hughie (Jack Quaid), and their efforts to take down the evil superhero group The Seven. Known on the show as “supes,” that group is led by the all-powerful Homelander (Antony Starr). This week’s Season 4 finale was packed with shocking twists and turns, leaving us with some big questions as The Boys prepares for its fifth—and final—season. Let’s get into it.
(Warning: Spoilers ahead!)
Ashley Barrett (Colby Minife), CEO of Vought, is in serious trouble. Homelander and company turned against her and set out to kill her, as she’s believed to be the leak that’s been a thorn in the side of Vought and The Seven all season long. In a desperate bid for survival, Ashley takes a vial of Compound V, the drug that gives supes their powers, and injects it into her veins. The reaction doesn’t seem great. She screams, and it looks like her brain is trying to burst out of her skull. However, we cut away before we see the full fallout. Is Ashley done for, or perhaps more excitingly, will Ashley become an unexpected new member of The Seven?
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Kessler and Karl Urban as Billy Butcher in The Boys Season 4.
Butcher (Karl Urban) has had an awfully rough go of things in Season 4, where a new addiction to the Compound V has him getting closer to becoming a supe than he ever thought possible—especially since, you know, his whole goal is to wipe out Homelander and The Seven for good. In the Season 4 finale, Butcher’s plans to........
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