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What To Remember Before Watching The Boys Season 4
By MICHAEL BOYLE
Spoiler Warning!
This story contains spoilers for "The Boys" season 3
Black Noir
Black Noir is not a Homelander clone, but a guy named Earving who suffered brain damage and severe facial injuries in a beating from Soldier Boy in the '80s.
Noir already knew that Soldier Boy was Homelander's father, and never told him. It's too much for Homelander to handle, so he rips Black Noir's heart straight out of his chest.
Queen Maeve
In season 3, Queen Maeve heroically tackles Soldier Boy out of a building right as he unleashes his lethal, super-depowering blast.
She is reported dead by the press, and honored as the "proud lesbian" the public knew her to be. However, Vought CEO Ashley found video footage proving that Maeve's still alive.
The Seven
Maeve is presumed dead, Noir is actually dead, and Annie has given up on the Starlight role once and for all. There are basically only three supes left.
There's a disturbing scene in the finale where Homelander terrorizes the Deep, A-Train, and Ashley. Homelander is now surrounded by supes who bend entirely to his will.
Butcher's Temp V
Some of the coolest action scenes ever seen happen when Butcher and Hughie acquire Temp V, a chemical that temporarily lets them hold their own against Homelander.
The price to pay for Temp V is a steep one: the wonder drug is basically pure poison, guaranteeing terminal cancer after just a couple of uses, giving Butcher about a year to live.
Annie and Hughie
Homelander makes Annie's attempts at activism a living hell. Hughie discovers that the politician he's been following is a murderer supe working on Vought's behalf.
It's not long before Annie abandons her Starlight persona altogether, and Hughie returns to the Boys as someone taking down supes from the outside.