# Amazon's 'the Boys' season 4 trailer just dropped **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [May 4, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126 "2024-05-04T04:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/1 "2024-05-04T04:31:12Z")
… and it looks absolutely nuts! Premiers June 13. [youtube trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzFXDvC-EwM) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/2 "2024-05-04T09:22:39Z")
Looks like it will be another crazy year. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/3 "2024-06-13T17:11:29Z")
The first three episodes are out. I’m about halfway through. It ain’t subtle. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/4 "2024-06-14T03:35:35Z")
I think it’s just as funny as ever. And they got some interesting guest stars, too! ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/5 "2024-06-14T04:40:07Z")
I’m 3/4 through Ep 1. (I only see one ep available). It’s… not fun. Ryan is emotionally tortured by Dad, Vicky is more of a monster than we’d imagined, we’re starting a purge of non humans via fucking beating people to death, Hughie’s dad has had a stroke. Everything is grim as hell. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/6 "2024-06-14T16:34:53Z")
Wow, Laz Alonso looks waay different this season. I thought the part had been recast, but it hasn’t - he just lost a bunch of weight. > **[Laz Alonso's Weight Loss Is So Significant, Fans Think 'The Boys' Was Recast](https://www.distractify.com/p/laz-alonso-weight-loss)** > > Fans think the part of Mother's Milk in 'The Boys' was recast due to Laz Alonso looking so different. Read on for the full details. **Tomer Capone** (Frenchie) also looks skinnier to me, he was quite buff last season. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/7 "2024-06-16T17:13:40Z")
Overall, I’m enjoying the season. This show really knows what’s fun about itself and nails that reckless gleeful tone in which anything can happen. I particularly loved the Will Ferrell cameo, and the actor-playing-noir is hilarious. But… I do have some issues with some of the storylines this season: -Sister Sage is just nonsense. So, she was known to be the smartest person on earth, and Vought didn’t, you know, pay her a ton of money to run their genetic lab or something? And so far her plans have been extraordinarily pedestrian, often bordering on stupid. Did no one happen to catch her on video just a few weeks ago dressed as a starlighter inciting the riot, and now she’s a member of the Seven? Maybe there will be some great twist with her, but so far, an ironically dumb character (although her filling the role of “someone whose advice Homelander actually listens to” is interesting) -Have the supes always been faking scripted “saves” live in the real world? This seems like an escalation of the general Vought nonsense, and one that doesn’t make a ton of sense. Like, doesn’t Koy know people? Doesn’t he have friends and family? Same for the little girl? Is every single person who knows either of them paid off? I was assuming it was going to be a fully scripted save all on a back lot surrounded only by actors, and then released fake-live in some fashion, as opposed to just happening out on the street. A couple of questions: -Did we know that Frenchie and Kimiko were not in fact a romantic couple? I just always assumed they were, and then, wait, suddenly they’re not? -When Sage and Deep hooked up at the end of episode three, the camera panned across ominously to some needle-looking thing with blood on it. Were we supposed to know what that was? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/8 "2024-06-16T17:23:48Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Sister Sage is just nonsense. So, she was known to be the smartest person on earth, and Vought didn’t, you know, pay her a ton of money to run their genetic lab or something? And so far her plans have been extraordinarily pedestrian, often bordering on stupid. I assumed that (a) she decided it was smarter for her personal well-being to stay under the radar as much as possible and (b) that she’s actually trying to get Homelander killed rather than helping him in good faith. > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Maybe there will be some great twist with her, but so far, an ironically dumb character (although her filling the role of “someone whose advice Homelander actually listens to” is interesting) If there isn’t a twist with her, I’ll eat my hat. (It might not qualify as “great”, though.) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/9 "2024-06-16T17:30:51Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I assumed that (a) she decided it was smarter for her personal well-being to stay under the radar as much as possible I mean, she could easily just have a job as a relatively anonymous smart person in any number of different industries without putting herself at risk. That said, maybe she just doesn’t care. Maybe she day trades every once in a while and has $10M in the bank but just likes living in her apartment with books. Hard to really say what a genuinely smartest person in the world would or would not want to do. But what is NOT plausible is Vought not trying to use her, given how power hungry they are. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/10 "2024-06-16T17:45:42Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > When Sage and Deep hooked up at the end of episode three, the camera panned across ominously to some needle-looking thing with blood on it. Were we supposed to know what that was? I’ve seen speculation that she self-lobotomizes to be able to enjoy trashy TV shows and hooking up with a hot guy that she’s now only, like, _twice_ as smart as — while knowing that her superbrain will grow back after vacationing among normal-IQ types. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/11 "2024-06-16T17:46:42Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > When Sage and Deep hooked up at the end of episode three, the camera panned across ominously to some needle-looking thing with blood on it. Were we supposed to know what that was? I don’t know if we were supposed to know immediately or if it is foreshadowing for something that becomes more explicit later. I’m guessing the second, because it was _way_ too subtle and obscure to expect very many people to pick up on it. > **[The Boys Season 4's Latest Episode Reveals Sister Sage's Dark Secret](https://thedirect.com/article/the-boys-sister-sage-lobotomy-orbitoclast-tool-theory)** > > Sister Sage just needed to dumb herself down a little bit—quite literally. I don’t know if I would have noticed on my own or not, I accidentally read it as a spoiler first. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/12 "2024-06-17T01:03:19Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > > > When Sage and Deep hooked up at the end of episode three, the camera panned across ominously to some needle-looking thing with blood on it. Were we supposed to know what that was? > > I’ve seen speculation that she self-lobotomizes to be able to enjoy trashy TV shows and hooking up with a hot guy that she’s now only, like, _twice_ as smart as — while knowing that her superbrain will grow back after vacationing among normal-IQ types. I think that’s probably correct. Just the fact that the tool is lying there on the table NOT looking like it had just been removed from its packaging suggests that she uses it regularly to decompress. On an unrelated note, the hatred Firecracker/Sparkler feels towards Annie/Starlighter is going to have to be addressed and dealt with. ISTM that Annie’s best path is to get out in front of it, and make a public confession of what she did to Sparkler.\* Along with an apology. And it wouldn’t hurt for her to examine her own past behavior for anything else Firecracker may have to use against her, and make those part of her confession/apology tour. ‘Muricans LURVE them some redemption arcs. \*BTW, how is it that Sparkler had to grow up poor? Her mom got the same payments from Vought as Mrs. January (at least I’d think she did). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/13 "2024-06-20T22:04:58Z")
Episode 4 was a _lot_. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/14 "2024-06-20T22:35:21Z")
I was going to start a new thread, but this will do… How will they kill Homelander? As far as I can tell, he’s Unkillable and clearly the most dangerous being to ever live. (I wanted to put "Human "in strikethrough text, but I can’t tell anyway that that would be possible anymore…) But clearly, I lack imagination. They’re gonna have to do _something_, next season is the last season and they’ve got to figure out some way to get rid of him. Any thoughts? Another question: I thought Atrain could kill himself by going fast… What am I missing? And the last question does anybody know a list of all of the supes and all all of their powers? Oh, I had a thought: they’ve shown he is vulnerable to aging… Perhaps he’s vulnerable to disease? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/15 "2024-06-21T00:32:11Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Oh, I had a thought: they’ve shown he is vulnerable to aging… Perhaps he’s vulnerable to disease? Did you watch _Gen V_? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/16 "2024-06-21T00:49:29Z")
I’m losing interest. The story isn’t going anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/17 "2024-06-21T01:36:55Z")
I don’t think I watched all of it… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/18 "2024-06-21T01:55:57Z")
It involves the development of a virus that specifically kills supes. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/19 "2024-06-21T04:22:18Z")
WTF are they doing with this show? Who are we rooting for now? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126/20 "2024-06-21T04:33:28Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Another question: I thought Atrain could kill himself by going fast… What am I missing? He got a heart transplant after he killed that racist supe. (Blue Hawk, I had to look it up.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-4-trailer-just-dropped/1001126.md?page=2)