# The Boys S2 (Open Spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [December 6, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446 "2019-12-06T01:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/101 "2020-09-29T15:37:24Z")
Absolutely a must click! Love it! ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/102 "2020-09-30T05:37:36Z")
I really like the last episode. Starlight killing the guy bothers me. Firstly, she’s bullet proof. She could’ve just walked up and taken the gun from him. There was no need for her to blast him. But far worse is that she was barely bothered that she’d just killed an innocent person. She even commented on it. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/103 "2020-10-01T17:23:09Z")
She commented on it because it’s part of her character arc. They’re making a point with it. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/104 "2020-10-02T04:42:59Z")
Well that was quite the ending… ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/105 "2020-10-02T06:00:24Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > WelI that was quite the ending… I know, right? Who would have thought Black Noir had a tree nut allergy? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/106 "2020-10-02T14:18:22Z")
John Noble with a working class English accent? Brilliant. He’s really nailing the “shitty father who thought he was raising his two sons to be strong” role. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/107 "2020-10-02T14:26:37Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I’m guessing he was the one who killed Susan Raynor. Currently I doubt that. > [@Acsenray](#): > > She commented on it because it’s part of her character arc. They’re making a point with it. They made the point by showing it. Writers really have to start trusting that they’ve done that and stop having the characters announce it too. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/108 "2020-10-02T14:26:54Z")
I will say that I really liked when after Lamplighter lit himself on fire, Hugh was like well I need to go, wait, shit, I need his hand and then sawed it off as a key. That’s the sort of twisted humor that I love this show for. Though, we saw security leave the prison level, but they… never made it up to the 99th floor? At this point, it’s just Homelander and Stormfront vs. the World, right? Who else is left in the 7? A-Train got demoted, Starlight is working with the resistance, Maeve is not putting up with Vought’s shit, and Black Noir is… dying? dead? ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/109 "2020-10-02T15:37:14Z")
OK, so what’s the theory on who’s doing the whole head-popping thing? Also, was it ever addressed how it’s possible that Compound V was simultaneously super-secret, yet known to Karens all over the US to dose their kids with? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/110 "2020-10-02T15:41:20Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Also, was it ever addressed how it’s possible that Compound V was simultaneously super-secret, yet known to Karens all over the US to dose their kids with? There were probably NDAs involved, with the full threat of Vought behind revealing the info. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/111 "2020-10-02T16:31:36Z")
So did Homelander and Stormfront seem as clueless on this as everyone else? That’s how it looked to me. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/112 "2020-10-02T16:49:26Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > There were probably NDAs involved, with the full threat of Vought behind revealing the info. But how did they come to know about it in the first place? Or were they recruited? In that case, there must’ve been some who didn’t take the deal; what about them? And even if you get all of them to sign that NDA, not one of them ever falls on hard time and figures a tip to the press might line their pockets? Anyway, it’s not really detracting from my enjoyment of the show, but I don’t think there’s a scenario in which this really holds up without a lot of handwaving. Which I’m happy to do, basically, but sometimes, I notice the wind. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/113 "2020-10-02T16:50:27Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > She commented on it because it’s part of her character arc. They’re making a point with it. Yeah, she’s been losing her innocence and becoming jaded ever since the very beginning of the series. But jumping to being ok with killing innocent people is a _huge_ leap that seemed to come out of left field. It’s like her jaded level has gone: 1 - 2 - 5 - 10000. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/114 "2020-10-02T17:26:28Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > OK, so what’s the theory on who’s doing the whole head-popping thing? I’m thinking Cindy, the head-popper from Sage Grove. I’m also thinking that she can do it to anyone she can see in realtime (including while watching them on CNN). If Vought had a camera concealed on Raynor’s car, it would do away with her needing to be away from the hospital for that assassination, and the Raynor hit could have been an experiment to establish whether she had the capability. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/115 "2020-10-02T17:29:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I’m thinking Cindy, the head-popper from Sage Grove. I’m also thinking that she can do it to anyone she can see in realtime (including while watching them on CNN). If Vought had a camera concealed on Raynor’s car, it would do away with her needing to be away from the hospital for that assassination, and the Raynor hit could have been an experiment to establish whether she had the capability. That was my guess when they showed her in the psych ward popping people, but after the breakout, isn’t she basically out on her own/off the grid? What would be her motivation for showing up there and starting to pop heads? (Also, I know I started it, but I’m not sure this needs to be spoilered. What’s the policy here?) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/116 "2020-10-02T17:50:14Z")
Wow. That was some ending. Is that the end of the season? Who all was popped? Has anyone made a list? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/117 "2020-10-02T17:51:34Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Wow. That was some ending. Is that the end of the season? That was Episode 7. Season 1 had 8 eps, so even if this season is a shorter one, I’d expect at least one more. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/118 "2020-10-02T17:51:58Z")
The neckbearded incel at the beginning of the episode was hilarious, right until he shot the convenience store clerk. > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > (Also, I know I started it, but I’m not sure this needs to be spoilered. What’s the policy here?) The thread title now says “Open Spoilers”, so spoil away for episodes once they’ve aired. I’d say the only thing that needs to be spoiled is stuff from the comic book that hasn’t happened yet in the show, though as I understand it, they’ve diverged pretty significantly. And AP has stated it’s 8 episodes total this season. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/119 "2020-10-02T17:52:59Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > I’m thinking Cindy, the head-popper from Sage Grove. I’m also thinking that she can do it to anyone she can see in realtime (including while watching them on CNN). If Vought had a camera concealed on Raynor’s car, it would do away with her needing to be away from the hospital for that assassination, and the Raynor hit could have been an experiment to establish whether she had the capability. > > That was my guess when they showed her in the psych ward popping people, but after the breakout, isn’t she basically out on her own/off the grid? What would be her motivation for showing up there and starting to pop heads? > > (Also, I know l started it, but I’m not sure this needs to be spoilered. What’s the policy here?) Perhaps not, but since it directly ties into the conclusion of today’s episode, I thought it best to give people a few days to watch it. Pretty sure it doesn’t _violate_ any spoiler-related policies. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446/120 "2020-10-02T20:54:01Z")
Favorite part of today’s episode: When everyone’s heads start blowing up at the hearing, Deep grabs the side of his head to make sure it won’t blow up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446.md?page=7)