# The Boys S3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [April 29, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047 "2021-04-29T17:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/203 "2022-07-08T20:14:19Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yeah, I wondered about where _that_ landed. [It landed in England obviously.](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/19/europe/novichok-poisoning-perfume-bottle/index.html) ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/204 "2022-07-08T20:46:05Z")
I was sure I saw it shatter. I’ll have to watch again. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/205 "2022-07-08T21:31:03Z")
The window shattered, but you could see the perfume bottle flying out into the city. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/206 "2022-07-08T23:06:09Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’m not clear on how Soldier Boy takes away the power of other supes. I read something very clever about this I just had to share: The X-Man were originally called the Children of the Atom, and radiation created their mutations. So it’s clever that its the inverse here-radiation depowers them! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/207 "2022-07-09T00:03:47Z")
Was Homelander’s lazing of the guy at the demonstration his first really public murder? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/208 "2022-07-09T07:32:10Z")
Seems so. When I saw it, I immediately harked back to an IRL claim (by someone) that they could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/209 "2022-07-09T12:01:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Yeah, I wondered about where _that_ landed. I assumed she threw it into the ocean (or maybe Lake Ontario). ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/210 "2022-07-09T12:57:53Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Seems so. When I saw it, I immediately harked back to an IRL claim (by someone) that they could shoot a man on Fifth Avenue. The show isn’t exactly subtle- I was very surprised it didn’t happen on Fifth Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/211 "2022-07-09T16:04:27Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Was Homelander’s lazing of the guy at the demonstration his first really public murder? In his first scene in the first episode he throws a thief into the air who then lands with a splat in front of everyone but I do think this is indeed his first murder of someone who wasn’t a “criminal”. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/212 "2022-07-09T20:43:50Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Still not sure why Butcher didn’t just restrain Ryan and let SB kill Homelander. Yeah, they had a great chance to take down Homelander, and blew it, stupid, stupid, stupid. I guess he has “plot immunity”. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > The window shattered, but you could see the perfume bottle flying out into the city. And, why the fuck do that? Just take it away from him. > [@Quimby](#): > > In his first scene in the first episode he throws a thief into the air who then lands with a splat in front of everyone but I do think this is indeed his first murder of someone who wasn’t a “criminal". You forget that planeload of passengers. And the Pilot. Not to mention several of the Seven. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/213 "2022-07-09T20:50:49Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > You forget that planeload of passengers. And the Pilot. Not to mention several of the Seven. He was posting in response to this: > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Was Homelander’s lazing of the guy at the demonstration his first really public murder? None of those were publicized murders and care was taken to cover them up. Homelander hasn’t just up and murdered anyone in the public view yet, that I recall. I guess next season we’re going to see Homeland own the libs and his fanbase cheer. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/214 "2022-07-09T22:08:32Z")
Didn’t he also eyezap a crowd? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/215 "2022-07-09T22:23:50Z")
No, he just fantasized it. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/216 "2022-07-10T06:30:44Z")
My criticisms are the usual I’ve had for other seasons…a lot of treading water and resetting. Funny enough the very last scene moved forward one of my “earlier nitpicks” “How stupid do you have to be to flip off Homelander and say fuck you to his face? Does no one in this universe (outside of Maeve) understand that Homelander is a walking Antimatter bomb? Dealing with Homelander should be priority number one for Stan and everyone instead of just assuming things will work out” I’ll bet there won’t be anymore “shitlibs” calling him fascist and hitting a kid with a cement milkshake again. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/217 "2022-07-10T06:40:19Z")
Also Soldier Boy and Homelander fight pretty well for guys who never suffered actual pain or was in a fight against someone who could hurt them. I fully expected one of them to go all Captain Hammer “Ow ow owo owowowowow this is pain!! This hurts!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/218 "2022-07-10T12:40:13Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Also Soldier Boy and Homelander fight pretty well for guys who never suffered actual pain or was in a fight against someone who could hurt them. I can see Soldier Boy learning the rudiments of fighting to look good as part of his macho image, but that is hard to do without a sparring partner. I wonder when Homelander first felt pain because as you said he doesn’t seem shocked by it. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/219 "2022-07-10T16:17:50Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > None of those were publicized murders and care was taken to cover them up. Homelander hasn’t just up and murdered anyone in the public view yet, that I recall. I guess next season we’re going to see Homeland own the libs and his fanbase cheer. There was a scene last season where Homelander zapped the “supe terrorist” and killed the innocent kid behind him. Cell phone footage of that got out. I don’t remember how they spun that. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/220 "2022-07-10T22:57:13Z")
I don’t even understand what The Boys status is anymore…and what keeps Homelander from just incinerating them. Releasing the aircraft video now probably wouldnt even affect his polls very much. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/221 "2022-07-10T22:59:55Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Also Soldier Boy and Homelander fight pretty well for guys who never suffered actual pain or was in a fight against someone who could hurt them. Soldier Boy because a supe as an adult. He said his dad abused him too, right? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047/222 "2022-07-10T23:23:40Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Also Soldier Boy and Homelander fight pretty well for guys who never suffered actual pain or was in a fight against someone who could hurt them. I’m not sure Homelander fought all that great, Maeve was clearly outfighting him she was just way below his weight class in actual power. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s3/941047.md?page=12)