Although, the May trailer makes it a little less surprising as Starlight can be seen phoning someone about Homelander’s condition.
We’re going to presume it has something to do with the American Hero show seen throughout that preview. What may be more surprising, though, is the footage of Homelander and Starlight taking new publicity photos seen quickly in the March teaser. Per both trailers, he’s taken to milking cows to get his kinky fix. He’s ready to take the world by the throat and sap it of all its - well, all its breastmilk. Besides being down three members, the Seven’s esprit de corps could not be worse with both Homelander and A-Train aware of Starlight’s association to the Boys, Maeve’s last-ditch effort to stop Homelander via blackmail, and the group’s leader taking some of Stormfront’s ideas to heart. Black Noir ( Nathan Mitchell), despite a close encounter with an Almond Joy, seems to be up and about again in the May trailer and The Deep ( Chase Crawford) is at least standing next to Homerlander in one shot, which is an improvement in his situation. The remaining members of the super group, which includes Homelander, Queen Maeve ( Dominique McElligott), Starlight ( Erin Moriarty), and A-Train ( Jesse T. (Photo by James Minchin/Amazon Prime Video) Of course, those associations will inspire others in her absence… She is also persona non grata at Vought, now that her affiliations to Vought’s founder and the Nazis have been exposed. Over on the Seven’s side, Stormfront ( Aya Cash) is alive if severely wounded after the season 2 finale battle. The preview also speaks to a few things going on with the Boys, like Frenchie and Kimiko’s musical number and Mother’s Milk seemingly displaced within the structure of his family. What will bring them back together? Maybe it has something to do with Hughie admitting in the May trailer that “the right way” to deal with Vought is rigged and Butcher’s way may be the only answer. The teaser suggests they will reassemble in short order with Hughie once again getting drenched in fluids and suffering, Kimiko dishing out the pain, and Mother’s Milk resenting his situation. Meanwhile, the group has scattered, with Frenchie and Kimiko exploring their relationship, Hughie trying to find a less violent way to fight the Supes, Mother’s Milk going home to his family, and Butcher joining a government-sanctioned superhero monitoring team. You even followed Hugh Campbell’s orders without strangling him.” Then again, her description of his good behavior is juxtaposed with footage of him beating someone up, so maybe her intel is faulty.
At one point, Mallory ( Laila Robins) even says to Butcher, “no killing supes, no drinking. The longer May trailer reveals, however, that the boost lasts only 24-hours and that Butcher has been on the straight-and-narrow for the last year. The teaser released on March 12 (below) suggested his desperation will lead down the darkest path possible: taking a power booster to get his revenge. Granted, that was always the case, but with Butcher reeling from his wife Becca’s ( Shantel VanSanten) for real death, we imagine his hatred of Homelander and Vought will only increase. Lucky for us, the Boys – Butcher, Hughie ( Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk ( Laz Alonso), Frenchie ( Tomer Kapon), and Kimiko ( Karen Fukuhara) – are all in good physical shape, even if their mental health may be a different story. Let’s begin with the people who made it out alive. No one goes out peacefully in their sleep. But as its premiere date means a year and half will have transpired since season 2’s explosive finale back in October 2020, we thought it would be worthwhile to round up everything we know about the upcoming season as a primer on what to expect and recall those who died in a horrific mass head explosion. We imagine there will probably be some exploding heads, too. And if the newly released trailer is anything to go by, it also means a renewed danger from Homelander ( Antony Starr) and a truly shocking choice by Billy Butcher ( Karl Urban). Much to the delight of its fans, The Boys will be back this summer with eight new episodes of irreverent superhero satire, shockingly graphic violence, and oddly sweet relationships.