The bloody finale of “The Boys” season 3 left a balance between dead and wounded, which began to flip even before the final minutes of the episode, made available Friday (8/7) on Amazon’s Prime Video platform. The following spoilers are as violent as the show.
Officially considered dead, Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) and Maeve (Dominique McElligott) have reappeared alive, to say goodbye to the main storyline – provisionally, according to series creator Eric Kripke. Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell), whose murder at the hands of Homelander (Antony Starr) wasn’t announced by Vought-affiliated media, would be the only hero actually killed in the final chapter. But he will be back next season.
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In an interview with TVLine, Kripke explained, “Here’s what I’ll tell any Black Noir fan grieving his death: A completely silent masked superhero is super easy to downsize. And there’s a reason they do it. [Vought] not telling the audience that Noir is dead. So this isn’t the last time we see Noir. This is just the last time we’ve seen that version. “
That is, someone else will appear in the Black Noir uniform next season, covering up yet another death caused by Homelander.
Kripke also talked about the other characters who saw their death overdone in the Vought media.
“Soldier Boy probably won’t reappear anytime soon. But there’s a very specific reason not to kill him,” Kripke said. “The series won’t end without Soldier Boy showing up again. In order for the story to go where we need the story to go, sometimes you have to bench the characters for a minute. But just because they’re on the bench doesn’t mean they don’t. , they will return to the field “.
That minute on the bench reflects the fact that Jensen Ackles will appear in the upcoming season of “Big Sky”. Once he’s free, he can get a call from Kripke.
The producer also intends to bring Maeve back, with a decision that goes against the comics on which the series is based: the character is dead in the printed story.
“I never thought about killing Maeve,” Kripke said. “We were intentionally building a happy ending for her, for many reasons. Um, she deserved it. Believe it or not, ‘The Boys’ is a moral universe, and when you make the right choices, you get rewarded and she deserves an ending. happy with Elena. “
The producer was also aware of the implications that bisexual Maeve’s death would have in the context of TV History, which often kills LGBTQIA + characters. “I wouldn’t have fallen for the cliché of killing gay characters,” Kripke said, avoiding repeating those who have done shows like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “The 100” and even the recent “Killing Eve”.
“I agree with the criticism and I wouldn’t even do that,” he continued. “But I admit that we played with that clich a bit, letting people think she was dead, but then we revealed that she is not dead and that she will have a nice, powerless life with her girlfriend.”
Maeve’s release, while different from the comics, had a specific dramatic function, explained Kripke. “Much of the story of the season showed Annie (Erin Moriarty) finally stepping forward and emerging as the heroine she was supposed to be hers. So it was time for her mentor and protector to walk away and leave her alone.”
But since Maeve survived, she must also resurface later. “Maeve and [a atriz] Dominique will definitely take a break… but the show won’t end without seeing Maeve again, ”added Kripke.
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