The Boys: why do you absolutely have to watch season 4 of the best superhero series?

The Boys: why do you absolutely have to watch season 4 of the best superhero series?



The boys return to better times

We have been following him since 2019 The boys, an irreverent series from Prime Video, created by Eric Kripke and based on the comics by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. A program that the public immediately validated, visibly appreciating its raw, violent, bloody and crazy tone. But during its first three seasons, The boys he wasn’t content to put together shocking scenes to amuse the gallery. From the first episodes, the political discourse was palpablewith a clear criticism of America, the star system and the creation of idols/heroes (see our review).

With the arrival of season 4, we might fear the series will run out of steam, especially after an explosive third season. It is not so. At least not after watching the first three episodes made available to the press before their diffusion. On the contrary, the show is more political than ever and of worrying importance.

The Boys season 4 ©Prime Video
The Boys season 4 ©Prime Video

Because we cannot ignore the context in which the return is inserted The boys. In the United States the country still appears very divided the return of Donald Trump, eager to win the November 7 presidential elections. This even after being convicted by the criminal justice system, found guilty of “falsification of accounting documents”. A decision that did not prevent thousands of people from gathering in Las Vegas to support him.

A season 4 that resonates with current events

It’s hard not to think about it when Homelander himself goes to court awaiting trial after killing a protester in cold blood and in front of everyone (season 3). This caused his popularity to skyrocket and created more and more divisions between the pro and the anti-Homelander. So let’s see in this beginning of season 4 of The boyschaos begins and the opponents clash to the delight of Homelander. In the midst of an existential crisisthe leader of the Seven appears more tired than anything else, but finds some momentum thanks to him Sister Sage, the smartest woman on Earth who will become his advisor. Her advice is therefore quite simple: let people destroy themselves before arriving as a savior like Caesar.

The Boys season 4 ©Prime Video
The Boys season 4 ©Prime Video

Opposing Homelander we find the figure of Annie (aka Starlight), and the values ​​defended by her House. The opposition is not between these two personalities, but between ideologies. AND The boys shows perfectly how easy it is manipulate the massesto invent all kinds of absurd horrors to drink from the conspiracy theorists. Except that Eric Kripke has the intelligence not to present a world in which everything is black and white. When he has one of his characters say that “people believe anything“, basically addresses both sides (even if he has an obvious preference). And returning to Annie’s past, the creator underlines his responsibility in the birth of the populist and conspiracy theorist Firecracker (Valorie Curry), who in this way makes him appear not as a caricature, but as a complex personality.

A more political and less sensational first part

We then come to think about Alex Garland’s comments upon the release of Civil war (film that imagines a civil war in America), for whom the refusal and violence that emerge from the speeches of one side or the other are the real danger of our societies. Because these oppositions contribute to pushing the population towards ever more extreme extremes. The echo with Francein the aftermath of the European elections and a few days before the legislative ones, unfortunately the first episodes of The boys season 4.

Naturally, even if the political aspect occupies an important place in this fourth season The boys, the series does not lose its style. With the program trashy scenesincluding a bloody and horrific sequence, not without humor, at the beginning of episode 1. Or even a quick sex scene like Human centipede which should mark the minds of the public. Added to this are explosive passages with Homelander, always ready to aim a laser beam and cut anyone with a glance. But also more touching moments with Hughie and his father, or with Butcher for whom time is running out. That leaves season 4 of The boys seems to want to shock its audience less with shock sequences (there were many in the third season), be less sensational and raw, but much clearer in his speech. To be confirmed with the rest of the season.

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The boys season 4 to discover First Video from June 13th.

Source: Cine Serie

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