Ennis’ Butcher is ruthless in his quest to kill Homelander, and after a string of surprising occasions results in the laser-eyed supe’s dying, Butcher realizes that the void left by Becca’s demise can by no means be healed. As an alternative of taking a step again, Butcher plans to do the unimaginable: he decides to detonate a distant pressure of Compound V that flows by way of the veins of each supe, the place this explosion would exterminate hundreds of thousands (together with harmless civilians) with out discrimination. After the boys attempt to cease him, Butcher activates his pals, killing everybody within the group besides Hughie. Throughout a tense confrontation on the roof between the 2, they fall, resulting in Butcher being paralyzed and goading Hughie into killing him. Though initially refusing to take action, Hughie stabs Butcher with an iron pipe, bringing the story of a singularly unwell, grief-stricken man to a grisly finish.
Whereas “The Boys” has strayed away from comedian e-book canon in its remedy of characters — such because the present’s dealing with of Black Noir — it’s unlikely that any variation of Butcher’s comedian e-book destiny will play out within the sequence. If something, season 4 appears to be nudging Butcher in the direction of a special path, the place he seems to be leaning in the direction of making choices which are thoughtful of the folks round him. Sure, Butcher remains to be harmful and a wild card who can flip any scenario round together with his devil-may-care brutality, however for the primary time, he’s afraid of injuring the folks he cares about.
An excellent instance could be when Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) asks Butcher to swipe her information from the CIA database that Hughie (Jack Quaid) has entry to. Nonetheless, he does not do it on the final minute, deciding to not betray his good friend.
