Warning: Spoilers Ahead
Fans of The Boys have been revelling in the “uncomfortable” and “gruesome” penultimate episode of season four ahead of next week’s finale.
The seventh episode of the Amazon Prime Video’s fourth season, which has been named by NME as one of the best TV shows of 2024 so far, aired last night (July 10), with the season finale due in a week’s time.
The superhero series, adapted from the comic books written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson and developed for the screen by Eric Kripke, follows the titular team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered enemies who abuse their powers.
After watching Episode Seven, fans took to social media to share their reactions, many of which revolved around the shocking scene in which Homelander confronts Web Weaver about being an informant for The Boys, and ends up literally ripping the character in half on screen.
One X user described said, “This has gotta be one of the most diabolical kills on the show.”
This has gotta be one of the most diabolical kills on the show😭 #TheBoys pic.twitter.com/fUDzKpf7pU
— 𝙶𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎✖️✖️//💥⏳🥀🐉 THE BOYS S4 ERA🤜🏽💥 (@giselleb1234) July 11, 2024
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See other reactions to that shockingly violent scene below:
This got to be the most gruesome kill Homelander has ever done, BRUTALITY!!! #TheBoys pic.twitter.com/tNAZabK7S0
— Zero (@zerowontmiss) July 11, 2024
Nobody:
Homelander in episode 7:#TheBoys pic.twitter.com/Gs3lVp3kyq
— J2🦈 (@theprimetimeman) July 11, 2024
Me watching that Webweaver interrogation scene#TheBoys pic.twitter.com/6NFD76rVfL
— Anthony👾🛸 (@Tohneee) July 11, 2024
THANK FUCKING GOD THE TORTURE OF WITNESSING THIS CHARACTER ON SCREEN IS FINALLY FUCKING OVER!! SOME OF THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE SHIT WITH WEBWEAVER.#TheBoys #TheBoysSpoilers pic.twitter.com/UgYSctv5Vx
— ☾ 刀のﾑん ☽ (@FuriousNoah_) July 11, 2024
Fans also labelled the previous episode, with its twists and disturbingly graphic scenes, as “fucking diabolical”.
In a four-star review of the new season, NME wrote: “With season five already confirmed, the return of a few familiar faces and a lot of characters confronting their pasts, this season sometimes feels like the set up for an eventual endgame scenario. Fans will note that spin-off show Gen V recently introduced a potentially supe-killing biological weapon. Luckily, all that plot never slows down the pace in what is another urgent edition of TV’s best superhero show.”
One of the show’s stars, Chace Crawford, meanwhile, recently said that a scene in which he had to simulate sex with an octopus almost gave him a panic attack.