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The Boys: The Instant White-Hot Wild (2022)
Complete nonsense.
I know a lot of people didn't really like this ending. Even so, a 1/10 seems quite harsh, but I really think this episode killed this show, finally making it apparent to us that this is nothing but a show designed for edgy zoomers who like violent and grotesque nonsense.
Everything led up to this final confrontation. All the build up was for this final battle where the Boys had all that they needed to finally take down Homelander, only for Butcher to get cold feet at the last moment. Why didn't they just take Ryan out of the room while they were using Soldier Boy's blast to disable Homelander? The blast wouldn't have killed him anyway, it would have only stripped his powers. How did Maeve survive that fall, if Soldier Boy's blast was quite high above the ground? I guess Amazon decided they didn't want to give up their cash cow by nerfing their most interesting character, so they made Butcher act a complete prat in this episode. Throughout the season, the guy used everyone in his team like accessories in his mission against Homelander, and then he gains ~empathy~ at the last moment. I'd be fuming if I were Soldier Boy, too.
The show, during this season, tried to hammer in the point that Soldier Boy was just as bad as Homelander, although the writers weren't smart enough to show how. I guess they just wanted to make up a bunch of nonsense to justify why they made everyone act like idiots in this episode. If Soldier Boy was such a concern, why didn't the gang hit him with the poison AFTER he did his business on Homelander? He would have been weakened after the blast so it would have been easier too.
Three seasons of build-up was ruined by this single episode. One episode was enough for the entire show to crash. The Boys has had many mediocre episodes (most of them in Season 3, in fact), but this one was so nonsensical that it more or less killed my interest for the remainder of the show. Think about it logically: How can any event in the show canon from this point forward even be justified, if everyone that has watched this episode knows that the entire issue of Homelander being a menace could have been over and done? How are we supposed to take anything seriously anymore, if there is a chance that the showrunners can just disregard seasons' worth of build-up and character development?
This show used to be brilliant. I genuinely believe Season 1 was up there with the greats (The Sopranos, Breaking Bad and the like). Somewhere along the way, it became less about The Boys using their wits to defeat Supes stronger than them and more about calling conservatives evil. Season 2 was close to Season 1, although I could understand why people disliked it. This season was mediocre in general. I thought it had redeemed itself by episode 7, but this one completely tanked all my hopes. This show had a legitimate shot at being an all-timer, but now it appears that it'd have the same legacy as Rick and Morty: A once brilliant show whose writers let the fame get to them and started churning out slop. I still commend the actors for this episode. Antony Starr, in particular, was in top form. It's a shame his performance got wasted on this hogwash.