 Season three of the boys wrapped a few weeks ago. I'm late to the party talking about it But as a matter of fact, I'm late to the party talking about the boys in general It's a show that I've watched since the day it came out on Amazon Prime loved every season With a couple caveats mostly from this last one, but we're gonna talk about it mostly season three right now So if you haven't seen the final episode or season three in general, maybe maybe don't watch this For the one of you that doesn't know the boys is a hit show on Amazon Prime. Yes, they have a decent show It's amazing actually Invincibles a fantastic one as well both Superhero anti-hero type of shows where they flip the script. They're super hard R There's a lot of blood and guts and nudity and swearing and everything I love in this world They both also pose the same question What would happen in a real-world scenario if there were people with superpowers like Superman? Would he be a goody two shoes or would he most likely be an asshole? The boys goes for the latter approach right out of the gate the show's main protagonist is Huey Campbell played by Dennis Quaid, nope I'm sorry his son Jack Quaid who oftentimes looks identical to his father good for you for foraging your own path in Hollywood It's so refreshing to see actors make it on their own and definitely not because their parents were in the industry I'm not bitter That set aside he plays a decent if not outright annoying and frustrating at times lead character here The real star of the show though is Billy Butcher played by the always fantastic Carl Urban These two protagonists will often be at odds together butting heads constantly, but they can't work They can't really survive without one another. Well, that's Billy could Huey Huey's pretty much useless trash without the Butcher butcher and his rag tag crew decided to let baby Huey join up With them after his girlfriend literally dies in his arms tonight Must have been some kind of kiss nah Must have been some kind of flash one of the opening moments in this show really sets the table for everything That's to come all the horrifically gory goodness We're about to see unfold as a train Flash type character blows through the body of a girlfriend of Huey's it's so awesome to see it so out of nowhere I mean, I knew nothing about the boys going in. I know it's based on I believe a series of comics Which aren't even as long as the show has run now, which is always troubling Game of Thrones. Hmm, but it's done a pretty decent job Maintaining the quality over the years that is until this last season Specifically the final episode that I thought not only dropped the ball for that specific episode, but of the entire Season it rendered the whole thing Absolutely useless for the humans Billy butchers easily the highlight mother's milk is fine friendship can jump off a fucking cliff I don't want to see any more friendship side stories Okay, I'm done with you dude and stop pairing him with Kamiko to make him seem interesting. She's a treasure Get her away from him. Anyway, the highlight of the superheroes is easily homelander who is basically evil Superman The guy is a beast. He has tons of issues going on Especially when it comes to the mother Mommy issues to say the least and while Elizabeth shoot is a great job stepping in and playing that role at least to a certain extent that well runs dry and Eventually sort of those udders and it causes homelander to go even more unleashed Superheroes are run by corporations, but by season 3 if that's flipped. This is not a subtle show by any stretch of the imagination It's very much a reflection of what's going on in mainly American society today and the show much like South Park Does a great job making fun of every single angle whether it's a mega rally featuring a jackass dressed up as a bison or a rendition of Gal Gadot singing imagine It's all there. It even does a great job making fun of not just superhero movies as we know them But memes and different jokes based on characters like ant-man you remember the Thanos meme of him blowing up inside the ass Yeah, they do something even more vulgar than that in season 3. You got superhero Nazis fish porn superhero opiates and a great varied collection of superheroes with tons of baggage what made season 1 works so well is we Take it from the vantage point of the little guy looking up at the ivory tower of these superheroes that are larger than life They can stop planes or in some instances choose not to they have superhuman speed They have impenetrable skin and yet this crack squad of douchebags that barely can survive their own lives Somehow manages to get underneath the skin of homelander in his company. They even manage to get a super villain I mean they're superheroes, but they're really bad guys and kill the asshole They're strategically picking them off choosing their battlegrounds and doing what they can to throw a wrench in the system I kind of looked at them as a grungier version of the Ghostbusters getting stuff done where they could but they're by no means Experts at anything they're kind of making it up as they go along They also had a sliver of a moral compass outside of butcher, but by season 3 I just didn't even know who I was supposed to like anymore It kind of had the Game of Thrones thing going on where I'm just like who's good Why do I care if anybody dies here? They're all garbage Almost all of them and that's really where season 3 falls apart for me Where the previous season and especially the first had the guys succeed at doing something anything by season 3 They failed so many times just a series of comical follies that I'm not even sure like what are they doing? Do they have jobs? How are they getting funded? The government's not helping them anymore I mean I have to get my ass up and put in some work if I want to pay my bills These guys seem to have really nothing to worry about outside of just surviving the day and not getting their heads blown off Which is a problem It's definitely a problem, but then they introduce another layer to the show now We have an anti-captain America type character soldier boy who they bring out of like a cryogenic Freeze to kill Homelander and by the end of the season they get him in that exact position to do such a thing and Drop the fucking ball for no reason that last episode was a disaster of just Illogical situations and the writing staff seems to have written them into a corner where they didn't really know a good way to get out Of it, so they're like ah soldier boys up in the tower He can easily destroy homelander by doing his little orgasm laser beam which reminded me of the the hero-gasm episode Funny stuff good stuff. Anyway He doesn't do it because butchers afraid he's gonna kill the kid Well, the little beam thing that he does takes away the super powers I'm pretty sure it doesn't kill the person and his son is a soup too So it wouldn't have killed him it just would have taken away the powers so that excuse was just ridiculous also Butchers supposed to be an asshole that doesn't really care about anything even the kid would be collateral damage in his eyes Up until this episode at least now it's suddenly like off limits Then we have the Wonder Woman thing where she throws him out the window. I mean it was just so So badly executed and again I just wonder what was the point of any of it other than to pad out and slow burn more seasons of this show It would have been far more Fascinating had homelander lost his abilities and we would have had to deal with him as a human being Not able to fly around not move vehicles But still being a deadly force because he could rile up this army this cult following that he's amassed so far But instead it's just one more layer. There's a head popping lady We have Captain America in the weeds black noir just unceremoniously died After a really weird kind of premise where he's seen cartoon creatures because half of his brain is gone I don't know to me season 3 was just kind of a hodgepodge of ideas that never really Congealed into a great finale and because of that the entire season was pretty much a wash Outside of the fact that now we have v that can be induced and possibly kill you We know Butcher doesn't have a lot longer to live. We'll see how that plays out But honestly, I don't really care that much Which is a bummer and for the love of God stop the French side stories. I don't care I just don't Maybe people do Frenchy fans comment below and I really do want to hear from you guys on this one I know I was like talking fast and loose skipping a ton of key points But that that's not really what this video is about. It was just about to say hey, I do really like the boys It's a solid show. It's got lots of creative ideas I like how it flipped the whole superhero thing on its head even though superheroes are really getting played out It's still an enjoyable watch with interesting characters. However, this season really fell apart at the end doesn't mean I'm done with it We can have speed bumps and still salvage it in the next season I hope I'm very hopeful that they do let's get back to the wow factor and not so much Laying up pieces that might inevitably get knocked down in season 7. I'm not interested in patting. I'm interested in results All right, let me know in the comments. I'm probably dead wrong There's probably a ton of people that love this season just think the show is a A plus all around. That's fine Tell me I'm wrong convince me that this was a great finale and it made perfect sense for all these characters If you're like me though, and you thought really this is this is the best we could come up with here I want to hear from you too Subscribe to the channel if you haven't I post tons of movie and TV show related content all the time I would love to have you stick around and join me next time. Take care. I Will say this the boys is disappointed as the season was for me far better than all the trash That's been on Disney Plus so far all those streaming shows are pretty awful outside of the Mandalorian I very much looked forward to watching the boys every single time it was on and I was bummed out at how quickly it went by That's a testament to a good show when it keeps you wanting and excited to watch the next episode and not just being like Okay, Miss Marvel. Let's see how miserable this season is and since you stuck around Maybe think about joining me on patreon at patreon.com slash Adam does movies or become a member right here in YouTube via that Join button. It's just a way to say Adam. I like your stuff Continue doing what you're doing. Here's a buck a month or five bucks. Stay the course and I appreciate it