Cinepals - THE BOYS 4x6 REACTION & REVIEW! | Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty | Amazon Prime

Episode Date: July 4, 2024

The Boys is back with season 4! Starring Karl Urban (The Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Star Trek, Dredd) as Billy Butcher, Antony Starr (Banshee, Outrageous Fortune) as Homelander, Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games, Scream) as Hughie Campbell and Erin Moriarty as Starlight. Watch our cutdown reaction on YouTube at https://YouTube.com/@Cinepals or watch the full reaction on Patreon at https://Patreon.com/JabyKoay SOCIAL MEDIA ~CINEPALS~ Twitter & Instagram: @TheCinePals https://www.YouTube.com/@Cinepals ~JABY KOAY~ Twitter & Instagram: @JabyKoay ~ACHARA KIRK~ Twitter & Instagram: @AcharaKirk

Sinha. Pals. What's going on, everybody? We are continuing forward with the boys, season four, episode six. And so, here we go. I killed Ezekiel for you. I am inside of you. I am you, which is why when I tell you you want to do this, I am literally telling you that you want to do this.

God, this is bad. All right. So don't you worry, Billy, my wife. Daddy's home No, no, no This is where the episode ends Wifey Oh God, she's left

Oh, man Oh, God Well, everyone's suspicions were true Everyone everyone suspected It turned out to be the case I kind of wish I hadn't read any of the comments on that Because I was, now I was looking for it But I think I honestly

hadn't really put two and two together for that. Well, what I started analyzing as the episode went on was like, okay, how is that character ever actually touching things? Because that's usually the sign as to whether or not something is real. It's like, okay, is that person actually interacting with, what's his name, Samir? Amir. Like, he hasn't actually interacted with him. Yeah, there was one part where I was like. I think that was Butcher's hand.

It seemed like Samir was acknowledging that guy, but then I was like, oh, actually, he could have just been addressing Butcher. Yes, exactly. So, yeah, it was a little bit confusing. But, like, yeah, the signs were there all along. Yeah. And it's all in his head. But the thing about it is he's got the two extremes, right? The extreme empathy and the extreme, I don't know, aggressiveness.

Yeah. So I hopefully butcher is able to realize that it's just the extreme sides talking to him. Because like the guy said, like, I came from you. So this is literally you, but like all as well, you know, Ryan's mom. Right, but I feel like Ryan's mom, yes, maybe she is a part of him, but it's more, it's more like she's that external good voice. She's like his higher self or his highest self that he wants to be. But I think in reality, he's probably more closely aligned with Jeffrey Dean Morgan's character, you know, like whoever he is. And all of those things that he's saying, they are all things that butcher has said before.

Like he, from the beginning, he has really, really hated soups. It just so happens. He now knows a few more that are actually not bad. I think that his empathy has really been shown throughout this season. Yeah. And I mean, in general, his empathy has been there. And so it makes sense, not just from a loss perspective, but also just in terms of his personality that Ryan's mom would be one of the voices that he hears,

the angel on his shoulder. Yeah. And so I really think that they both speak to who he is as a person. at this stage of his life. He does have that empathy, but he also still has, it's like two hemispheres, what is it called, the hemispheres of the brain? Of the brain wrestling with each other in a way.

Or it's almost like, I feel like the one that is the more aggressive one is probably the one that he has the most connection to. That's probably really easy for him to access. Well, Ryan's mom has been there much longer. Yeah, but she's been trying to help him out, but all I'm saying is like the side of him that chooses violence, over non-violence is probably stronger than the other.

It was a cool reveal, though. I mean, for Butcher, it's everybody knew. Everybody knew, but, and so I kind of wish I hadn't read the comments either. But it was still a nice moment in terms of acting of him, like, seeing what just happened. He's like, wait a second. I was kind of hoping at some point

he was going to turn to Samir and, like, this is not, you know, like kind of use him to, to verify the fact that what he thought was real wasn't this whole time. Because Samir, I guess Samir is just like, he's just like fearing for his life at that point. So he's not going to speak unless spoken to. He was only being used in terms of storytelling for the audience. Like, see, there's no one there.

We didn't really need anything from Samir. It just seemed like an interesting opportunity for Butcher and Samir just like, what's going on? You're crazy. You know, for him to freak out. But, you know, for a while, since the previous episode, I kind of just thought that where the conversation was headed was injecting something. to like the water supply, kind of like what they did in Batman Begins. You know, at least there was some kind of thought in that direction. I kind of forgot stupidly that, like, if you do something like that, you are harming people

who matter to him. Yeah. You know, it only like, it only like kind of became crystal clear in that moment for me. And so, yeah, you can't do that. And so the fact that butcher's resisting it, I mean, he's not, he wouldn't go through with something like that. Like, I did think for a split second that the conversation was going to. be it's worth it to sacrifice Ryan for the greater good and it's sort of coming up but it hasn't been

fully you know talked about yet well my fear is that you know as the tumor progresses and as it gets bigger in his brain if maybe or compromise yeah i don't know if that is making him even more violent do you know what i mean if that if it kind of feeds into that somehow and that at this point the fact that his wife has now disappeared, maybe that's telling. I think that's just for the moment. I think they both disappear in that moment. Oh, you're right. You're right.

That's quite the dilemma. I mean, it goes back to that age-old question of if all you had to do is like execute that baby and you can save billions of people or whatever. Yeah. Like, isn't it worth it? None of us have ever been and ever will be put into a situation like that, right? Yeah, hopefully not. It's the chances of that are like less than 0.00,000.

zero zero zero one percent that any one of us would ever be put in a situation like that i feel bad for hughy's character like he is the most tortured character in the entire show it feels like maybe that's not a hundred percent true all the characters are each going through their own form of pain i mean what's his name french he had to turn himself into the police because his was such a burden for him to deal with right mentally right um kimiko's you know experiences are rough it's so much so that the only person she feels like she can turn to is someone who's equally who's gone through an equal amount of torture mentally with themselves and then a butcher he lost his wife he found out things about his wife he's got this other kid he's trying to save that's not even his own blood child you know it's

like his his whole thing is supremely complicated but like i feel like what we see throughout the show is huey emotionally tortured hewy is tortured for fun do you know i mean it's like for laughs it's not funny to me no it's awful it's awful like it's awkward and It's awful. It's gross. I felt so anxious. I think the reason I feel so much empathy for him is because I'm like, well, that would be my superpower, wouldn't it? Like, when he ends up having to, like, disappear and reappeared naked and stuff, and I'm just like, yeah, that would be it. It's just like the most awkward power possible.

Yeah. You know, it's like, at least his dad kept his clothes on. Yeah. I'm sure there must have been a conversation about that. And Simon Pegg was like, no. Yeah. I'm not doing that. Yeah.

I'm not doing that. Yeah. But irrespective of what went. into it. The result is his dad got to keep his clothes on. Hewey doesn't. It sucks. Yeah, it sucks. And then like in this episode, poor Huey, oh my gosh, like

the stuff he had to go through. I mean, yeah, I can't. It's just so, so, so gross and so embarrassing and awkward and scary for him. It was very, very anxiety inducing for me

to watch this because I was just like, no. You want to play in the big leagues is what you to do. Oh, don't do this to Huey. You know, what makes it worse for him, like, just as another level to the whole thing, is that he was being tortured by his childhood hero. Yeah. How much more horrifying does it get than that?

The saying, don't meet your heroes exists for a reason. Yes. Because, you know, you put them on such a pedestal. They'll always disappoint you. I have met some of my heroes who have been very kind and nice and, you know, but the interactions were very fleeting. Right. You know, I met Jackie Chan, and that was quick.

And so he was nice to me in that moment, and he moved on. But I've met other people who I idolize and they turn out to be jerks. Yeah, because like the persona that they present to you isn't necessarily who they actually are. And so sometimes when you get to see them in their natural habitat, you're like, oh my God, you're an asshole. Yeah. Yeah. Or just a really dark, twisted person. The whole plot twist with the tortured gimp in the red suit was interesting to me, like, because he knew the secret.

And it seemed like he was there against his will. Well, yeah, because he said... It was his old sidekick. Tech Knights in the beginning, like, loyalty was super important to him. So clearly that guy did something, maybe was also trying to take him down, which is why he knew all the things. But, like, yeah, of course you would know that as a sidekick, right? Like, you would know all of the things that make that other person tick.

But he was funny, though. I thought that whoever he was in the red suit, he was just kind of cracking me up in the background, just like, I really want to come and help. Like, he was giving some. So much. He was just, like, so committed to the role, even though he's just there in the background, just like, oh, it's just absurd. The question came up in that moment that was played for laughs, is how do you hurt someone who likes to be tortured?

Yeah. It's like, you go for their wallet. And I feel like that's just true in general. If you want to hurt someone who's wealthy, it's like, you go for their wallet. I have nowhere that I'm going with that. It's just an interesting thought. That sort of controls everything. You vote with your purchasing power as an individual.

It's like, if you don't like something, don't buy it. Don't invest energy into it because, like, they, that's just. then that just gets reinforced. And that applies to everything in the world. Everything. Even when people get mad, I was saying this to someone on YouTube. It might have been on the other channel where people are coming to the video and getting mad. I'm like, you're here leaving comments.

That's telling YouTube, you want to see this more. So, like, if you don't like something, don't pay it heed. Ignore it. Ignore it. Yeah. And especially with everything being an algorithm now, it's like the more you click, the more you engage, the more you spend money on stuff, the more you. you give attention to something, that just tells people, oh, this is attention worthy.

Yeah. Now I'm going to pay attention to it. I feel like all the bad press for Acolyte might have given it more attention than it would have gotten otherwise because people are hate watching it. Exactly. It's like you're either watching it because you're into it or you're watching it because you're hate watching it at this point. But anyway, back to this.

That moment where Huey is like, yo, I'm not all right. There was so much going on in this episode that like it could have gotten me. but it's like it like it was it was very fleeting and moved on but like I did feel for him in that moment it's because like you do come back to it the way this kicked off was you know he's embracing work and I feel like that's actually a good move I was I was told that by my mom

because that helped her get through it when my dad passed away I mean everyone's different right you know some people might need the time to process and some people are just like no I want to throw myself into doing something else because it's a distraction I feel like being active is the best way to move forward. There is an argument to be made of like processing and properly processing stuff in a healthy way, but I do think that sometimes if you are, if you have idle hands,

you are likely to dwell. Sure. And so getting right back into the thick of it, I think was a smart move. But then eventually it kind of hits you out of nowhere, usually later. It's usually tickled and licked on the foot. You're like, I'm grieving for my dad. I'll make it stop. No, I'm saying like it'll happen down like a few months later or something where you're like, it just kind of catches you off guard. Someone very close to me who lost his mom ages ago. He said that like it was like three years went by and it just hit him because he had to stay strong for his family. Right. And three years went by and he had to pull over to the side of the road and just sob.

And it just like because it was uncontrollable. And so it's usually not the next day. You know what I mean? Yeah. But it does resonate. It's like that kind of thing does happen where it just kind of catches you. you. It's like, oh shit, like I'm not cool. It's hurting. It's a weird pain. I'm glad they brought that into the show, even though I didn't want to lose Simon Pegg, because it just adds a very real

element to the whole thing. I think my favorite moment in the entire episode was when, I keep forgetting the politician lady's name. Victoria? When she turns around to get the acknowledgement from Sage, and Sage is like, mm-hmm. Cake is all over her face. Come on, look at chocolate cake the same way now. What makes that so great is that it was appropriately set up because they had the whole torture scene with the deep, right? And it's like she likes that because it allows her to not process all this bullshit going on, almost like someone smoking weed to not like have to deal with reality. They set this up episodes ago that this happens. And like it's a regular thing with her brain that regenerates. And so you have this moment here

where she gets shot and it's like, oh God. And then A train comes in and all that. It's like, surely she's in the shadows and she hears all this happening. Like, you know, you're thinking all this stuff that like now he's going to be found out and then you realize oh no she's in child mode yeah she's in stupid mode right now um yeah and it's great and it's like everything that happens as a result and everybody's reactions to it it's all fantastic i thought that was my favorite scene in the entire episode you guys thanks so much i'm jabbi kui this is achara cook peace out