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I'm not sure who the 25% of good supes are, but it seems to me that the best way to handle all the supes (good and bad) would be to de-power everyone. Then we'd be back to all-human status quo, with RL problems (as bad as they can be). After all, I can't think of any reason why we should keep supes. It's not like any of them have done anything to save anything, or even help make the world a better place. They're not even as useful as Batman or Superman, who at least take out badguys. Take away the adoration of the public who play into their megalomania and see what happens next. Maybe SB could be the secret weapon.

Article from Wealth of Geeks on various horrible TV characters: Love to Hate: Homelander (The Boys)©Image Credit: Amazon MGM Studios. Homelander, the big bad of The Boys, makes an interesting Rorschach Test. If you love to hate him thanks to his sociopathic use of superpowers, satirical relevance to modern politics, and frightening performance by Antony Starr, congrats, you have great taste! However, a scarily vocial number of viewers seem to love and worship Homelander unironically and consider him the hero of the series. Showrunner Eric Kripke says those people should stop watching. Here’s the link to the Kripke article from The Hollywood Reporter where he talks about current politics and its influence on The Boys (I thought there might be political references that aren’t appropriate for this forum so don’t want to quote any of it here): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-boys-showrunner-erik-kripke-interview-trumpism-1235914642/ *** He does talk about various issues (not political) that he had to deal with in Supernatural and Gen V. ***ETA: The article does include my favorite quote from Kripke about The Boys: "The show’s many things. Subtle isn’t one of them. "

From the eyebrows up.

Actually, as far as I can see, the family drama is the only thing (other than the names of some of the characters and the fact that Colter collects rewards) that's carried over from the books. So I don't mind it. I haven't read all the books yet but the show seems to be following that part fairly accurately. It hasn't gone too far into trauma porn for me (yet). TBH, I haven't seen Colter change expressions other than how deeply furrowed his brow gets. I guess that's his version of angsty emo. ☺️

Any context to this?😄 (A new look for Soldier Boy, showing his kinder, gentler side?)

Or maybe Hughie wakes up in the shower and finds his girlfriend is still alive. There are no supes, and the whole show has been a dream.😀 ETA: Which he then writes as a TV show, sells it to Amazon and becomes rich and famous.

Of course, SB is the only one (I can see) who even has the possibility of taking out HL. And since (I've heard) they've shown he's still around, if he manages to stop HL, would that make him a hero? Even if he does it in a horrible way? Or will they (maybe) let the few "good guys" (who still have a conscience of sorts) actually win? You never know with Kripke. Maybe I'll have to watch next season.

I understand your point. But if I had my choice of having to deal with SB or Homelander, I think HL is much the more dangerous character. I never said either was a tragic, romantic figure, I just think that SB can (to some extent) be reasoned with while HL is completely out of control, and is backed up by all his sycophants, no matter how horrible he is. Of course, I didn't watch the current season, so maybe things have changed. And part of the reason why I didn't watch this year was because I couldn't find any of the characters (even/especially Butcher) likable or even relatable. I think I have to have *someone* I don't hate on a show to keep watching. And SB was at least more interesting to me, in that I wasn't always sure how he would behave.

Actually, compared to the other "heroes" here he's practically a saint. Obnoxious, but not psychotic or sycophant.

My question is why would anyone who looks like Jensen Ackles have to use such cheesy pickup lines? Or any pickup lines, tbh?

It looks to me like they're setting up more of the "family mystery" for next season. Which, if it leads to more Dory and Russell, yay (I guess?) It's more interesting than the cases so far. And maybe nobody will get killed (or shot in the left arm).

I loved all the old westerns (most weren't that old when I was watching...) I loved Little Joe when I was 11/12, but as I got older I switched to Adam, for as long as he lasted. ☹️

Not to mention all the times Dean/I mean Russell, said "sonofabitch"!

Supernatural rarely had graphic amputations. Decapitations, yes. But they weren't irrelevant. 😀

And another Shaw gets shot in the left arm. At least it wasn't the shoulder this time. And that's one good-looking family! Did they ever explain what the tattoo shop guys were doing with the other 4 fingers (protection for other clients? ) And didn't the autopsy say they were cut off pre-mortem? That seems kind of ... messy. Loved the Supernatural Easter Eggs.