This whole show is a huge example of why you should be a good parent and how bad or no parenting can have consequences

Also the fact that he actually TRIED to be a hero at first

Nothing could PUNCH a hole through their bromance

This is start of a bromance The show: ya about that

Their bromance didn't end so well, it felt like a real punch to the gut...

This episode basically confirmed that Black Noir's identity isn't like the one in his Comics counterparts.

Pretty sure this is the only canon episode which explains Homelanders relationship with Noir. Homelander didnt necessarily show sadness when he killed him but had that”why did you make me do this!” Attitude which is far more of a reaction than he had to killing anyone else. Also pretty sad to see that there was a point where he really did want to just be your stereotypical superhero.

He drank through a straw at a party through his mask. Pretty funny

The fact that Homelander killed Noir after everything they've been through just because he didn't tell him that Soldier Boy was his sperm donor is irredeemable

Black Noir is left handed. Pretty Cool

I just realised this was part of Black Noire’s plan of gaining Homelander’s trust to prepare for Soldier Boy’s return.

That’s amazing. They actually humanized homelander. Showed he once actually had a heart

Well black noir mixes coffee grounds with his drink so drinking through his mask is the best filter

I didn't realize it until after watching episode eight of season three. That Edgar wasn't just insulting HL by calling him a bad product, he was telling the truth. And when you think about it. Everything about HL makes sense. Homelander was supposed to be stronger than Soldier. Better in every way. That's why they had soldier boy give Vought some of his seed so they could make a better him. But they failed. My best guess is that when HL was born and grew and matured enough they did all sorts of tests to make sure they succeeded such as durability. Strength. Intelligence etc. Most of them came back negative. The doctors panicked and gave HL more powers to compensate. The Bad Room, is the room they did all the injections to give him more powers. But they couldn't fix his mind. The only thing that makes HL better than Soldier Boy is that he's got more powers. That's it. Vought spent trillions of dollars and countless hours of time making a product that never lived up to their expectations and by the time they realized what they had done, it was already too late. What's happening now is simply Lady Karma coming to collect her dues.

Noir should come for revenge in S4 because it wasnt fair to be killed by the guy he saved in the 1st place

You can actually sip drinks through a mesh mask. It’s possible.

Black Noir sips his drink through the mask because he is just Batman but different.

This was great foreshadowing for Soldier Boy's arc and his last words to Homelander on being a disappointment. Noir is essentially in the spotlight which he previously hadn't been because of Soldier Boy and Homelander has always been starved for attention which is taken from him by his dad's enemy. This episode is key once you have revisited season 3

that ep hits different after the last ep of s3

If they make an animated spin-off. I really hope that they use this animation continuity

the boys: diabolical is what I thought “what if” would be

after seeing his origins I can't help but kinda feel pity for homelander, think about it....he grew up where he was never shown love and the one time he does is with people cheering him on so ofc he wouldn't want that to be taken from him and he can't even get therapy on top of it and as someone with bpd I can kinda relate with the outbursts and lashing out but then the feeling bad after because it's like a blackout but with him he was never told "don't do this" because people were too scared of his powers so it's like everyone he knew failed him to where he turned out a monster.....I kinda feel bad for him

Sipping with his Mask on?! Damn Goblin Slayer Reference ~

The first attempt at being a hero failed when he caused a loaded gun to explode killing a hostage. The first time we see homelander in the actual show he does the same thing to a gun and it doesn't explode. Weird.

You know, you'd think an artificial superhero engineered from birth would be less terrible at superheroics.

Honestly my favorite was the one that looked like a Ghibli film with the old couple

Bromance until homelander rearranged noir's organs

Ngl even in the television series I can’t help but love Homelander. I always end up rooting for him in a twisted way

Homelander: I'll give u 2 choices be my friend or my enemy Black Noir: how about both

This episode is probably the only one where you can actually feel a bit sad for homelander, you can see he wants and tries to be seen as a hero, even if it for a short amount of time.

Sad that he ripped black noir's guts out in the series

« Their beautiful bromance » That aged well…

The fact i watched diabolical after season 3 made their friendship really something

Why are you drinking with your mask on Black Noir: don't worry about it

"he sips his drink through his mask" um excuse me sir do you even person?

Of course homelander helps homelander lol

I have to admit I like to sing that initially Homelander really did want to save those people. He’s sort it out actually wanting to be competent

Given how soldier boy, I think a part of him genuinely wanted to foster a good relationship, not just fear for his power

There's material you can drink through

I do think I remember black noir drinking with his mask on in the main series, so that's pretty neat

RIP Black noir, even if he was scarred and got really really deep depression before he died

Their bromance is so good, homelander punch’s black noir stomach and almost killing him 😍😍

I thought black noir was immortal like Deadpool, since his brain got destroyed. What even his superpower lol

Homelander could've been a great super hero and saved a lot of lives had he been taught to control his powers and guided to the right direction.

This was my favorite episode outta all of them.

Black noir sipping the coffee with his mask on maybe funny in the moment until you realize his face was burnt to a crisp by soldier boy

Black noir's true power

There bromance is truly jaw dropping

And in the boys show We don't talk about black noir

Yeah but the real question is who is this Noir?

Why did i figure homelander grew up a hero? The fact that he had a first mission and messed up shocked me, i figured he was running around for Vought since boyhood

Favourite ep as well 2nd has to be the misfits ep

The fact that HL actually tried to be a hero for once is just heart breaking, proving that it’s not his fault that he’s like that, it’s BN’s and Vought

"hey Look a Guy who can Bench Press a planet!" "Lets Bully him he can't do sh!t" *Kills in self defense* "why u do dis"

Also love how Black Noir in The Boys canon is a clone of Homelander made to kill him if things got out of hand but in The Boys Diabolical they are just chilling in a bromance together.

Well TBH homelander didn't mind black noir getting his average attention (like come on everyone is supposed to cheer when someone comes up to the stage) but madelyn stillwell is on of the many reason why homelander was corrupted to the spine

Black noir has been taking lessons for kakashi apparently

and the coffee wasnt spilling all over his suit..

Even in The Boys live action Black Noir drinks through his mask.

Antony face literally can't be animated to show everything he offers lol

The thing that makes the TV show worse is the fact that black noir is basically a father figure to him

Violence is never the answer. He wanted to end the cycle of violence

No one: Me knowing black was homelanders clone:

I love Black Noir's thinking here, he's meant to be a ninja and stealthed up so him giving the credit to Homelander makes the most sense He cares about the company and the future of the company so helping homelander would've saved the company and helped the reputation and helps with reason #1 We know Noir is Edgar's gun and best weapon so I'm certain Stan gave the order for Noir to help Lastly the way Noir handled homelander is amazing, it wasn't brute force like Superman vs Batman. But it was pure tactics, running and planning hiding in the shadows, buying time before Homelander uses his xray to find him. I'm willing to call this my favorite episode

Something I noticed is that during this mission (at first) HL tried to avoid caring and seemed to genuinely want to help until he accidentally hurt someone then went nuts. I wonder what would have happened if that mission went well. Would Homelander end up a better person?

We will never know if that is clone noir or black noir

I love how Homelander was originally just a caring, albeit dumber version of Superman that just happened to enjoy all eyes on him, but now he's an omnipotent attention seeking god

At least homelander tried to be a hero, but that ended badly.

dang here we go again with kakashi eating with his mask on so black nowar does the same thing

Then he didn't tell homelander about his daddy. The rest is history HE is history

The Homelander anime lookin fine

Homelander’s first hero job was such a mess because he thought he was in some cartoon how he wraps metal to keep someone from escaping but it can be very dangerous (specially because the girl said she was having troubles breathing) how he tried to heat up a gun thinking it would melt. and, of course, how after losing it he killed someone by ripping her jaw off because he doesnt know how to control his strength

Makes me wonder if he wanted to make him more popular than soldier boy.

Homolanda might have flight and xray vision, but noir can sip through masks

Everyone else: homelander got his team killed Cod players: dude he got a team wipe he's so good at this!!

black noir drink with his mask on 💀

I don't know which the boy is better the cartoon the boys or just the boys

noir actually is clone of homelander he killed butcher's wife and baby

“The best episode of the boys diabolical is the last, because it ends the show”

the artstyle is so lovely

He's uncovering his mask to sip, just like Kakashi, extremely fast

Then Black Noir ate a baby and framed Homelander, so Homelander kills the president and gets all the supes killed.

This show is very real like if we have something that can give superpowers. Things that happened in the show would happen irl. Not like some weird stuff in DC where superhuman races, aliens, superpower wielders that are super op will willingly help humans and even if they are backed into a corner they didn't kill anyone.

that episode was gut-wrenching

My homie help the one man who can't be trusted and got killed by the man who helped him

The animated series timeline follows the TVSHOW timeline NOT the comic timeline..so no Homelander isn’t best friends with himself here

I think we need a The Boys animated show similar in style to Invincible

It is a great tutorial on how to sip your drink ominously

in the comic Black Noir would 100% find this as a reason to kill homlander.

Why are the “woo woo” guys from sympathy for the devil in the background of this?

More than the best episode I’d say the only good episode worth a watch.

While this episode was good, I still think episode 3 "I'm your pusher" was better......but as long as we can all agree that episode 5 with the poop creatures was by far the worst

I think black noir is the clone of homelander

I wouldn't say it was the best. It was the most important, but John and sung hee was goated

If this episode is cannon for the TV series The Boys, then it would explain why Homelander was able to keep up with Soldier Boy's hand to hand combat skills. He trained, sorta. Tho I don't think it's cannon, characters are too different.

BROMANCE

Black noir and Homelander are just the brutal versions of batman and auperman

Is this officially part of The Boys live action series?

It's cool and interesting that every version of the boys is different.

Their Bromance is so Good that it takes a single Donut to End it