Can we just give Todd an award for being the biggest meatrider in all of fiction? I still don’t know what Monique sees in that guy.

Antony starr deserves an emmy for his performance as Homelander. He was just incredible

Props to Jensen Ackles for getting into Soldier Boy's role smoothly.

God the end with Ryan smiling…. It made me feel like even tho they “won” they lost wayyyyyy worse than any of them realize

They set up season 4 so well. The fact that homelander can do whatever he wants now is gonna be insane

the way that Black Noir started talking to his cartoony imagination revealing his fears and motives was in my opinion incredibly creative to show his past and how he still has an imagination and personality in spite lacking his speech which was some incredible character development and it also made empathy towards the character so much more real which is often slept on.

A-train's subplot was perfectly done and not alot of people talk about it.

Noir’s death definitely hit the hardest. He’s the ONLY member of the 7 through the entire show that constantly showed his loyalty to homelander, all the others turned to other issues and started scheming and lying and getting involved with the boys but not noir. Yes he did lie to homelander for his whole life about soldier boy being his father but my point is that his loyalty was constant the entire show and then homelander just ripped his guts out without a second thought while all the other disloyal members of the 7 had so much as a stern look or talking to after literally planning to kill homelander. It’s also sad too as we see in the last few episodes that noir has a lot of character development and he’s actually really sensitive and imaginative, he’s literally a kid inside his head. He was eager to help homelander end soldier boy for good but he didn’t even get a chance. He got done really dirty and the scene at the end with his cartoon character friends made me cry.

When I realised they were parodying that one bad Pepsi commercial in that one episode I bursted out laughing. This season was amazing. Can’t wait for season 4

Only problem I have with The Boys having powers is that I remember season 1 watching them get creative to kill translucent, I was really for more of that

the biggest letdown in the final episode to me was when Hughie turned up all he lights and shit to fully juice up Starlights powers and she started flying and glowing and looked badass just to knock back soldier boy a bit. i expected like an all powerfull blast ripping a hole into him but it was just puny really

I think the reason the compound V was so easily stolen was to fully shown how poorly managed Vought is since Homelander took over and the Deep got sealife in charge of security 😂

Black Noir's death was, oddly, the saddest death in the show for me, something about it, like how his cartoon friends were there for him at his last moment and the fact that he was, pretty much, a kid in the inside. I was surprised The Deep didn't die though.

Fun Fact: that opening scene was actually practical, they physically made the cave

What I really love about season 3 is Buther and Hughie's temp V powers, how ironic both of their powers are Hughie having to go naked for his power like translucent and Butcher having lazer eys like homelander I just believe that the irony behind it is great.

i think "the Deeps" story is deeper than Charlie is giving credit. I think it was a good take on couples who's main connection is upward social mobility.

Ryan grinning as the crowd cheers is genuinely terrifying. The thought of a child of that caliber having that sort of influential moment. Like fuck.

both Anthony Star and Jensen Ackles are some of the most perfect casting choices they could have made.

Honestly, I wish Black Noir got more screen time, at least a small fight with Homelander would have been nice but at the same time the sudden death did have impact. This was overall the best season and I think the finale of season 3 worked more as a setup for a future episode instead of a finale. Obviously a finale that'll go onto another season should have aspects to set up for more, BUT I feel like the finale lacked the feel of a finale.

When homelander told ryan, "stay back and let me land the homes" I teared up. Such an impactful moment!

I love the fights with Homelander this season, he's never actually fought many people who were actual threats to him, it's so satisfying to see his shock when he can't just slice them in half with his laser eyes

Honestly one of the best parts of The Boys is the marketing. Vought has a real actual verified KZfaq channel where they post actual videos in universe. Like they have an A-Train music video, a "house tour" by Ashley of a superhero mansion for a superhero reality show, commercials for merchandise and brand deals, full trailers for movies in the show, clips from the Vought news channel, etc. And the best part is the fan engagement because ALL the comments are people playing along like it's real and they are fans in universe. Like the full Soldier Boy music video just has comments complimenting him and stanning him and talking about how he was such a great hero and he will be missed. And depending on the video the narrative of the comments changes depending on what information the public would have in the show at that point. And you can tell it's not a bunch of bots but like actual fans just having a fun time roleplaying along with the content. It's just really cool and I appreciate that extra step to enhance the world of the show. Also shoutout to Karen Fukuhara who plays Kimiko, she has her own youtube channel where she not only does normal youtube content but she also talks about her routine on the show and she does Q&A's with other actors from the show like Erin Moriority who plays Starlight or the woman who plays Stormfront.

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Kimiko. I think she got some of the most development as a character this season, which is particularly noteworthy because she falls into the "silent but lethal asian woman" trope that even the writers regret using. I think the writing on her arc was very well crafted, especially seeing how her relationship with Frenchie was impacted. One thing I'm on the fence about her arc tho was that random musical scene, which really isn't that "random" or surprising anymore because I feel like random musical moments are pretty trendy in tv nowadays, but it was executed well and it was nice seeing Kimiko in that tone. I do agree that the finally was sort of underwhelming

I’m not sure why I avoided the show until now. Then I watched all 3 seasons in a week lol. It’s a 9-9.5/10👌

Man didn't even add a thumbnail, that's how good the show is

I cried when Billy Butcher said "Its Butchin Time" and Butchered the shit out of Homelander, 15/10 definitely one of the shows of all time

The finale for this season felt weird mainly because it felt like they made it with the knowledge that they were for sure getting a season 4, so they did more setups for future arcs. The other two seasons had a finale where the show could've been canceled and still had a somewhat cohesive ending.

Is Antony Starr’s Homelander really the “best villain ever?” Yes.

Block noir became my favorite character with just one scene. The fact that he has cartoon animals that talk to him and help him deal with his anxiety and help lift him up all the main one having a stutter is amazing.

I feel like 8 episodes just wasn’t enough for this season. I think there really needed to be one more episode to truly satisfy the finale.

Jensen’s interpretation of Soldier Boy was pretty good. They gave Soldier Boy a very gritty hardened personality opposite to his comic character. I guess it’s because we got to see Anthony Star’s character develop but hey I enjoyed this season, Jensen coming from the end of the Supernatural series into this was an interesting transition.

One of the things I really appreciate about this show is how the most powerful supes have awful fighting choreography. Nobody with that much inhuman talent for destruction in a mundane world would actually ever feel the need to learn martial arts or even train at all. Why on earth would they?

I like how much this season focused on character development ngl. Butcher, Kimiko and Frenchie, M.M, A-Train, Black Noir, even minor characters like Mallory all had a fair amount of depth this season and now I understand their motives even more.

A moment in Herogasm that flew under the radar which I loved was when MM explains his OCD to Starlight "All I know is that if I didn’t check the burners three times a night, Soldier Boy would come back and kill the rest of us". Writing and characters in this show is incredible.

Favorite comedic scene was easily the parody of Gal Godot's "Imagine" video collab. The best part is they don't even change it, they just copy it to a T and it's hilarious because of the context of the scene and the context of real life

Maeve was originally providing the compound V and then Starlight had to "sneak" into headquarters to get more. But yeah, it wasn't really ever an obstacle.

M.M. was a surprising standout character this season. The actor did a fucking awesome job and I love how much they delved into the mental struggle of not only his character, but everyone else as well.

I think the character development of Butcher, MM, A-Train, and Soldier Boy was fucking incredible in this season. Also the acting is all amazing

The part when The Homelander stood up and said “it’s homing time” near enough made me tear up, amazing performance!

Now that I think about it, pretty much every single character had some type of development. We find out about Victoria Neuman's past, while also revealing Stan Edgar's human side as an adoptive father who seemed to genuinely care about this woman. Kimiko went through her Journey, same with Frenchie having to deal with his past. We find out about the origin of MM's OCD. We go inside the mind of Butcher and learn more about his abusive father and Lenny. Even Ryan went through a bunch of changes, even if they were mostly off screen. This show is a straight up masterpiece, i fukin love it. It's diabolical in the best way possible.

Can we talk about how in the finale, Starlight spent over a minute charging up her power, only for the result to be a weak push to Soldier Boy. It even sounded like a Wet Fart, which was fitting.

Main issue with the finale is Noir’s death. Aside from that, starlight’s ultimate powerup just do a little knock-back move was goofy and the fighting didn’t really lead to much/do anything crazy. The show is still top tier and nothing else comes close to how solid the writing and acting is here.

Fun fact: the Joker never even used the phrase “We live in a society” in film until the Snyder cut directly referenced the memes. It’s just been memes causing a Mandela effect to make you believe it was something the joker ever said

I love Charlie’s reviews on stuff, very honest and informative. Just wish he’d have a section at the end of the video with spoilers so that he can tell all his honest thoughts at different crazy moments. Also spoilers: Totally agree with the overuse of Temp V this season, but I think it was easier to get because they actually have Maeve on their side, and she’s been at the tower long enough and WAS trusted enough to be able to sneak in and steal some.

One underrated aspect of this season that I feel they knocked out of park was the in-universe media. Songs like "Licence to drive", "Chimps Don't Cry", and "Soldier Boy's Rapture", are surprisingly enjoyable to listen to. And seeing fans of the show in the comments of Vought's social media posts and videos roleplaying as in-universe people, is an amazing feat for a show like this to pull off without seeming overly forced.

On the note of the V. I feel like it makes sense, it started out being this mythical substance that you don't hear or see in the show except in express circumstances. But due to The Boys and the things they've done to expose compound V, it's dragged it out the shadows. The reason Compound V was so hard to get, was because no one even knew about it in the first place and now that people are more aware of compound V. Vought doesn't have to hide it around as much as they used to and the protagonists of the show don't have to sniff very far to get what they dragged into the light. It's not that it's plentiful, it's that the protagonists know how and where to get it more importantly.

I love how you went from “Season 2 isn’t as good as the first season” to “Every season is better than the previous”

I honestly hope that Soldier Boy gets some sort of redemption arc, and hopefully they don't just leave him in cryostasis for the rest of the series and forget about him. I'm a big fan of Jensen Ackles

Jensen Ackles was so damn perfect as Soldier Boy. This season was so hype can’t wait for season 4.

that ending was so perfect, the fact Homelander can just blast someone like that and his fans support him is one step closer to him ruling over all, we’ll get some real destruction next season 100 percent

All I know is that the ending with Ryan is dead center in the vibes of the comic. That smile there. Eric Kripke does an amazing job.

Homelander is great, especially in his scenes with butcher. Star and urban have great chemistry. I liked A-trains arc of finally realising what kind of person he is and what kind of person he wants to be. The Soldier boy/Noir dynamic was interesting, I hope Noirs okay lol. Maeve was badass! I'm so glad she got to kick homelanders ass a bit and got a happy ending lol. They kinda did the same as stranger things with setting up the next season which I'm okay with personally. I loved it basically.

Maeve saying to someone “you should wear a sign that says ‘raw dog me I’m a bottom’” made me laugh so hard. I’ll be thinking about that one for a while

Only thing about the finale that really disappointed me was Black Noir. That being said I’m 100% sure he’s not dead and he’ll definitely be Stan’s final play against Homelander. SPOILER Eric Kripke said this in an EW interview: “Come season 4, which will start filming this August, Mitchell will play "a different character who wears the Black Noir suit," Kripke reveals. "It's definitely not the last we've seen of Black Noir as a hero. It's just that the guy who was inside [the Noir suit] in season 3, he's gone. But we have Nathan playing a really interesting and hilarious character who wears the suit next season." Sounds like the Noir from the last 3 seasons will be replaced by a new character that wears his suit.

Kimiko and Frenchie has got to be one of my all-time favourite on-screen romances. They have so much chemistry for such odd characters and despite Frenchie being quite a horrible dude in the past (killing children, involved in shady shit, heavy drug use etc) he is so damn redeemable and I love to see writing that good. It's only been 3 Seasons and yet it feels like all these characters have come a long way...Except maybe Butcher, dude needs some arc after that stuff with Mindstorm haha. I agree, the finale here was somewhat underwhelming and especially since I wasn't expecting another season as a given.

Right after I watched this I got really sick, and decided, since I couldn't leave my bed, and I had never seen this, I would just binge it lol. Which I did, for the last few days straight. It's 2 50am for me rn, and I just finished the finale. Fucken amazing, best show I've watched in so long. Thank you Charlie lol

I don't think there is a single bad line read from any character in the show. Every actor deserves an Emmy for at least one thing every scene. Anthony Starr's performance is just so legendary you sometimes forget just how amazing everyone else's acting is too. The real hero of the show is the casting director.

Such a good season

One episode to go!! Can’t wait to see it!!!

I was let down big time. There really don’t seem to be any stakes when all the main characters make it out alive despite going up against the two strongest heroes in the setting. A-train doesn’t die when his arch is complete. Maeve doesn’t die. Soldier boy survived. Home lander is still alive. None of the boys are dead. Butcher is dying but that’s about it. Even Kimiko loses her powers but gets them back no problem. It’s to the point where I’m not even certain black noir is dead. Basically the only people who die in the boys are the one who get introduced in that season.

The finale isn’t so much underwhelming and more just feels like it’s not the finale, when season 4 starts I imagine these 2 seasons will blend together a lot more and feel like 1 long season, whereas the first 3 seasons are very distinct from eachother and the finale/first episode sets a line that you’ll remember changing things, namely Stormfront arriving at the beginning of season 2 and being defeated at the end. It almost feels like next Friday I’m going to tune into prime and just keep watching it really

Anthony Starr as Homelander is just perfect, definitely one of the best/scariest villains ever, can't wait to see him really get loose in S4

Your review is outstanding and insightful nice vid!👍

I stopped the video two minutes in, binged every season of The Boys, and now I'm back to continue it. Good show, looking forward to more.

the scene where starlight leaked a social media about HL and supes in general was one of my fav scenes this season, it gave me goosebumps... what actually terrified me tho was the finale where HL merks a dude in broad daylight in front of a crowd of people and janine's step cheers for him... that really makes me think HL is gonna be unhinged next season

Yeah, the finale does seem a bit underwhelming. It feels like everything ended where it started, but there's a lot of setup for the next season. I just hope they don't prolong things for more than needed. Lot of character development in this season, which is getting me more excited for the next one.

While I understand the issue with compound V being so hard for them to get in the eariler seasons, that's also because they have wayyyy more access now than they did in the beginning. Starlight is the most popular member of the 7, Maeve is really highly respected and is actively getting them information and access to Vought they never had before

I think my favorite thing about the boys is how they pull in new characters and make them on par with the main ones without taking away from them

Definitely one the best TV shows out there, it just keeps getting better

Overall I loved the season, the finale was definitely missing a good payoff though. The fights felt like they were missing something, Herogasm’s payoff felt the most satisfying especially with the set up from the episode before. Some characters felt like they did a 180 in the finale as well as some weird decisions with certain characters. Herogasm felt like more of a finale than the actual finale.

Total banger! Really excited for season 4!

I was so excited for every episode this season. Great season. Simply Slapped.

Gotta say Anthony Star, Karl Urban and now Jensen Ackles are extremely top tier actors in The Boys. I could definitely see Karl Urban or Anthony Star getting a reward for their performances in this show. I can't wait for season 4 this has gotten to be my favorite show by far

Every time I thought I knew what was gonna happen, this season took me to school. What an absolute blast. I loved the finale, personally, the only thing I don't get is how one of the characters survived.

great video. to the point made about the ease of getting compound v, vought started transitioning more into the production of compound v and temp v for police and military, hence why it became so abundant and accessible. also helps that homelander started running the company and made plenty of mistakes

I completely agree. This show slaps and it’s only getting better for sure

Antony Starr was born to play Homelander like how Robert Downey Jr. was born to play Iron Man. He's just such a superb actor.

I loved that Maeve's actions during the final climactic fight really displayed that more than everyone else there--at her core--she really is a hero. All of The Boys are either broken people or good people doing what they have to acting out of rage and vengeance, but none of them really have the instinct to be heroic and pull the ultimate sacrifice play. Maeve was the only one in the room with the instincts to do what needed to be done and I thought that just put such a beautiful bow on her character arc thus far. I cried at her noble redemption.

I’ve been waiting for this review

3:30 a great piece touching this subject is shown in The Boys Presents: Diabolical episode 8, it's basically showing when Homelander first was revealed to the public, it makes you understand him a little more and shows why he was close with Black Noir.

Also, Miko's development was nicely done too. Not that she was ever really a dull character imo, but I like that her character growth wasn't anything awful. Shocking at times, but not bad.

The finale was INSANE! Can't believe Michael Morbius is one of the Boys now. Season 4 gonna be lit.

i wish he would make a video talking further on his thoughts for the finale, personally i thought it was epic and i would enjoy hearing more!

For some dumb reason I put off watching this show forever. I finally started it last week, and I just finished the season 3 finale, now I’m here. I can’t believe I waited so long to watch this show. It has now easily become one of my favorite shows ever and I can’t wait for season 4.

Herogasm (ep6) feels like a finale worthy episode. Was literally the outstanding episode in this season if not the enitre show. I think it was so hard to follow this and we were expecting so much more from the finale after seeing it.

I think Meave has easy access to V-24 because: - The Deep incompetently fired most of Vought’s security so they are running on a skeleton crew with only “yes man” who never said anything bad against Supes or Homelander. - The Supes run the company now and Meave is probably the 3rd most popular Supe behind HL and Starlight. She could probably demand V-24 as she’s the boss now.

Good show, homelander really always made the show feel like everyone wasn't safe. In turn always made every scene attention grabbing because you never knew if the dude was outside listening and watching with x-ray ready to laser everyone in the room.

I did a massive post giving creds to all the seasons in the boyz. Wish you would give that post a shout out .....its got everything

I loved this season, I’m so ready for 4

Homelander's presence just makes you feel pressure, whenever he was too calm or too insane my heart started racing, it was so amazing, Star's acting is so fucking good.

I love this show so much, I can't wait for season 4

I just started watching and got caught up just as herogasm came out, great timing. Used to think it was a dumb superhero parody, but it's a SMART superhero parody. This show keeps getting better every episode, up there with breaking bad/bcs, daredevil and Barry in my top 5

This season felt like they were loading the bullets, and while we were hoping for the bang in the finale, it felt more like they were cocking the gun to give us a big load next season!

This season by far was the best of the damn show. This show is just nuts too butts action and drama. The writing is solid there are good differences from the comics. 10/10 for me

I really wish there was a spoiler section to the Moist Meter reviews at the end or something. Super interested to hear your thoughts on some details of these shows/movies

I somewhat agree with what you had to say about the compund V and alternative being so easy to get hold of, but it isn't that far fetched. During the early seasons/episodes compound v was completely secret, therefore making it extremely hard to come by. Since it is now public knowledge I assume that there is slightly less restrictions over it. Which could make it easy to get by people who would have access, such as Maeve and Starlight.

noir is actually so interesting for someone that doesn’t even talk

MM has been in my top 5 characters on the show since season 1 and I’m so glad he got a lot more attention this season. Really just bolstered my love for Laz Alonzo’s performance.

Getting ready for season 4

only started the show this year and its something i wouldn't have expected. it's really good