Firecracker powers are literally Milk and Crackers😂

Poor Hughie deserves all of the hugs 🫂 this has been a rough go for him

Firecracker has been on the lactation regimen for a while. Frenchie found her meds in her trailer in the episode where Annie beat Firecracker's face in.....

I love how despite all the existential and s*xual horrors that this episode brought forth it balanced it with: - the wholesomeness of A-Train's save scene. - the pitch-perfect comedic performance of Sage with the cake nodding at Victoria repeatedly. - the raw emotional moment when Hughie says "I'm not okay. I miss my dad." I wanted to hug him so badly. - Kimiko's love and loyalty, not giving up on visiting Frenchie.

I don't like when mommy tells me he isn't my mom. I feel abandoned. 😭

I feel like Jay was traumatized by the BDSM, and Adam by the rhetoric happening upstairs. Personally I think I’m more aligned with Adam. Shit was too fucking real… 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

15:19 I don’t know why, but that line about “do you know how much paperwork it takes to be truly evil?” made me laugh for a long time.

This show has never been about escapism, but rather holding a mirror to our society. It's satire, not parody.

I love that they worked in that Project 2025 shitstorm.

"I once ate a whole bag of candy corn. In my mouth."

Yo, this episode was, like, heinous dawg. No cap.

On a scale of 1 to Zendaya, how traumatized did this episode make you?

The hole reason Tek Knight invited Webweaver to "audition" as his new sidekick was because he has an extra one.....

Firecracker is full of it. The yarmulke protects you from the space lasers...😂

Adam, you forgot to sell tickets to your gun show!

Fun Fact: Tek Knight's butler, Elijah, was the Persian Emissary in 300 who was telling the Spartans their arrows would blot out the sun.

Adam is showing some skin!! OKAY NOW!!! 😂

Adding the sexual sadism to the torture/murder, once Hughie is found out, just makes every moment of it so much more uncomfortable (to put it mildly) to bear.

Hughie needs therapy or something man

I love all the 4th wall breaks and parallels to America IRL these days... really slaps you in the face sometimes. XD

2:38 MTG WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION

I needed the instructions manual so bad for this episode. 😂😂😂 Zendaya!!!

My safeword is "Peaches"

This episode was a “hole” mindtrip😂

Nice detail: Firecracker’s real name (as seen on her prescription meds) is Misty Tucker Grey… (MTG).

Maybe Billy the Butcher has TWO tumor worms. Becca might be one, too.

Y’all know that the Jewish space lasers reference from Firecracker was real, right? Am elected person in congress actually posited that California wildfires were started by Jewish space lasers.

Ahhh and so begins *The Theatre Appreciation Hour* with cha boys and THE BOYS.

Does one have to live in Pennsylvania to recognize the Santorum joke? You used to be able to google frothy and the answer would be Santorum. At least Jay perked up.

I think a lot of people miss it. Frenchie isn't "refusing visitors". He's already been "camped". He's in a Tek Knight prison.

20:35 Escapism went out the window since the first season, Adam. Remember what happened between Starlight and Deep in the first episode? Also, Homelander not saving the people on that flight?

Poor Kevin losing his way at the same time A-Train gets his hero back.

Scariest episode ever! It was more of a horror episode than a sci-fi fantasy. Basically because we're living it now.

12:51 had me screaming hysterically at how vile the act was, yet how hilarious Hughie's reaction words were. "Oh Thank you so much!".

Wanna hear some unfortunate news? The "shut that whole thing down" quote was a reference to a VERY REAL statement made by former Republican US-rep Todd Akin. Thankfully, he's not saying anything anymore, he passed in 2021. Speaking of quotes, in the immortal words of Mark Twain: "I have never wished a man d**d but, I've read some obituaries with great pleasure."

You guys' reaction to the Tek Cave in this episode is exactly what most of Twitter thinks about it. Basically uncomfortable with a hint of levity (which even that is minimal. I'm ngl, I'm mostly the agree even though I've seen stuff like that alot (don't ask me how or why). With that said, I'll probably have a full opinion on this episode when the season ends, because right now it kinda feels out of place. Even with the revelations we found out about the impending end of the world. But to end on a positive note though, Laddio (the guy in red) is a real one for getting Tek Knight to crack.

As a trans woman can confirm if you fuck with your hormones you can even unintentionally cause yourself to lactate. It's weird

"Corporations are people, my friend." Remember that real-life quote? Victoria does!

In the comics, the Wayne’s helped escaped slaves on the underground railroad while here tek knights family made their wealth off of slavery

Im excited to see this one! I was waiting the reaction since yesterday :D

Did ANYONE catch the Santorum joke?

"Are Jewish space lasers brainwashing you into joining their schules" might be the single greatest line af dialogue ever created. Someone find Sorkin and make him take notes 😅

I love the meta joke of Zendaya being Web Weaver's safe word, of something he loves. Since Webweaver is this worlds Spidermand, and Tom Holland who plays Spiderman is dating the MJ Actress Zendaya

Love your shirt Adam!

The Boys was never escapism...

Great. Now I'm hungry for German chocolate cake.

So happy to hear someone correctly use the term "santorum"

I liked this episode a lot I just didn't like how they played what happened to Hughie as a joke

TARANTULLA!!!

I like this version of "Justice" from the GEN V score during the scene with Butcher discovering Kessler is in his head.

Soooooo when do we go back to Bluey??? I needed Bluey after this

The N*Sync "Pop" moment was amazing!

I like the idea that in his obsession with killing Homelander, Butcher might of accidently unleashed a greater evil and probably just made himself the true villain.

It took me a full 3 minutes to realize the “Zendaya” being *Webweaver’s* safe word joke

“The is no longer escapism” yeah, this show’s definitely hitting home 😬

science bucket had me rolling🤣

Yes MM, He would have almost been dealt a devastating blow with another rebuke from Sage that he would have caused an even worse heart attack. Butcher, what's up with him in the comics? I'm afraid for him. and what happens is that creating not only the virus for the supers, but it would cause a pandemic, as Joe let them know. That would affect people who have little time in their blood worse.

Laddio is played by Reid Millar, an actor with limited credits in the industry

If only Tek Knight had taken care of Sage's hole. DAMN😳🤣 Firecracker that makes farm workers show their gratitude for increasing their advanced energy through processed milk.🤣🤣🤣

Did you notice the name of the penal facility that Frenchie is incarcerated in?

Earlier in this season, me: 'Well, there's some grossout stuff, but they seem to be lightening up on it, cool.' This episode: '... right.'

Tek knight says that he and Homelander are the top two superheroes and smells the team up. This is not to the worlds, finest in Batman and Superman. Clark Kent sees Bruce Wayne as his equal one of his best friends, a keen, intellect, martial artist and very resourceful even though Batman cannot fly he even trust Bruce with a piece of kryptonite. Homelander belittles tek knight says that he is expendable and laugh at the fact he can’t even fly.

I'm worried that only one of you had a hard time 🫣

Remember that Kripke thought that Hughie being SA'd for half the episode was meant to be "hilarious" and not traumatizing

Kirsten Dunst!!

Man, it's always the sixth episode of a season of The Boys that hits harder than usual, isn't it?

Dear lord, not a My Worst Enemy reference. Looks like I found one of the other 10 people that watched that show.

This time ….the butler did do it

Just like that Firecracker became the most valuable member of the 7.

I don't know if being Homelander's milk maid is actually a safe gig since the people we've seen do it before were both killed by him.

WHY IS THE WEB HOLE NOT CENSORED YOU'RE NO BETTER THAN THE SHOW WRITERS 😭😭😭😭 (love the reaction as always, thanks guys!

This episode was wtf, followed by wtf, and then WTF!?!? 😨

"true power is paperwork" - FACTS. we're gonna need a tee with that.

I'm glad that even in this edited version they kept in the burps, farts and uninteresting parts.

10:50 I wish I didn't get the reference, but I at least feel better knowing that Adam did, too

"I'm 100% a cannibal" is a verbatim quote from Armie Hammer, who, apparently, is a fan of Soylent Green. This is why his career is officially done. Women came out of the woodwork with horrifying stories about him and his cannibalism, violence, etc. Ain't Hollywood a kick in tha pants, ol pal? 🤬

Personally, I very much enjoyed how the Webweaver suit has a spot for the web hole but the guy with the *literal* superpowers of observation never noticed the absence of a hole. It’s so effing terrible, man 🤣

Tek Knight is like a mashup of Batman and Ironman in the source material.

Bro me and my girl were like what he’s fake too and lost our minds

This was probably the most Garth Ennis-like episode. I swear almost every issue of the comic went down like this; gross out sex toilet humor with some minor political intrigue

Ryan does not compound V in him, he was born that way

Hughie nearly got the Tommy Wiseau special.

Gonna need a few more bluey episodes after this one 😂

I personally feel that while the show is still very good, it's significantly worse than it was. Frenchie's whole story is very hack..."i found out I murdered my boyfriend's family" is some soap opera level shit tbh. And it feels like they're trying to one-up themselves in terms of shock value, but they don't actually have a reason for it tbh. The message is also much more "on the nose" which isn't a good thing--I know the show is not known for subtlety but they've abandoned any semblance of subtlety in their message.

Firecracker’s initials are **literally** MTG

Tek Knight telling his family history scene = I am become Lashy. Just...ooooooo, man.

Firecracker was right. She was underestimated. Now she has the cap of the ship in her pocket. As long as she doesnt rock the boat to much she can make some moves

Im not the only one thinking that the gimp was a secret cameo, right?

"That it, he's a good guy now." I agree. He's also now definitely a dead man walking. Or, a dead man running super fast.

Its baffling that people were laughing at a man being sexually assaulted.

20:00 Love the MY OWN WORST ENEMY deep cut (NBC). *Sidenote Twist:* The DO NO HARM (Jykell and Hyde but as a doctor NBC show) with Lin Manuel Miranda gave him the time and money to write and produce Hamilton.

Between this and HotD, is there any wonder they are doing Bluey reactions? They need the eye bleach.

as a 5 Year fan of the show, this episode broke me. I lost a lot of good faith with the show.

The "web hole" is called a spinneret.

7:34 Can somebody explain what happened in the comics with Tek-Knight that was so much darker?

When Adam said genocidal at the end I thought he said Jay-nocidal.....

Of course Zendaya is what a Spider-Man character loves most.

Sage has all of the logistics in her head. However, that was the portion of her head that a bullet scrambled upstairs.

SANTORUM?! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHSMAHGAAAAAAWWWWD! How'd I MISS that?!

12:45 bahahaha STARLIGHT SKY 😂😂