The Boys Sex

The Spice Boys are back again. This time they come packed with more drama, betrayal, blackmail, and sex. No one could have been prepared for all the super hero sex contained in The Boys season 2. We aren’t just here to talk about the sex though. Here is our review of The Boys season 2, where we will discuss all of the good, all of the bad, and the unnecessary.

The Boys Season 2 Review: The Good

The Boys Season 2 does a lot right. Firstly, the characters are fleshed out well. In Season 2 we get to know them all much better. Arguably we don’t get to know Hughie any better, but we do get to hear him admit that he is a cuck, and that is fun. Each other character is fleshed out well. Mother’s Milk struggles with his family life, Frenchie explains what happened in his past, and Butcher is much more humanized. Even most of the supes get more humanized. The Deep struggles to be redeemed, Queen Maive fights for her own personal redemption, and Starlight goes rogue.

Secondly, the show utilizes its hour long length to its advantage. Television shows can develop characters much more efficiently than a movie can. The Boys took advantage of this, and left no characters untouched. Despite only being mentioned in Season 1, even lamplighter becomes a short lived fan favorite.

Lastly, the production value is high in The Boys season 2. Episode 3 has an epic fight scene that has characters flying through walls, and Episode 7 features a blood bath straight out of an HBO show. No one would be surprised if this footage was from a blockbuster movie. The team did great here. The Boys continues to blur the lines between television is cinema.

The Bad:

The Boys Season 2 suffers from a similar issue to the last season. There is a lot of filler between episode 3 and episode 6. The Boys don’t have a clear direction. In fact if Maive, Starlight, A-train, or The Deep didn’t sabotage The Seven, The Boys likely would have failed their goal entirely. This is where the show left me wanting more. I appreciate The Boys and their mission, but it felt disjointed and unplanned here. In Episode 1 of Season 1, Butcher seems to have everything going according to plan. Luring Translucent right into their trap. This doesn’t ruin the show, but I do hope to see a more confident version of The Boys in Season 3.

The other disappointment from Season 2 was Homelander. While still the terrifying villain we love to hate, he felt a bit tame. None of the atrocities within Season 2 are at the hands of Homelander. In Season 1 we see Homelander fail to save a plane, threaten civilians, kill his mother figure, and take Butcher’s wife. In Season 2 we don’t really get that. Other than seeing Homelander kill a Vought officer, we don’t get to see that brutal side of him. Stormfront definitely took the frontlines in Season 2. She killed Kimiko’s brother and broke his hands clean off. This is something I could see Homelander doing. The season ended with Homelander looking estranged, so hopefully he is at his worst in season 3. Regardless, Antony Starr plays Homelander flawlessly in season 2, so we will give them that one.

The Unnecessary:

The Boys Season 2 has a lot of unnecessary sex. We don’t mean like Dexter or Ozark status, we mean a lot of sex. None of it is watchable either. There is always a gross angle to the sex in The Boys season 2. We see Homelander blow himself (it is actually Doopleganger though). Additionally we see Homelander masterbate himself, and have sex with Stormfront about three times. Besides Homelander we also see Lamplighter was supe porn parodies, and we see cucky Hughie sleep with Starlight. All of it is cringe to the max. Regardless of whether or not they were aiming for the sex stuff to be cringe, they definitely succeeded. I watched the show with my Dad, and it was super uncomfortable seeing him get a boner every time Homelander drank milk. No one wants to see that. Watching a super hero show should be fun, not awkward. He was aroused almost every time Homelander was on screen, but the sex stuff made it even worse.

What did you think of The Boys season 2? Do you agree with our The Boys Season 2 review? Let us know in the comments.