1 Detail Suggests Hughie Is Developing Permanent Powers In The Boys
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Boys season 3, episode 5.
A clever detail in The Boys season 3 might prove Hughie and Butcher's V-24 isn't quite as «24» as the name suggests. Over the first two seasons of Amazon's The Boys TV series, the superpower line was clearly defined — either someone had Compound-V running through their veins, or they didn't. Speaking with Robert Singer in The Boys season 3's premiere, Stan Edgar changed the landscape by introducing Vought's latest attempt at cracking the military: V-24. According to the bottle, one dose of V-24 will give a person superpowers for approximately one day before wearing off. Billy Butcher and Hugh Campbell have both started taking doses before missions, with Butcher getting laser eyes and Hughie learning to teleport.
Hughie giving himself powers plays directly into his relationship insecurities. Romancing Starlight means relying on her for beating up villains or opening stubborn jars, and Wee Hughie's masculine ego just can't take it. The jar issue has proven especially sticky, coming to symbolize Hughie's inner feelings of inadequacy. During the opening episodes of The Boys season 3, Starlight opens a container Hughie was struggling with over breakfast, and when exactly the same trouble arises the next morning, he smashes the glass in sheer frustration.
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The Boys season 3, episode 5 («The Last Time To Look On This World Of Lies») hints that Hughie might be getting more than he bargained for with V-24. He injects Compound-V ahead of episode 4's Russian lab mission, then episode 5 picks up the following morning with Hughie throwing up green puke. The Boys then fly home from Moscow to New York — a trip
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