The Boys Is Heading For Butcher's Comic Ending (And It Really Shouldn't)
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3, episode 5.
The Boys is ramping up its superhero narrative and showing signs that Billy Butcher may end up more like his comic book counterpart than first anticipated, which is a huge mistake. The character, played by Karl Urban, is undoubtedly one of The Boys' greatest selling points alongside Anthony Starr's Homelander. However, viewers may have to change their view on Butcher as The Boys is looking like it may take him to an irredeemable place.
Billy Butcher is always willing to do what it takes to stop the supes, particularly Homelander. However, season 3 sees him tell Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott) that all supes must die, for the first time. Butcher's comic book counterpart in the original series written by Garth Ennis has a similar sentiment. After the comic version of The Boys shows the death of Homelander and Black Noir (a Homelander clone), Butcher becomes its final antagonist. He kills Frenchie, the Female, and Mother's Milk as they try to stop him from releasing a strain of Compound V that will kill anybody with supe DNA. Only Hughie is able to stop him before he is able to become arguably as evil as Homelander, committing genocide.
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The shocking ending to The Boys comic book seemed impossible to replicate in the Amazon Prime TV series a few seasons ago, and doing so now could be the show's greatest mistake. Season 3 certainly seems to be building up to Butcher snapping, obsessed with avenging his wife, Becca. Billy Butcher's hatred of supes has previously had limits, but his declaration to Maeve in The Boys season 3, episode 5 suggests that all bets are off. This turn would be very jarring for the TV
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