The Boys Season 3 Deleted Scene Revealed Pivotal New Detail
A deleted scene from The Boys season 3 revealed that there could be more plotlines for their next season than initially anticipated, specifically surrounding Billy Butcher's terminal illness.
The Boysseason 3 had a bittersweet ending. While the supe exterminators managed to evade disaster by subduing Soldier Boy (for now), Butcher's prolonged use of Temp V resulted in him having only months to live. A recently released deleted scene revealed that the others don't know about Butcher's terminal diagnosis because he chose not to tell them. Worse yet, he even goes out of his way to lie about it.
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GamesRadar revealed the contents of the aforementioned deleted scene. «In a new deleted scene from the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the show, we learn that Hughie (Jack Quaid) has luckily been saved from the same fate. Set directly after getting the news from the doctor, Butcher tells the ominous medical professional to 'kindly f*** off' before Hughie visits.» They then revealed the dialogue between the two. "'They said it will be a couple of months, a lot of migraines, but I’m mostly all good,' he tells Butcher. 'We stopped taking the V just in time, I guess. Have they told you?'" Interestingly, Butcher then lies to Hughie, replying, "'Yeah, yeah same here. Aren’t we a couple of lucky f***ers, aye?'"
Through The Boys season 3, Butcher and Hughie had seen and been warned of the dangers of Temp V. Though Butcher is hellbent on snuffing out Homelander by any means possible, he still has a strong enough conscience to prevent Hughie from potentially risking his life by taking the lethal number of doses that will kill him. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop Butcher's desire for revenge from
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