Episodes 01

“The Big Ride”

The Boys become wanted fugitives, with Billy Butcher framed for Madelyn Stillwell’s murder. While in hiding together, Hughie Campbell, Mother’s Milk (MM), Frenchie, and Kimiko learn that a superpowered terrorist with telekinetic abilities is on the loose. They attempt to inform CIA Dept. Director Susan Raynor, but an unknown assassin kills her. Against Hughie’s wishes, Frenchie contacts Butcher to lead the Boys in facing the new threats. Hughie and Annie January / Starlight extort Vought International test subject Gecko into stealing a Compound V sample. Homelander’s power over Vought is challenged when CEO Stan Edgar has the superhero Stormfront join the Seven without his approval. When Homelander fails to intimidate Edgar, he returns to Becca’s house to see his son Ryan. The Deep joins Alastair Adana’s Church of the Collective in an attempt to regain favor with the Seven.

Episodes 02

“Proper Preparation and Planning”

Butcher arranges a deal with Colonel Grace Mallory to capture the superpowered terrorist in exchange for Mallory finding Becca’s location. The Boys later learn the terrorist is Kimiko’s younger brother, Kenji, whom they manage to subdue. A-Train threatens to expose Annie’s involvement with the Boys when he awakens from his coma, but Annie counters with the knowledge that he murdered Popclaw. Homelander forces himself into the secluded facility Becca and Ryan are living in so he can become a father figure to his son and teach him about their powers as gods. Drugged by the Church of the Collective, the Deep hallucinates his gills encouraging him to value himself. Queen Maeve tells her ex-girlfriend Elena she fears Homelander will kill her if he finds out about their relationship.

Episodes 03

“Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men”

Homelander pushes Ryan into using his powers, culminating in Ryan attacking Homelander to protect Becca. Using the sample she acquired from Gecko, Annie secretly leaks that Compound V is responsible for giving superheroes their powers. Edgar responds by sending the Seven after Kenji when the police spot him. The Boys attempt to bring Kenji to a CIA safehouse, but the Seven’s arrival results in Kenji escaping. Disobeying Homelander’s orders, Stormfront kills Kenji, slaughtering several minority civilians in her pursuit, and frames Kenji for their deaths. Edgar uses the destruction to argue that superheroes are necessary to prevent such incidents while casting Compound V as the work of rogue scientists led by Stillwell.

Episodes 04

“Nothing Like It in the World”

Mallory provides Butcher with information on a superhero called Liberty and Becca’s location. Butcher infiltrates the facility, but Becca refuses to leave because he does not accept Ryan. Black Noir discovers Butcher’s infiltration. Threatened by Homelander, Annie joins Hughie and MM in investigating Liberty. The three discover that Liberty is Stormfront, who committed a racially-charged murder in the 1970s. Growing more unstable from Stormfront usurping his popularity, Homelander removes the physically-weakened A-Train from the Seven and outs Maeve’s relationship with Elena. Frenchie realizes his efforts to protect Kimiko are motivated by guilt over his past crimes. The Church of the Collective enters the Deep into an arranged marriage.

Episodes 05

“We Gotta Go Now”

Protests emerge against Homelander when a video of him killing two civilians surfaces. Stormfront helps Homelander regain popularity and the two enter a sexual relationship. Butcher plots his retirement at his Aunt Judy’s house after failing to rescue Becca, prompting Hughie and MM to intervene. Noir attacks the three, but Butcher has Edgar call him off by threatening to release information on Ryan. Annie discovers Stormfront has been in contact with Edgar regarding the Sage Grove psychiatric hospital. A confrontation between Annie and Stormfront ensues over the former leaking Compound V to the public and the latter’s past as Liberty. Maeve reveals to Elena that she is planning Homelander’s downfall and recruits the Deep to assist her.

Episodes 06

“The Bloody Doors Off”

Infiltrating Sage Grove, MM, Frenchie, and Kimiko discover captive Compound V patients. Frenchie recognizes an orderly as former Seven member Lamplighter, causing a scuffle that allows patients to break out. Forced to work together to survive, the Boys learn from Lamplighter that Vought is attempting to stabilize Compound V in adult subjects. They bring Lamplighter to Mallory, who nearly kills him for killing her grandchildren until Frenchie convinces her to spare Lamplighter over his remorse. Stormfront tells Homelander she is the first successful Compound V subject and Vought founder Frederick Vought’s widow, wanting him to lead Supes to world domination. Maeve obtains a video of Homelander abandoning a hijacked airliner they failed to save as leverage against him. A-Train is lured into the Church of the Collective. Unstable patient Cindy escapes Sage Grove.

Episodes 07

“Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker”

Congresswoman Victoria Neuman schedules a hearing against Vought with Lamplighter as the chief witness. After Vought uncovers Annie’s betrayal, Hughie convinces Lamplighter to join him in a rescue attempt, which results in the latter immolating himself. Annie escapes with the help of Maeve, who subdues Noir. Despite the loss of Lamplighter, Butcher strong-arms Vought scientist Jonah Vogelbaum into testifying against Vought. However, the hearing is attacked by the assassin who killed Raynor, resulting in the deaths of Vogelbaum and many others. Meanwhile, Homelander and Stormfront manipulate Ryan into leaving Becca. A-Train grows suspicious of the Church of the Collective. Maeve and Elena break up over the former failing to save the airliner.

Episodes 08

“What I Know”

Learning from Becca about Ryan’s capture, Butcher makes a deal with Edgar to help Vought reclaim him at Homelander’s cabin. However, Butcher reneges on the deal and attempts to save Becca and Ryan from Stormfront. When Stormfront attacks his mother, Ryan cripples her with his eye lasers but accidentally kills Becca. Butcher forgives Ryan after the boy takes his side over Homelander, while Maeve uses the plane footage to blackmail Homelander into letting them go. With Stormfront’s Nazi past leaked, Edgar halts his plan to sell Compound V as the Boys are cleared of all charges and Annie is reinstated into the Seven. Adana also has A-Train rejoin, but not the Deep, before the assassin kills Adana. The CIA takes Ryan in. Hughie gets a job with Neuman, unaware that she is the assassin.