Warning! Contains spoilers for The Boys season 4.
Summary
A few subtle details inThe Boysseason 4’s finale have me convinced thatGen V’s ending was one massive red herring. InGen Vseason 1’s endingmoments, Marie wakes up in a mysterious room after getting heat-waved by Homelander. She soon notices that she is surrounded by her Godolkin friends — Jordan, Emma, and Andre — who have no idea where they are. The room they are in also has no doors but only an escape hatch on its roof.
When I first watchedGen V’s ending, I could not help but assume that the three supes had been imprisoned by Vought after everything that happened at Godolkin University. I believed that, on Homelander’s command, Vought must have shut them down in the same facility where Queen Maeve was once imprisoned to contain her powers. However, I noticed some intriguing details in a scene fromThe Boysseason 4’s finalethat convinced me Marie and her friends were somewhere else inGen V’s closing moments.
The Boys Season 4 Ending & Post-Credits Scene Explained
The Boys season 4 finale raises the stakes significantly for the show’s heroes, and its ending and post-credits scene perfectly set up season 5.
The Boys Season 4 Hints The Godolkin Kids Were In The CIA’s Safehouse During Gen V’s Ending
They Were In The Same Facility Where Ryan Met Malory & Butcher
InThe Boysseason 4, episode 8, Malory tries to stop Ryan from leaving in the hope that he will eventually help them fight Homelander. However, Ryan soon notices that the facility he is in has six-foot-thick walls, making him question where he is. When he confronts Malory, she revealsthey are in the CIA’s Hazlet safe house, and she only has to push one button to fill the room with Halothane that could immobilize all of them. This scene made me realize that if the CIA safehouse could contain an overpowered supe like Ryan,it certainly could preventGen Vsupeslike Marie and her friends from leaving.
…Marie and her friends also seem to be wearing the exact same patient gowns that Billy Butcher wears inThe Boysseason 4, episode 8.
The place where Marie awakens inGen V’s ending also has hospital beds, which seem similar to the ones featured in the scene where Malory and Butcher interact with Ryan inThe Boysseason 4’s episode 8. Moreover, Marie and her friends also seem to be wearing the exact same patient gowns that Billy Butcher waers inThe Boysseason 4, episode 8. This could mean that Marie and her friends were not captured by Vought in Gen V’s ending. Instead, they were taken to the CIA’s Hazlet safe house.
Why The CIA Might Have Taken Gen V’s Heroes (& What It Would Mean For Season 2)
The CIA Could Weaponize Them Against Homelander’s Supe Army
If the CIA actually tookGen V’s heroes to the safe house, the intelligence agency must be preparing its own army of morally righteous supes who would eventually help restore peace when supe supremacists threaten global stability. Malory probably wanted Ryan to accompany them and create the CIA’s own overpowered supe team to counter the Seven. InThe Boysseason 4’s finale, she even mentions thatthey would train Ryan to become strong enough to kill Homelander in the future.
This could mean that, inGen Vseason 2, Marie and her friends will go through rigorous training under the CIA to be able to take on all the dangerous supes on Homelander’s side. They could also eventually join forces with the boys and help them end Homelander’s reign before it is too late. While there is still a slight possibility that theGen Vheroes were imprisoned by Vought in the spin-off series' ending,The Boysseason 4’s finale has almost convinced me that the CIA rescued them and will prepare them for the battle ahead.
The Boys
The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre, focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities, exploring themes of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem.
