I love this show, so I’m going a little easy on it – and I won’t give out spoilers, as the season only ended last week.

I will start by saying that after watching a couple of episodes I thought that ‘The Boys’ was gone.

It appeared as though the writers had stumbled down a similar path to other television franchises, with the amount of political allegory sharply rising – to the point where it became less satirical and more of a statement.

The levels of violence in the show were also turned up a notch, and there was a lot more sexual deviancy as well – with toilet humour and gross-out gags thrown into the mix.

Does this work, or is it just cheap point-scoring? – I don’t know.

Overall, there were enough glimpses of the old magic to see me through to the end of the season, but make no mistake – this has the look and feel of a show that is running out of ideas.

To be fair, that is completely understandable.

So, the show-runners need to ease off the politics, dial down the filth, and get back to some real entertainment – such as Soldier Boy singing ‘Rapture’ in season three – see video below.

Seasons 1-4 of ‘The Boys’ are currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

Video courtesy of Vought International YouTube Channel.

Screenshots courtesy of Prime Video.