Soldier Boy and Crimson Countess revealed in The Boys pink band teaser

Prime Video unveiled a brand new pink band teaser for the third season of its hit sequence, The Boys, throughout a SXSW panel on Saturday. The present is predicated on the comedian ebook sequence of the identical identify by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. There are a few new faces among the many solid, plus a scene within the teaser that positively takes place in THAT notorious storyline from the comedian ebook sequence.

(Spoilers for the primary two seasons under.)

The Boys is ready in a fictional universe the place superheroes are actual however are corrupted by company pursuits and a poisonous celebrity-obsessed tradition. Essentially the most elite superhero group is named the Seven, operated by the Vought Company, which created the supes with a substance referred to as Compound V. The Seven is headed up by Homelander (Antony Starr in a career-making efficiency), a violent and unstable psychopath disguised because the All-American hero. Homelander’s counterpart as the top of the titular “boys” is Billy Butcher (Karl City), a self-appointed vigilante intent on checking the dangerous conduct of the Seven, particularly Homelander, who brutally raped Butcher’s late spouse.

The S1 finale ended with a significant cliffhanger: Butcher, intent on blowing himself up and taking Homelander with him, modified his thoughts when the psychotic superhero instructed him he’d found that Butcher’s ex-wife, Becca (Shantel VanSanten), was nonetheless alive—and elevating her (superpowered) son, Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), the results of her rape by Homelander. That is just about the place S2 picked up.

Because the season opened, the Boys had been fugitives, having been framed for a S1 homicide truly dedicated by Homelander. Their makes an attempt to clear themselves had been hampered by a mysterious murderer who saved blowing up anybody who may give them helpful leads. They had been additionally charged with monitoring a telekinetic terrorist who turned out to be Kimiko’s (Karen Fukuhara) youthful brother, Kenji (Abraham Lim). Butcher struggled to simply accept Becca’s son Ryan, whereas Homelander tried to be a father determine and train Ryan methods to use his powers.

Homelander’s dominance of Vought was additionally challenged when CEO Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) introduced on a brand new member—Stormfront (performed by Aya Money, who stole scene after scene). The 2 grew to become lovers and Stormfront helped Homelander get well from a PR catastrophe. In fact, Stormfront turned out to be a Nazi-affiliated superhero previously often called Liberty, and the primary superhero created with Compound V. And Homelander skilled his first ethical dilemma, torn between the lady he beloved and his common hatred of all issues Nazi.

Within the S2 finale, Homelander and Stormfront kidnapped Ryan, forcing a showdown between Butcher and Becca. Ryan crippled Stormfront together with his laser eyes when she threatened his mom—however unintentionally killed Becca too. Ryan was taken into CIA custody after a grief-stricken Homelander was blackmailed into letting them go. A-Prepare (Jesse T. Usher) and Starlight (Erin Moriarty) rejoined the Seven, however The Deep (Chace Crawford) was as soon as once more excluded. In the meantime, Hughie (Jack Quaid) left the Boys to work for Congresswoman Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit)—who, unbeknownst to him, is the mysterious murderer.

What is going to S3 deliver? One useful clue is that the primary S3 episode is entitled “Payback.” Within the comics that is the identify of an early Vought group of superheroes, the successor to The Avenging Squad, which was destroyed within the Battle of the Bulge within the Nineteen Forties. Payback is loosely primarily based on Marvel’s Avengers. Its members embody Eagle the Archer, who appeared in S2 of the TV sequence (performed by Langston Kerman). He is the one who recruited Deep and A-Prepare to the Church of the Collective, earlier than the cult turned in opposition to him. A fictional Seven on 7 information report final summer season knowledgeable us that Eagle had give up the superhero gig after the Church publicly humiliated him, and is now attempting to grow to be a rapper.

Two different Payback members are becoming a member of the solid in S3: Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles)—briefly name-checked in S2 as a colleague of Stormfront again when she glided by Liberty—and  Crimson Countess (Laurie Holden), who has heat-related powers. There is no such thing as a information but on whether or not we’ll be seeing different Payback members akin to Tek Knight, Swatto, and Thoughts Droid (who’s romantically concerned with Crimson Countess within the comics), however the odds appear good.

We additionally know that the third season will incorporate one of many comedian’s most surprising storylines: Herogasm, a standalone comedian miniseries wherein the Boys infiltrate Vought’s annual social gathering for its superheroes on a secluded island, which which seems to be only one lengthy weekend of kinky intercourse and drug use. Followers had been daring showrunner Eric Kripke to deliver that storyline to the display screen, and he confirmed on Twitter final January that the sixth S3 episode will certainly be titled “Herogasm.”

Simply how far will the sequence take the Herogasm storyline? It is tough to foretell—the comedian panels are fairly specific—however the mere idea alone ought to push the boundaries of what Prime Video has up to now allowed The Boys to placed on display screen. I imply, other than all of the blood and guts, S2 had a hilarious throwaway scene the place the Boys encounter Love Sausage (Andrew Jackson), whose publicity to Compound-V gave him a stretchable prehensile penis that he can deploy as a weapon. It performed out precisely the way you’d anticipate. All we see within the teaser is a snippet of Deep gazing longingly at a starfish whereas engaged in intercourse—which is simply so Deep. (We already watched him fend off the advances of a sexy dolphin in S1.)

As for the remainder of the teaser, the most important reveal is that Butcher decides to even the chances by taking Compound V himself, thereby gaining his personal laser-eyed superpowers. On condition that the substance is understood to have some severe negative effects, will Butcher grow to be much more unstable? (Yeah, most likely.) We get glimpses of Soldier Boy and Crimson Countess, and quite a lot of exploding heads and our bodies. In different phrases, the sequence reveals no indicators of reining within the gloriously violent outrageousness that has grow to be its trademark.

The Boys S3 debuts on Prime Vido on June 3, 2022.

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