These writers need to be blacklisted

Not one earth was scorched. I think finishing a show well is a skill that is rare in the industry.

The Boys should have ended 2 seasons ago, and it is really evident throughout this final season. The show continues to tread water, delaying critical moments until the end by introducing a new Macguffin at the last minute to try and make Homelander more menacing after completely making him pathetic. In the first two seasons, he's genuinely terrifying and unpredictable, but by this point, he has no screen presence. The end result is a show where all the tension is deflated. Characters have also been stuck in arcs that were never meant to be this padded, so they've been just going through the same interior conflicts that any type of resolution has no weight. Finally, the cast is missing some really key characters that would have made the climax was more interesting had the show been willing to start wrapping things up in season 3 itself. One other thing I'll note is that this show relies a lot more on crudity than earlier seasons, probably because there is so little going on in terms of plot and characters. The satire feels phoned in at this point, not because its too on the nose but simply because it feels like it has no teeth behind it. There are a few good moments in the season, but I think you can count them on one hand. The rest feels perfunctory and like filler, a show limping its way to the finish line and going through a checklist of items. I think in terms of quality, it isn't as bad as GoT but it lies somewhere between the OG Dexter finale and this year's disappointing Stranger Things finale.

Typical western series final season with cramming every single plotline to the last episode and then failing to give a satisfying ending because of course you can't fucking do that in a single 1 hour episode.

Complete and utterly disappointment. Please do not reboot this in 5 years