I love that there are still MAGA cult morons in the comments screeching about the show going "woke". They've been mask-off openly mocking you for two seasons now. Surely it can't *all* be going over your head...right? Right...?

What is this? It feels like I'm watching something else entirely? An hour wasted totally. And that Frenchie Colin c**p? WTF? Where did that come from? And for what exactly? That adds nothing to the story and just destroys the Kimiko storyline they've been building for the past 3 seasons. Why?

An odd episode to kickstart the season. Introduction of new characters that are portrayed as old friends/old love (Joe/Colin) seems pretty too convenient. We haven't seen what role Joe (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) would play, but Colin as Frenchie's old love is awkward. I would've liked it better if the script takes its time to rekindle their old flame - especially given that we have not seen any indication that Frenchie was a queer before - but they just go straight to bed with it. Especially the way Kimiko told Frenchie to move on from her. After all that build up, dancing scene, and the whole mon coeur repertoire... this whole "getting back together" just feels too hurried. Kinda destroys the whole Frenchie-Kimiko relationship they had been setting up. I see that they're also trying to mend the very anticlimactic ending from Season 3 with Soldier Boy. But this retcon kinda moves us a step or two backward. Butcher is an useless drunk again. Butcher is trying to prove his worth again. We've seen that in previous seasons. What's the use of all that pep talk with Soldier Boy in Season 3 then? Butcher has always been playing fast and loose with his team, but it seems like now they're just reiterating late Season 2-early Season 3 with this dynamics. I like they take Sister Sage as the opportunist libertarian power-grabber though. With her view on how the masses are dumb and can be easily provoked. She might be living a meager life but her classist attitude seems apparent - it's good that the show still focuses on such power relations instead of reducing their political commentary to identity politics devoid of class (intersectionality, people!). Despite being such a supposedly smart supe, Sage's flawed worldview is showing - and I hope that's intended by the writers, lest we'd get MCU all over again. That said, this pilot is certainly not The Boys's strongest, if not the weakest one to date. Hopefully The Boys is not becoming what they're mocking. Let's see what happens in next episodes.

Am I the only one who absolutely can’t stand Erin’s surgical transformation. Not that it’s bad or whatever, just the fact that it seems like a whole different person is playing the role of starlight. Her look was great prior because she looked like this innocent church girl who only wanted to do the right thing. Now her look gives off stuck up model vibes, it just doesn’t work for me. I’m literally annoyed in every scene she is in.