The Boys S2 Ep 7 - Review
3The Boys S2 Ep 7 - Review - The second season of The Boys is building toward a violent conclusion, anchored in commentary about how quickly heroism can turn to villainy, especially when lonely people are poisoned by people who should know better. The opening segment this week is startling but inevitable, an example of how easily dangerous rhetoric and racism can persuade people to commit violent acts; it has timely power that’s only slightly removed from the real world of 2020 by the inclusion of Frosted A-Trains cereal on a store shelf. Overall, “Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker” is one of the season’s stronger episodes, setting up a thematically resonant endgame about fathers and sons: Billy Butcher and Homelander are two men warped by bad fathers, and at least one of them could be preparing to continue that legacy.