This episode was good, and quite frankly the whole season has been superb so far. Ackles has been phenomenal as Soldier Boy and I'm buzzing to see him finally face off against Homelander. However, I was disappointed to see Crimson Countess depart so soon, I love Laurie Holden. The development with A-Train this season has been pleasantly interesting as the writers double down on a redemptive arc of sorts for the character. Blue Hawk was an excellent super-cop esque character, and I imagine A-Train will regain his powers in order to kill him. But for me, the most interesting scenes in this episode contained Queen Maeve. I wasn't expecting a wee hookup between Maeve & Butcher, I was actually expecting a bit of a tussle. The scene wherein she talks down to Homelander was delicious, and was a good plant to mirror the Soldier Boy x Crimson Countess scene that would come later on in this episode. The Black Noir jump scare startled me a bit (I loved it), but it's interesting to know Homelander has him wrapped around his thumb as well as A-Train and The Deep. I expect Soldier Boy to come for Black Noir, which will inevitably put him fully on Homelander's radar. Now for my caption/title of this review, this show has ALWAYS been satirical, and has picked on both the left wing and right wing party. Of course they pick on the right wing more, look at those comical reactions! Get a grip, if you can't handle parodied (but very accurate) version of real life then stop watching! No one cares if it was one of your favorites and nobody cares to see any further reviews that are based in anger, spite, and political views.
