Suddenly, Butcher’s master plan has a major problem heading into the season finale.
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Boysseason 3, episode 7.
Well,The BoysshowrunnerEric Kripkedid saythere were many reasonswhy he couldn’t adapt the Homelander-sexing-Soldier-Boy scene from the comics.
Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) teams up with Hughie (Jack Quaid) to take down a member of Payback on ‘The Boys’ season 3.Amazon Studios
Soldier Boy didn’t know why he was there, just that it had something to do with genetics.
So he beat his meat (his words) into a cup.
A year later, Homelander was born.
Yup, Soldier Boy is Homelander’s biological father.
Suddenly all these daddy issues make a lot more sense.
He feels Kripke might not have wanted the reveal to affect the way he approached Soldier Boy.
Starr knew about the twist from the beginning of the season and says it felt “veryStar Wars.”
(Homelander, I am your father!)
“It’s an interesting conundrum for both characters, but particularly for Homelander,” the actor says.
There’s going to be this intergenerational bonding experience."
The show’s season 3 finale drops on Prime Video next Friday.
