10 Shocking The Boys Moments Season 4 Will Struggle To Top

The World of The Boys

The Boys, first released on Amazon Prime Video in 2019, has quickly grown a dedicated fanbase and kicked off a wider universe with one spin-off already released and more on the way. The show is based on a comic book series with the same title by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The comics are equally shocking, as they endeavor to showcase a world where superheroes exist, and they aren't perfect. Instead of iconic and noble heroes like Superman or the Flash, the world of The Boys is plagued with terribly flawed, and terrifyingly powerful heroes with fragile egos. This juxtaposition to typical hero stories leads to scenes of horror, excess, and overall chaos as the people with the power to protect others, wield it for their own personal gain and pleasure.

Homelander on the plane in Season 1 of The Boys

The Boys season 4 promises to be the most shocking yet, these are the moments season 4 will need to top.

Jack Quaid as Hughie and Jessie T. Usher suffer an awkward Herogasm reunion in The Boys

Shocking Moments

One of the most shocking moments in The Boys Season 1, Episode 4, 'The Female Of The Species' is when Homelander and Queen Maeve intercept a plane taken hostage by terrorists. Instead of saving the passengers, Homelander decides to leave the plane and its passengers to crash, perfectly capturing the corruption of Homelander.

Split image of Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk looking disgusted and covered in gunk, and Erin Moriarty as Starlight surprised with her hands covering her mouth in The Boys' Herogasm episode

Another shocking moment is the Annual Herogasm Party in The Boys Season 3, Episode 6, 'Herogasm'. The party is intended for mostly supers, but they also hire and invite a number of sex workers who often suffer permanent injuries from careless heroes exercising their powers with no regard for others' safety.

Jack Quaid as Hughie naked at Herogasm and looking surprised in The Boys

In The Boys Season 1, Episode 3, 'Get Some', Popclaw, enraged and upset, takes drugs to numb the pain and ends up crushing her landlord's head while engaging in sexual favors to pay her debt.

Tessa (Kristin Booth) of the TNT Twins smoking in The Boys season 3, episode 6 "Herogasm"

Dark and Disturbing Moments

The Deep, a hero capable of communicating with aquatic animals, is seen in a love scene with an octopus during the annual herogasm party, marking a disturbing moment in The Boys Season 3, Episode 6, 'Herogasm'.

Tommy (Jack Doolan) of the TNT Twins mid conversation in The Boys season 3, episode 6 "Herogasm"

In The Boys Season 3, Episode 3, 'Barbary Coast', Homelander manipulates The Deep into eating his pet octopus, Timothy, in a disturbing and cruel act.

Popclaw fights Billy Butcher and Mother's Milk inside her house

The mysterious head popper enacts a brutal and disturbing attack during an important congressional hearing in The Boys Season 2, Episode 7, 'Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker', making for an incredibly shocking end to the episode.

the boys season 4 the deep with his octopus lover

The Unthinkable

Termite, a supe with the power to shrink and grow at will, accidentally explodes his partner apart and instantly kills him in The Boys Season 3, Episode 1, 'Payback', marking an unthinkable moment.

Blended image of the deep and timothy the octopus on the plate in the boys

Homelander savagely attacks an innocent protestor with his laser powers in The Boys Season 3, Episode 8, 'The Instant White Hot-Wild', leading to an eruption of cheering from onlookers, marking a shocking and disturbing turn of events.

The Deep eats Timothy in The Boys season 3

Both The Boys and the spin-off series Gen V feature unexpected deaths, setting the dark tone for the shows.

The Deep and Timothy the Octopus from The Boys