"The Boys" Season Three Is Upon Us, Here Are The Most Shocking Moments From The First Two Seasons To Prepare

"He stuck a lump of plastic up your bum, son."

The Boys Season 3 is coming very soon, and it promises to be just as gruesome, shocking, and hilarious as the first two.

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As a recap, let's remind ourselves of some of the most "WTF" moments from Seasons 1 and 2.

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🚨Major spoiler alert🚨 The following contains crucial plot spoilers for The Boys Seasons 1 and 2.

1. What better place to start than how it all began for Hughie: with Robin's death.

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The Boys really started off as it meant to go on, and I for one did NOT see this coming. It really set the graphic tone that would almost define The Boys and was clearly vital for the main plot. Poor Hughie.... (And Robin, obviously).

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2. When Homelander sliced up the Mayor's plane.

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It wasn't as surprising that Homelander/the big business cooperation 'Vaught' was evil and nefarious. But this is definitely an early example of how far they are willing to go to get what they want.

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3. Translucent's demise.

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This is one of many sliding doors moments for Hughie, and for a moment there you really think he’s gonna let Translucent get away. But then he looks at that damn "keep your hands clean" poster again and Boom, your classic Boys blood splatter. 

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4. When Homelander left a plane for all the passengers to die.

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Homelander + aeroplanes = bad news. We really see Homelander's egotistical vulnerability and severe lack of empathy here. But I think, more importantly, Maeve loses some of her steely apathy and it really gets to her. This whole scene is pretty shocking. 

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5. The time when Billy harnessed the Baby laser eyes.

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How have we not talked about Billy yet?! This scene sort of sums up the Butcher. His distaste for supes, along with his unrivaled ability to survive comes to the fore, and it's definitely one of the funnier fight scenes you'll see in a superhero show. 

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6. What about the not-so-great dolphin escape?

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Oh Deep, what is your deal? This scene really goes some way towards The Deep's fall from grace, but the primary reason it makes it into this list is frankly just because it's hilarious. 

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7. When Popclaw crushed her landlord's head.

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This frankly disturbing moment has some pretty important connotations for the plot, most of all being the group's eventual acquisition of compound V. But it's also shocking because we  see someone's skull get crushed between Popclaw's thighs as she's sitting on their face...

8. The time Starlight spoke her mind.

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Starlight had been through it all, and this is definitely at a point where she's questioning everything. It all comes crashing down on her at the convention, and she finally speaks some hard truths to some very unimpressed attendees. 

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9. The time A-Train and Starlight fought, leading to A-Train's heart attack.

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A-Train had really been through the wringer at this point, and the whole situation they're in is super tense. We have Hughie, MM, and Frenchie rescuing Kimiko, and Starlight coming to their rescue. The arrival of A-Train throws a giant spanner in the works, all for him (having relapsed on V) to have a heart attack mid-fight with Starlight. Drama! 

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10. When Homelander lasered Stillwell.

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Another moment where we see Homelander descend ever closer towards the super supervillain, as he proceeds to burn the face off his one beacon of relative control. It also spurns another important plot moment — the framing of Billy, and the dramatic reenactment. 

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11. At the end of Season 1, when Homelander spared/saved Billy and he showed him the truth about Becca.

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What a dramatic ending to S1. Homelander flies Billy out of the blast, and we end up on this suburban lawn. Billy then finds out that Becca has been kept hidden away for this whole time, to raise Homelander's child. 

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12. When Raynor was assassinated.

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Mother's Milk, Frenchie, and Hughie had been lying low as wanted fugitives, but they'd actually done some good work finding out about the telekinetic 'super terrorists' — but their attempt to inform Raynor went pretty explosively wrong. 

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13. The time we finally saw Ryan's powers.

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Homelander's lack of patience and empathy is what makes him such an evil villain, but it's also sometimes kind of hilarious. Obviously, it's not cool to push your kid off the roof, but his nonchalant eye-roll as Ryan slumps onto the floor is classic Homelander. We then finally see Ryan's powers as he throws off Homelander to protect Becca. 

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14. When Stormfront killed Kenji.

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There's some real blatant foreshadowing here when Stormfront goes on a clearly racially fueled rampage, and we really do see her go wild. We also see Homelander's fury towards Stormfront which will lead to the outing of A-Train and his public revealing of Maeve's relationship. 

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15. We can't forget the strangle at the supe facility.

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When MM, Hughie, Kimiko, and Frenchie infiltrate the Supe facility, they recognise Lamplighter, and the patients escape. This leads to another bizarre moment when Mother's Milk almost gets strangled to death by one of the patient's giant genitalia. 

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16. Or the time Stormfront told Homelander about her Nazi history.

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We had already seen her discriminatory views in play, and we'd found out that she was Liberty. But then we see that she was actually the widow of Frederick Vought and the first successful subject of compound V!

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17. Then there's the moment where Lamplighter lit himself up.

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With Hughie convincing Lamplighter to stop watching superhero porn and help him rescue Starlight, their breach into Vault HQ ends up with Lamplighter, in the room of the Seven, setting himself on fire. We'd seen his remorse for killing Mallory's grandchildren, but his death annihilated their plans for him to testify in court.  

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18. When Maeve helped Starlight and subdued Black Noir.

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Maeve is always kind of mean to Starlight, but she deffo saw some of herself in her, which must have had something to do with her saving her life by using an Almond Joy to knock out the highly allergic Black Noir.

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19. How about the courtroom head splatter bonanza?

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Maybe I should have seen this coming, but I was definitely not prepared for this scene. After all that Billy had done to get Vogelbaum to testify, we end up with another bloody explosion-fest — classic Boys. 

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20. Then when Homelander and Stormfront took Ryan away from Becca.

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Homelander, having flown Ryan up and shown him that Becca had been lying to him all of this time, convinces Ryan to come with him and Stormfront. This sets the scene for all the drama that ensues with Billy's 'deal' with Mallary, and the rescuing of Ryan — it's fair to say that Ryan didn't have the best of time with his new guardians. 

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21. We have to mention the moment Stormfront and Becca got lasered up.

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The importance of this moment is monumental, particularly for what will ensue in season three. With nothing else to do as Stormfront is killing Becca, Ryan sees red and goes all Homelander on everyone, turning Stormfront into some sort of smoky, bloody, scarecrow. Unfortunately, he also unintentionally kills Becca in the process. 

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22. And finally, when Alastair Adana's head exploded and we found out the person behind all these skull splatters.

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It was as though The Boys was saying "hold on, we can't let you go without one final head spray". And then we get the big reveal of Congresswoman Neuman being the cause of all the headsplosions and she's been hiding her powers all along, I wonder why...

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Excited for what's to come? You can watch The Boys S3 on Amazon Prime from the 3rd of June!

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What are the moments that shocked you the most from the first two seasons? Let us know in the comments below!