How HOMELANDER Was PERFECTED In The Boys Season 4 Episode 4

I review, breakdown and explain The Boys Season 4. I discuss episode 4 with Homelander returning home and seeking revenge on the people that caused his trauma when he was younger. I react to why his inclusion was perfect, Antony Starr’s performance, Frank and Marty’s death, the ending with Barbara and the deeper meaning of what it meant for the character. I analyze Homelander's future and give my theories and predictions for episode 5.

00:00 Intro
01:00 We Learned Of Homelander's Past
03:11 The Way Homelander Addressed His Trauma
06:07 Antony Starr’s Performance
08:03 Outro

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[BrainPilot]

Do you think this was Antony Starr's best performance as Homelander? Making us sympathise with the character for the first time in four seasons is no easy task and I think he did great with that! Let me know your thoughts below!

[A-Terrain]

Starr deserves a goddamn Emmy for this, he has reached Heath Ledger Joker and Dafoe Green Goblin levels of peak

[evansonhakeem]

This episode Homelander showed everyone that he is a bigger person, by forgiving the dude he played paper basketball with.

[rip.van.winkle_]

"It was perfect, PERFECT. Everything, down to the last, minute details."

[mborok]

Vought hired the “best” psychologists, and instead of teaching him empathy, they turned him into a neurotic with a bottomless need for love that he can never be satisfied. No way that could ever go wrong.

[obsidianwarrior]

A lot of credit to Anthony Starr not just for acting but for understanding the character. Kripke initially wanted Homelander to come down and be far more cruel and blunt to the scientists, Anthony suggested tgem taking a far more nuanced approach with Homelander being sentimental and almost nostalgic at times.

[azariahgarcia]

The one thing that keeps getting brought up is the fact that at ANY moment, Homelander had a chance of actually coining out better person. If any of those scientists had a conscience, like he said; if any of them said ‘this was wrong’, he would’ve probably became slightly better. But he was never ‘John’ to them, he wasn’t even homelander.. he was just a product. The scientists try to appeal to his humanity by calling him John, but they already ripped it apart from him years ago.

[ferrag]

He was fantastic. The tension was great. His facial expressions and mannerisms were amazing

[cheappoetry]

People like to compare him to the joker and green goblin, but imo he reminds me more of Ramsey Bolton from GoT. Everytime he's on screen, you feel the fear everyone else has of him

[oddthequiet]

5:23
Anthony may get an Emmy for performance, but that's how you get one for writing,
and the smile at the end? No anger, all satisfaction.
He's The Homelander, and he can do anything.

[dgswg]

the way homelander’s blood-covered smiling face resembles patrick bateman on the front of american psycho is incredible

[billybatts]

Makes me sick that Starr, even Urban have not been nominated yet they just had to nominate every single person in every single HBO show every single time.

[jshell]

The thing is that Homelander will never get over his need for love. Not only is this a basic human need that he was born with, but it was extremely amplified through trauma and psychological/physical torture. It is ingrained in his mind and he is being delusional (as usual), when saying that he doesn’t need it anymore. I think what actually happened is that he tried to cope with trauma by hurting his abusers. It worked to some degree, but it’s only temporary. His only defence against the trauma is the delusion that he is not human (he is) and his own mortality is a constant reminder of that. So he can’t escape that. Unfortunately, the only way it can go further is insanity

[videocongrel]

Homelanders scenes in the lab were the most uncomfortable ive felt watching the show so far. One of the best episodes of the series.

[Gojeto]

The Frank scene was absolute perfection. The axe forgets what the tree remembers. I absolutely loved this episode and how everytime we feel bad for John, we remember he’s Homelander. Hearing how he was a threat to humanity before he was even out of the womb was just perfect. Antony Starr deserves all the praise and more.

[VanDal]

I really don't understand the people saying that the show lost its touch and has too much going on in its plot. I don't know about anybody else but episode 4 literally had me at the absolute edge of my seat the entire time I was watching it. And all of the characters stories seem to tie into a central theme of dealing with their past in one way or another.

[thejustinjustin]

His performance was right up there with heath ledgers joker. Terrifying and yet intriguing into the psyche of a villain.

[elizshabear-encinas]

The way that Anthony Starr has portrayed homelander is incredible. You can see his decent to basically madness from the 1st season until this latest episode, but this episode and performance was PHENOMENAL. He has put on one of the best villain portrayals I have ever seen. He DESERVES a Oscar at this point

[johncurtis]

You certainly felt for Homelander regarding his traumatic childhood. As a viewer you get why he is the psychopath we know him as.

[ivanhunter]

his performance was perfect. Perfect, everything down to the last minute details