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All of those expensive bombers and weapons of mass destruction?
Hes not going to take that well.
Speaking of bad news, Annie got some last episode when she learned that heroes are created in labs.
This means some questions for Mommy in a heartfelt scene about Annies past.
She learns that Mom agreed to allow Vought to experiment on her daughter, and thats why Dad left.
She marches out, feeling betrayed by literally everyone in her life.
At least Hughies lies came from a good place.
They fight, and Butcher is abusive, as usual.
Hughie starts to realize how much hes been used, and how Butcher drags everyone down in his life.
And then it does!
Hughie gets himself caught on purpose so Frenchie can use his retainer to bust them out.
They escape, get a gun, and an actual action scene ensues!
Finally, some heroism!
After Frenchie, MM, and Kumiko get free, a drugged-up A-Train confronts Starlight and Hughie.
Annie calls it in, and takes over, allowing Hughie to run.
Its telling that the season doesnt climax with Hughie and Annie but with Butcher, Homelander, and Stillwell.
Butchers final move is to strap Stillwell with C4 to get Homelander to come to her home.
Hes going to kill Stillwell the same way that Homelander killed his wife.
However, Homelander has another plan.
After a moment with Stillwell, he literally fries her face by blasting his laser eyes into hers.
Now what, Butcher?
Our anti-hero blows up the house anyway.
Theres no reason to live now anyway, right?
Much to his surprise, Butcher wakes up on a lawn.
Homelander saved him at the last minute.
(Did he save Stillwells baby too?
Lets make that happen.
He makes everything better.
I forgot about The Deep!
He learns the very hard way that no one at Vought wants to bring him back to the Seven.
We havent seen the last of him.
Whos your season-one MVP?
Karl Urban is generally underrated too, and he got more interesting as the season progressed.
Now that he has to redefine the character in season two, he could do even stronger work.
What do you want out of season two?
The show could go in 100 directions.
Stillwell is dead and Becca is alive, which redefines the show.
And Annie now knows everything about Hughie.
Will she stay in the Seven?
Could she after fighting A-Train?
And are they the Five now?
