The Boys
Warning : This clause stop SPOILERS for The Boys time of year 4 , installment 5 .
Summary
AlthoughThe Boysseason 4 did n’t make Hughie an unlimited villain , Simon Pegg ’s supe did flip his formative catastrophe on its fountainhead in one gruesome gag . WhenThe Boysbegan back in 2019 , Hughie was one of the most unambiguously heroic figure in the show ’s casting . He first began working with the eponymic vigilante group when the irresponsible supe A - Train circumstantially vote down Hughie ’s girlfriend Robin while gamey on Compound V. Admittedly , Hughie had already killeda member of The Sevenby the end of season 1 . However , he was driven to this payback by heartbreak and remained relatively larger-than-life .
In contrast , The Boys ’ A - Trainhas been a much more morally complex character throughout the show ’s long history . For much of the serial publication , A - Train has been loyal to the lethally sociopathic monster Homelander and , as Robin ’s death try , pretty uncaring about civilian casualties of his degeneracy . InThe Boysseason 3 , he began to grow more painstaking when he saw the damage that the corrupt cop supe Blue Hawk was doing to his community . By the goal ofThe Boysseason 4 installment 5 , A - geartrain and Hughie have almost perfectly swapped their original function from season 1 ’s pilot program .
The Boys season 4 , sequence 5 shows more of Ryan at Vought , and I ’m touch on about where his story is headed if he stays with Homelander .
Hughie’s Father Killed A Patient Just Like A-Train Killed Robin
Compound V Caused Hughie’s Father To Accidentally Murder A Bystander
In sitting 4 , instalment 4 , “ soundness of the Ages”,Hughie gets A - Train to supply him with Compound Vwhich he hop will save the aliveness of his ailing father , Hugh Campbell Sr . In episode 5 , “ mind the Jabberwock , My Son , ” Hughie ’s founder fire up up from his coma and get a convalescence , but this is n’t necessarily good news . Simon Pegg ’s Hugh Campbell Sr.gains the power to phase through square objects like walls , but ca n’t moderate this power . Much like A - Train ran through Robin while under the influence of Little Phoebe , Hugh Campbell Sr . ends up phasing through a hospital affected role .
The Boysseason 4 ’s grossest gag has a deep signification , as the mo raise that Hughie And A - Train are n’t all that dissimilar anymore . A - Train has been growing a conscience while Hughie has step by step dulled his , excusing increasingly extreme measures as he wreak with the Boys . Now it is harder than ever to ignore their similarities since both of them have caused the demise of an destitute civilian via major power misuse that was because of irresponsible vilification of Compound V.The Boyshighlighted Hughie and A - Train ’s similarity further when Hughie accessed vanadium via A - Train , providing he is equally susceptible to corruption .
Season 4’s Supe Simon Pegg Makes Hughie More Like A-Train
Hughie And A-Train Both Abused Compound V For Personal Gain
Few supes can control their powers in the populace ofThe Boys , as testify byHughie and Butcher ’s time of year 3 might . Even comparatively static supes like A - gear are spoil by their ability , while most citizenry like Hugh Campbell Sr . ca n’t even wield them temporarily . Although Hughie finally accepted his Father-God ’s fate and dole out a legal injection to stop his unwilled violent disorder , Hughie ’s employment of Compound V proves he is as corruptible as A - Train . This makes their type arcs more complicated , as it turn up that The Seven are n’t irredeemable and the titular antihero ofThe Boysare far from virtuous .
