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Thursday, August 1, 2019

What's to love in "The Boys"?



Why did I watch the first season and look forward to the next? Moral ambiguity.

Spoilers follow, but as few as possible.
See the source imageHughie Campbell, average John Doe of the tech world, is standing at the curb with his ordinary girlfriend, making their next big move in their relationship when A-Train zips by. Hughie is holding his girlfriend's hands. Nothing more.

A-Train tells the cameras that he had to prevent a robbery, but it turns out that is incorrect, according to a Fed, Billy Butcher, who learns that Hughie has not yet signed his non-disclosure worth $45,000. So a major superhero, who is supposed to be good, kills an innocent bystander and lies about it.

He has a reason, which we learn a little at a time. Meanwhile, Hughie joins forces with Butcher to learn more about what happened, which gets Butcher and Hughie embroiled in their own moral quandaries although Butcher has been at this for quite a while.

Madelyn Stillwell, the manager of "The Seven" superheroes, has to maintain not just the reputations of the superheroes, but also to enhance them financially.

Starlight, the newest addition to The Seven, learns that her childhood idols aren't so squeaky clean. Somehow she manages to dodge all of the moral ambiguity mud slung around. It will be interesting to see if they will hose her with moral ambiguity or leave the too shiny cellophane on.

Besides the religion angle that should be more realistic or cleaned off, my only gripe about the show is that there are only eight episodes.

The show is available on Amazon Prime.

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