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The Boys Recap: Bread and Circuses
Whatever joy there is to be gained from this week’s gnarly farm outing is lost with a depressing culmination of the Hugh Sr. arc.
From here, this story pivots to a gnarly little B-movie thriller about demonic juiced-up farm animals, including a chicken that shoots through people’s chests and several flying sheep with the ability to pluck a bull off the ground and rip it apart midair in seconds. I don’t mean that in a negative way, actually; this is grim stuff, but also a moving and pretty uniquely disturbing angle on superpowers in this universe, especially with Simon Pegg’s impressive work conveying panic, confusion, sadness, and violent anger all at once. This darkly funny father-son bonding time fits with the rest of the V52 Expo segments, which are chock full of details poking fun at Marvel announcements, along with performative diversity measures at otherwise unprogressive corporations.
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