Serving as a composite character with the comic version of Black Noir, unlike in the comic series, Homelander is the one that impregnated Butcher's wife, Becca, albeit having coerced her into having sex with him after she had been assigned as his assistant, but left her alive and, though he was unaware of it until the end of the season, pregnant with his child. His discovery of the lies surrounding his child's existence influence his decision to maim the scientist responsible for his upbringing, Jonah Vogelbaum, and murder Madelyn Stillwell. However, his emotional incompetence and sociopathic traits initially alienate him from his son, and the loss of Stillwell's moderating influence on his behavior unbalances him further.