After each episode in Season 1, I was like that was fine I guess I'll keep watching, but by the end of Season 3, I was hungry for more.

I'm not really into superhero movies and shows, so the only reason I check any of them out is if they promise to be different from all the standard cookie-cutter MCU movies.

The Boys promised something different, something that subverted all the tired tropes. And Season 1 delivered that. It was as advertised.

But just subverting superhero tropes is not enough to keep me engaged. Anticipating something to be different and then seeing that it is different is almost like getting just what you expected, and where is the fun in that? So like I said, I was barely hanging on through Season 1, but the season finale left off in a rather interesting place, so I figured I'd check out Season 2. And here's where things start to get good.

Season 1 spends its time subverting all the superhero tropes and giving you some good laughs and shock from them, while subtly touching on some larger issues. But then Season 2 delves deeper into the stark reality and consequences of those Season 1 issues, so that what first seems like just taking the piss out of superhero tropes, soon becomes something way more complex and layered than merely poking fun at superheroes.

Through Season 2 and 3 the underlying themes take center stage as the story shines a light on something far more terrifying and seemingly more inescapable than evil superheroes. And this is the heart of the show - the reason why it's a must watch. Not because it's a show about superheroes, but because it isn't a show about superheroes at all. It's a show about something else entirely. A very real danger that threatens all of us. A threat that hopefully will be dealt with very soon...