I love the world The Boys inhabits.

A collision between power, ambition, race, money, religion and politics. It's dark, it's satirical, it's spectacular and it's very violent.

Far and away the best scenes involve the superheroes. Anthony Starr is outstanding as Homelander, capturing his delusion and danger perfectly. There is great support on the Vought Industries side as well - particular mentions for Elizabeth Shue, Aya Cash and Colby Minifie who always make their scenes stand out.

Unfortunately "The Boys" - the rag-tag group of vigilantes who want to knock the "Supes" from their pedestal - are the weakest part of the show. Relentlessly weary and downtrodden, you get a bit bored when they are on screen, and just end up waiting for Homelander and his crew to return.

The show suffers generally from a naive view of anything outside the United States. Karl Urban (a Kiwi) plays Billy Butcher as a Cockney with a ridiculous devotion to slang that makes him come across as a Poundland Danny Dyer. Kimiko is supposedly a Japanese woman who was kidnapped and taken to the Phillipines of all places - and is introduced as a mute, which REALLY slows down every scene she is in afterwards.

The other general issue is that sometimes the dark, satirical humour tips over into silliness, destroying the tension.

Nevertheless the first two seasons are excellent with gripping finales.

The third season starts well but then seems to lose confidence in where it is going, which results in a scarcely believable ending.

Hopefully the creators get their mojo back for the fourth season (which I'm sure is coming).