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Now that they've seen it for themselves and have their hands on the substance, the Boys know Vought has been using "charities" to smuggle Compound V disguised as vaccines to make superheroes since 1971. Butcher is excited, as this can be used as evidence Susan Raynor's FBI unit can use to expose Vought.
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Now that they've seen it for themselves and have their hands on the substance, the Boys know Vought has been using "charities" to smuggle Compound V disguised as vaccines to make superheroes since 1971. Butcher is excited, as this can be used as evidence Susan Raynor's FBI CIA unit can use to expose Vought.
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Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female. Milk initially refuses, but Frenchie is able to get him to agree to the idea.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead. Butcher uses the talk to reassure Hughie that they're in the same boat and to know who his friends and who his enemies are.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead. Butcher uses the talk to reassure Hughie that they're in the same boat and to know who his friends and who his enemies are.
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Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that suggests they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female. Milk initially refuses, but Frenchie is able to get convince him to agree to the idea.
Butcher and Hughie attend anACDS Association of Collateral Damage Survivors meeting between for people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead. Butcher uses the talk to reassure Hughie that they're in the same boat and to know who his friends and who his enemies are.
Butcher and Hughie attend an
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Mother's Milk meets with Mesmer, a former child star supe who is signing autographs at a comic book convention. He reveals that he is aware that Mesmer used his telepathic skills to profit from insider trading. He allows Mesmer to look inside his head, revealing who he is. Milk takes Mesmer to see Cleo, his estranged teenage daughter, and Mesmer promises to be in her life more. He is saddened when she reveals she doesn't really know him. Mesmer agrees to the deal of being allowed to see Cleo every week in exchange for him reading The Female's mind.
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Mother's Milk meets with Mesmer, a former child star supe Supe who is signing autographs at a comic book convention. He reveals that he is aware that Mesmer used his telepathic skills to profit from insider trading. He trading and allows Mesmer to look inside his head, revealing who he is.showing his intentions. Milk takes Mesmer to see Cleo, his estranged teenage daughter, and Mesmer promises to be in her life more. He is saddened when she reveals she doesn't really know him. Mesmer agrees to the deal of being allowed to see Cleo every week in exchange for him reading The Female's mind.
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Frenchie reveals that he is there for Kimiko, but is willing to take her to the airport if it is what she wants. However, The Female holds Frenchie's hand, admitting that she wants to stay with him. Butcher arrives, revealing that Raynor has refused to authorize his demands. He believes that they don't need Raynor, but can take down Vought themselves.
Mesmer meets with Homelander, revealing spy-cam photos of Hughie and The Boys. He says that all he wants is a good word at Vought. Homelander leaves without promising him anything.
Hughie and Annie sit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcher questions what Translucent is up to with the aim of making Hughie uncomfortable and wary of Starlight.
Mesmer meets with Homelander, revealing spy-cam photos of Hughie and The Boys. He says that all he wants is a good word at Vought. Homelander leaves without promising him anything.
Hughie and Annie sit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcher questions what Translucent is up to with the aim of making Hughie uncomfortable and wary of Starlight.
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Frenchie reveals tells Kimiko that he is there for Kimiko, but her and is willing to take her to the airport immediately if it is what she wants. However, wants to continue her search for her brother, but that there are likely other victims like her that she could help by staying with them (and him). The Female holds Frenchie's hand, admitting that she wants to stay with him. stay. Butcher arrives, revealing arrives and tells the group that Raynor has refused to authorize his demands, but implies she refused all of their demands. He believes tells them that they don't need Raynor, but can take down Vought themselves.
Mesmer meets with Homelander,revealing spy-cam showing door security-cam photos of Hughie and The Boys. He says that all he wants is a good word at Vought. Homelander leaves without promising him anything.
Hughie and Annie sit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcherquestions asks Starlight what Translucent is up to to, with the aim of making Hughie uncomfortable and wary of Starlight.
Mesmer meets with Homelander,
Hughie and Annie sit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcher
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* TropaholicsAnonymous: The group Butcher takes Hugie to see, the [=A.C.D.S.=] (the Association of Collateral Damage Survivors) is comprised of people who were maimed when they were "rescued" by a superhero, and who Butcher ultimately chews out for bowing down to supes, Supes, despite them ruining their lives.
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Now that they've seen it for themselves and have their hands on the substance, the Boys know Vought has used "charities" to smuggle Compound V disguised as vaccines to make superheroes since 1971. Butcher is excited, as this can be used as evidence Susan Raynor's FBI unit can use to expose Vought.
With Ashley fired for Annie's stunt at the Believe Expo, Stillwell demands Annie comply with her designed image. Starlight refuses to obey Stillwell, demanding that she be allowed to save people and follow her own rules, noting that Stillwell firing her will only reflect badly on Vought considering that she just proclaimed to be the victim of a sexual assault. She also threatens to reveal that it was The Deep who was the perpetrator. Annie later runs into Queen Maeve, telling her she used to idolize Maeve but is now disillusioned.
Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female. M.M. initially refuses, but Frenchie is able to get him to agree to the idea.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead. Billy uses the talk to remind Hughie who his friends and who his enemies are.
With Ashley fired for Annie's stunt at the Believe Expo, Stillwell demands Annie comply with her designed image. Starlight refuses to obey Stillwell, demanding that she be allowed to save people and follow her own rules, noting that Stillwell firing her will only reflect badly on Vought considering that she just proclaimed to be the victim of a sexual assault. She also threatens to reveal that it was The Deep who was the perpetrator. Annie later runs into Queen Maeve, telling her she used to idolize Maeve but is now disillusioned.
Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female. M.M. initially refuses, but Frenchie is able to get him to agree to the idea.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead. Billy uses the talk to remind Hughie who his friends and who his enemies are.
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Now that they've seen it for themselves and have their hands on the substance, the Boys know Vought has used been using "charities" to smuggle Compound V disguised as vaccines to make superheroes since 1971. Butcher is excited, as this can be used as evidence Susan Raynor's FBI unit can use to expose Vought.
With Ashley fired for Annie's stunt at the Believe Expo, Stillwell demands Annie comply with her designed image.Starlight Annie refuses to obey Stillwell, demanding that she be allowed to save people and follow her own rules, noting that Stillwell firing her will only reflect badly on Vought considering that she just proclaimed to be the victim of a sexual assault.assault, which has outraged much of the public and gotten her sympathy. She also threatens to reveal that it was The Deep who was the perpetrator. Annie later runs into Queen Maeve, telling her she used to idolize Maeve but is now disillusioned.
disillusioned with her.
Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female.M.M. Milk initially refuses, but Frenchie is able to get him to agree to the idea.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead.Billy Butcher uses the talk to remind reassure Hughie that they're in the same boat and to know who his friends and who his enemies are.
With Ashley fired for Annie's stunt at the Believe Expo, Stillwell demands Annie comply with her designed image.
Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead.
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Mother's Milk meets with Mesmer, a former child star supe, seeking an audience by signing autographs at a comic book convention. He reveals that he is aware that Mesmer has his telepathic skills to profit from insider trading. He allows Mesmer to look inside his head, revealing who he is. M.M. takes Mesmer to see Cleo, his estranged teenage daughter, and promises to be in her life more. He is saddened when she reveals she doesn't really know him. Mesmer agrees to the deal of being allowed to see Cleo every week in exchange for him reading The Female's mind.
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Mother's Milk meets with Mesmer, a former child star supe, seeking an audience by supe who is signing autographs at a comic book convention. He reveals that he is aware that Mesmer has used his telepathic skills to profit from insider trading. He allows Mesmer to look inside his head, revealing who he is. M.M. Milk takes Mesmer to see Cleo, his estranged teenage daughter, and Mesmer promises to be in her life more. He is saddened when she reveals she doesn't really know him. Mesmer agrees to the deal of being allowed to see Cleo every week in exchange for him reading The Female's mind.
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Hughie and Anniesit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcher questions what Translucent is up to with the aim of making Hughie uncomfortable and wary of Starlight.
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Hughie and Anniesit Annie sit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcher questions what Translucent is up to with the aim of making Hughie uncomfortable and wary of Starlight.
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Now that they've seen it for themselves and have their hands on the substance, the Boys know Vought has used "charities" to smuggle Compound V disguised as vaccines to make superheroes since 1971. Butcher is excited, as this can be used as evidence Susan Raynor's FBI unit can use to expose Vought.
With Ashley fired for Annie's stunt at the Believe Expo, Stillwell demands Annie comply with her designed image. Starlight refuses to obey Stillwell, demanding that she be allowed to save people and follow her own rules, noting that Stillwell firing her will only reflect badly on Vought considering that she just proclaimed to be the victim of a sexual assault. She also threatens to reveal that it was The Deep who was the perpetrator. Annie later runs into Queen Maeve, telling her she used to idolize Maeve but is now disillusioned.
Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female. M.M. initially refuses, but Frenchie is able to get him to agree to the idea.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead. Billy uses the talk to remind Hughie who his friends and who his enemies are.
At Seven Tower, Stillwell tells The Deep that she knows he was the person who assaulted Starlight and she will make him make a public apology before the scandal really blows up and will also be sending him to the small town of Sandusky in Ohio for a "sabbatical". The Deep is dismayed, but films the apology video nevertheless, claiming to the public that he thought that the incident with Starlight was consensual.
Mother's Milk meets with Mesmer, a former child star supe, seeking an audience by signing autographs at a comic book convention. He reveals that he is aware that Mesmer has his telepathic skills to profit from insider trading. He allows Mesmer to look inside his head, revealing who he is. M.M. takes Mesmer to see Cleo, his estranged teenage daughter, and promises to be in her life more. He is saddened when she reveals she doesn't really know him. Mesmer agrees to the deal of being allowed to see Cleo every week in exchange for him reading The Female's mind.
Homelander meets with Stillwell to explain his dismay about the promotional video in which he pretended that he was visiting the house he grew up in. Stillwell uses Homelander's sexual attraction to her to convince him to finish the promotional video.
Mesmer attempts to read The Female's mind. However, it brings up such raw emotional memories that she inadvertently breaks his wrist. Mesmer insists that the session is off, however, M.M. is able to convince him to stay. Billy calls M.M., questioning his whereabouts. He initially lies, but Billy calls him on it, revealing that his phone being is tracked.
Elena shows up at the filming of Maeve's promotional video. Maeve tries to have a moment alone with Elena, but the film crew secretly keeps recording. Elena questions why she hasn't replied to her messages. Maeve insists that she was just looking for a hookup, but Elena can tell that she is lying.
Butcher arrives at Mesmer's house, declaring that they have to kill Mesmer now, but M.M. refuses. Trying again to read The Female, Mesmer reveals that her name is Kimiko Mayashiro and she was part of a terrorist group before being captured. This saddens Frenchie, who refuses to believe it. Hughie questions why Vought would give Compound V to terrorists, with Butcher deducing that Vought is crafting super-villains to justify getting The Seven into the military. After some pleading by Frenchie, Kimiko shows Mesmer other memories from her past: when she was young, her parents were killed and she and her brother were kidnapped, forced to be soldiers for the terrorists. He reveals that she wants to save her brother.
Butcher reveals what he has found to Raynor, teasing her with a sample of Compound V. Billy issues a list of demands, including that his team receive a salary, an office and her word that Homelander be prosecuted. Raynor admits that she can meet all of his demands, with the exception of prosecuting Homelander. Raynor fears that pushing Homelander too hard will result in thousands of deaths.
Frenchie reveals that he is there for Kimiko, but is willing to take her to the airport if it is what she wants. However, The Female holds Frenchie's hand, admitting that she wants to stay with him. Butcher arrives, revealing that Raynor has refused to authorize his demands. He believes that they don't need Raynor, but can take down Vought themselves.
Mesmer meets with Homelander, revealing spy-cam photos of Hughie and The Boys. He says that all he wants is a good word at Vought. Homelander leaves without promising him anything.
Hughie and Anniesit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcher questions what Translucent is up to with the aim of making Hughie uncomfortable and wary of Starlight.
With Ashley fired for Annie's stunt at the Believe Expo, Stillwell demands Annie comply with her designed image. Starlight refuses to obey Stillwell, demanding that she be allowed to save people and follow her own rules, noting that Stillwell firing her will only reflect badly on Vought considering that she just proclaimed to be the victim of a sexual assault. She also threatens to reveal that it was The Deep who was the perpetrator. Annie later runs into Queen Maeve, telling her she used to idolize Maeve but is now disillusioned.
Frenchie questions what Mother's Milk really thinks about The Female. Frenchie reveals that they could use the help of a Supe, Mesmer, to get information from The Female. M.M. initially refuses, but Frenchie is able to get him to agree to the idea.
Butcher and Hughie attend an ACDS meeting between people who have experienced collateral damage incidents with Supes. Butcher calls them cowards for not trying to get justice. Butcher then reveals to Hughie that he has a personal score with Homelander, who he's certain raped his wife Rebecca eight years ago. She shortly disappeared and no one has seen her since, with many believing she's dead. Billy uses the talk to remind Hughie who his friends and who his enemies are.
At Seven Tower, Stillwell tells The Deep that she knows he was the person who assaulted Starlight and she will make him make a public apology before the scandal really blows up and will also be sending him to the small town of Sandusky in Ohio for a "sabbatical". The Deep is dismayed, but films the apology video nevertheless, claiming to the public that he thought that the incident with Starlight was consensual.
Mother's Milk meets with Mesmer, a former child star supe, seeking an audience by signing autographs at a comic book convention. He reveals that he is aware that Mesmer has his telepathic skills to profit from insider trading. He allows Mesmer to look inside his head, revealing who he is. M.M. takes Mesmer to see Cleo, his estranged teenage daughter, and promises to be in her life more. He is saddened when she reveals she doesn't really know him. Mesmer agrees to the deal of being allowed to see Cleo every week in exchange for him reading The Female's mind.
Homelander meets with Stillwell to explain his dismay about the promotional video in which he pretended that he was visiting the house he grew up in. Stillwell uses Homelander's sexual attraction to her to convince him to finish the promotional video.
Mesmer attempts to read The Female's mind. However, it brings up such raw emotional memories that she inadvertently breaks his wrist. Mesmer insists that the session is off, however, M.M. is able to convince him to stay. Billy calls M.M., questioning his whereabouts. He initially lies, but Billy calls him on it, revealing that his phone being is tracked.
Elena shows up at the filming of Maeve's promotional video. Maeve tries to have a moment alone with Elena, but the film crew secretly keeps recording. Elena questions why she hasn't replied to her messages. Maeve insists that she was just looking for a hookup, but Elena can tell that she is lying.
Butcher arrives at Mesmer's house, declaring that they have to kill Mesmer now, but M.M. refuses. Trying again to read The Female, Mesmer reveals that her name is Kimiko Mayashiro and she was part of a terrorist group before being captured. This saddens Frenchie, who refuses to believe it. Hughie questions why Vought would give Compound V to terrorists, with Butcher deducing that Vought is crafting super-villains to justify getting The Seven into the military. After some pleading by Frenchie, Kimiko shows Mesmer other memories from her past: when she was young, her parents were killed and she and her brother were kidnapped, forced to be soldiers for the terrorists. He reveals that she wants to save her brother.
Butcher reveals what he has found to Raynor, teasing her with a sample of Compound V. Billy issues a list of demands, including that his team receive a salary, an office and her word that Homelander be prosecuted. Raynor admits that she can meet all of his demands, with the exception of prosecuting Homelander. Raynor fears that pushing Homelander too hard will result in thousands of deaths.
Frenchie reveals that he is there for Kimiko, but is willing to take her to the airport if it is what she wants. However, The Female holds Frenchie's hand, admitting that she wants to stay with him. Butcher arrives, revealing that Raynor has refused to authorize his demands. He believes that they don't need Raynor, but can take down Vought themselves.
Mesmer meets with Homelander, revealing spy-cam photos of Hughie and The Boys. He says that all he wants is a good word at Vought. Homelander leaves without promising him anything.
Hughie and Anniesit at a bar, talking about the possibility of leaving New York together. The two kiss, but are interrupted by Butcher, who introduces himself to Starlight. Butcher questions what Translucent is up to with the aim of making Hughie uncomfortable and wary of Starlight.
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* DestructiveSavior: Members of the [=A.C.D.S.=] (the Association of Collateral Damage Survivors) are people who were seriously injured while being rescued by a superhero, with one woman saying she was left paralyzed after being "saved" by Teknight.
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* TropaholicsAnonymous: The group Butcher takes Hugie to see, the [=A.C.D.S.=] (the Association of Collateral Damage Survivors) is comprised of people who were maimed when they were "rescued" by a superhero, and who Butcher ultimately chews out for bowing down to supes, despite them ruining their lives.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Played with in-universe. Mesmer hands a DVD to his estranged daughter but she refuses to take it because she doesn't have a DVD player. He figures it was only a ruse as she wasn't interested in getting to know him any better.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought. Frankie argues the same about the Female however, and turns out to be right. So far.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought. Frankie Frenchie argues the same about the Female however, and turns out to be right. So far.
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** Butcher isn't happy about how Hughie is getting close to Starlight, so takes him to a therapy group for 'collateral damage' victims of Supes. They include a woman who was crippled during her rescue, and the boyfriend of a IcePerson who had his [[GroinAttack penis]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] when his lover transformed [[DestructoNookie during orgasm]]. When Butcher is asked to tell his story however, he claims they're just refusing to admit the Supes injured them ForTheEvulz and storms out in a rage. Later he reveals to Hughie that Homelander raped and possibly murdered his wife Becca.
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** Butcher isn't happy about how Hughie is getting close to Starlight, so takes him to a therapy group for 'collateral damage' victims of Supes. They include a woman who was crippled during her rescue, and the boyfriend of a IcePerson AnIcePerson who had his [[GroinAttack penis]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] when his lover transformed [[DestructoNookie during orgasm]]. When Butcher is asked to tell his story however, he claims they're just refusing to admit the Supes injured them ForTheEvulz and storms out in a rage. Later he reveals to Hughie that Homelander raped and possibly murdered his wife Becca.
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* CallingParentsByTheirName: THe Mesmer's estranged daughter Cleo calls him "Charles".
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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Butcher explaining to Mesmer what he is going to do with him if he talks to anyone.
-->"You tell anyone what you saw or heard here today, and I'll cut your hands off and shove 'em so far up your ass, your fingers'll give us a little wave out your throat."
** BringIt: Mesmer defiantly holds out his hand to Butcher in response.
-->"You tell anyone what you saw or heard here today, and I'll cut your hands off and shove 'em so far up your ass, your fingers'll give us a little wave out your throat."
** BringIt: Mesmer defiantly holds out his hand to Butcher in response.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Hughie finally calls out Billy on his reflexive overuse of CountryMatters -- after which Billy just laughs it off, [[FriendshipMoment and acknowledges Hughie as]] [[RefugeInAudacity a "good cunt."]]
* BigDamnKiss: At the end of the episode between Annie and Hughie.
* CreatorCameo:
** A tweet by Eric Kripke shows up.
** Seth Rogen appears as himself.
** A tweet by Eric Kripke shows up.
** Seth Rogen appears as himself.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses chooses to stay.
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** After telling Raynor that Supes shouldn't be in the military because it would be impossible to prosecute the likes of Homelander for war crimes, Butcher makes prosecuting Homelander a deal breaker condition.
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* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer reads the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko.
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* TheNameless: Not any more; anymore; Mesmer reads the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko.
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* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough Madelyn's later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* PropagandaMachine: Throughout the episode, Vought are shown making a WeCare video with the Seven, though it's suggested this may actually get in the way of pushing for military superheroes. Starlight refuses to go along with any of this, but finds her stock footage is being used by Vought to put their own spin on her sexual assault.
* PropagandaMachine: Throughout the episode, Vought are shown making a WeCare video with the Seven, though it's suggested this may actually get in the way of pushing for military superheroes. Starlight refuses to go along with any of this, but finds her stock footage is being used by Vought to put their own spin on her sexual assault.
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* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough enough, Madelyn's later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* PropagandaMachine: Throughout the episode, Vought are shown making a WeCare video with the Seven, though it's suggested this may actually get in the way of pushing for military superheroes. Starlight refuses to go along with any ofthis, this but finds her stock footage is being used by Vought to put their own spin on her sexual assault.
* PropagandaMachine: Throughout the episode, Vought are shown making a WeCare video with the Seven, though it's suggested this may actually get in the way of pushing for military superheroes. Starlight refuses to go along with any of
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Butcher goes to the CIA with all the evidence they've collected. Susan Raynor agrees to everything on his wish list--financing, immunity, officespace...except the [[DoNotTauntCthulhu condition that Homelander be prosecuted]]. Butcher walks out on her, taking the evidence with him.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Butcher goes to the CIA with all the evidence they've collected. Susan Raynor agrees to everything on his wish list--financing, immunity, officespace...office space...except the [[DoNotTauntCthulhu condition that Homelander be prosecuted]]. Butcher walks out on her, taking the evidence with him.
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** Mesmer too realises he can't re-establish ties with his daughter, so tries to buy his way back into Vought.
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* CollateralDamage: Worried that Hughie might be getting too close to Starlight, Butcher takes him to a meeting of the local chapter of A.C.D.S. (the Association of Collateral Damage Survivors), a support group composed of people who were seriously injured after being "rescued" by a super hero, and who now move about in wheelchairs and have been outfitted with prosthetic limbs.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: After [[WeCare promoting environmental causes]], Deep is shown driving a gas-guzzling Hummer.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
** After [[WeCare promoting environmental causes]], Deep is shown driving a gas-guzzlingHummer.Hummer.
** After telling Raynor that Supes shouldn't be in the military because it would be impossible to prosecute the likes of Homelander for war crimes, Butcher makes prosecuting Homelander a deal breaker condition.
** After [[WeCare promoting environmental causes]], Deep is shown driving a gas-guzzling
** After telling Raynor that Supes shouldn't be in the military because it would be impossible to prosecute the likes of Homelander for war crimes, Butcher makes prosecuting Homelander a deal breaker condition.
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* {{Retraux}}: The TV show Mesmer starred in looks like a 1980's style cop show.
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* {{Retraux}}: The TV show Mesmer starred in ''The Mesmerizer'' looks like a 1980's style cop show.
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* CommonalityConnection: Butcher warms up to Hughie given how he's TookALevelInBadass and because they're both people who have lost loved ones. He does not react well on finding that [[DatingCatwoman Hughie doesn't share his blind hatred of all Supes]].
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].Hughie.
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** Mesmer was a FormerChildStar, fired by Vought and implied to have drug problems, who no longer has custody of his daughter.
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** Mesmer was a FormerChildStar, fired by Vought for insider trading and implied to have drug problems, who no longer has custody of his daughter.
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* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
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* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her Madelyn's later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at restricted to damage control for Vought.
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** Butcher throws away a chance for the Boys to get official backing from the CIA. This is when they've still got the murder of Translucent hanging over their heads.
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** Butcher throws away a chance for the Boys to get official backing from the CIA. This is when they've still got the murder of Translucent hanging over their heads. Also by refusing to hand over the evidence, he's preventing the authorities from finding out about an impending super-terrorist attack on the United States.
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* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer reads the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko.
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* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Butcher goes to the CIA with all the evidence they've collected. Susan Raynor agrees to everything on his wish list--financing, immunity, officespace...except the [[DoNotTauntCthulhu condition that Homelander be prosecuted]].
* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer reads the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko
* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer reads the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko
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** Queen Maeve gets it from both Starlight and her ex-girlfriend.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Butcher goes to the CIA with all the evidence they've collected. Susan Raynor agrees to everything on his wish list--financing, immunity, officespace...except the [[DoNotTauntCthulhu condition that Homelander beprosecuted]].
* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer readsprosecuted]]. Butcher walks out on her, taking the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko evidence with him.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Butcher goes to the CIA with all the evidence they've collected. Susan Raynor agrees to everything on his wish list--financing, immunity, officespace...except the [[DoNotTauntCthulhu condition that Homelander be
* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer reads
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* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Butcher keeps pointing out that Starlight won't be happy when she finds out the truth, and even implies that he might tip her off about who killed Translucent if he continues to fraternise with the 'enemy'.
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Butcher keeps pointing out to Hughie that Starlight won't be happy when she finds out the truth, and even implies that he might tip her off about who killed Translucent if he continues to fraternise fraternize with the 'enemy'.
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* {{Retraux}}: The TV show Mesmer starred in looks like a 1980's style cop show.
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* BrickJoke: Turns out the reason Butcher knows so much about Music/TheSpiceGirls is because his wife was a fan.
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* EnemyMine: Cited when Mesmer is brought in because he has a grudge against Vought.
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* EnemyMine: Cited when Mesmer is brought in because he has a grudge against Vought. RealityEnsues and Mesmer sells them out for a chance to get back into their good books.
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* BrokenPedestal: Starlight tells Maeve how she wore out Maeve's biography reading it, but now realises that most of it was just PR hype. Even her image as a rule breaker was just a marketing strategy cooked up by Vought.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought. Frankie argues the same about the Female however, and turns out to be right. So far.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought. Frankie argues the same about the Female however, and turns out to be right. So far.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought. Frankie argues the same about the Female however, and turns out to be right. right. So far.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video at his dead parents house, telling how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy. Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video at his dead parents house, telling how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy. Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
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* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es. It's quite likely there are more out there, waiting to be unleashed.
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* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es. It's quite likely there are more out there, waiting to be unleashed.
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
** Susan Raynor refuses the Butcher's condition that Homelander be prosecuted, for the simple reason that he's a dangerous psychopath with superpowers.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
** Susan Raynor refuses the Butcher's condition that Homelander be prosecuted, for the simple reason that he's a dangerous psychopath with superpowers.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
** Butcher is a complete jerkass to the victims group, but he's right that their injuries could well be more than accidents--either due to callous indifference or even DomesticAbuse--and they have a right to be angry about them.
** Susan Raynor refusesthe Butcher's condition that Homelander be prosecuted, for the simple reason that he's a dangerous psychopath with superpowers.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
** Butcher is a complete jerkass to the victims group, but he's right that their injuries could well be more than accidents--either due to callous indifference or even DomesticAbuse--and they have a right to be angry about them.
** Susan Raynor refuses
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice.
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight.
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.Vought.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought. Frankie argues the same about the Female however, and turns out to be right. So far.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mother's Milk suggests that treating Mesmer like a person will get his cooperation. Turns out having your wrist broken, your life threatened, and your daughter reject you are hardly incentives to resist the carrot of reliving your GloryDays by going back to Vought. Frankie argues the same about the Female however, and turns out to be right. So far.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing at his dead parents house, telling how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . TheAllAmericanBoy. Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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* DirtyMindReading: It's implied one of his female fans encourages Mesmer to do this; he writes his number on the DVD she's given him to sign.
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* DirtyMindReading: It's implied one of his female fans encourages Mesmer to do this; he writes his phone number on the DVD she's given him to sign.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Maeve's ex-girlfriend turns up while she's being filmed by a reality show, and [[IsThisThingStillOn they secretly film them talking]].
* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Maeve's ex-girlfriend turns up while she's being filmed by a reality show, and [[IsThisThingStillOn they secretly film them talking]].
* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Maeve's ex-girlfriend turns up while she's being filmed by a reality show,and who [[IsThisThingStillOn they secretly film them talking]].
* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es. It's quite likely there are more out there, waiting to be unleashed.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Maeve's ex-girlfriend turns up while she's being filmed by a reality show,
* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es. It's quite likely there are more out there, waiting to be unleashed.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: After promoting environmental causes, Deep is shown driving a gas-guzzling Hummer.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: After [[WeCare promoting environmental causes, causes]], Deep is shown driving a gas-guzzling Hummer.
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight.
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
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** Butcher isn't happy about how Hughie is getting close to Starlight, so takes him to a therapy group for 'collateral damage' victims. They include a woman who was crippled during her rescue, and the boyfriend of a IcePerson who had his [[GroinAttack penis]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] when his lover transformed [[DestructoNookie during orgasm]]. When Butcher is asked to tell his story however, he claims they're just refusing to admit the Supes injured them ForTheEvulz and storms out in a rage. Later he reveals to Hughie that Homelander raped and possibly murdered his wife Becca.
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** Butcher isn't happy about how Hughie is getting close to Starlight, so takes him to a therapy group for 'collateral damage' victims.victims of Supes. They include a woman who was crippled during her rescue, and the boyfriend of a IcePerson who had his [[GroinAttack penis]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] when his lover transformed [[DestructoNookie during orgasm]]. When Butcher is asked to tell his story however, he claims they're just refusing to admit the Supes injured them ForTheEvulz and storms out in a rage. Later he reveals to Hughie that Homelander raped and possibly murdered his wife Becca.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight.
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* ZeroApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
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* ZeroApprovalRating: ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
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* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
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** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
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* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
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** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight.
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
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* ZeroApprovalRating: Deep finds himself in this position with the Cloudland disaster and rape allegations hanging over his head. Even Madelyn's support is only aimed at damage control for Vought.
* BewareTheSuperman:
** Butcher isn't happy about how Hughie is getting close to Starlight, so takes him to a therapy group for 'collateral damage' victims. They include a woman who was crippled during her rescue, and the boyfriend of a IcePerson who had his [[GroinAttack penis]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] when his lover transformed [[DestructoNookie during orgasm]]. When Butcher is asked to tell his story however, he claims they're just refusing to admit the Supes injured them ForTheEvulz and storms out in a rage. Later he reveals to Hughie that Homelander raped and possibly murdered his wife Becca.
** Mesmer's first attempt to mind-read the Female gets his wrist broken.
* BlatantLies:
** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
** In his OrderedApology, Deep claims that he mistakenly assumed their sex with consensual, rather than him threatening to accuse Starlight of attacking him if she didn't have sex with him.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
** Kimiko was kidnapped by the Shining Light Liberation Army, raised as a soldier, then shipped to the US where she was converted into a TykeBomb super-terrorist.
** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
** Mesmer was a FormerChildStar, fired by Vought and implied to have drug problems, who no longer has custody of his daughter.
* DirtyMindReading: It's implied one of his female fans encourages Mesmer to do this; he writes his number on the DVD she's given him to sign.
* EnemyMine: Cited when Mesmer is brought in because he has a grudge against Vought.
* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Maeve's ex-girlfriend turns up while she's being filmed by a reality show, and [[IsThisThingStillOn they secretly film them talking]].
* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es.
* HandshakeRefusal: Both Butcher and Homelander refuse to shake hands with Mesmer, who can use it to read minds.
* {{Hypocrite}}: After promoting environmental causes, Deep is shown driving a gas-guzzling Hummer.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
** Susan Raynor refuses the Butcher's condition that Homelander be prosecuted, for the simple reason that he's a dangerous psychopath with superpowers.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
* MomentKiller: Hughie finally has a kiss with Starlight, which even makes the hallucination of Robin disappear. Then Butcher 'accidentally' bumps into his pal Hughie...
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging:
** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
* PropagandaMachine: Throughout the episode, Vought are shown making a WeCare video with the Seven, though it's suggested this may actually get in the way of pushing for military superheroes. Starlight refuses to go along with any of this, but finds her stock footage is being used by Vought to put their own spin on her sexual assault.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
** Ashley to Starlight, as she's TantrumThrowing after being fired.
** Butcher bitterly denounces a victims group for not getting angry at the Supes who crippled or mutilated them.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Butcher goes to the CIA with all the evidence they've collected. Susan Raynor agrees to everything on his wish list--financing, immunity, officespace...except the [[DoNotTauntCthulhu condition that Homelander be prosecuted]].
* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer reads the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Mother's Milk arranges visitation rights for Mesmer, but he reads in his child's mind that she's not really interested, so tries to bargain his way back to a position at Vought by tipping off Homelander about the Boys, including pictures of their faces.
** Butcher throws away a chance for the Boys to get official backing from the CIA. This is when they've still got the murder of Translucent hanging over their heads.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Butcher keeps pointing out that Starlight won't be happy when she finds out the truth, and even implies that he might tip her off about who killed Translucent if he continues to fraternise with the 'enemy'.
* SilkHidingSteel: Starlight sets down some new conditions of employment, and when Madelyn threatens Starlight with being kicked off the Seven, she points out that being fired right after revealing she was sexually assaulted would look very bad for Vought.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
-->'''Hughie:''' You know, you're always calling people "cunts" or "twats," but I just... I never really got how that's an insult? They're flexible, take a pounding, and they're the reason behind, like, 98% of my life decisions.
-->'''Butcher:''' ''(smirks)'' You're a good cunt.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain:
** Especially for Homelander whose home never existed.
** Mesmer too realises he can't re-establish ties with his daughter, so tries to buy his way back into Vought.
* BewareTheSuperman:
** Butcher isn't happy about how Hughie is getting close to Starlight, so takes him to a therapy group for 'collateral damage' victims. They include a woman who was crippled during her rescue, and the boyfriend of a IcePerson who had his [[GroinAttack penis]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] when his lover transformed [[DestructoNookie during orgasm]]. When Butcher is asked to tell his story however, he claims they're just refusing to admit the Supes injured them ForTheEvulz and storms out in a rage. Later he reveals to Hughie that Homelander raped and possibly murdered his wife Becca.
** Mesmer's first attempt to mind-read the Female gets his wrist broken.
* BlatantLies:
** Starlight turns up at Madelyn's office to hear Ashley screaming abuse over being fired, then storming out of the office, pausing only to insult her former client. Madelyn then tells Starlight that Ashley decided to leave to pursue other interests.
** In his OrderedApology, Deep claims that he mistakenly assumed their sex with consensual, rather than him threatening to accuse Starlight of attacking him if she didn't have sex with him.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
** Butcher reveals why he hates the Supes. Homelander raped his wife, and she went missing afterwards, either due to murder or suicide.
** Kimiko was kidnapped by the Shining Light Liberation Army, raised as a soldier, then shipped to the US where she was converted into a TykeBomb super-terrorist.
** Homelander is shown in a promotional video showing how he was raised as TheAllAmericanBoy in . Turns out it's all fake and he was raised in a lab by scientists. He's shown in a sterile room with the only decoration a human target and his SecurityBlanket (he freaks out on finding the blanket in his fake bedroom).
** Mesmer was a FormerChildStar, fired by Vought and implied to have drug problems, who no longer has custody of his daughter.
* DirtyMindReading: It's implied one of his female fans encourages Mesmer to do this; he writes his number on the DVD she's given him to sign.
* EnemyMine: Cited when Mesmer is brought in because he has a grudge against Vought.
* FamilyOfChoice: Frenchie offers to take Kimiko to the airport so she can go back to her brother, but asks her to stay because they need her superpowers. She choses to stay.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Maeve's ex-girlfriend turns up while she's being filmed by a reality show, and [[IsThisThingStillOn they secretly film them talking]].
* GenghisGambit: It's suggested the reason Kimiko was being injected with Compound V was to create Supe terrorists who could only be combated with {{Military Superhero}}es.
* HandshakeRefusal: Both Butcher and Homelander refuse to shake hands with Mesmer, who can use it to read minds.
* {{Hypocrite}}: After promoting environmental causes, Deep is shown driving a gas-guzzling Hummer.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** For all of Butcher's unreasoning hatred of Supes, consulting Mesmer turns out to be a terrible idea, and Hughie dating Starlight could be a worse one. As Butcher points out, how is Starlight going to react when she finds out that a) Hughie has been lying to her, and b) killed Translucent?
** Susan Raynor refuses the Butcher's condition that Homelander be prosecuted, for the simple reason that he's a dangerous psychopath with superpowers.
* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or in this case--Man of Kleenex, Woman Of Ice. A Vought employee had sex with AnIcePerson who transformed in the throes of passion and snapped off his penis. He even regards this as an acceptable price [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu when a man loves a god]]. Butcher is not amused, saying he refuses to admit [[DomesticAbuser she may well have done it for a laugh]].
* MomentKiller: Hughie finally has a kiss with Starlight, which even makes the hallucination of Robin disappear. Then Butcher 'accidentally' bumps into his pal Hughie...
* ObliviousGuiltSlinging:
** A-Train is asked if he could make some anti-drug commentary after Popclaw's death. He's noticeably uncomfortable and denies having seen her for years.
** Robin's hallucination appears again, but Hughie finds she vanishes after kissing Starlight. Then Butcher appears to ask Starlight how come no-one's seen Translucent for a while...
* OpenSecret: Madelyn points out that Starlight has not said who assaulted her. Starlight just replies that she thinks Madelyn has known for some time what's going on. Sure enough her later conversation with Deep shows that Starlight wasn't the only woman he assaulted.
* UptownGirl: An old friend of Hughie points out that Starlight is way out of his league, and Hughie can only agree. They end up kissing by the end of the episode.
* PropagandaMachine: Throughout the episode, Vought are shown making a WeCare video with the Seven, though it's suggested this may actually get in the way of pushing for military superheroes. Starlight refuses to go along with any of this, but finds her stock footage is being used by Vought to put their own spin on her sexual assault.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
** Ashley to Starlight, as she's TantrumThrowing after being fired.
** Butcher bitterly denounces a victims group for not getting angry at the Supes who crippled or mutilated them.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Butcher goes to the CIA with all the evidence they've collected. Susan Raynor agrees to everything on his wish list--financing, immunity, officespace...except the [[DoNotTauntCthulhu condition that Homelander be prosecuted]].
* TheNameless: Not any more; Mesmer reads the Female's mind and finds she's called Kimiko
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Mother's Milk arranges visitation rights for Mesmer, but he reads in his child's mind that she's not really interested, so tries to bargain his way back to a position at Vought by tipping off Homelander about the Boys, including pictures of their faces.
** Butcher throws away a chance for the Boys to get official backing from the CIA. This is when they've still got the murder of Translucent hanging over their heads.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Butcher keeps pointing out that Starlight won't be happy when she finds out the truth, and even implies that he might tip her off about who killed Translucent if he continues to fraternise with the 'enemy'.
* SilkHidingSteel: Starlight sets down some new conditions of employment, and when Madelyn threatens Starlight with being kicked off the Seven, she points out that being fired right after revealing she was sexually assaulted would look very bad for Vought.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Butcher exchanges SnarkToSnarkCombat with Hughie, who he sees as a younger version of himself. He's not happy on realising [[DatingCatwoman Hughie is genuinely falling for Starlight]].
-->'''Hughie:''' You know, you're always calling people "cunts" or "twats," but I just... I never really got how that's an insult? They're flexible, take a pounding, and they're the reason behind, like, 98% of my life decisions.
-->'''Butcher:''' ''(smirks)'' You're a good cunt.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain:
** Especially for Homelander whose home never existed.
** Mesmer too realises he can't re-establish ties with his daughter, so tries to buy his way back into Vought.
