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Eric Kripke’sThe Boysis back with its bizarre take on superheroes for the fourth time. Despite many complaints about its slow burn treatment in the first three episodes, Season 4 has its share of strong performances and dark storylines like the last 3 seasons. Nevertheless, one scene from Episode 3 stood out for sharing an uncanny resemblance to Tobey Maguire’sSpider-Man.
With Homelander going crazy over the imbalance in the dynamics of his team to Billy Butcher only having 18 months to live,The Boysgrows to be more interesting. But even after delivering some of the most OP moments throughout the past 3 seasons, the makers succeed in presenting more thrilling and impactful scenes.
The BoysSeason 4 Episode 3 reminds us of a legendarySpider-Manscene
Episode 3 ofThe BoysSeason 4 titledWe’ll Keep the Red Flag Flying Herefeatured Hughie Campbell and Mother’s Milk infiltrating a meeting betweenAntony Starr‘s Homelander, Victoria Neuman, and Sister Sage. But things go wrong as Neuman and the others meet underneath the vent Hughie is in and due to lack of time, he decides to stop there and eavesdrop on their plan.
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As the Jack Quaid character listens to Homelander and Neuman’s plans for the assassination of Jim Beaver’s Robert Singer, a drop of his sweat falls on Homelander’s suit and starts chaos on theVought on Iceset. Now, as@BLUERAYANGELpointed out, this scene directly reminded the viewers of Peter Parker and Green Goblin’s scene from Sam Raimi’sSpider-Man.
Spider-Man //#TheBoyspic.twitter.com/xWYEebiGEr
— BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel)August 22, 2025
The iconic“Norman Osborn Learns The Truth”scene (viaTopMovieClips) is still etched in the minds of the fans. The thrilling scene whereTobey Maguire‘s Peter Parker’s blood drips on Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn from the ceiling kept us on the edge of our seats. The fans got a chance to relive the moment in the latest episode ofThe Boys.
But it is important to know that the stakes were higher and more dreadful for the Eric Kripke show as Hughie was almost turned into a crisp by Homelander’s laser vision after the latter found out the truth. Interestingly, this is another callback toSpider-Manin the Amazon Prime hit series after Billy Butcher’s badass take on“With great power…”dialogue in Season 3.
WillThe BoysSeason 4 be as popular as the past seasons?
Although Season 4 ofThe Boyshas featured some of the most shocking and thrilling moments, many netizens have a complaint with its pacing. With all thedevelopmentshappening to the plot, the show is expected to give us more surprises soon. However, there is a significant element that can cause some trouble, the Season 5 announcement.
Recently, the announcement ofThe Boysendingwith Season 5 rocked the fans of the R-rated superhero show. While it is impressive that the show is not taking aGame of Thronesroute to turn into a mess by the end, this can also affect the impact of Season 4.
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As the show is slated to come around for one last time, it can be expected that the fourth season may largely act as a season to connect loose ends before the Endgame. But it is also to be noted that the show never fails to surprise us with a bizarre twist whenever we think that it cannot go more bonkers. So it is too soon to comment on anything.
On top of everything, it will also be interesting to see howGen-V‘s Supe-killing virus, under the possession of Victoria Neuman ties into the story ofThe Boys.
The BoysSeason 4 is streaming on Amazon Prime.
Subham Mandal
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Subham Mandal is currently working as a content writer for FandomWire with an ardent interest in the world of pop culture. He has written more than 1000 articles on different spheres of modern pop culture and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He’s also an experienced student journalist having demonstrated work experience with the Times of India. He aspires to be a column writer in the future.
