I love The Boys and have not made up my mind about season 4. I’m skeptical about some things, excited by others, but we are only three episodes in.
One of my gripes is that the show does not feel like the stakes are too high. Despite all the death and blood and gore, the Boys and Homelander and the Deep and A-Train and Ashley are all still alive and have been central characters since season 1. For a show that is so gruesome and edgy, it seems to be really hesitant to kill off anyone of major significance.
One of the things I am looking for by the end of this season is whether one or several of the main characters are killed off to up the stakes. Something weighty needs to happen.
For this show to feel higher stakes, who do you think has to get killed off? Do you think it’s high stakes as-is? Is there another way to increase the stakes?