There are two types of The Boys fans: people who are in on the joke and people who aren't. Since the very beginning, the premise of Amazon's superhero satire has been to imagine what would happen if superheroes actually existed in the real world. The answer? Nothing good. As early as season 1, it was clear that Homelander (Antony Starr) and the rest of the Seven (think The Avengers if they were owned and operated by Palantir) weren't just flawed heroes or even anti-heroes; they were, to quote another classic show: the baddies.