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That ending kind of disturbed me. I don’t know if “fridging” is the appropriate term to use here, but iif it isn’t then we should probably coin a new kind of term.

It just felt gratuitous and gross even for the boys.

Otherwise, I liked the multiple POV format of the episode; but do we really have real estate to be doing standalone stylistic episodes at this point because I feel like we’ve done two of them

I also thought this was a weird episode - given the way it ends, I would have preferred a full sendoff for Firecracker.

I guess Homelander’s action makes sense given what Butcher said about how he’d act as a god - and we’re seeing Homelander reject love (the thing he’s craved forever) in favor of power/removing weakness. I still think it would have been stronger without the one shot frames.

The cameos were fun though.

I really liked the One-Shot format, and still think it moved the characters and plot along enough in both. You've got the brewing stuff with Deep/Noir that I assume is building to a payoff, Soldier Boy choosing Homelander, confirmation of Sage turning against him, Butcher finally seeing reason with the virus/V-1, Homelander going full God and killing a member of the Seven, and some other things, all very significant endgame moves, so I don't really get the idea that this was some standalone separate thing where it's wasting time and nothing happened.

I thought Firecracker was going to die when it started giving her more of an arc and showed her inner-conflict over her pastor/church and Homelander, and it made sense for his character. I'm also kinda fine with that abrupt sendoff because she's not been a part of the show for that long, she only joined in Season 4! And she's still a villain! It's not like they did that to Annie or Kimiko. I feel like the series has done way worse.

Cameos were great. Show is fun. 🤷‍♂️