It’s less character development and more plot mechanics papered over with side-eyed emotion.
In a very literal reading, Karl Urban’s swaggering Billy Butcher fails to deliver on his promises every single time across both seasons.
Highly entertaining but grossly flawed, _The Boys _envisions itself as the bad boy of superhero stories.
Yet the plot demands that he still wheel and deal with various powerful factions and shadowy figures who trust him despite his abysmal track record.
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