EPISODE
SEASON
The Boys - Season 1
An action-comedy series revolves around a world of superheroes and their reckless behavior. Over time, the safety of the world could be jeopardized. In the meantime, there is a group of volunteers who are engaged in a perfect experiment to eliminate the superheroes who abuse those great powers every day.
17 July 1990, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
7 February 1978, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
January 2, 1972 in Methuen, Massachusetts, USA
15 April 1982, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
22 April 1980, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
10 September 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 February 1988, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
15 November 1979
July 25, 2019
The Boys is by no means perfect - the jokes often fall flat and the show is already guilty of an uneven tone that juggles heart-wrenching drama one minute and Tarantino-esque scraps the next - but it's undeniably refreshing.
July 25, 2019
It's an entertaining series without perhaps the abundance of dry wit of "Preacher," and a subplot involving a mysterious substance called Compound V never really warms up. But for summer fun, sure, why not?
July 25, 2019
The Boys can be called a lot of things. It's vulgar, crass, violent, and bloody. It's absurd, but earnest. But The Boys has something to say about hero worship and absolute power, and it blends well even with the often indelicate delivery.
July 25, 2019
Amongst all that, it's nice to have a palate-cleanser like The Boys to present a darker, more screwed-up version of superheroes. If nothing else, you'll never look at Clark Kent the same way again.
July 25, 2019
The Boys fails to be truly subversive in ways that count more than just wagging a middle finger at Marvel CEO Kevin Feige.
July 25, 2019
It's shocking and crude, but it's profane for a reason and outrageous because it actually has something to say about those in power and the heroes we worship. It's crazy, but it's also a hell of a lot of fun.
July 25, 2019
A lot of wild things happen in The Boys. But underneath all that superpowered ass-murder is genuinely one of the most timely TV series I've seen in a long time.
June 06, 2019
"The Boys" might not feel essential to our culture's ongoing superhero conversation, but it does cross a few lines other franchises might not.
July 25, 2019
The cast is fine, particularly Shue, who is icily effective; Quaid, whose neurotic but brave fumblings are endearing; and Urban, who is Hughie's gonzo guide.
July 26, 2019
[Almost "fresh" because it's fearless] The character development from the comics isn't here and without that you really don't understand who The Boys are, so you can't really side with them-and in their twisted universe they need someone on their side.