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The Nerd Soup Podcast

The Boys Season 5 Review (Episode 4)

The Nerd Soup Podcast

Nerd Soup

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Reuben & Andres review Episode 4 of The Boys Season 5! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, LETTERBOXD, INSTAGRAM & FACEBOOK! TWITTER! - twitter.com/NerdSoup Aaron Twitter: @nerdsoupmonkey Beau Letterboxd: @beausoup INSTAGRAM - www.instagram.com/nerdsoup FACEBOOK! - www.facebook.com/NerdSoup

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of NerdSoup. My name is Ruben joined here today with Anders and we are back to talk about the boys. Season 5, episode 4, King of Hell.

0:11.7

And before we get into today's episode, I want to let you guys know that you can listen to this wherever you get your podcasts and go ahead and check out our Patreon page if you want more nerd suit that's actually

0:22.5

where you're going to find some invincible content and i think we're going to be making more

0:27.6

invincible content not to get onto invincible but how about that episode seven audress oh man i can't

0:33.8

i can't wait to watch the finale tonight i'm so excited and nervous at the same time. Were you one of those guys doubting Thrag? Were you doubting his aura? No. Once I saw his hairline, like I knew he doesn't play games. Oh man, that's sharp. His barber must be the safest person in the universe. And yeah, follow us on social media is at nerds soup at bow soup

0:55.8

at andres just like cam it's a scavenger hunt if you can find andres on social media will

1:00.6

it will give you something you have any tokens on this you have anything you want to get rid of

1:05.3

any clutter i definitely have clutter okay we'll figure something out we'll send the we'll send

1:10.2

the team over.

1:12.5

Yeah, the boys, season five.

1:18.3

So the first video that I did with Cam, I had mentioned that season four to me was a bit of a mixed bag.

1:24.0

I felt like the narrative at times was a bit rudderless, especially when it came to the heroes.

1:25.7

But Homelander's always been interesting.

1:28.5

And I think with this episode especially,

1:34.5

pairing him with Soldier Boy and then playing with the idea, is Soldier Boy helping him because maybe he wants to embrace being a father? Maybe he was actually moved by what Firecracker said

1:39.9

that Homelander looks up to him.

1:41.8

I never said that. You want my help or not?

1:45.0

And then playing with the generational gaps as well, because it's not only their father-son relationship, but also Ryan and Homelander, Ryan and Butcher.

1:54.0

And I felt like the boys in this specific episode, it was a fun problem for them to figure out that they're trying to find the V1.

2:02.1

There's this plant virus that's making these people angry.

2:05.9

So they kill themselves and then the plant feeds on the corpses.

2:09.3

And French, he's immune because he's been a druggie for so long.

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