History Recap / TheBoysS0201TheBigRide

* GoshdangItToHeck: The actor portraying Butcher in the True Crime show's recreation of Stillwell's death calls her a "dumb bird" and threatens to [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "bollocks"]] her. Not one "twat" or "cunt" in the lot.

** After the death of Susan Raynor we cut immediately to a TV interview with Victoria Neuman. Because she was responsible.

* PetTheDog:
** Homelander saved Stillwell's baby from Billy's bombs. It's probably the only nice thing Homelander has done in the show, as he hated Teddy and it doesn't benefit him in any way. Of course, [[SubvertedTrope he immediately undermines this]] by subsequently abandoning the kid in a field 17 miles away.
** After killing Naqib, Black Noir takes the time to entertain Naqib's infant son and gives him his teddy bear back before leaving. Proving that this version of Noir [[WouldntHurtAChild is in fact above harming children.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When he discovers the [=82nd=] floor have assigned Stormfront to the Seven without his prior approval, Homelander barges into Stam Edgar's office and tries throwing his weight around. After all, as the most famous superhero in the world he's Vought's most valuable asset and it would be too bad if he decided to leave. Edgar puts Homelander firmly in his place by pointing out he's ''not'' their most valuable asset. Vought is a ''pharmaceutical'' company, not a superhero company. Their most valuable asset is the (no longer) ''confidential'' formula for Compound V "which you, [[PsychoticManchild manchild that you are]], released into the wild."

* DecompositeCharacter: Edgar manages to cow Homelander verbally, a trait the belonged to James Stillwell in the comic but hadn't made it to the series. In the same scene, he speaks of the company's founder Frederick Vought, a German scientist who defected from the Nazis during WWII and is responsible for the creation of Compound V and the very first Supes; which was Jonah Vogelbaum's comic book backstory.

In a meeting, Stan Edgar, CEO of Vought, discusses the incorporation of the Supes into the military. Meanwhile, in the US, Homelander holds a funeral for Translucent, along with Translucent's family and son Maverick. The Boys watch the news and see their faces still splashed across the media as wanted criminals. They brainstorm what to do - run, find Compound V and tell the media, or stay and hide.

Annie tracks down Gecko. She records him in a hotel room letting someone hack his arm off in exchange for money. Annie finds Gecko at a diner and chats him up as if it's a casual run in. She asks him for a favor - to go into the labs on 67th to steal her a sample of Compound V. He pretends not to know what that is at first.

* BastardlySpeech: Homelander gives a funeral speech with CrocodileTears for Translucent (allegedly killed by a cartel Supe terrorist) but Starlight sings a touching memorial song as well, knowing that Hughie was the one who killed him.

** Mr. Edgar does a subtle version by letting Homelander know that they know all about him smuggling out Compound V to create super terrorists.

* CompositeCharacter: Combined with DecompositeCharacter; Mr. Edgar demonstrates complete NervesOfSteel and manages to rattle Homelander, a trait that belonged to Stillwell in the comic.

** While Mr. Edgar is hammering out the contract for the use of superheroes as military support (while a Vought lawyer turns up with lunch), Black Noir is slaughtering his way through Naqib's house.

* ConvenientComa: A-Train is still in a coma, so isn't awake to tell The Seven that she busted out the Boys. ([[FridgeLogic But what about the soldiers guarding them?]])

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Mr. Edgar explains exactly how short-sighted Homelander's plot to create Super-villains by smuggling Compound V overseas truly is. In the short term, Vought stands to make a lot of money but in the long term they stand to lose one of their most lucrative products as it's going to be only a matter of time until the US Government forces them to hand over the formula. In addition, Vought can only hide the truth about how Compound V, which is produced exclusively by Vought, got out for so long and Vought is going to get hammered once it does. All for what amounts to a minor sideline that is only a small fraction of Vought's income.

* DecompositeCharacter: Edgar manages to cow Homelander verbally, a trait the belonged to Stillwell in the comic but hadn't made it to the series. In the same scene, he speaks of the founder of Vought International, a German scientist who defected from the Nazis during WWII and is responsible for the creation of compound V and the very first Supes; which was Jonah Vogelbaum's comic book backstory.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The episode begins with Mr. Edgar coldly explaining to other people in the meeting his planned policies for introducing Supes into the armed forces. Later, he rattles ''the'' Supe in the series, Homelander, despite being a completely non-powered being.

** After the death of Susan Raynor we cut immediately to a tv interview with Victoria Neuman. Because she was responsible.

* OurFounder: Stan Edgar has a portrait of "Frederick Vought, our esteemed founder" in his office. He references it directly as he contrasts the "the real story" of Vought International's history with "the self-serving bullshit that we peddle to the shareholders."

* OverTheTopSecret: Mr. Edgar wants a "top secret Yankee White designation" for Compound V, which apparently only the President can authorise. Ostensibly this is to stop foreign countries from finding out about it, but as Edgar later points out to Homelander, the existence of Compound V becoming public knowledge would be bad for Vought Industries as well.

* PiggybackingOnHitler: Frederick Vought started out developing an early version of Compound V for the Nazis, saw which way the wind was blowing and defected to the United States in 1944, earning himself a Presidential pardon for developing the American SuperSoldier program.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Mr. Edgar argues that other military contractors aren't under the chain of command, so his superheroes shouldn't be either. This ignores the fact that, by Vought's own admission, their superheroes are the most powerful military force in the world. There's a reason why the President of the United States is also the Commander In Chief of the US military.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When he discovers the [=82nd=] floor have assigned Stormfront to the Seven without his prior approval, Homelander barges into Mr. Edgar's office and tries throwing his weight around. After all, as the most famous superhero in the world he's Vought's most valuable asset and it would be too bad if he decided to leave. Mr. Edgar puts Homelander firmly in his place by pointing out he's ''not'' their most valuable asset. Vought Industries is a ''pharmaceutical'' company, not a superhero company. Their most valuable asset is the (no longer) ''confidential'' formula for Compound V "which you, [[PsychoticManchild manchild that you are]], released into the wild."
* RebelRelaxation: Homelander, more usually seen doing a DynamicAkimbo, puts his boots up on a low table when in Mr. Edgar's office, because he wrongly assumes he has the advantage of the CEO. It doesn't last.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After seeing Raynor's head exploting, the Boys abandon the place as quick as possible.

* TakeOurWordForIt: Translucent's funeral has an empty glass coffin, relying on people to believe his corpse will be invisible.

** Eagle the Archer is an [[ComicBook/GreenArrow archery]]-[[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} based]] superhero that has lamented his failure to stop a HostageSituation. He began to [[LampshadeHanging question]] why he'd ever [[ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge use a bow and arrow]] against people armed with [[CoolGuns/MachinePistols Tec-9's]]. He ended up running out of arrows before they'd run out of bullets.

** A scene early on features Edgar from Vought pitching The Seven to the military while [[Music/TheRollingStones "Sympathy for the Devil"]] plays, similar to the introductory scene in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''.

* TranquilFury: Stanley Edgar never raises his voice, but he makes it clear to Homelander how much of a mess he has left for Vought to clean up.

* RefugeInAudacity: Translucent's funeral has an empty glass coffin, relying on people to believe his corpse will be invisible.
* RockBottom