A Brief Recap of “The Boys” Season One

Season two of Amazon’s hit superhero drama The Boys dropped on Friday, September 4. Based off Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s graphic novel of the same name, The Boys follows a group of super powered beings with a mess of personal drama. The show follows two distinct groups: A group of (mostly) guys with their own grudges against “Supes” as they try to uncover a conspiracy around The Seven, the most prominent and powerful superhero group in history. Here’s a quick rundown of some major plotlines to help prepare you for another season of superhero shenanigans.

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Never Meet Your Heroes Season one kicks off with middling underachiever Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid) putting his Big Boy Drawls on and agreeing to move in with his girlfriend Robin (Jess Salgueiro). But just as the pair commit to this new phase, Robin is literally liquified as A-Train (Jesse T. Usher), The Seven’s analog to DC’s Flash, runs straight through her as she stands off of a sidewalk. High on Compound V (more on that later), A-Train barely stops to acknowledge the event. Avenging Robin becomes Hughie’s driving goal, leading him to meet renegade vigilante Billy Butcher (Karl Urban).

Middle Class Batman Billy is his group’s badass leader whose moral ambiguity edges closer to flat to out villainy throughout the series. His missing wife Becca (was a former Vought employee who was presumably murdered or driven to suicid…