‘The Boys’ season four episode four ending explained: what will happen to Hughie’s dad?

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The Boys digs into Homelander’s origins in the fourth episode of season four.Developed by showrunner Eric Kripke, the satirical superhero series follows a group of vigilantes as they try and take down superpowered individuals who abuse their powers.In season four, Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) is running to become vice president of the US, under Homelander’s thumb (Anthony Starr).

All the while, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) is looking to save Becca’s son so he doesn’t grow up under Homelander’s wing.New cast members in the fourth season include Susan Heyward as Sister Sage, Valorie Curry as Firecracker, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Kessler.After suffering a stroke at the start of season four, Hugh Campbell Sr. (Simon Pegg) has been in hospital on life support.

The incident leads to his son, Hughie (Jack Quaid), coming face to face with his mother Daphne (Rosemarie DeWitt) for the first time in years.With his chances of survival looking slim, Daphne states that she wants to take Hugh off life support, much to the dismay of Hughie.

In a bid to save his life, Hughie makes a deal with A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) to secure some Compound V, the drug which gives humans superpowered abilities, with the intention of injecting it into his father.After Billy Butcher attempts to talk him out of it, Hughie decides against giving the Compound V to his father at the last minute in hospital.