Review: The Boys, "Wisdom Of The Ages" | Season 4, Episode 4
Please, no more "Up Where We Belong”
After episode three, I guessed that we were heading into some very dark territory. I just want the show to know it didn’t have to prove me right quite so fast, and in such a bleak manner. If “We’ll Keep The Red Flag Flying Here” was The Boys in fun mode, “Wisdom Of The Ages” is pretty much the exact opposite of that. There’s plenty of great material here, but it doesn’t matter how loudly they crank that awful Deep/Firecracker cover version of “Up Where We Belong” over the end credits—this is a downer of an episode.
The most obvious reason for that is also the one that throws our protagonists right back into the defensive position, with any public support or governmental aid they previously had quickly slipping through their fingers. It once again makes them serious underdogs in the fight against Neuman and Homelander (and now Sage, as well), but not in a plucky, all-for-one-and-one-for-all way. No, this was a very unpleasant public dismantling of Starli…