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Everyone is writing that this episode is anti-Christian. I disagree. Is it pro-Christian? Absolutely not. The writers do use the fact that a lot of people, especially large groups of people, have a tendency to be more susceptible to people who "share" those beliefs. But really, let's be honest that is not just people in the church. It is also with those whose beliefs are political as well. It is the Mob effect. That is what I think this episode is against.

The writers used the setting of a Church Gathering to tell their story.

Anyone who believes this to be anti Christian is most likely missing the point. Of course there is a slight amount of Christian critique, but it is more about how Christianity can be used for profit. It's good satire about people that misunderstand the point. Ironic, if you believe this is "attacking Christianity" in a way that is so "over the top and hateful," you're the people they're making fun of.

I'm a Christian and understand that this a TV show. If people could fly and run quicker than a cheetah, I would say that's a miracle. This show takes place in an place where people are, miraculous.

This is the best superhero show ever to air on TV/streaming.

It's a beautifully dark show that feels so fresh and current, despite being based on comics from 2006. It deals with themes of corporate greed, mob mentality, war crimes, revenge, superheros having egos and letting the fame get to their heads.

I don't want to spoil too much but one of the most interesting questions running through the series is, "How would an everyday schmuck like you or me get revenge on beings that are essentially Gods?" The answer(s) are super entertaining.

The acting all around is fantastic; Karl Urban (like usual) is amazing and steals the show as Butcher. Jack Quaid is great as Hughie, Antony Starr is legitimately scary as Homelander (he fills every scene with tension and anxiety). Erin Moriarty is so down to earth and real in her portrayal of StarLight. I could go on, just know that everyone from main to supporting is giving it their all.

The effects are incredible for a TV show, and serve the story perfectly because it's all so realistic and plausible.

Jay Bauman of Red Letter Media said something like, "This feels like what Zack Snyder tried to do with Man of Steel, except better." and he's absolutely right. It's an actual realistic portrayal of superheros in real life that has the balls to get really dark as well as absurd and hilarious at times. Watch it immediately.

I see a bunch of reviews on here saying that this episode is an entire religious or anti-christian. It's not if anything it's showing the false idol angle of the superhero genre people are so ready to jump to whatever they think is their side of the story

Episode 3 of The Boys features the funniest and most outrageous scene of the series so far: pinned down by machine gun fire, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) clutches a baby with laser eyes and uses it to slice one man in half and decapitate another. They're going to have to go some if they want to top this.

This episode also entertains with its anti-religion plot thread, with swipes at Christian rallies and evangelist leaders. Bitter Billy is a riot once again as he goes into a rant, calling God the 'C' word and generally upsetting self-righteous bible-bashers. It's guaranteed to enrage church-goers, but atheists will have a blast.

My favourite episode so far in a thoroughly entertaining series.

This is my first review I've written, and I felt compelled to share my take on this episode.

First off, as a Christian, it takes a lot for me to get angry over the way media represents Christianity. However, a lot of the episode that was on Christianity felt more like it was bashing/ making fun of corporate Christianity- where people who don't believe in Christian beliefs or aren't living a Christian take advantage of Christians and manipulate them for their own gain. The character of Ezekiel feels like a televangelist trying to profit off the masses. Starlight's speech toward the end does have more overt tones of anti-Christianity, but if the writers don't believe it, they can speak their piece on what they believe I guess. It felt more like someone going through a crisis of faith and her lashing out more than anything anyway.

The other plot points were more interesting than the main one. A-Train's investigation simultaneously humanizes him and makes him more irredeemable, which is something I've grown an appreciation for in this show with all of the Seven. Frechie is slowly becoming one of my favorite characters as he tries to connect to the Female and his plot line starts to wrap up with A-Train's. Homelander's little rivalry with the baby is pretty humorous, and his acting like a repressed child while Stillwall tries to control him was great as well.

The action scenes at the end were pretty great, although a bit short. The pacing slowed quite too.

Overall, a slower but still necessary episode with a little too much unnecessary anti-religious sentiments to where it could be distracting. Weaker episode, but still a good one. 8/10

I know this is a drama so this is perhaps my bias, i just don't like it too much, i liked A-Train's part, had some hilarious scenes by Homelander and Hughie. The whole coming to your own acceptance felt a tad out of a teenage movie. The female and Frenchie storyline was good. And we see a reveal about supers.

Pure. Honest. Funny. Factful. Wonderfully acted. Just brilliant. This is the kind of politics that many shows should be focusing on if they want to put politics in entertainment... It also shows so many aspects of the different characters... Not a single dull moment in the entire episode.

3.5 out of 5 stars.

The episode follows Starlight giving a speech during a religious convention. Shows some themes and highlights about relatable concepts with people paying a lot to seek answers. And the judgment people give. It is a slow direction. Homelander is upset over their own boss cause she doesnt pay enough attention to him. Hughie speaks out his feelings towards Starlight. The ending gets a little action with the bad guys getting to Butcher. And Frenchie.

Mandatory anti-Christian straw man. I guess you can't produce a show without it these days.

Spending time whining about a TV show that you don't like because it makes you uncomfortable is pathetic.

I don't go around watching Christian movies and TV complaining about them being too "christiany". Seriously. If you don't like it, just watch something else! This show has NEVER marketed itself as a "Christian show".

This episode id good at showing who the right wing pharisees are...pure genius

Lots of interesting things in this episode, and lots of conflict in most of the stories. Also the plot with Frenchie and the girl they freed finally got intriguing in this episode. I'll admit, Stralight's speech was a little heavy-handed, but pretty much everything she said rang true, at least I think so, and so I didn't really have any issues with it. Adding to that, it's interesting comparing the idolization of superheros to religion because there are a lot of parallels there. They did sort of portray Christians as stupid close-minded people in the story though, which isn't very sensitive to that group and I could see that part being offensive. But all in all, I wasn't bothered by any of it, and I thought the episode was quite interesting. Also the music in the final scene was great, love that song.

The show is more satirical than ever at this point and I really appreciated it. I loved the Christian festival and the characterisation works a treat here, allowing us to start to like a couple of the main players. Constantly interesting.

Homelander was so inept that Madelyn Stillwell literally has to play wet-nurse-maid to him. It had some very strong GOT vibes with regard to Lysa & Robyn Arryn of the Vale. Is this 150 characters yet? How off this all is. Submit. Submit. Damn edible. Surely this has to be 150 characters. Oh you have to click out then back in, alright baby now you make mama look stooPid!

A great exploration into the theme of loneliness. Starlight's story continues to be very interesting, especially the scene where her mother states that it's all about her, and that Starlight is letting her down. The Christianity theme was also pretty funny to watch, as it wasn't the anti-christianity message wasn't too forced, and so as a result it was genuinely quite funny to witness. One of the best scenes was probably the suggestion that "you should believe, because I said so!". Another interesting aspect of this episode was the idea that Butcher is becoming very morally questionable, to the point where it's hard to see if his actions are right.

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In no way this was a bad episode, but in no way was it great either, it was just a good filler episode and it did a good job at that, going with this cult like drama theme where we also get a deeper look into the character of Starlight and how her life was up until this moment in time.

We also get a closer look into Homelander and Madelyn´s relationship.

So all in all this is a fine filler episode that deepens our understanding of a few of the characters, but nothing special or important to the plot.

(7/10)

Shortened summary: Ep 5 gives us a cult theme filler episode where we get to know so much more in the 2 deferent lives of the characters Starlight & Homelander.

So far I like his show, haven't finished it yet, but I plan on it. I just didn't appreciate the lecture the writers deliver through Starlight and Hughie telling Christians how to think and behave. Boiling down Christianity to a couple of verses, and saying how silly it is, is the exact same thing I'd expect someone who hasn't stepped foot into a church in over a decade to do, and of course this episode validated my belief. Maybe instead of clumping all Christians as a hypocritical, intolerant group, you demonstrate some of that understanding and tolerance towards them? I'm just saying, there's a lot of people who think Christianity is the problem, and Christianity needs to be more accepting. Well how about accepting Christianity and show a little more understanding to them? This episode really felt like a completely different show, and not much happened to progress the story imo.

Slow. Predictable. This show shines best when the focus is on the team. When it spends too much time on the villainous heroes, who are 2 dimensional boring figures, it bogs down in self-congratulatory virtue signaling. It would be more interesting if the bad guys were not comically degenerate hypocrites and if it didn't flatter its audience by inviting cheap contrasts. Episodes 2-5 avoided this by delivering a fun portrayal of the protagonists who carry the show much better than the cardboard villains.