The Boys Season 1 quotes

Sorry, Ashy! Vought won't let me have pockets in this thing. You can see every crease in my ass. You can practically see up Starlight's uterus. You wanna talk about girl power? Let's talk about getting some pockets.

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When I was your age, I didn't have many friends either.

RBRyan Butcher

Mom says being lonely makes you know yourself better.

Well... that's not wrong, I suppose. Can I tell you a secret? Man-to-man, you know? [chuckles] My dad and I... we never played catch in the yard with a World Series ball. The truth is… I never had a dad. Or a mom.

Wait, you... You didn't?

See, sometimes it's hard, Ryan, being... [sighs] superior to every single other person on the planet. It's–It's... isolating. And gods... should not have to feel that kind of pain. Because that is what we are, Ryan. You and me… we're gods. Son, we can do anything we want. And no one can stop us. Now, that... that's a good feeling. A really good feeling. And now, you... and me... can share it together.

I… I–I should probably go to bed now, you know?

Sure. [pats Ryan]

[Homelander gets up from Ryans' bed and turns off the lights. He turns around before leaving.]

I love you, son. [pause; Ryan just stares at him] You know, you can say it back.

Um, I… love you, too.

This is nice.

[Homelander leaves Ryan's bedroom and closes the door. He sees Becca standing close by.]

Your turn, Mom.

BBBecca Butcher

You need to leave.

Excuse me?

You need to get the fuck out of my house.

[beat] What happens one day when Ryan asks to go to a baseball game, swim in the ocean, or eat at a Burger King? How do you think he's gonna feel when he finds out that you've lied to him his whole life? You think he's gonna be happy that you kept him in this pretty prison? Or... do you think he'll fucking despise you? Hmm? Let's go ask him.

Don't.

You were right. I'm not gonna get bored and move on. I'm not going anywhere. So feel free to tell Dr. Park to go fuck himself.

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ASAnnie/Starlight

Hey, you don't know me. I'm not a sellout.

Oh. Okay, cool. [playfully throws her fists up] Congratulations. [chuckles; notices Annie staring at her] Oh, come on. Why do you care what I think?

ASAnnie/Starlight

Maybe… I wanna say everything that you're saying about Vought. Maybe I think Vought's…

[beat; looks up and around] What? What's Vought? [pause; Annie says nothing] Oh, my God. Everyone is so fucking stage-managed. Life isn't actually a PR strategy! You can say what you think!

ASAnnie/Starlight

What if it's not safe?

You are literally bulletproof. What the fuck is gonna happen? [brief pause] Okay, who's the greatest superhero of all time?

ASAnnie/Starlight

Homelander.

No, Pippi Longstocking. [pause] Pippi Longstocking. She's a nine-year-old girl. Lived in a house all by herself. Pet monkey. Could lift a horse with one hand. You–You haven't read Pippi Longstocking?

ASAnnie/Starlight

I guess not.

Hmm… Okay. Well, uh, I used to dress as her every Halloween, and all the girls dressed like Disney sluts would make fun of me. And you know what I thought? I thought, "Who fucking cares?" Pippi didn't care. She never cared about being polite or cute. Look, fuck this world for confusing nice with good. Be a bitch if you want. Be whatever. Just drop the mask once in a while. Feels good. You can finally breathe.

[As Stormfront turns around, Annie quickly steals the wallet with the Compound V sample from Stormfront's backpack]

Oh, and if someone sticks a dick in your mouth, bite it off. Pippi Longstocking would bite a "D", that's for damn sure.

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[The Boys crawl out of warehouse debris after being attacked by Kimiko's brother, Kenji. Butcher walks threateningly towards Hughie, who tried to stop him from shooting them.]

MSMother's Milk

No! No, Butcher! No! Easy! Easy, Butcher!

The CIA would've locked him up in some black box forever, and she never would've seen her brother again!

MSMother's Milk

Easy! Both of you, please. Not now.

Right. [pause; points at Hughie] You… fuck off. The rest of you, with me.

[Frenchie and M.M. stay behind with Hughie while Butcher walks back to retrieve his rifle]

Well, come on, don't piss about. We ain't got all night. [pause] The fuck you waitin' for? [beat; to M.M.] Are you tellin' me that her family is worth more to you than you seein' your own?

MSMother's Milk

No, I'm not. But Kimiko is one of us. I'll find another way.

[to Frenchie] I suppose you agree, don't ya?! Since your tongue is halfway down her arse! Jesus, it's like Hughie's infected you both with a raging case of vagina. [pause] Becca's alive.

What?

She's alive, and Vought's holdin' her captive somewhere.

MSMother's Milk

Butcher, if you–

No, I'm not stark ravin', alright? I fuckin' saw her. She had a little boy with her, eh… The spittin' image of Homelander. I thought he just wanted to humiliate me, show me what he'd done to my girl before he gave me the good news. Then, I woke up three hours later in a Tony fuckin' Cicero's. God knows why. I gotta find her, and I gotta get her the fuck out of there… and I need your help to do it.

MSMother's Milk

Are you fucking with us?

I find the terrorist for Mallory, she finds Becca for me. That's the deal I made. I know what I've done to you, alright? And by rights, you should tell me to fuck off. But still… I'm askin'.

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Who, uh–Who we sexting?

ASAnnie/Starlight

What–What are you doing here? Get out!

[A-Train uses his super speed to steal the wallet from Annie. He begins unzipping it.]

ASAnnie/Starlight

[stutters] Look, you got me. I'm having a heavy flow day. It's, uh…

[takes out the Compound V sample and holds it up] What are you doing with this?

ASAnnie/Starlight

This is not how it looks, okay? It's just a misunderstanding.

Homelander should've charred your ass as soon as he found out that you were fucking Hughie.

ASAnnie/Starlight

Hughie saved your life! We both did!

Your mistake.

ASAnnie/Starlight

Okay, if you just give me a minute, I can explain!

You know, I just want you to think about me when you're gettin' the skin peeled off your face, bitch.

ASAnnie/Starlight

[pause] You're not gonna tell anyone anything.

Who says that I haven't already?

ASAnnie/Starlight

'Cause then I'd already be dead. You're not gonna do shit.

Why's that?

ASAnnie/Starlight

'Cause you killed your fucking girlfriend. That's what you told Hughie, right? That you killed Popclaw?

You can't prove anything.

ASAnnie/Starlight

Did she suffer? Did you look into her big, sad eyes while you did it?

Fuck you.

ASAnnie/Starlight

Yeah, see, I looked at the Vought forensics report, and… [exhales deeply] Wow. All those needles jammed into her arm at the same time? I mean, one of them actually shattered the bone. Did you know that? Would someone really do that to themselves? I mean, doesn't look like an accident to me. I mean, Vought's happy to bury it, but say if… Sports Illustrated found out.

If you do that, I'm gonna take you down right with me. And then, we'll both be dead.

ASAnnie/Starlight

[scoffs] Go ahead. Fucking try it. I don't give a shit.

[A-Train lets Annie take the Compound V sample from his hand and walks out of the Seven's common room]

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[Annie and A-Train see a breaking news report about Compiund V appear on TV while at Vought Tower]

What… did you do?

ASAnnie/Starlight

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, come on. I saw you with the V in your hand.

ASAnnie/Starlight

Yeah, and you let me walk away with it, so… this is kind of on you, too. If I go down, you come with me. Pretty sure they'd kill us both.

[sighs] You don't get it. You don't fuck with the money. You never fuck with the money. We're gonna lose everything. I mean, cars, houses, bonuses–

ASAnnie/Starlight

There are more important things.

You know, the only people that say that… are the people who grew up with money.

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[Hughie is watching the same breaking news report about the discovery of Compound V as he leaves a voice message for Annie]

Uh, hey. Is this you? You did it. We did it! Um, call me. Call me back when you get a chance.

MSMother's Milk

Did what? [beat; watches the news for a moment] You did this?

Uh, yeah. Starlight did mostly, I'm pretty sure. But I just gave her an old alley-oop.

MSMother's Milk

Hughie… HUGHIE, YES! [hugs Hughie and lifts him up] HUGHIE! Dude, look what you fuckin' did! Oh, my God!

You lads touchin' your tips?

MSMother's Milk

Look at what the kid just did.

Me and Starlight, but yeah.

Petit Hughie?!

MSMother's Milk

The fuckin' kid!

[Frenchie kisses Hughie full on the mouth]

MSMother's Milk

[laughing] Oh, shit!

Yes!

Nice one.

MSMother's Milk

That's all you got? We've been trying to do this shit for years, Vought's finally fuckin' going down, the kid did it... and "Nice one"?!

Alright, real nice one.

You can't even give me this, can you? Not one goddamn win.

I'll tell ya what. When we're all done here, I'll buy you a nice, big family-size bottle of top-shelf lube, and I'll tickle your balls till you beg me to stop. And even then, I won't. I just won't do it. But right now, we got a Supe terrorist below deck and shit could go sideways just like… [snaps his fingers] So all of ya, keep your fuckin' eyes on the ball, yeah?

[Butcher walks out of the living room. Frenchie reassuringly pats Hughie's arm.]

Don't worry about him.

MSMother's Milk

Yeah, fuck him. You did great.

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[Homelander and Ryan are standing on the roof of Becca's house]

Your mom ever bring you up here?

No.

Nah, of course not. You see, that is why a boy needs his father. Hey, I think it's time. [brief pause] Yeah. You ready?

Um... ready for what?

To jump.

[pause; nervously looks down at the ground] Wait, you can't be serious. I'm not gonna jump.

Ryan, you're my son. You can fly just like me.

I–I don't want to.

You take a big deep breath, you step off, and your body will just do the rest. It'll just take over.

But I–I can't fly. I'll just fall right off of here and get–

Hey, buddy. You're gonna love it. I promise.

I'm nothing like you. I–I can't fly.

You can. You can. I promise you can.

Dad, please. Please, don't make me jump.

Aw, buddy. You called me Dad. [chuckles]

[Homelander pushes Ryan off the roof. Instead of flying, Ryan falls with a thud on the ground. Becca overhears and runs outside.]

Ryan...? Oh, God, Ryan! Hey! [to Homelander] Hey, what did you do?!

It's fine. It's a twenty-foot drop. Relax.

You inhuman fucking monster! [to Ryan] Come here.

Don't help him up. Let him do it himself.

Come here. Baby, hey. Hey, Ryan, I need you to wake up. Baby, can you hear me? I'm right here. [pause; Ryan is still unconscious] I don't think he's breathing.

[laughing] He's fine!

I don't think he's breathing! I don't think he's–

[wakes up with a gasp] Mom?

Hi, hi.

Look. See, told ya.

Hi, sweetie. Are you hurt? [kisses Ryan on the forehead] Does anything feel broken?

Oh, for God's sake. Broken?

Let me see.

Come on, look at him. There's not a scratch on him. You know why? 'Cause he's my son. And you–you… [scoffs] You're raising him to be a pussy.

You don't get to tell me how to raise my son.

I'm his father.

You don't get to say that after what you did!

What I did to you [grabs Becca's wrist]... was give you a son that you are raising like a little girl.

Let go of me.

He's mine.

Get your hands off of her!

[Ryan pushes Homelander away from Becca. His eyes are glowing and he starts breathing heavily.]

[pause; sits up] Good boy. See, I told you.

[quietly; his eyes return to normal] What?

You're just like me, Ryan.

No, I'm not like you! I'm nothing like you! I FUCKING HATE YOU! LEAVE US ALONE!

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[leaving a message for Annie] Hey, Annie, it's me again. I was just wondering, have you ever seen the music video for that Billy Joel song "You're Only Human"? There's this kid and he's climbing up a bridge and he's gonna kill himself, but then Billy Joel steps out with his harmonica and tells him, "Stop, you just have to wait for your second wind". And now, I feel like I'm–I'm that kid… and I'm gonna drown, and... and thank God I found my second wind because it's–it's you. [tearfully] You're my second wind. Um... Look, I know it's exciting taking down Vought and being like James Bond and everything… but you've gotta be careful, because that stuff can go to shit really quick. And you wind up hurting the people that... you love. Like the way that I hurt you. Um... Anyhoo, that's all I wanted to say. Second wind. Um… Okay, thanks. Bye.

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[The Seven are attending an emergency meeting with Stan Edgar]

I know I don't come up to 99 enough, and I apologize for that. But times like this [points at his iPad, which shows footage of Kenji] tend to give us clarity, don't they? You and me are partners after all. A symbiotic part of a larger thing. A living thing named Vought. And that's how we'll get through this: Together, as Vought.

But, sir… I gotta say… [pause; looks at Annie and shakes his head] We didn't know about this Compound V shit. None of us.

Is that so? Well, we're all victims here, A-Train. But we'll get to the bottom of it. I promise. Right now, catching this superterrorist is–

Villain. Supervillain.

Sure, whatever. It must be our priority, and it changes the conversation.

So you want us to go out there? Now? I mean, we still need to be prepped by legal and PR. [scoffs] We'll be eaten alive out there.

There's no time for that.

Queen Maeve

Well, I'm sorry, but I don't think we have to damage-control your fuck-up.

Hey, guys… Enough. We gotta pull together here.

Thank you, Homelander.

Shhh. Not you. Us. The Seven. See, [gets up from chair] it doesn't matter who made us or how we got here. The point is… We are here. Together. Family. You guys… you are my real family. [points at Edgar] This guy… he doesn't care about us. We're not his partners; we're his product. So who gives a shit if Vought burns to the fuckin' ground?

You should think before you say something you don't mean.

Really? Should I? We are not Vought! You see, companies, they come and go. But talent… Talent is forever. The world still needs superheroes, and that, family–that's what we are. So let's get out there and do what it is we do. Let's take this cocksucker down.

[Cut to The Seven all walking out of the main conference room]

Fuck Vought, huh? I did not see that coming from you.

Maybe you don't know me that well.

Maybe I don't.

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[The Boys are all covered in blood and guts after impaling The Deep's whale with their speedboat.]

[spits out whale blood] Fuckin' diabolical! Where's Hughie?!

[Butcher sees Hughie lying down inside the whale carcass in utter shellshock]

Hughie! Oh, geez. You alright? Come on, son. We gotta leg it. Deep's here, and The Seven won't be too far behind.

Um, you know what? You know, you guys go ahead. You guys go ahead. I'm good.

Eh? What?

Just gonna sit here and wait, if you don't mind.

What the fuck are you waitin' for?!

[sighs] My second wind.

Alright, son. Come on. [tries to get Hughie up] Come on.

GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF OF ME!

Geez! Alright, fine. Suit yourself. [pause; to M.M. and Frenchie as he gets out] C'mon, let's go!

MSMother's Milk

Whoa, we can't leave the kid, man.

Pinocchio is stayin' put. Have at it.

[Later, M.M. is able to convince Hughie to join them, but Hughie is still in a daze as they try to escape through the sewers.]

MSMother's Milk

Hey, the kid's fallin' apart. You know that, right?

Well, what'd you expect? He's a fuckin' civilian.

MSMother's Milk

No, no, no. It's not just him. It's all of us.

[to Hughie] Move the feet. Just move the feet, come on. Move.

MSMother's Milk

We're at our breaking point–at each other's throats–and you keep pushin' us and pushin'. It's like–

Right over the fuckin' finish line. We just need to keep our shit together a little bit longer, okay? We hand that cunt over, and I get Becca, and you get your girls.

MSMother's Milk

Butcher–

We're right fuckin'–

MSMother's Milk

Butcher! Butcher, we're right there. Hughie's not gonna make it. And you need that kid more than any one of us. He's your canary.

My canary?

MSMother's Milk

You let your canary die, how you gonna know when you've gone too far?

Oh… I mean, what a load of bollocks. [pause; looks briefly at Hughie] Hell, I tried, alright? The kid doesn't want a part of me, so fuck him.

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ASAnnie/Starlight

Uh, who invited you… exactly?

Starlight. Listen, what I did was unforgivable. I'm gonna do whatever in my power to renew my light. Not just for you, but for all the female people that I've offended.

Renew your light? Did you just fucking join The Church of the Collective?

Maybe.

You're an idiot.

Hey, easy on the religious persecution. Okay, new girl? [to Annie] Starlight, maybe one day you can welcome me back into The Seven. I know my road is long and hard.

ASAnnie/Starlight

Are you serious? There is no fucking way you're coming back!

There's no need for language.

Alright, enough! We do not have time for this.

[holds hand up to stop Homelander; to Annie] Look, I am with you, sister, but first we have to go get the terrorist, okay?

Alright, everyone in the tunnels.

Yeah, everyone in the tunnels.

Not you. Anyone gets eyeballs on the target, he's mine. Understood?

[to Black Noir] Go get 'em, Noir.

Alright, you… need to hang back a bit, okay?

Okay.

Still got some work to do with the ladies, but it's gonna be okay. They'll be back in no time.

Really?

Sure. One other thing: You ripped your vest.

What?

Your gill is showing. Cover it up. It's disgusting.

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[Hughie runs into Annie while The Seven search for the rest of the Boys]

You got my message. Annie, I–

[Annie uses her light powers to blind Hughie and throw him back. Homelander comes walking out of the opposite tunnel and sees Hughie.]

Oh, come on! You gotta be fucking kidding me! This guy? Again?!

ASAnnie/Starlight

I did not know…

Shut it. What, do you got rocks in your fucking head? Come here. Alright, I'd like you to do something for me, okay? Kill him.

ASAnnie/Starlight

N–No, wait. [stuttering] He… He–He's wanted. Shouldn't we... take him to the police?

[Unbeknownst to them, Butcher is watching Annie and Homelander standing over Hughie]

Yes, he is. Yes, we should. Kill him. Right now. [to Hughie] Chicks, right, Hughie? [pause; to Annie] Oh, for God's sakes. Come on, it's easy. Hands in the air, like you just don't care. [pulls Annie's fists up; chuckles] Kill. Do it. [beat; Annie is still silent] More incentive? Okay. You kill him or I'll fucking kill you both. Do it.

[Hughie nods to Annie and closes his eyes, appearing ready to accept his fate. Just as Annie is about to attack Hughie again, Butcher sneaks up behind Homelander.]

Oi, cunt!

William. [laughs] What a surprise! Hey… You know, I had a great breakfast with your wife this morning. Pancakes. Mmmm, de-licious.

Yeah? Eat this, motherfucker.

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I ever tell you about my recurring dream? I'm on stage alone at Carnegie Hall. The audience is made up of every poor bastard who got killed by the superheroes.

What are they doin'?

Nothing. They're all just watching me. Waiting for me to do something.

We hit a dead end on Rayner. I'm sorry.

Christ, I don't wanna hear sorry. Sorry's not an option. We can't have anonymous skull-exploding assassins walking around. What if they hit the Speaker next? Or the President?

[Mallory gives Butcher a file envelope. Butcher takes out an old poster with Liberty on it.]

Liberty?

You mentioned her before. Second-tier Supe, active in the '70s. She was all over Susan's private server. Get Marvin to talk to this Liberty. Address on the back, North Carolina.

Alright. We'll see what we can find.

Wait. [Butcher turns around] I found Becca. Or at least, our best guess where she is. Vought facility, armed to the teeth. Won't be easy.

We had a deal. I didn't come through.