The Boys Season 4 is coming down the back half, and yet it feels like there's still a lot of story to tell, and a major thematic point to reach. Episode 6 put Butcher at the forefront, as the show delved deep into some truly"Dirty Business".
No Peace for Violent Minds – Kimiko goes to see Frenchie in jail but gets upset when a group that came in after her, gets called in for visitation. Kimiko storms the front desk pointing out the unfairness of getting skipped over; after giving her info to the clerk, she finds out that Frenchie is actively refusing any visitation.
Smelly Spider-Man – Hughie steps out to reveal himself in Webweaver's costume, which makes all of The Boy's squad laugh. The team prepares to send Hughie undercover into Tek Knight's party, with M.M. reminding Hughie that Tek has super-senses – a caveat that makes Annie freak out a little. M.M. warns Hughie to disguise his voice, and Hughie assures Annie that he's ready. Annie goes to kiss him but Web Weaver's costume is indeed too"ripe.
The Leftovers - The Deep enters The Seven's council room and finds the actor playing Black Noir II unmasked and chugging a bottle of booze. Deep is scared they'll get in trouble, but Noir doesn't care, pointing out they've been left behind as the rest of the team goes to the party. Deep maintains that he's an important part of the team who does important stuff – but won't confirm what that is.
No Choices – Joe walks in on Butcher sitting on the floor defeated, joking about pleasuring himself and getting serious about how hard it is breaking Sameer. Butcher says Sameer has no choice but to eventually break; Joe sits with Butcher and starts in about how no one has a choice. About how the hardest part of doing his last tour of military service was coming home and trying to do normal family-man stuff. The memory of all the torture he and Butcher did in the war haunted him in normal life.