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This article incorporate spoilers from The Boys time of year 4 , episode 5 , " Beware the Jabberwock , My Son . "

Summary

The Boysshowrunner Eric Kripke addresses the heartrending ending of season 4 , sequence 5 , " Beware the Jabberwock , My Son , " and an significant reference to the comic strip . In the installment , before Hugh Campbell Sr . ( Simon Pegg ) dies , he refers to his son Hughie Campbell ( Jack Quaid ) as"Wee Hughie , " which is the character ’s nickname in the comics . WithPegg ’s likeness used for Hughie inThe Boyscomics , the actor was connected to the fibre long before being swan as Hughie ’s father in the Prime Video series .

For him , this was n’t just him leaving the show , this was him saying bye to 20 class of this character being a part of his lifespan . I recall that was a perfect way to come full circle .

[ Hughie ’s ] always look at the young one , and heends this season as a really mature , to the full grown adult . Such a with child part of that journeying for anyone is handle with nauseous parent or aging parent . It ’s just a very world-wide matter that everyone goes through . If you count at the sequence in the very start , dad ’s call up him , ' You ’re still that kidskin . ' By the last of the instalment , Hughie ’s making decisions that are very mature and adult and real that his parents are unable to do . It ’s a littlemicrocosm of a kid grow up .

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Hughie Has One Of The Boys' Best Character Arcs

He Has Changed A Great Deal Since Season 1.

Hughie needed to grow up in time of year 4 , and face the unresolved publication with his parents — not only with his dad but through the unexpected retort of his mom as well — has allowed him to do that .

InThe Boysseason 4 , episode 5 end , Hughie experience to kill his own male parent is annihilative , but further fortify what is already one of the show ’s most compelling graphic symbol arcs . Out of all the theatrical role , Hughie has arguably changed the most , not only in his development from an ordinary individual to being a full - fledged and amply capable penis of the Boys but also in how he has grown despite his fear and insecurities . Even though Hughie has taken down powerful supes like Translucent ( Alex Hassell ) and Stormfront ( Aya Cash ) , one thing that always defend him back was his undetermined feelings concerning his parent .

Starlight is having trouble predict upon her powerfulness in The Boys season 4 , episode 5 , and there ’s one potential explanation for her struggles .

A sad Hughie looking at his dad while Hughie Sr talks to his son in The Boy season 4 episode 5

He was still traumatized by his female parent ( Rosemarie DeWitt ) allow for him and hold resentment towards his Father of the Church for what he once perceive as helplessness . By Hughie severalize his dad that he was his real Heron , and giving him the most peaceable and dignified last he could give him , The Boyscharacterdemonstrates a tier of maturity and a different kind of braveness than he ’s ever had before . His pop may remember him as"Wee Hughie,“buthe is no longer a kid , and prove as much through his actions .

Hughie expend much ofThe Boysseason 3 apologize his use of Temporary V due to his fragile toxic maleness and the insecurity he mat up about being the swain of Starlight / Annie January ( Erin Moriarty ) . Hughie needed to uprise up in season 4 , andconfronting the unresolved publication with his parents — not only with his dad but through the unexpected return of his mom as well — has set aside him to do that . This will make him a proficient member of the Boys as he rejoins them in their ongoing battle against Homelander ( Antony Starr ) , Victoria Neuman ( Claudia Doumit ) , and Vought .

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Starlight glowing in The Boys season 4 next to an image of her looking concerned

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The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre , focusing on a group of vigilante who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities , exploring root word of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where fighter are not always what they seem .

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