The Boys confirms more season 4 plot points – and fans are finding one particularly troubling
Dec. 5, 2023It’s not looking good for Billy Butcher
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If theteaser traileris anything to go by,The Boys season 4is going to be bigger and bloodier than ever. However, one character’s fate seems to have slipped some fans' minds – and they’re not happy.
The Boys officialTwitteraccount shared a recap of everything we know about the new season so far, and one of these plot points is the fact that Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) only has six months to live.
“Butcher has 6 months to live????“repliedone user. “BUTCHER HAS 6 MONTHS??? I thought he had 2 years for some reason,“saidanother. “wait wdym butcher has six months to live what am I forgetting,“askedanother.
Let’s refresh your memory: at theend of season 3, we learned that V24 (or Temp V), a Vought-manufactured drug that temporarily gives the user superpowers, causes deadly tumors after multiple doses. Having taken six doses of the drug, Butcher is given 12-18 months to live in the season 3 finale. The passing of time between seasons 3 and 4, then, means that window has significantly shortened.
You’d be forgiven for forgetting Butcher’s fate, though – we last saw him in theGen V finale post-credits scene(looking pretty healthy) when he discovers the Woods, the secret laboratory at Godolkin University where Dean Shetty had been cooking up a lethal, contagious virus that targets Supes.
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