The Supes' relationships aren't equal. But The Boys' aren't either. The writing here is that the team doesn't work on mutual respect. It's based on Butcher telling everyone what to do. At the beginning, he recruited Frenchie by tricking him to get seen by Translucent and convinced MM by lying that there is no Frenchie. When they fight, he shuts them off like adults do to kids without trying to resolve the problem when he acts irrational and reckless himself. Billy gets mad people do things but he left the team on their own last episode at Believe Expo for his personal business, and when asked he just told MM to f- off. He had Hughie hack Annie's phone and use her to get to Ezekiel and now makes him break-up with her. No, those things don't make Billy badass and funny, writers. Billy is just crossing the line. That's a crummy thing to do with your main character and it makes him a tough swallow for the audience.
On the episode, it doesn't offer much besides The Female's backstory and more business satire so it's a season low for me.
On the episode, it doesn't offer much besides The Female's backstory and more business satire so it's a season low for me.