For starters, The Boys season 3 will premiere its first three episodes on Friday, June 3 (this writer’s mother’s birthday. Happy birthday, ma!). To celebrate the release date (and presumably my mom’s birthday), Prime Video unveiled an intense little teaser featuring everyone’s favorite superpowered psychopath, Homelander. My God, just look at Homelander’s face as every high-powered photo flash digs further into his soul. Not one episode has aired yet but don’t let that stop you from starting the “An Emmy for Antony Starr” campaign in earnest now. In typical Prime Video fashion, new episodes of The Boys season 3 will follow weekly, culminating with the season finale on July 8. Before that finale, however, will be another big Boys event. Take a look at the full schedule below. While supposedly away fighting some sort of existential threat to Earth as cover, all of Vought’s superhero are actually engaging in highly taboo sex acts. It’s also revealed here that The Seven may have played an accidental role in 9/11. So, uh…best of luck to The Boys with that. Jensen Ackles’s previously announced character Soldier Boy plays a big role in the Herogasm arc and several issues after in the comic. Episode 6 now seems like a logical spot for The Boys’ Captain America parody to be introduced, but the creator of the Payback team could very well pop up before that. Finally, Prime Video’s The Boys season 3 announcement came along with another intriguing in-universe Easter egg. For those not keeping track, Prime has periodically released dispatches from the Vought-controlled world during the show’s hiatus. These have mostly been music videos featuring Starlight and the like, but this latest release is the richest yet. The eight-minute video comes from Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman, a punditry show on the Vought News Network. The clip is a compelling parody on right wing news network commentary to begin with but it also features a cameo from none other than our beloved Hughie Campbell (Jack Quaid). As teased by the end of season 2, Hughie is now working for the Federal Bureau of Superhero Affairs (FBSA) alongside congresswoman Victoria Neuman. Despite Hughie’s stats on superhero-related crime decreasing, his debut on cable television doesn’t go too well. Also included in Seven on 7 are some other fascinating Vought-world details. It turns out that Vought sponsors a superhero “draft” in which super-powered hopefuls from Godolkin University are selected for lucrative contracts to defend American cities. Fingers crossed that Cleveland gets Golden Boy! The saga of Godolkin University college students will almost certainly be the subject of the first untitled Boys spinoff set at a superhero university. In fact, The Illuminerdi reported on casting breakdowns for the show in March of last year and a description for “Golden Boy” was among them. It will be a long wait for both The Boys season 3 and Herogasm. But now that VNN superstar Cameron Coleman has a full-hour show, maybe we’ll get some more exciting news soon.
