The Boys (2019)
Hans Zarkov 1 points 9 months ago. (Contains Spoilers)

This is overall a great show that makes me want to dig up the comic. I love the direction they went this season with the more pointed but still funny Trump-QOP (not a typo) references. It’s a big contrast from other dark political humor. For a lot of the last couple years, Sat Nite Live’s political stuff has gotten less and less funny, partly because it’s hard to parody/satirize Trump and MAGA when everything that comes out of their mouths is self-parody anyway (Jewish Space Lasers? Really?). I loved the guy that impersonates Trump until everything he said sounded like it was something Trump really said at a rally. The Boys found great ways this season to make fun of it even though so much was drawn from RL quotes or conspiracies. The Conspiracon bit mixing the Lizard People/Flat Earthers with Firecracker and the Q/Fox/MAGA conspiracists was hilarious. Not sure why they didn’t finish off Firecracker though - might have saved a lot of hassle. ;)
I also like how they’ve gone more into the backstories, especially focusing on how each character’s flaws and weaknesses developed. And the bizarro kinky supe sex stuff from S3 being toned down is nice, too. That was funny/sick for a few episodes (Deep <3 Ambrosia) but was a bit much for the focus of a season (my SO stopped watching the show b/c of it).
My favorite part of S4, though, is the way the proportion of bloodshed and violence (up til E4) caused by accident was up versus the deliberate stuff. It was like watching the classic Metalocalypse episodes where they’d do a show and one Spinal Tap-ish mistake turns it into a mass casualty event that only encouraged the fans more. :)