Chris joins Derek this week to chat all about the penultimate episode of Lanterns Episode 7 The Jordan Boys' Legacy an intimate and galaxy spanning episode that we discuss in full spoiler filled detail.

Lanterns Episode 7 The Jordan Boys' Legacy Synopsis

Episode Written by: Tom King and Damon Lindeloff

Episode Directed By: Alik Sakharov

In 1975, a young Hal Jordan is punished by his baseball coach for not being a team player. This sets up the habit of a lifetime as Hal won't give up the game ball to the kid chosen to replace him. His father, Martin, is proud of Hal and gives him a key to a "family fail-safe" shortly before he died in a plane crash. 

In 2026, the Hal-o-gram refuses to cooperate with John Stewart to help solve the suspected murder of Hal Jordan and forces him to meet with Sheriff Kerry Kane to verify his claims. 

Afterwards, the Hal-o-gram suspects foul play from Kerry and insists John check out Hal's storage without her. 

Upon opening Hal's vault, they find a portal that leads to another planet, which John recognises as Antaan's home world. 

They travel toward an island in the middle of a lake, but John experiences a hallucination created by remnants of a fear-inducing gas within the rain clouds. As visions of his father and his younger self accuse him of being afraid, John points a gun at his own head.

The Hal-o-gram saves John by pushing him into the water. He tells John the story about Hal Jordan's family fail-safe and that both his father and grandfather took their own lives. This is Hal's family legacy, leading John to suspect Hal may have killed himself.

Arriving at the island, John and the Hal-o-gram enter a structure at the centre and overpower Sinestro who tries to attack them to escape the planet.

Lanterns Episode 7 Cast

• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Jason Ritter as Billy Macon
• Jake B Miller as Martin Jordan
• Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro
• Hannah Shelter as Maggie
• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
•  Shea Pritchard as Noah Macon

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Question 7: What is the number of Hal's Unit at the "Fortress of Storage"?

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The final episode will be released on the 5th of October so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 8 "Dirt and Stars" on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe.

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In our Avengers Endgame Encore podcast we discuss the re-release of the biggest MCU movie to date and the four additional post credit scenes that were included leading up to Avengers Doomsday in December 2026.

This is a spoiler filled discussion about the post credit scenes and speculation about what they could mean for Doomsday.

We hope you'll join us in December for our review of Avengers Doomsday.

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A bit of a change of pace for Lanterns Episode 6 "Bad Optics" as the show returns to the big mystery in 2026. We discuss it all and the huge cameo in full spoiler filled detail.

Lanterns Episode 6 “Bad Optics” Synopsis

Episode Written by: Justin Britt-Gibson and Damon Lindeloff

Episode Directed By: Stephen Williams

In 2026, John Stewart has become an architect and works with his brother Marcus. His mother tells him that the other former Green Lantern Hal Jordan, who has been living in Rushville to make amends for the 2016 incident, wants to apologise to him. 

John meets Hal at a café, but they fail to reconcile, and John breaks his nose after Hal goads him about being too afraid to take the ring. 

After returning home, John learns from Sheriff Kerry Kane, who began a relationship with Hal, that Hal has been murdered. 

John uses a beacon set up by Guy Gardner to summon him to Rushville, where he is met with hostility from Billy Macon Jnr. and the townspeople. A fight breaks out, forcing Kerry to arrest John. 

The next day, Guy visits John, who asks him to retrieve Hal's suit and ring for his funeral. Guy also reveals that Sinestro has escaped from prison. 

After leaving the station, John encounters Maggie, a waitress from the café, who demands compensation for the damage he caused her family in 2016 or she will tell Kerry that he was the one who broke Hal's nose. After Hal's funeral, John digs up his grave, takes his ring, and with a small top up of power, summons the "Hal-o-gram".

Lanterns Episode 6 Cast

• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Jason Ritter as Billy Macon
• J. Alphonse Nicholson as John Stewart Sr.
• Shea Pritchard as Noah Macon
• Jasmine Cephas Jones as Bernadette Stewart
• with Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner

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Question 6: What's the name of the nursing home where John Stewart's father is?

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The penultimate episode will be released on the 28th of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 7 on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe.

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For an explosive episode we have Chris back to join Derek and John to discuss Lanterns Episode 5 "Lights Out" in full spoiler filled detail.

Lanterns Episode 5 “Lights Out” Synopsis

Episode Written by: Justin Britt-Gibson

Episode Directed By: Geeta Vasant Patel

Kerry Kane arrived in Rushville in 2007 chased by criminals from Gotham looking to kill her for father's crimes. Faced with an impossible situation, she is saved by Zoe who steps in to snap neck take a pinky and make a deal that some day Kerry will have to stand up and defend Zoe in a similar way.

Back in 2016, John Stewart is unable to get out of his rental car that Hal Jordan crashed into a pole. Zoe finds John but as the car explodes she lets him burn up inside. In hospital, Zoe uses her technology to repair John's burnt skin and makes a similar deal with him, as she did with Kerry, that in return for her help she will need his protection.

Meanwhile Hal meets with Antaan and his group. He tells them William Macon is the Manhunter they are searching for, while he goes after the real Manhunter, Zoe. Antaan's aliens destroy the Macon compound and Antaan faces off with Macon testing him with his alien language and their previous relationship to see if he is actually the Manhunter. Eventually, his resignation of being captured betrays Macon and Antaan removes his heart to confirm he's just a regular human and not his former partner Zoe. He manages to track her down and goes into self destruct mode but Hal uses his lantern ring to contain Antaan's explosive power killing him.

After recovering from his burns, John gets the drop on Hal at his hotel. The two fight until Hal is beaten and broken, but the motel is destroyed by the satellite lasers. Hal protects them both with the ring but John escapes from the rubble only to leave Hal as bait to draw out Zoe and takes her out with a sniper shot to the head.

John takes the crystalline heart of the Manhunter, the lantern and Hal's Green Lantern ring to the Guardian Lianna. She expects him to take over Hal's role but John tells her that it just made him feel empty and leaves them all behind.

Lanterns Episode 5 Cast

• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Garrett Delahunt as William Macon
• Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe
• Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan
• with Laura Linney as Lianna

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Question 5: According to the town sign what year was Rushville established?

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The next episode will be released on the 21st of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 6 on our next podcast.

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Derek and John chat all about the very twisty Lanterns Episode 4 "The Weenie" in full spoiler filled detail. Do we know who the Manhunter is or just get even more candidates for the list?

Lanterns Episode 4 “The Weenie” Synopsis

Episode Written by: Breannah Gibson

Episode Directed By: Geeta Vasant Patel

In 2016, Sinestro gives Hal Jordan information about the Manhunters physiology and also suggests delivering the Manhunter to the Guardians to undermine John Stewart, proving he is unfit to replace him as Earth's Green Lantern. 

Meanwhile back on Earth, as John and Hal continue to hang around Rushville, John is visited by the Guardian, Lianna, at his motel room who tells him the time in now right for him to replace Hal and urges him to take the ring. 

With the Alien Antaan's, 48 hour deadline to identify the Manhunter rapidly approaching, Hal and John's stakeout of the Macon ranch identifies a hidden structure or "Weenie" being guarded by several lookout towers. Suspecting William's benefactor is at his ranch, Hal and John infiltrate the property, after looping in Sheriff Kerry Kane, and discover an armoury of high-tech weapons. After triggering an alarm they are captured and brought in front of William Macon. John is asked to draw William in the nude, while his wife, Zoe is present. During this unusual capture, William reveals quite a lot to Hal and John and also tells them he is protecting the benefactor's identity in exchange for ensuring Rushville's safety. Half and John are saved by the intervention of Sheriff Kane who takes them into custody.

Later, Zoe secretly visits John at his motel room to convince him to leave town but fails and in so doing also reveals a lot more as she extends her stay with John in his room. Leaving the motel with a bounce in her step, Zoe's truck is destroyed by an orbital strike and she apparently dies. 

Hal and John, with the help from Kerry Kane who has been gathering evidence from her husband's files, traces the attack to Atlas, Inc. A company involved in high-tech abattoirs and owned by Hector Hammond. When Hal pushes his bluff he owns up to being a decoy and identifies William as the real Manhunter. 

However, Hal later deduces that Zoe is the Manhunter and that John already knew it. After he gets John to call Antaan to arrange a meeting, Hal jumps from their car and causes it to crash, leaving John inside.

Lanterns Episode 4 Cast

• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Garrett Delahunt as William Macon
• Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe
• Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro
• Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan
• with Laura Linney as Lianna

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Question 4: What are the coordinates of the satellite that targets and blows up Zoe's truck?

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The next episode will be released on the 14th of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 5 on our next podcast.

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John and Derek are back to discuss a different kind of origin story in Lanterns Episode 3 "OutKast" in full spoiler filled detail.

Lanterns Episode 3 “OutKast” Synopsis

Episode Written by: Vanessa Baden

Episode Directed By: Steven Williams

In the past, John's father, John Sr., fails a test to become a Green Lantern, leaving him traumatised. Later, Lianna, a member of the Guardians of the Universe, visits John's mother, Bernadette, and offers the family recompense by giving John a chance to join the Green Lantern Corps in the future. When John is 5 years old, his parents train him to be fearless. Years later, John joins the United States Marine Corps and is assigned an assassination mission, but Hal's intervention causes it to fail. John is dishonourably discharged, and Bernadette enrols him in art school so he can pursue his passion. In 2016, a Guardians recruiter approaches John, who successfully passes his test. He is sent to the next stage of the interview. She offers him the role as the new Green Lantern, but he must not reveal this to Hal Jordan and has to pretend to accept his guidance as his apprentice. 

John returns home to tell his parents he finds Hal Jordan has told them his news and, privately tells John he does not need a sidekick and he'll only get the Green Lantern ring over his dead body.

Lanterns Episode 3 Cast

• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Jasmine Cephas Jones as Bernadette Stewart
• J. Alphonse Nicholson as John Stewart Snr.
• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• with Laura Linney as Lianna

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Question 3: How long does John Stewart stake out the compound of the Grey Wolf before he's taken by Hal Jordan?

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The next episode will be released on the 7th of September so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 4 on our next podcast.

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Welcome back fellow guardians, this week Derek and John are joined by Chris to chat all about Lanterns Episode 2 "Trust Fall" as Hal and John go on separate journeys in 2016.

Lanterns Episode 2 “Trust Fall” Synopsis

Episode Written by: Vanessa Baden and Chris Mundy

Episode Directed By: James Hawes

Back in Rushville in 2016, Hal tries to give John Stewart his first flying lesson. But when John creates an actual bird and drains the Power Ring, Hal tasks him to go to Coast City to retrieve his charging lantern and keeping the created bird alive throughout the trip.

While John is on his journey, Hal continues his investigation into the alien shoot-out in Rushville. Using the bodies of the dead aliens, he learns that William Macon had set up alien detectors at the football stadium. Hal tries to force William to reveal his boss but a warning shot from his army sends Hal to the mysteriously empty medical centre to heal his wounds.

Meanwhile, in Coast City, John retrieves the Lantern from Hal's mansion and feeds his carnivorous plant, Earl. As soon as he leaves he's ambushed and kidnapped by aliens who are convinced a shape-shifting being called a Manhunter is in Rushville. If John doesn't find the Manhunter they will blow themselves up destroying most of Nebraska.

John returns to town and asks Hal for information on the Manhunters. But Hal tells him it's above his pay grade. When John leaves Hal puts on his Green Lantern suit and flies to a prison planet where he confronts another lantern Sinestro. He will provide Hal with the info on Manhunters if he shares details about John Stewart.

Lanterns Episode 2 Cast

• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Garrett Delahunt as William Macon
• Jason Ritter as Billy Macon
• Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe
• Ulrich Thomsen as Sinestro
• Paul Ben-Victor as Antaan

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Question 2: What two types of meat does John Stewart to the carnivorous plant named Earl?

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The next episode will be released on the 31st of August so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 3 on our next podcast.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and keep guarding the universe.

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Welcome to the podcast fellow guardians, we are finally back in the DC TV universe with Lanterns Episode 1 "Pilot". The brand new DC series on HBO Max.

Lanterns Episode 1 “Pilot” Synopsis

Episode Written by: Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King

Episode Directed By: James Hawes

In 1996, the young John Stewart and his brothers watch on as Earth's only ever Green Lantern reveals his identity to the world. He is Hal Jordan and he was chosen as the successor of Green Lantern Abin Sur after he crashed his ship and died. He just had to answer one question "Is he afraid?". When John's father arrives home he asks the same question of his son while shooting an apple off his head.

Twenty years later, in 2016, John Stewart is now supposedly being mentored by Hal Jordan to become the next Green Lantern. When John received a cryptic message from a holographic projection of a kinder, younger Hal from inside the Green Lantern ring, it sends the duo to Rushville, Nebraska.

With little support from Hal, John helps the town's Sheriff, Kerry Kane to capture a suspect involved in a mass shooting at their town's football stadium. But Sheriff Kane forbids Hal from joining the investigation, believing the case has no extraterrestrial connection.

Trying to get close to the suspect, Hal gets himself arrested for a bar fight, but the Sheriff keeps him separated in jail until he is bailed out by lawyer, and Kerry's husband, Billy Macon. In return, Hal agrees to meet Kerry's father-in-law William Macon Senior, who arranges for Hal to interrogate the suspect, Waylon Sanders.

During the interrogation, Hal exposes Sanders as an alien; In retaliation the alien detonates a bomb in his body but Hal uses the last of his ring's power to contain the damage.

Ten years further on, in 2026, John Stewart returns to Rushville, where the Macon farm has fallen to rack and ruin. Back at the town's football station, Sheriff Kerry Kane shows him a dead and frozen Hal and John notices he's missing his Green Lantern ring.

Lanterns Episode 1 Cast

• Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan
• Aaron Pierre as John Stewart
• Kelly MacDonald as Sheriff Kelly
• Garrett Delahunt as William Macon
• Jason Ritter as Billy Macon
• Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe

Lanterns Redneck Bar Quiz

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Question 1: What song does Hal Jordan play multiple times to get the attention of the local pub patrons?

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The next episode will be released on the 24th of August so we'll chat all about The Lanterns Episode 2 on our next podcast.

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Two billion dollars in the bank already and Spider-Man Brand New Day is already one of the biggest hits of 2026 and rightly so. Our full team are finally back to discuss all of this best moments from this years Marvel and Sony collaboration. Make sure you've watched the movie before you jump into our fully spoiler filled chat.

Synopsis for our Spider-Man Brand New Day Movie Review

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretin.

Written by: Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.

Based on characters by - Steve Ditko and Stan Lee

Four years after Dr. Strange erased Peter Parker from everyone’s memory, Peter has completely committed himself to being Spider-Man. He visits Aunt May’s grave, secretly checks in on Ned Leeds and MJ at MIT, and spends every other waking hour fighting crime across New York. When a tank goes on a rampage, Spider-Man first has to stop vigilante Frank Castle before stopping the tank. Inside, Peter finds a confused woman and something much stranger: an unseen entity that jumps from body to body inside the Department of Damage Control, eventually freeing Mac Gargan, aka The Scorpion. Yelena Bolova tells Peter this isn’t ordinary mind control. It's small potatoes but the attacks are connected to something called “V-Max.”

Stranger things get even more complicated when Ned returns to New York. Peter secretly follows him to a house-warming party, where he also sees MJ — now with another boyfriend. The sight of her sends Peter spiralling, and soon his own spider DNA begins to mutate. With help from Dr. Bruce Banner, Peter manages to create a device to suppress the changes. But when Spider-Man finally tracks the entity to The Scorpion, it possesses MJ and threatens to kill her. Peter discovers the truth: the entity is actually the mutant Jean Grey, who is searching Damage Control for V-Max. Jean takes control of the Hulk, leading to a massive fight with Spider-Man and Frank Castle. They eventually separate Jean from Hulk, but something goes horribly wrong — No Banner, No girl, only Hulk!

Peter manages to calm Hulk and capture Jean, but she mentions the name "Sarah" before passing out. With help from MJ and Yelena, Peter discovers that Sarah is Jean’s missing sister, who was experimented on by Damage Control and Director Metzger. And the mysterious V-Max? It was nothing more than words written on an air-conditioning unit in the room where Sarah died. When Jean learns the truth, her grief explodes into rage, and she takes control of a kilometre of New York and its citizens. Peter fights his way through mind-controlled Hand ninjas to reach her, then allows Jean inside his mind. There, through memories of Aunt May, Peter convinces Jean that she is loved and promises to help her.

But before he can save her, Frank Castle takes a sniper shot at Jean. Peter uses his new abilities to get Jean out of the way — and takes the bullet himself. Jean keeps him alive long enough for the doctors at Metro-General Hospital to save him. When Peter wakes up, Frank helps him escape as New York celebrates Spider-Man as a hero. Peter returns to his anonymous life, until he runs into Ned at a local bodega. This time, Peter introduces himself. He uses their old handshake, and Ned immediately knows how to complete it. For just a moment, it seems like his oldest friend might remember him after all.

Cast of Spider-Man No Way Home

• Tom Holland - Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• Zendaya - MJ
• Jacob Batalon -Ned
• Marisa Tomei - Aunt May
• Mark Ruffalo - Bruce Banner/Hulk
• Jon Bernthal - Frank Castle/Punisher
• Sadie Sink - Jean Grey
• Liza Colón-Zayas - Detective Jean DeWolff
• Tramell Tillman - William 'Bill' Metzger
• Naomi Watts (The Impossible) - voice of EV in suit
• Michael Mando - Mac Gargan / Scorpion

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We'll be back next in the MCU with VisionQuest which we expect to see in October followed by Avengers Doomsday in December. In the meantime we'll be covering Lanterns from DC available on HBO Max on our main feed from August 2026

Thanks so much for joining us we hope you will join us again really soon. Email us at [email protected] if you have any thoughts on any of the shows we're covering.

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While we are off on our holidays, there are loads of great things to watch. Here Derek recommends the top shows he has been watching while he is avoiding sunburn outside.

Recommended Shows

Tip Toe - Alan Cumming and David Morrisey star in an excellent, if difficult to watch, drama from Russel T Davis set in the LGBTQ+ community in Manchester.

A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms - Some lighthearted Game of Thrones fare.

House of the Dragon Season 3 - Less lightheared Game of Thrones fare more set alight far.

Hacks Season 5 - the final season of the fantastic comedy show starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder

The Vampire Lestat - The third season of Anne Rice's Vampire chronicals following the brilliant two season arc of Interview with the Vampire.

X-Men 97 Season 2 - The mutants return for a second season of their mind bending run.

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One last go round for The Boys Season 5 Wrap Up. We chat all about the final season, discuss your feedback on Season 5 and announce the winner of our Final ever Boys Pub Quiz goodies.

The Boys Season 5 Wrap Up

Head Writer and Developed by - Eric Kripke

Based on the comic series from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson

Executive Producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.

Season Cast

• Karl Urban as Billy Butcher
• Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell
• Erin Moriarty as Annie January, aka Starlight
• Antony Starr as Homelander
• Jessie T. Usher as A-Train
• Chace Crawford as The Deep
• Claudia Doumit as Victoria Neuman
• Laz Alonso as Mother’s Milk, aka M.M.
• Tomer Capone as Frenchie
• Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko
• Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett
• Cameron Crovetti as Ryan
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Kessler
• Valorie Curry as Firecracker
• Susan Heyward as Sister Sage

The Boys Season 5 Pub Quiz results

• Episode 1 Question: What is the name of the cabin and location where Starlight and Kimiko meet up with A-Train to ask him to be a part of the breakout?
• ANSWER: Bunk 18, Wagner Woods
• Episode 2 Question: Teenage Kix member Countess Crow only has two crows left. What are their names?
• ANSWER: Cameron and Russell
• Episode 3 Question: What was the name of the medal presented by VP Ashley to Soldier Boy?
• ANSWER: The first ever Democratic Medal of Patriotic Freedom.
• Episode 4 Question: What supe is in charge of the police department where Annie’s dad is sheriff?
• ANSWER: Livewire
• Episode 5 Question: What does the Deep suggest communion wafers be replaced with in the Democratic Church of America?
• ANSWER: Nilla Wafers (or Vanilla Wafers)
• Episode 6 Question: What does death smell like according to The Legend Chet Vanderbilt?
• ANSWER: Hand Sanitizer and Lasagna
• Episode 7 Question: What is the name of the topless steak house in Reno?
• ANSWER: The Juicy Rack
• Episode 8 Question: What three items does Hughie buy pregnant Annie to stave off her nausea?
• ANSWER: Ginger Beer, Ginger candies and Saltines.

And the winner is revealed on the podcast!

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Thanks so much for joining us for our the final season of The Boys and we'll be back on this feed to cover the next seasons of Invincible and The Boys spin off Vought Rising when they are released in 2027.

Derek, Chris and John

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