The Boys Season 1 Episode 5: Good for the Soul

Popclaw's storyline ends in murder. After she describes the men who blackmailed her, A-Train kills her by injecting her with heroin — silencing the one person who could connect Vought's Supes to the Boys' investigation.

At the Believe Expo, Hughie works a different angle and secures Compound V shipment information from Ezekiel. At the same event, Starlight makes the most public choice of her career: she rejects Vought's prepared message and discloses to the world that she was sexually assaulted — without naming The Deep.

Butcher and M.M. follow the shipment trail to a hospital delivery and make the season's biggest discovery: Vought injects infants with Compound V to create Supes.

The episode's final movement belongs to Frenchie and the Female. Refusing to abandon her, Frenchie frees her from custody. When Black Noir overpowers the Female in the ensuing encounter, Frenchie witnesses something impossible — her wounds healing before his eyes.

By the end of the episode, A-Train has killed Popclaw, silencing her after she provided descriptions of the men who blackmailed her. Hughie has obtained Compound V shipment information from Ezekiel at the Believe Expo. Starlight has publicly disclosed that she was sexually assaulted, without naming The Deep, rejecting Vought’s prepared message. Butcher and M.M. have found a hospital shipment and discovered that Vought injects infants with Compound V to create Supes. Frenchie has freed the Female rather than leave her, and after Black Noir overpowers the Female, Frenchie sees her wounds heal. The episode leaves unresolved the consequences of Popclaw’s death, the use of the Compound V shipment information, Vought’s response to Starlight’s disclosure, the implications of Vought injecting infants with Compound V, and the fate of the Female after her encounter with Black Noir.