The Boys Season 2 Episode 1: The Big Ride

Season 2 opens with the Boys underground — literally. Wanted fugitives after the events of the finale, the team hides in a pawnshop basement while working to get passports and get out of the country.

Frenchie's old contacts hand him the season's first lead: his associates have been smuggling supes into the United States, tying the underground pipeline directly to the Supe-terrorist panic gripping the country.

Former CIA Deputy Director Susan Raynor meets Butcher and tells him Vought may be behind the Supe-terrorist issue — and then her head explodes in front of him. After her death, Butcher returns to the hideout with the team no closer to safety.

Around the Boys' storyline, the pieces move on every board: Annie blackmails Gecko into obtaining a Compound V sample; Stormfront announces herself as the newest member of the Seven; and Edgar tells Homelander that Compound V is Vought's key asset. The episode closes with the team still hunted, Raynor dead, and Stormfront's arrival looming over all of them.

Susan Raynor tells Butcher that Vought may be behind the Supe-terrorist issue, then her head explodes. Following her death, Butcher returns to the hideout. These events leave several threads unresolved: the Boys remain wanted fugitives still seeking passports, Frenchie's discovery that his associates have been smuggling supes into the United States remains an open matter, Annie's blackmail of Gecko to obtain a Compound V sample continues, and the fallout from Raynor's death and the arrival of Stormfront as the new Seven member are not yet resolved.