EP 81 - Oi

MAYBE NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ACCURATE... With Season 4 finally out, and with Season 5 confirmed to be the end of the show, the boys (not THOSE boys) decided it was high time to look back on the first three seasons that started it all. When people heard Amazon was adapting Garth Ennis's poor-taste satire of superhero comics, many were perplexed and doubtful. The original book was so mean-spirited and callous on its own, how could that translate to a successful TV series? The answer is a LOT of reworking, retooling, and a whopping plate of gumption. The show's been a massive success to mostly widespread acclaim, but over the years, people have critiqued it for running out of steam and going in circles. Is that truly the case? Tune in to find out as Alec and Brian look back at the first three seasons of one of Jeff Bezos' two shows about how Superman is the real bad guy seriously don't trust him -- The Boys!