The Boys season 4 finale sets up a bleak future for show’s final season.

This article contains spoilers forThe Boysseason 4 finale.

The Boysseason 4 finale dropped the hammer down on the titular vigilante group in the grandest way possible.

Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk), Erin Moriarty (Annie January aka Starlight)

Here is what happens inThe Boysseason 4 finale.

With Butcher battling for Ryans allegiance, Homelanders ego continues to get hit with fastballs to the skull.

Homelander threatens Ryan to come to him and remember that he is his father, not Butcher.

Erin Moriarty as Annie January a.k.a. Starlight on The Boys season 4

Laying on his deathbed, Butcher and Grace Mallory (Laila Robins) plead their case to Ryan.

or so were supposed to think.

Well,Butcher might have finally figured out how to use his new friendinside of him.

Erin Moriarty (Annie January aka Starlight), Laz Alonso (Mother’s Milk), Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Tomer Capone (Frenchie) on The Boys season 4

Homelander should have trusted Sage, something audiences suspected but didnt know how to explain.

Now its become crystal clear that Sage suspected Homelanders ego and fragility would lead to him backstabbing Neuman.

This was the critical plot point that placed Neuman in Butchers crosshairs and ended her life.

Homelander and Soldier Boy battled it out in season 3 only for the O.G.

super to be put back in a box tucked away from society.

We wouldnt want it any other way!

All eight episodes of The Boys season 4 are available to stream on Prime Video now.