Four episodes in and The Boys season 4 is tackling a whole bunch of lofty, real life-inspired themes, from pro-lifer podcasters and online smear campaigns to corrupt politicians and rigged elections. Its storylines are proving so controversial, in fact, that the new installment is sparking serious backlash, with some viewers slamming it as "woke" and review-bombing it on Rotten Tomatoes.
But as many others have been pointing out on social media, The Boys, which is inspired by Darick Robertson and Garth Ennis's violent, lewd graphic novels of the same name, has always been sardonic – it was just frying much smaller fish when it debuted in 2019.
