01x05 - Inside 'Nothing Like it in the World'

[bunniefuu]

- A-Train gets fired while

Stormfront gets celebrated.

Butcher and Becca

finally link up.

Mother's Milk

is third-wheeling it,

and he ain't feeling it.

And Homelander gets

his Madelyn fix

from a middle-aged bald guy.

I'm Aisha Tyler,

and you are watching

"prime rewind: Inside the Boys."

♪♪

If you're not caught up

on tonight's episode,

press "stop"

right this minute

and go watch it on Prime Video,

because we are going

to unpack a lot of stuff.

Joining me tonight,

the guy leading a one-man

Billy Joel renaissance,

Hughie himself, Jack Quaid.

- Yeah! Billy Joel!

- Aisha: That was perfection.

- Jack: Thank you.

- And a tough guy who probably

has wet wipes under his chair

right this minute,

Mother's Milk, Laz Alonso.

- I do!

- Aisha: Hey! Welcome back.

And a guy who refuses

to raise a supe freak,

Mr. Billy Butcher, Karl Urban.

Hey! Hi!

- Hi!

- Hey, Aisha, how are you?

- Welcome back.

- Good to see you.

- Welcome back, guys.

It's great to see you.

We're in the middle

of season two,

and I just wanna hear,

now that we're kind of deep

into the season,

what you remember

about making this episode.

What do you think, Jack?

- This might have been

my favorite episode to sh**t.

Um, I think-- I don't know--

something about just--

I mean, Laz, I just feel like

you, me and Erin had just

the time of our lives

on our little road trip.

- Lotta singing.

- It was like a bonding show,

wouldn't you think, Jack?

Like, we literally,

the three of us of us

became, kind of, like,

BFFs after that episode.

- Yeah, I feel like at

the end of that episode,

we should have made friendship

necklaces or something dumb.

- Exactly.

- Um, Karl, uh, in season one,

Billy Butcher infamously

compared the Boys

to the Spice Girls

in probably one

of my favorite speeches

of all time on television.

What Spice Girl

is Mother's Milk,

in your opinion?

- Well, in my opinion,

I think that, uh--

I think Mother's Milk

is probably Posh Spice.

- Um--

- Laz: Oh, God.

- Because I would image her

to be pretty fastidious

and clean and meticulous.

I think Jack is

probably Baby Spice.

- One thousand percent yes.

- I would go with Frenchie

would be Ginger,

and I think Butcher's

Scary Spice. I think so.

- Butcher's absolutely

Scary Spice,

and if you didn't pitch it, I

was gonna pitch it back to you.

- Yeah, yeah. No, totally.

- [laughing]

- Laz, we've learned something

about Mother's Milk in

this episode

that he has some form of

obsessive-compulsive disorder.

How has it been to meld

a tough-guy image

with this guy who's also

terrified of germs.

- It has been the most

gratifying work experience

out of my career,

to be honest with you,

because I do have OCD.

You know, this is

probably my favorite part

of Mother's Milk

is to be able to bring

my OCD to work

and not have to,

for 12 to 15 hours,

pretend like I don't have OCD.

You know, like, I'm the guy who,

on other shows,

I've gone to co-stars'

dressing rooms and cleaned

them up for them,

like, fixed them up.

- I noticed my trailer was

a little cleaner this season.

Do you know anything

about that?

- Whenever I've dropped off

things in your trailer,

admittedly, I will straighten

things up a little bit.

- What? Oh, my God!

- I have two things

to say to you.

Laz, first I need to get cast

on a show that you're on,

'cause I would love a little bit

of assistance with my room.

- I got you.

- And you have met

a simpatico soul,

because I've actually turned

toilet paper rolls around

in public bathrooms

because they weren't facing

the right way.

- Oh, my God!

- Yes!

- You are a godsend.

- Yes.

- You have made my day.

I love that.

- That's it, man.

You're getting a key

to my apartment in season three.

I've got some work for you, pal.

- I feel like this answers

the next question,

'cause obviously we know how Laz

approaches a public bathroom.

But for Karl and for Jack,

would Mother's Milk

use a Porta Potty?

Do we think he would ever

actually enter a Porty Potty

in crisis mode?

- Absolutely not.

No, no, no, no.

- Yeah, he'd have to hit a tree.

- No, I mean, yeah, a tree,

at least that's, like, natural

and, you know, one with nature,

I guess.

I don't know, I think--

No. I'm gonna say Porta Potties,

no, for M.M. for sure.

- I think that it would actually

be worth writing into the show

just to see him, like,

fully trying to get in

and, you know, like--

- [laughter]

- That's about how it looks.

- Exactly.

- Aisha: Exactly.

So tonight's episode gave us

"road trip puppy" love.

It gave us Butcher's

"car sex" love,

Frenchie's

"Is now the right time" love,

and Homelander's "f*cking

a shape shifter

to play out his mommy issues

in a secret forest cabin" love.

But let's talk about

everyone's favorite twat,

our guy Hughie.

Starlight may have dumped him,

so we wanna let him know

that we still love him here.

Take a look.

♪♪

- [laughing]

What the f*ck?

- [laughter]

So adorable.

- Man.

- Wow.

- Wow!

- Jack: The love is felt.

- That's very much appreciated.

- Aisha: Wanted to give you

an emotional soft landing,

- just in case you were feeling

a little rough around

the edges.

- Thank you.

- A very giving space.

All right.

- Is it apparent

that I'm rough around

the edges right now?

- You're fine.

Everything's cool.

- Oh, God!

- [laughter]

- I really hope that's alcohol.

- Oh, it is.

- So, as a fan,

I definitely had some,

"wait, what the f*ck" moments

while watching tonight's

episode.

Let's begin with Homelander

and the Doppelganger.

It definitely looks like

Homelander gave Doppelganger,

like, a list of instructions,

like, very specific instructions

on how the evening was gonna go.

So what do you guys think those

instructions might have been?

- They're probably similar

to just Antony on set every day.

- [laughter]

- What do you think about

the beat where, um,

where Homelander kills

Doppelganger?

Because it's kind of like

a deeper moment than you

expect it to be.

I mean there's this moment

where I really was like,

maybe Homelander's gonna

f*ck himself.

He's probably the only person

self-obsessed enough to do it.

And then, you know,

he ends up taking his life.

What do you think was going on

in his head at that moment?

- Well, I think that--

I think that Homelander

couldn't let him live

because Doppelganger has seen

how f*cked up

and vulnerable that he is.

And for Doppelganger

to have that insight

and that knowledge about him,

I think ultimately is one

of the reasons why he--

Homelander k*lled him.

- Mm-hmm.

- For sure.

- It looked like he

was seeing himself

as he pathetic being

that he is.

Like, for once, he saw how

pathetic others see him,

and that enraged him.

- Yeah. Man, we just shrunk

the sh*t out of Homelander,

guys.

That was good work.

- [laughing]

- Hell, yeah.

- Aisha: We just read him

[indistinct]

Um, Laz tells Valerie

about his father dying

from the stress of fighting

the Vought corporation.

In either your

or Mother's Milk opinion,

do you think that he died

of natural causes,

or is it possible that Vought

might have had him eliminated?

- That's a really good question,

because I-- I had

that same question

when I was working out the beats

of that monologue.

Um, I-- I believe

that he probably did die

of natural causes

incited by Vought.

- Mm-hmm.

- It was definitely

created by Vought,

- and he blames Vought.

- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

- He blames Vought

for the death of his father,

and that's really what-- what

drives him to be in this team.

Other than that, he wouldn't

be a part of this team.

- Right. I think, interestingly,

that desire for vengeance

defines all of the Boys

on some level.

All of them are driven

by their own specific

personal missions

for vengeance.

And I think at some points

they all kind of look around

and go, like,

"Why am I still doing this?"

But it, you know,

it defines you, right?

It starts to really define

who you are.

It's how you move through

the world, and I think

for Butcher,

- that's gonna get really

interesting--

- Yeah.

- now that he's seeing

that Becca's still alive.

- Yeah.

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- Laz: Oh, Lord.

- [laughter]

- That's too good.

- Isn't that so funny?

- That was great.

Was there a song called

"When Gills Cry"?

- It was a B-side from a very

early Prince album.

- [laughter]

- While we're on the topic

of music,

let's talk about

this epic road trip.

Starlight's song is still

a smash hit on the radio.

We've got the Billy Joel

karaoke going on in the car,

and it's making Mother's Milk

lose his mind.

Um, do any of you have

a go-to road trip song,

a song that you have to play

when you're in the car?

- I've got this one.

I'll jump in with

"Roadhouse Blues"

from the Doors.

- I just love that.

- Aisha: That's a good one.

- Anything bluesy

like that, yeah.

- That's a great driving song.

Yeah.

- How about you, Laz?

- You know, I've been playing

a lot of DJ D-Nice.

- Um, just live feeds.

- Aisha: Oh, yeah?

- On Instagram.

Club Quarantine.

- Yeah. He does those really

long mixes online, right?

Yeah.

- Oh, they are amazing.

And they're all kind of

like '70s disco

you know,

'80s kind of dance music,

and it's just feel-good music.

- I've been on my

feel-good vibe lately.

- Mm-hmm.

How 'bout you, Jack?

- It's a song called

"Frankie's g*n"

by the Felice Brothers.

But, Laz, I'm hearing

what you're saying,

and I might change

my answer sort of.

What was that song?

It was the cover of "Sonny"

that we were listening towards

the end of season two.

- Oh! Oh!

- Like, the disco version.

- Boney M.! Boney M.

- It was so good.

Yes, yes, yes! Yes! Yes!

- Oh, that's a spicy road tune.

- Laz: Yeah.

- Jack: So good.

- [fingers snapping]

- It was so great.

- [laughter]

- In honor of Mother's Milk's

dope Wu-Tang t-shirt--

in fact, all of his

t-shirt game is strong--

we've decided to give

the Boys their

own Wu-Tang Clan names.

- Take a look.

- Laz: Oh!

- Aisha: Oh, yeah.

So Hughie, B Love Ninja.

- Jack: Okay. I'll take it.

- Laz: Yes.

- Aisha: Mother's Milk

is Vizual Pupil.

- Laz: Ooh!

- Jack: I like it!

- Aisha: Butcher

is Profound Wizard.

- Laz: Oh!

- [Karl laughs]

- Aisha: Frenchie,

X-cessive Assassin.

- Jack: Oh, that's the one.

- Aisha: Kimiko,

Midnight Specialist.

- [men affirm]

- Aisha: I got my own!

Host-Face Killa!

- Laz: Oh!

- Yes!

- Face Killa!

- Face Killa.

- Yo! Host-Face Killa.

That's it.

- Game over.

- Karl: That's my favorite.

- Aisha: Oh, boy.

Oh, Laser Baby's going off.

Okay, well,

you know what that means.

We've got a special guest.

And there's only one woman

who could make

the blood-thirsty Billy Butcher

cower in the backseat of a car,

and that woman is Becca.

So please welcome

to the virtual stage

Shantel VanSanten

- Hi. Hi, Shantel.

- Hi.

- Welcome.

- Thank you for having me.

- So, we're so excited

to finally meet you

in real life,

and also to finally Becca

on the show and get to spend

some time with her.

How has has it been playing

the love of Butcher's life

with so much backstory

leading up to these moments

when you finally get

to spend time together?

- It's t*rture playing

the love of his life.

Let's be honest.

Um, you know, the position

that Becca is in

is definitely not ideal.

I think that she would

much rather be with

the love of her life.

But at the end of the day,

she had a Sophie's Choice.

And none of the options

were really great.

And I don't think that Becca

could have lived with the idea

that something that happened

to her took Billy's life,

or that he would have defended

her and taken his own life.

So it's not really that great,

but, my goodness,

does she love him.

- Aisha: You put that

really beautifully.

I think in the beginning,

when we all find out Becca

is alive,

as viewers

and, obviously, Butcher,

we're all struggling

with how and why

it took this long for them

to reconnect and why she

never reached out to him,

but what you realize is

that she's incredibly strong.

She's protecting her son,

and she's protecting

her husband.

And she is really in

an untenable position.

And it's just taken

an incredible amount

of discipline

to stay away for this long.

There's this moment,

we're all so happy

they're back together.

We want this big,

passionate reunion.

But for me, as a fan,

the moment I love

was when you guys were

just talking and smoking.

If you've ever been

in a long-term relationship,

and you had this beautiful

informality with each other,

like, this ease,

that was really beautiful.

That was when you

really got to see

why Butcher was so driven,

because there was this

miles-deep friendship

that you guys had.

- We actually have to--

full credit to Shantel.

I believe that

was Shantel's idea.

And what I really loved

is that, you know,

that ability to share

a cigarette.

There's something that's

so intimate and subtle

about that.

And for me that really added

such a beautiful,

subtle layer to it

and spoke volumes about

the connection

of those two characters.

That's really down

to the brilliance of Shantel.

- Aisha: It was really lovely.

- Oh, stop it.

- So, Shantel, if Ryan ends up

embracing his superpowers,

and she's really tried

to keep him just a normal kid,

which is--

A lot of mothers even without

kids with superpowers,

they just want their kids

to have a normal life.

But if Ryan ends up

embracing his superpowers,

what do you think Becca's

main concern is about that

for him.

- I think Becca's main concern

is that he would turn out

anything

like Homelander,

because at the end of the day,

they are still flawed

human beings

while they have superpowers,

and she feels a responsibility

to raise him

having different morals

and principles

and hopefully having mothering

that changes him

from his dad's ways.

- Speaking of the way

our relationship

with family impacts us,

I wanna talk about Mother's Milk

visit to Valerie in Raleigh,

and she tells this story

about how her brother

was k*lled by Liberty

a very long time ago.

And it definitely parallels

a lot of the things that

we're seeing right now.

Police brutality is nothing new.

Especially against black people,

it's nothing new in this

country.

It's been going on since before

the founding of the United

States,

but it's something, obviously,

are protesting very intensely

now.

What was it like to sh**t

that scene? Laz?

- I mean, listen, we shot that

scene in the summer of 2019.

- Aisha: Wow.

So I don't know what kind of

crystal ball Eric Kripke has,

but it was so timely

as to what we have been

dealing with recently.

You know, the scene between

Valerie and Mother's Milk

was a scene that I feel

has been very, very familiar

to most black people in general,

but specifically

African-Americans

who come in contact

with each other

and without having

to say a word,

especially when you're in a--

in a environment where

it might just be two of you.

Um, you know each other.

- Mm-hmm.

- You don't have to know

each other to know each other.

Like, I may not know you

personally,

but I feel you,

and I know what you go through,

because it's probably

very similar to my experience.

And that's what we captured

in that scene.

When Hughie first knocked

on the door

and tried to talk to her,

she was very afraid

because she thought

that he was with Vought.

And if you think about

what Vought is supposed

to symbolize--

You know, Vought in its truest

form is supposed to symbolize

a company that's dedicated

to protecting citizens.

Why are there some citizens

that are afraid of Vought?

- Mmm. Mm-hmm.

- And that's what happened

in that moment.

And when Mother's Milk steps in

to let her know,

"I feel you.

I know you, and I know what

you're feeling right now.

We're not them."

- Right.

- And he connects with her

with his own personal story.

It's a story that so many

black people can understand

from a lived experience

of having to

live in a society where you

the police are supposed

to protect you.

But if you call them,

you don't know what's gonna

happen when they get there.

- Mm-hmm.

- And that's just the reality.

I've worked with

a lot of police officers

on other shows

where I've played a cop,

and we've had

these conversations,

these very real conversations.

And we've been very,

very candid with each other.

And they've told me

their perspective,

and I've told them mine.

You know, but, thank God

that we're at a place now

where all of these conversations

are finally being able to be had

openly.

Uh, they're painful.

They're not easy.

But I feel like

for the first time

in my life,

its not just black people

- having this conversation.

- Mm-hmm.

- I've seen Jack's Instagram

and Erin's Instagram

and Iya's Instagram

and Charles' Instagram,

and so many of my cast mates

have earned

so much respect from me,

because they've spoken up.

You know? And that ain't

always been the case.

- Aisha: Well, we've talked

a lot about it on this show,

and thank you for being

so forthcoming,

I think that there have

been two Americas for

a very long time.

And all the white allies

for this community were like,

"We see the police as somebody

who's gonna protect you."

And we didn't realize that there

was a whole part of the country

that thought,

"I can't call the police,

because I might be the one

that ends up on the ground."

This is the conversation

that we have to have.

It's really important

to have to have it.

My mom was a freedom writer,

and I think the thing that

she says

is the difference is

everybody understands now,

- everybody's on the same page.

- Laz: Yep.

- Back then, we were marching

for freedom and we had allies,

but now the whole world

is seeing it clearly.

And I think

that's the difference.

We gotta keep talking

about this stuff.

You know, we gotta

keep talking about it

- with open eyes.

- Absolutely.

- Absolutely, yeah.

- Yeah.

- Well, let's check out

what the Internet is saying

about "The Boys" this week.

Whywolf Senpai tweeted

- Hmm. All right.

- Wow.

- Aisha: Shantel,

Becca worked on Vought's

P.R. and marketing team.

So what do you think

her job was back then?

Was she there

to make them famous?

Was she there

to make them likable?

Was she there to hide

whatever Homelander

was doing in the shadows?

- You know, I would like

to believe that, um--

You know, we didn't really dive

too far into it--

and it obviously doesn't

stick to what she did

in the comic books--

but I'd like to believe

that she didn't work

there long enough

to understand really what type

of person that he was

or how messed up

the entire company truly was.

Because in my mind,

she's such an intelligent woman

that she would

have been able to see

the sides of Homelander

that would have led

to her not going and having

a meeting with him.

- Right.

- I think it was

a new position for her,

so there was a lot

of blindness to

how incredibly corrupt

that Vought truly was.

- Right, right.

So The Boys are so busy

with taking down Vought

and saving lives,

but are they paying

close attention to details?

We're gonna test all of

your knowledge to see how well

you guys know this episode.

- Ooh.

- Uh-oh.

- You didn't know there

was gonna be a test.

- No.

No. Horrified.

- So, first question.

What singer did one of the women

during their testimonials

get tattooed on her arm?

Any guesses?

- I'm just gonna throw out

a guess.

John Mayer.

- Ed Sheeran.

- [buzzer sounds]

- Ed Sheeran. Right.

- Ed Sheeran.

- This one's gonna be easier.

Here we go.

- Doppelganger.

- I'm like, floppel, fl

- I don't know.

- [buzzer sounds]

- I think the doppelganger

is the German orange.

And nothing rhymes

with doppelganger.

We're doing great.

- We're doing fantastic.

- Aisha: Here we go.

- This aligns closely with

her political orientation.

- Right!

- [laughter]

- That was good.

- Can you give me a shave

on the alt-right side?

- Aisha: On the alt-right side?

- Please? Thank you.

- You know what, we all won

guys. We're all winners.

Okay, guys, before we wrap it

up, I'd love for each of you

to tap back into your characters

on the show

and send some thoughts

and prayers

to any other character

of your choosing.

And why don't we start

with Jack?

- Oh, yes. Ah, okay.

Um, my thoughts and prayers,

and this is very sincere,

uh, are with Billy Joel,

because without you

and your music,

uh, I don't know if I could've

a thousand percent played

this part,

so thank you.

- All right, Laz.

- My thoughts and prayers are

with the real-life Homelander.

Your day is coming, Buddy.

That's all I'm gonna say.

- I like that.

How 'bout you, Karl?

Uh, my thoughts and prayers

will go out to M.M.

And, uh, no one

can hold a candle

like M.M. can hold a candle.

Um, he is the original

candlestick maker.

And, uh, I'm just

gonna stop there.

- What's happening?

- This makes no sense to anyone,

- but it's making sense to Laz.

- What is happening?

- What is this?

You have to tell the story.

You have to tell what this is.

What is the story?

- One of the funniest things

that happened during

the sh**ting of season two--

Uh, we went out one night

to a bar that had,

uh, like, secret rooms

and stuff, and--

- Wearing boas.

- Feather boas, not snakes.

- Laz: We had boas.

- Oh, you had boas.

Where does the candle come in?

- What color was

your boa, Jack?

- I don't know, man.

What the f*ck's

with this candle?

- [laughter]

- Don't mention the candle.

It harks back a Run-DMC song

lyric--

the butcher, the baker,

the candlestick maker.

You know, we got Frenchie,

who's a baker.

And I was the candlestick maker,

so

- I feel like there's

still more to this.

It's not that simple.

- There's no way that's it.

- [Karl laughing]

- Let's just leave it there.

- No, I'm gonna take it.

But I know it was bullshit.

Shantel, who would you like

to give thoughts and prayers to?

- How do I follow that?

I mean, um

- Aisha: You could do whatever.

- I'm gonna send sincere

thoughts and prayers

to my dear son Ryan.

You know, it's perfectly okay

for your mom to escape

in the middle of the night

and have sex in a compact car

with her secret husband.

And, one day, I will for sure

pay for your therapy,

so don't worry.

- Yes.

- Aisha: You know, what, Ryan?

Happy mom, happy life, man.

If mom don't eat,

don't nobody eat, right?

- Yes. Mm-hmm.

- I'm sure that

all of you out there

are speculating on what episode

five will bring.

Here, my friends,

is a sneak preview.

- BUTCHER: Black Noir's here.

- What?

He must have tracked me

from Becca's.

I'm sorry, but right now

we're in a little bit of

trouble.

- Do you have any nails,

ball bearings,

electrical wiring?

- Just like "Home Alone"

- except way less delightful.

- [dog groans]

- Mm-hmm.

Something's about to jump off.

Mm-hmm-hmm

Guys, I had so much fun

talking with you.

This was so great.

Thank you, Jack, Laz,

Karl, and Shantel

for hanging out

with me and giving me

all the inside scoop.

We've learned so much

this episode,

but nothing screams

poor choices like a tattoo

of Ed Sheeran.

So to keep up with that theme,

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Tweet us @TheBoysTV

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We're only halfway through

the season.

There's still so much more kink,

blood and betrayal ahead.

So join us after every episode

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And if you haven't already,

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so we don't spoil anything

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And we'll see you real soon.

Thanks for watching.

- Thanks, guys.

- Thanks so much, Aisha.

That was really awesome.

It was fun.

- Thank you. so much, Aisha.

- Bye.

- I can't wait to see you guys

again and get back.

- Start f*cking

sh**ting the show.

- Jack: I know.

- I miss you guys

so much. g*dd*mn.

- I miss you guys.

- Likewise, man.

- Yeah.

- We did it.

- [line ringing]

- Hello?

- Laz, hey, it's Aisha.

- Hey, what's up?

- It was great having

you on the show.

Thanks so much.

Look, everyone's gone.

Right? Jack and Karl

are out of the picture.

- Okay.

- What is the candle story?

I promise I won't tell anybody.

- [laughing]

Listen, I am sorry.

I would love to tell you

the whole candlestick thing,

but all I can say is this, okay?

You have a candlestick maker,

right?

- He makes candle sticks.

- Okay.

- If you can figure that out,

then you figured it out.

That's all I can say.

I gotta go.

What? What's that?

Aisha, my plants are calling me.

I gotta go water the plants.

But you got this.

I believe in you.

- Bye.

- Laz!