GoKawiilThe Boys finally went where Supernatural fans have been hoping it'd go. After multiple failed spinoffs, the fandom was finally going to see the original monster-hunting family get back together.
Ever since Jensen Ackles joined the show as Soldier Boy in season 3, it brought to life hopes for a kinda-sorta reunion to put Ackles (who played Dean Winchester) opposite former co-stars Jared Padalecki (who played Sam Winchester) and Misha Collins (who played Castiel).
Well, Wednesday's episode, titled One Shots, did indeed bring the trio back together. I'm sad to report it wasn't all demon hunting and rainbows. The gathering was a literal bloody mess -- and it's exactly what we Supernatural fans deserved.
One Shots mostly served as a bottle episode, jumping from one character's story to another -- including a bizarre sequence from the perspective of Billy Butcher's dog, Terror. It's possible this season could have gone without the episode altogether, aside from a few key points that will certainly resurface in the last half of the season.
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Billy Butcher's dog, Terror, gets his own story in season 5 of The Boys. Jasper Savage/Prime Video
If you haven't seen the episode yet and want to avoid spoilers, I suggest you stop reading here, as major story spoilers are revealed below.
The most important plot point in this episode is Homelander's continued hunt for V-One, the original volatile version of Compound V that, if survived, would make the injected participant immortal. A tip from former Vought CEO Stan Edgar, who is now Homelander's prisoner, sends the newly anointed god and his curmudgeonly dad Soldier Boy (Ackles) -- who already is immortal -- to Hollywood to track down a washed-up Supe named Mister Marathon (Padalecki).
Think of Mister Marathon as a parody of The Flash; he was the original speedster in The Seven, who was eventually replaced by A-Train (RIP).
Now, a fixture in Tinsel Town, Mister Marathon is revealed as a smarmy jumpsuit-wearing drug dealer. He hangs with an assortment of celebrity friends -- Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Will Forte and Craig Robinson -- as the world falls apart around them. Joining the crew at the poker table inside Mister Marathon's mansion is a tryhard Supe named Malchemical (Collins), whose superpower is the ability to breathe noxious fumes into people's faces, rendering them unconscious.
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