“The Boys” just dropped a “Supernatural” reunion episode, and it was pretty messy

Boys It finally went where supernatural Fans were hoping it would go away. After several failed spin-offs, the fandom was finally going to see the original monster hunting family back together.

Since Jensen Ackles joined the show as Soldier Boy in Season 3, hopes have been raised for a reunion of sorts to pit Ackles (who played Dean Winchester) against former co-stars Jared Padalecki (who played Sam Winchester) and Misha Collins (who played Castiel).

Well, Wednesday’s episode, titled One Shots, actually brought the trio back together. I’m sorry to report that that wasn’t all Hunting demons And a rainbow. The gathering was literally a bloody mess – which is exactly what we Supernatural fans deserve.

One Shots was mostly a bottle episode, moving from one character’s story to another – including a bizarre sequence from the perspective of Billy Butcher’s dog, Terror. This season could very well continue without the episode, with the exception of a few major points that will definitely come up in the latter half of the season.

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If you haven’t watched the episode yet and want to avoid spoilers, I suggest you stop reading here, then Major story spoilers are revealed below.

The high point of this episode is Homelander’s continued pursuit of V-One, the original, volatile version of Compound V which, if it survives, will make the injected participant immortal. Tip from former Vought CEO Stan Edgar, now a prisoner of Homelander, sends the newly anointed god and his curmudgeon father Soldier Boy (Ackles) – who was already… He is Khaled – to Hollywood to track down a washed-up sup named Mr. Marathon (Padalecki).

Think of Mr. Marathon as a parody of The Flash; He was the original speedster on The Seven, which was eventually replaced by A-Train (RIP).

Now a fixture in Tinsel Town, Mr. Marathon is revealed as a drug dealer in a smart suit. He hangs out with a diverse group of celebrity friends — Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Will Forte, and Craig Robinson — while the world crumbles around them. Joining the crew at the poker table inside Mr. Marathon’s mansion is a hardworking Supe named Malchemical (Collins), whose superpower is the ability to breathe noxious fumes into people’s faces, rendering them unconscious.

For a brief moment, it seemed like an homage to Seth Rogen’s apocalyptic comedy “This Is the End,” which follows fictionalized versions of him and his famous friends during the end of the world. But this movie was fun.

As you can imagine, Homelander and Soldier Boy didn’t find what they were looking for here. But Mr. Marathon gives them an inside look at his collection of Vought memorabilia — which, for some reason, includes a set of Diddy-inspired baby oil bottles. After some pressure, it is revealed that Bombsight, a Supe from Soldier Boy’s past (who will appear in the prequel, Vought Rising), possesses V-One.

Mr. Marathon and Soldier Boy share a private moment on drugs, which would have been a prime moment for some Winchester-style joke or gesture, but things take a turn, thanks to Malchemical breathing his deadly gas in Homelander’s face.

Well, this turned out to be a trap. But only for the country.

Malchemical and Mr. Marathon wanted Homelander out of the picture, thanks to years of pent-up anger at the man who ruined their lives. But Soldier Boy, in a move that shows he may actually be grooming his sociopathic son, doesn’t take the bait. This is the moment when everything goes ballistic.

He kills Soldier Boy Malchemical (goodbye forever, Castiel) and then allows Mr. Marathon to chase him throughout the mansion while putting every famous friend of his in speed lane so he can proceed to run through all of them, causing a bloody mess in the process. Comedically, this scene is really funny. Each kill is intensified from the one before it, and Padalecki is left covered in buckets of blood and guts by the time all is said and done.

The baby oil callback I mentioned earlier leads to a final showdown between Soldier Boy and Mr. Marathon. Watching the two actors in their scene together made me think back to Ackles’ death scene in Supernatural (sorry, spoiler) and the emotional goodbye he had with his brother.

Could these Bombsight details have been delivered more quickly, thus skipping this entire episode? probably. But perhaps Kripke and the Wonder Boys were desperate for some proper closure.

Supernatural was only supposed to last five seasons. That was Kripke’s plan. Due to its success, The CW continued the show for an additional decade. This fanbase has already endured watching the Winchester brothers die over and over again, visit Hell, lose their souls, become demons, and survive all sorts of other creatures – all for their legacy to live on in conventions, in fan fiction and some short-lived spin-off films.

Artists create their art and display it for the world to consume and interpret. I don’t know if SPN fans will be happy with the outcome of this so-called reunion – but for Kripke, the Winchester brothers, and their best friend Castiel, One Shots is the final nail in the coffin for Supernatural.

To paraphrase the Kansas squad, maybe it’s really time to lay their weary heads to rest. For better or worse, the family business is dead.