Inside The Boys’ Secret Plan To Finally Take Down Homelander

So, 'The Boys' is finally gearing up for a proper sendoff, and as you'd expect, the build-up to taking down Homelander has gotten both wild and extremely messy. Episode 7 just dropped, setting up the biggest face-off yet—but naturally, our crew’s latest plan is both risky and heartbreaking. If you want spoilers, read on (and honestly, you know you do).

Plotting Homelander's Downfall: The Messy Details

The latest episode—'The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk'—essentially outlines the Boys' new strategy: turn one of their own loose cannon members into the anti-Homelander weapon. But it comes at the kind of cost this show just loves.

For those keeping score, Soldier Boy isn’t about to pitch in and nuke Homelander for them. (Shocker, right?) The only reason this plan even exists is thanks to the last episode, where Soldier Boy stripped Bombsight of his powers by hitting him with a good old-fashioned radiation blast. The team takes notes—could they pull off the same science experiment and create their own radiation-powered hero?

What Actually Happens

• The Plan: Butcher and Frenchie decide the only way to even the odds is to expose Kimiko to the same radiation that gave Soldier Boy his powers. Kimiko, being the team's only voluntary guinea pig, agrees to try it.
• The Hurdles: Kimiko nearly gets torn apart by the process. She’s nowhere near getting Soldier Boy's level of powers, and things go pear-shaped fast. Frenchie, desperate, taps Sister Sage for help—even though she’s busy melting down over not predicting Soldier Boy's betrayals. He eventually persuades her, and they run Kimiko through another round of radiation.
• Meanwhile, at the Hideout: Homelander crashes the party, fully intending to murder Sister Sage for turning against him. Frenchie has seconds to react, so he hides Kimiko and Sister Sage in the air ducts—honestly, a classic panic move—and then tricks Homelander into the Uranium chamber. There, Frenchie exposes both of them to the radiation.
• Collateral Damage: Homelander gets a few burns and bails. Frenchie? He's brutally injured. Kimiko, now suddenly healed (hint: maybe the experiment worked after all), finds Frenchie—too late to save him. He dies in her arms, which even for this show is a gut punch.

The show doesn’t spell it out, but since Kimiko is up and about like nothing happened, it heavily suggests she's finally gotten the powers Team Butcher wanted. Now she might be their best shot at actually depowering Homelander, turning him into just another angry (but not laser-eyed) guy.

The Gen V Crossover and What Comes Next

If you keep tabs on the 'Gen V' spinoff, you’ll recognize Marie Moreau and Jordan Li pop up in this episode—so, it's a full-cast situation, with everyone bringing their skills for what’s basically the series’ endgame.

So that’s where we are: experiments, desperation, dead heroes, and one very big showdown left. If you wanted stakes, the show’s delivering. Brutal, messy, and just a little bit reckless—just how 'The Boys' likes it.