The Boys

GOOD VERSUS EVIL isn’t so cut-and-dry in this Emmy-nominated adaptation of Garth Ennis’ subversive comic book series. “What if superheroes existed in the real world with all their privilege, influence and power?” asks showrunner Eric Kripke. “Fact is, they’d be huge a--holes.” And they’d have corporate overlords, such as the show’s central band of costumed crusaders, the Seven, backed by the mega-conglomerate Vought International. The team’s vicious frontman Homelander (Antony Starr, right) is an amoral, fame-hungry hero with homicidal tendencies. His many misdeeds have fueled the rage of Billy Butcher (Karl Urban, left), the leader of a CIA black-ops group known as the Boys. He’s a brute who blamed Vought for the sudden disappearance of his wife Becca (Shantel VanSanten), only to find out a far-worse truth: She had gone into hiding after Homelander raped her and left her pregnant. Now, Butcher is ready to live up to his name and cut his rival down, any way he can.

STARLIGHT (Erin Moriarty)

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