The Boys kicks off with an ultra-violent, adult take on the superhero genre. Join us for our review of The Boys Episode 1 "The Name Of The Game". This is a SPOILER FILLED Podcast

The Boys Episode 1 "The Name Of The Game" synopsis

Based on the Comic Series by Garth Ennis

Developed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg

Episode Written by Eric Kripke

Episode Directed by Dan Trachtenberg

“Wee” Hughie Campbell has his heart broken as his girlfriend, Robin, has her heart, lungs, liver, arms, legs and head broken (or more precisely splattered) by a freak curbside accident involving the faster than fast superhero A-Train.

In a world dominated by Vought International’s collection of superheroes known as The Seven (Home-lander, Queen Maeve, A-Train, The Deep, Black Noir, Translucent and Lamplighter) Hughie must struggle to come to terms with the death of Robin in a society that reveres these heroes...that is until CIA operative Billy Butcher shows up! Billy sheds light on the impunity in which The Seven operate and the danger to society of their massive egos and fame. Billy wants to recruit Hughie.

Initially reluctant to assist Billy, Hughie is forced into an uneasy partnership when Billy saves him from the serial misogynist, pervert and all round sex addict Translucent. High-up at Vought International’s headquarters the week is working out mixed for the manager of The Seven, Madalyn Stillwell. While she has managed to replace Lamplighter with a newer, fresher superhero called Starlight, a meeting with the Mayor of Baltimore ends badly as he threatens to reveal Vought’s secret Compound V formula to the media.

Later that day, high above the clouds in his private jet, the Mayor of Baltimore thinks it’s a bird or is it a plane...no it’s the destructive laser beams of Home-lander!

Our talking points for this episode

We're changing it up for this time as each of the hosts choose their moments for each episode.

In "The Boys Moment" we chat about the protagonists of this episode.

For "The Seven Moment" we discuss what stood out about the antagonists this time.

"Other Outstanding Moment" is our place to talk about everything else.

We'd love to hear about your favourite moments, any thoughts, theories and Easter eggs that you see in the episodes that we might have missed. Email us at [email protected] with either an MP3 recording of your thoughts or an email for each episode.

Subscribe to TV Podcast Industries

If you want to keep up with us and all of our podcasts please subscribe to the podcast over at https://tvpodcastindustries.

Next time on The Invincible Podcast

We'll be back next week with the The Boys Episode 2 so make sure you subscribe to TV Podcast Industries to get access to all the other shows we’re covering.

Until then, Keep Watching, Keep Listening and Keep Watching the Skies.

Derek and Chris

TV Podcast Industries

All images and audio clips are copyright of Prime Video, Skybound, Image Comics and their respective copyright owners.