HC
Hughie Campbell
Works for Victoria Neuman’s superhero bureau but becomes frustrated by compromise and secrecy.
ClearStory COMPLETE SEASON GUIDE · SEASON 3 · EPISODE 3
THE BOYS
Barbary Coast
The setup
The Boys question Grace Mallory about the 1984 Nicaragua mission where Soldier Boy disappeared. Homelander’s new popularity changes the balance inside Vought, while Annie tries to recruit allies against him.
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BB
Billy Butcher
Still determined to kill Homelander and willing to use an experimental drug to gain powers temporarily.
AS
Annie January / Starlight
Promoted within the Seven while secretly helping the Boys resist Homelander.
HL
Homelander
Increasingly unstable, emboldened and determined to take direct control of Vought.
MM
Mother’s Milk
The Soldier Boy investigation is personal: Soldier Boy killed members of MM’s family when he was a child.
SB
Soldier Boy
Vought’s original American superhero and former leader of Payback, believed dead since a 1984 mission.
VN
Victoria Neuman
The secret head-popper now leading the Bureau of Superhero Affairs while protecting her daughter and political future.
GM
Grace Mallory
Former CIA officer who witnessed Payback’s disastrous 1984 operation in Nicaragua.
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Key story points
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Content note: War violence, graphic deaths, childhood trauma, drugging, racism and strong language.
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