SHATTERED DIVINITY Written by Viking Scribe PREVIOUSLY ON: THE BOYS SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 The Compound V is out of the bag. Superpowered terrorists are endangering U.S. National Security and the World at large. Butcher and Hughie pay a visit to Mallory - creator of The Boys - and she points Butcher to Madelyn Stillwell. She describes Stillwell as Homelander’s one potential weakness. Madelyn is given a promotion by Mr. Edgar and this causes tension between her and her super-fascist, Homelander. Two members of The Boys - M.M. and Frenchie - are locked up and “rescued” by Hughie. A-Train cuts the escape short but Starlight arrives and the two fight. The altercation results in A-Train’s heart attack. Butcher sneaks up on Stillwell and plans his explosive trap for Homelander. And when he does show up, he punishes her for lying to him and kills her by shooting two lasers in her face. Butcher blows the explosives and wakes up on the front lawn of his thought to be dead wife, Becca and her and Homelander’s son. 2. FADE IN: INT. BECCA’S HOME - DINING TABLE - DAY Sunlight pierces the crystal chandelier through thick curtains. Billy BUTCHER shoots BECCA his biggest Fuck You stare. She has been silent since HOMELANDER brought him. Speaking of which, the red, white and blue monster walks in with his and Becca’s son, JOSH (10). They give one last WAVE to the impromptu paparazzi. Homelander sends Josh in but POSES for more photos and enters. Homelander’s POV: An oak table with Josh grinning from ear to ear, Becca - never been more embarrassed in her life and Butcher glaring at Homelander. I’m gonna turn your All-American face inside out. He grits his teeth as Homelander nears. HOMELANDER I think we’ve all had enough of the ‘Stillwells’ and ‘Vogelbaums.’ I wanna get to know, ‘The Butchers.’ He cocks his head to Becca. HOMELANDER (CONT’D) Becca, how’ve you been? BECCA G-Good. HOLD ON: Becca makes herself smaller and smaller. Why isn’t she happy to see the father of her child? HOMELANDER (O.S.) Good. (to Josh) How old are ya, sport? JOSH (O.S.) Nine. Ten in three days. Homelander is floored. 3. HOMELANDER Ten. Years. My, my. How time does fly. He makes himself at home and removes his gloves and cape. HOMELANDER (CONT’D) Butcher. Butcher. I hate that. It has a lot of unnecessary negativity. Willy? Billy? BUTCHER (defeated) What’re you doing, Homelander? HOMELANDER Billy. I thought you wanted this. To be...reunited with your wife. BUTCHER I’d be better off knowing she’s still dead. Not being held hostage by the All Star Cunt Hisself. HOMELANDER Whoa, William. Language. Homelander sees that Josh is unfazed. HOMELANDER (CONT’D) Now, I’m as shocked and angry as you are. We’re both victims in this. BUTCHER How’s that? I didn’t rape Madelyn. In fact, if my jumbled memory serves, you turned her head into a TV dinner. Becca turns Josh to face her. BECCA Go upstairs. JOSH (hushed) But Mom! Homelander’s here. BECCA I know, baby, but I need you to go upstairs and stay there. 4. JOSH But-- His mother’s look of worry pushes Josh towards the stairs. Homelander snatches Josh’s forearm so quick, you’d swear it was spring loaded. HOMELANDER Don’t go. He pulls him onto his lap. HOMELANDER (CONT’D) Stay a while. It’s not every day (mocking epic) Homelander! (normal) Is in your home. Especially when he’s your...dad! Homelander runs his fingers through Josh’s hair but doesn’t seem troubled by the boy’s look of doubt. HOMELANDER (CONT’D) So...How’s school? What’s school? JOSH Uh. School is fine. But I got in- school suspension for five days yesterday. HOMELANDER For what? JOSH Me and Kevin were on the court and he called me for traveling. Kevin starts pushing me. Like hard. And I pushed him back. Homelander’s face lights up. BECCA He pushed a boy through a brick wall into the gym. That impressed him but the pride turns to melancholy. HOMELANDER God, I’ve missed so much already. I- 5. BUTCHER Jesus Tapdancing Christ! Should I just be on my way then? He’s out of his chair and salutes with his MIDDLE FINGER to Becca. BUTCHER (CONT’D) Cows and Kisses, Love. Homelander lasers the chain holding the CHANDELIER. It CRASHES on the table. Becca SPRINGS out of her chair. Butcher is not impressed. HOMELANDER Josh. Growing up in my family, when we wanted to talk and communicate, we would take turns. One person speaks. The other replies. HOMELANDER’S POV: Becca and Butcher together again. HOMELANDER (CONT’D) (serious) And if anyone interrupted, there would be consequences. (upbeat) The floor is yours. INT. METRO CAR - DAY Rush hour. The subway car is choked with RIDERS. No one notices fugitives: FRENCHIE & KIMIKO NEXT TO THE MAP, MOTHER’S MILK (M.M.)GRIPPING THE POLE and furthest and HUGHIE sits NEAR HANDICAPPED SEAT. Frenchie, Hughie and M.M. wear BARGAIN BIN HEADSETS. The train comes ABOVE GROUND. They dial each other. INT. METRO CAR - POLE - CONTINUOUS M.M. Everyone on? FRENCHIE (O.S.) Oui and oui. M.M. Hughie? Hughie? 6. M.M. looks through the stalks of workers at Hughie struggling with the cords. M.M. hangs his head. M.M. (CONT’D) Give him a sec. INT. METRO CAR - NEAR HANDICAPPED SEAT Hughie untangles. A hooded SAMMY(60s) lays across three seats. He smells as bad as he looks. Perhaps, a little too theatrical. SAMMY Should’ve gone wireless. Hughie ignores and unlocks his phone. He gets a reply from ANNIE/STARLIGHT. INSERT SMS: “Hughie. I took A-Train to Trinity General. I need time to figure out where you and I go from here. Everything’s really fucked.” HUGHIE’S REPLY: “Appreciate it.” He joins Frenchie and M.M. on the call. HUGHIE Sorry about that, guys. Sammy is locked on Hughie who scans the car and sees M.M. but not Frenchie. The train car STOPS. M.M. (O.S.) My stop is next. We’ll split up and reconnect later. HUGHIE I think we did pretty good sticking together. FRENCHIE (O.S.) And that is the reason we split. They’ll be expecting us to stay together. KAREN (50s), bob cut and all, comes onto the train and towers in front of Hughie like a monolith. 7. KAREN Excuse me. HUGHIE That doesn’t make any sense. Vought’s gonna find us anyway. Strength in numbers, right? KAREN Young man, I’ve been on my feet all day and I’d really like to sit down. Hughie points to an open handicapped seat behind her. KAREN (CONT’D) M.M. I’m not sitting there. Are (to Frenchie; on call) you assuming I’m handicapped? Uh-oh, Starlight. Someone else is hot for Hughie. Frenchie and M.M. spectate from afar with delight. HUGHIE (to Karen) No. What? I’m on a call. Can you just...fuck off? Please? The train goes back UNDERGROUND and the CALL IS LOST. She pulls out her phone and RECORDS him. KAREN What’s your name, son? (waves) Say ‘Hi’ to everyone online. RIDERS around Hughie are irritated with Karen. HUGHIE Look, lady. I’m sorry. If you want the seat, I’ll get up. KAREN (screams) I asked for your name! HUGHIE Why? KAREN I just wanted to know who I was going to report to the police for harassment. Is she that dense? 8. HUGHIE Harassment? You’re the one who won’t go the fuck away! In a panic, he looks to Frenchie and M.M. and they turn their heads away. INT. METRO CAR - NEXT TO MAP - CONTINUOUS Kimiko stands up and Frenchie yanks her back down. KIMIKO We should help him. FRENCHIE If Hughie can’t handle a grosse vache grasse on his own, then we can’t help him. The train slows down and the doors open. M.M (O.S.) This is my stop. FRENCHIE Later on. KIMIKO Is this our stop? FRENCHIE (whispers) No. We go to the end of the line. We’re meeting one of Butcher’s old associates. INT. TRAIN PLATFORM - CONTINUOUS The derelict platform unfurls into sunlight. M.M.’s POV: Sammy gets up and hobbles to Karen. SAMMY Spare some change, ma’am? Visible revulsion paints her face. KAREN I don’t carry cash on me. SAMMY Yeah. That’s what they all say. 9. He goes for the bag and other patrons grab him. KAREN Jesus! Get off me! Hughie sees the opportunity and steps off. Sammy puts up a fight but gets tossed at Hughie’s feet. As the train doors close, she BARKS-- KAREN (CONT’D) I’m suing you both for harassment! Hughie flips her off and tries to pick up Sammy. But as M.M. approaches, he BOLTS past M.M. SCRIPT NOTE: This is not the last time we see him. M.M. (to Hughie) You gonna run after your pops? The two crack smiles. M.M. (CONT’D) You’re welcome to come with me, Hugh. I got an ex-con that owes me a favor. HUGHIE Thanks but...I’m gonna just catch the next train. And hope to God it’s a smooth ride. M.M. All right, man. Tell Starlight, I said ‘hey.’ Hughie waves him away and sees the Sammy hop onto the TRAIN TRACKS and into a SHARP ANGLE OF SHADOW.