The Boys finale gave Mother’s Milk the perfect revenge on Soldier Boy and you missed it

*Warning: Major spoilers ahead for The Boys season five finale*

Soldier Boy was put on ice in the penultimate episode of The Boys, but that doesn’t mean Mother’s Milk didn’t get revenge on him. Call it poetic justice. 

Ultimately, The Boys season five episode eight – aka the last ever episode of the series – was mostly focused on Butcher and Homelander’s years-long rivalry. 

And in true The Boys fashion, both are dead by the time the finale ends. This leaves all of our main players to move on with their lives. Hughie and Annie get to be together, with Annie visibly pregnant (but still fighting crime). 

Kimiko heads to France with her new doggy, honouring Frenchie as best she can. As for Mother’s Milk, whose story felt a little overshadowed throughout season five, he finally gets the happy ending he’s always wanted. 

In the final montage, we see him remarrying Monique, with their daughter by their side – and there’s another addition to the family. 

Mother’s Milk got the last laugh

After losing his powers in the battle against his father and rejecting a “fresh start” with Butcher, Ryan is seen at Mother’s Milk’s wedding, as he’s now a part of their family. 

If you think about it, this is revenge but in the most beautiful way: Soldier Boy killed MM’s granddad, and now MM is raising Soldier Boy’s grandson. Told you it’s poetic justice. 

MM’s entire reason for hating supes is because Vought’s reckless cape-wearers destroyed his family. Decades prior to him joining The Boys, a young Marvin woke up to see Soldier Boy fighting crime in Harlem. 

Soldier Boy confronted some young thieves and threw a car their way, only for the vehicle to head in the direction of MM’s house. Although it missed him, it killed his grandfather and two other relatives.

Not only did this traumatise MM but it destroyed his family. His father became obsessed with documenting supe-related negligence in an attempt to expose Vought, while MM dedicated his entire life to bringing supes down.

Just like his dad, his obsession ended up destroying his own family – Monique left him (for a Homelander, no less). 

That’s what makes the finale’s ending feel so full circle. Soldier Boy might not have cared about the destruction he caused, but in the end, he’s on ice, his son is dead, and his own grandson ends up being raised by the man whose family he tore apart. 

It’s one of the changes to the source material that actually makes so much sense. In the comics, not only is Soldier Boy an insignificant character (and a title rather than one single person), but also Mother’s Milk is killed by Butcher as part of his rogue plan to eradicate all supes. 

Thank god the show didn’t go in this direction. After decades of trauma, OCD spirals, and supe-induced misery, he’s one of the few characters who’s genuinely earned a happy ending. 

If Soldier Boy ever gets let out of his cryogenic cage, I’d pay good money to see the look on his face when he finds out his entire legacy is no more. It’s definitely not what Cara would have wanted. 

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