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The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)

2022 • 1 season • Animation, Action & Adventure • TV-MA
On September 26, 2026
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DallasBob on The Boys Presents: Diabolical

1/10 · Jun 14, 2022

This pervasive ideology is becoming increasingly disruptive. It’s reached a point where there's nothing positive about its nature. It’s bad, not just within this show, but across media and society generally. The Boys has always been known for its blunt portrayal of the dark side of reality and its anti-hero theme. The appeal comes from exploring the idea that good people aren’t always virtuous, and villains might have noble intentions while using questionable methods to punish those who forget they should be held accountable. That's usually a compelling story. However, this show didn’t need the current social agenda injected into it. Like any disease, extreme left-wing ideologies had to contaminate a good concept and force in a checklist of what they consider important. To be fair, not every episode was bad. The Laser Baby installment had a fun, cartoonish feel reminiscent of Roger Rabbit—except the baby wasn’t an older woman in a younger person's body. I thought the Misfits killing their parents was also pretty good; it was nice to see the animators who work on _Rick & Morty_ were capable of producing other quality content. The episode about the drug dealer for superheroes felt like classic Boys writing, and it was good that they used characters from the comic books instead of copying them from the streaming series. I thought the dating/texting/social media addiction episode was alright, but I’m unsure about how it ended—was everything just in his head, or did he return to Vought for the side effects? The BFFS episode was simply foolish; not charming, not touching, not inspiring—just silly. And because of this agenda, I wasn't even sure if the main character was a girl until she went into her room. Even then, based on their voice, I thought they were in transition. (I don’t know why Akwafina keeps getting work...? It needs to stop. It’s a shame too because I liked them in _Jumanji 3_.) After the foolishness of BFFS, I should have expected things to get worse—and that's what happened. The final three episodes were disappointing. The superheroes-getting-married episode felt like an underhanded attack on traditional families; a blatant rejection of the nuclear family. (It’s almost insulting how unproductive it is for their story to feature minorities.) The next episode seemed to cater to Chinese people—and probably China itself—as the only one that ended with a sense of love and compassion, qualities not typically associated with that group. And the final episode stuck to The Boys theme, except (much to feminism's delight) it showed a white man getting away with murder in a sneaky way: by deceiving everyone. [deadpan] I wonder if there are any parallels to real life? smh, ...those woke people... As I said, it started out okay, but ended up being a mess of ideological nonsense. I wasn’t impressed. Honestly, the Baby-Laser-Eyes episode was the best part. The rest was just something you could take or leave—and I left most of it. Good luck with your viewing. -- Bob --

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