Butcher will show what happened with Karl Urban’s character off screen between seasons, per showrunner Eric Kripke.
The Boys of Amazon’s blood-stained superhero satire are too much to handle on their own.
It will also let the audience know what’s been going on with the diabolically smirky character off screen.

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His wife, Becca (Shantel VanSanten), isn’t dead after all.
“As season 2 begins, Butcher is M.I.A.
and then shows up,” Kripke explains.
“In episode 2, we originally shot something that revealed where he went and what his experiences were.
So, now, all that material will be compiled and released as a short film calledButcher.
Kripke calls it “a companion piece.”
Yet the job never stops.
The first three episodes of season 2 will premiere on Amazon Prime Video this Sept. 4.
From there, new episodes will drop every Friday through Oct. 9.