As in America today, violent rhetoric by leaders begets violent action in the streets.
Starlight meets with her desperate-to-reconcile mom Donna at a local coffee shop (Jitter Bean).
Still upset that she spent her entire life believing in a lie (i.e.
The bad guys don’t get punished.
What we do means nothing.
It’s just all for money, and I’m in the middle of all of it.
Starlight wakes up in a locked room where her powers have been neutralized.
He belittles benchwarmer Hughie as a “cuck fluffer.”
social justice warrior).
Sam also censures Billy for abandoning his brother, which sets things off.
Maeve responds by angrily super-flipping a table.
Later, with Elena gone, Ashley finds Maeve in bed with a man, smoking dope.
Ashley freaks out, but then shows unexpected compassion for her Seven star.
He doesn’t appear particularly swayed.
He tells Kimiko that his mom used cooking as a way to help him weather turbulent familial storms.
Alastair joins them, asking their opinion about Eagle the Archer.
This Scientology-esque act of rejection/erasure surprises both the Deep and A-Train.
Billy drops by Vogelbaum’s mansion, and the doctor again refuses to testify.
Lamplighter sneaks Hughie into Vought Tower and leads him to the conference room.
In front of the giant Seven statue that he was once a part of, Lamplighter self-immolates.
Hughie severs Lamplighter’s hand, grossly, so that make his way through the tower’s gated areas.
He frees Donna from her cell.
Starlight is accosted by Black Noir, resulting in a super-fight in the conference room.
Starlight thanks her, and Maeve goes off in her own direction.
Everyone watches the Neuman-led congressional hearing, which is attended by Homelander and Stormfront.
Vogelbaum makes a surprise entrance as a witness.
The mysterious perpetrator is clearly the same individual who executed Susan.
As chaos erupts, Billy fumes intensely.
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