Frenchie’s coping with the priorKenji-related catastropheby going on a coke-and-booze bender.

Homelander is fuming over the TV news' celebration of Stormfront.

Homelander flies to a log cabin.

She coos to him about what a “good boy” he is, and they promptly make out.

Homelander forces Doppelganger to revert back into Madelyn and then allows himself to fall back into his wacko fantasy.

Clearly, I spoke too soon in my prior recaps: Homelander has definitelynotgotten over his mommy issues.

In a Vought Tower elevator, Homelander violently confronts Starlight about conspiring with Hughie.

Starlight subsequently meets Hughie in the park and expresses frustration that making Compound-V public didn’t topple Vought.

A-Train spots his rival Shockwave (Mishka Thebaud) in Vought Tower and confronts Ashley.

The two are obviously still in love, and Billy promises to protect her until the day she dies.

He hatches a plan: to sneak her and Ryan out of the compound via a garbage truck.

This cute banter leads to sex in Starlight’s room.

He also shocks Maeve by awkwardly outing her as the group’s gay member.

Maeve admits to the affair and her feelings for Elena.

Stormfront riles up the crowd at her rally.

As she speaks about impending super-terrorist threats, Kimiko approaches the stage, ready to strike.

Frenchie appears and stops her, and Kimiko doesn’t respond well to losing her chance to kill Stormfront.

Much to her enduring anger and shame, her family took Vought’s hush money.

When his eyes glow red, she backs down, realizing this might not be the best approach.

I have soldiers."

She’s right, of course; Billy calls the kid “a billion-dollar piece of Vought property.

They are not going to let him go.”

Back in NYC, Starlight ends her romance with Hughie (“We’re all alone.

That’s the truth.").

The Deep is disappointed Carol doesn’t let him wed the hot-to-trot candidate.

I’m myself.”

This inspires Doppelganger to transform into Homelander and to entice the superhero with a lingerie-clad version of himself.

I don’t need anyone."

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