This show is just clever. Cleverly written. The team behind Robert Kirkman's direction are pulling off things I have not seen before in animation in a visually stimulating way. For example, we are on season 2 and season 1 did everything to tell us that the title will pop up whenever anyone says the title within the show. In some cases it was halfway through an episode, in other cases, it was at the end of an episode, we waited and waited for it to pop up trying to guess when it would be and try to pre-empt it, but it was fairly random. In this second season and in this episode especially, there was a conversation which had a build-up, and just like that, they flipped it. I actually had to pause the show to continue laughing so I did not miss anything. I found it very funny and clever.
Later in the first half of the show, Mark is getting his usual treatment and the usage of "travel" (I will say not to spoil anything), was so incredible to see visually, I could not help but think of where a similar visual was done before, but lame in comparison, especially when it was cool when we first experienced it. Angstrum Levi, Sterling K. Brown with the excellent voice acting, calm delivery with a hint of maniacal was perfect, especially in the brief soft moments. There is not a lot of Angstrum in this season, but his story is great and excellently executed. They did a lot with the little they had.
In the latter half of the show, things were taken down a notch and the seeds which were sown in earlier episodes are starting to blossom. We have Alan back and at the beginning of hatching his plan. Mark is having another crisis and is finding it difficult to come to terms with his actions. There were two heartfelt moments with two characters in the show that made me feel for Mark which I could relate to. I mentioned something like this briefly last week. Oh yeah, so earlier I mentioned how clever this show is, but moments you could miss, a Detective Comics (DC) and a Marvel Easter egg in plain sight, which was very well played and made me laugh. You may even say it was cheeky, cleverly cheeky. My review last week mentioned the character and this week the character "turned up". I cannot get enough of this show, it is a show for smart viewers as it is cleverly written, acted out and soundtracked. As this is a finale, there is also a similar moment in this finale when compared to the finale of the first season. One more thing that caught me off-guard was the title of the finale, "I thought you were stronger". This show put such a twist on the title, I was left dumbfounded. It's just excellent writing and animation from an excellent show at this point.
So, do you still want to say that there is superhero fatigue? No, there is not. I will say it again and again until someone proves me wrong. There is mediocre fatigue because if I got £1 for everyone who says they are going to watch and actually watch The Boys season 4 and enjoyed it, I am confident that I will be in the money.
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