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The Boys: JDM & Jensen Ackles Are Spoiler-Safe; Our Soldier Boy Theory

The Boys appreciates Jeffrey Dean Morgan being spoiler-safe before meeting up with Jensen Ackles this weekend; our Soldier Boy theory.

Now that filming on the fourth season of Amazon and Showrunner & EP Eric Kripke's has wrapped and post-production is underway, we've reached that point in the cycle where we're going to hunt for any clue that we can find about what's to come. And the best places to get good intel are weekend conventions/fan events. For example, we know that Jeffrey Dean Morgan has joined the cast for the upcoming season, meaning he and Jensen Ackles (Soldier Boy) have another franchise bonding them. So when the Supernatural co-stars met up this weekend, it looks like the "spoiler safeguards" were already in place.

Fangasm was gracious enough to pass along an update from "The Road So Far… The Road Ahead" Creation New Jersey event from this weekend, when Morgan joined Ackles on the stage to talk all things Supernatural, The Boys, and a whole wide range of topics. When it came to the fourth season of Amazon's Prime Video series, Morgan shared that he spoke to Karl Urban (Butcher) about meeting up with Ackles over the weekend – with Urban apparently suggesting that Morgan checks with Kripke for a quick refresher on what he can (or more importantly, can't) say. Here's a look at the initial tweet from Fangasm, followed by a response from The Boys' Twitter account confirming that "the secrets are still safe in the cryo-chamber":

The Boys: Why Soldier Boy Is Neuman's Counter to Homelander, Butcher

By the time the smoke cleared on the season finale, "The Instant White-Hot Wild," we had a very interesting power dynamic left in play. Though Butcher (Urban) is "dead man walking" due to V24, our heroes now officially have Annie (Erin Moriarty) on their side. That, combined with a more unified approach to the team and the sick set of skills they each bring, makes The Boys as skillfully deadly as they've ever been. I mean, we saw just one example of what Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) can do once she's come to peace with every aspect of who she truly is.

While things were looking rough for Homelander (Antony Starr) near the end, he also ended the season in a better position than he started. He may have lost the love of his "father," Soldier Boy, but he's gained a deeper love from his son, Ryan (Cameron Crovetti). He still has control of Vought, made sure to put all of his lackeys on notice, and has skyrocketing polling numbers. When it comes to The Seven, he lost the two remaining members who ever pushed back on him, Annie and Maeve (Dominique McElligott)- and from what we've seen from the casting announcements so far, Homelander looks to be crafting a new roster that's a lot more "Homelander-friendly."

But let's not forget Congresswoman Victoria "Vic" Neuman (Claudia Doumit), and this is where things get interesting and where we're going to do a deep dive into some "future seasons" speculating. With a little "help" from Homelander-assigned The Deep (Chace Crawford), Neuman found herself the VP running mate of U.S. Secretary of Defense head Bob Singer (Jim Beaver). To be that close to The White House while having both federal powers and a tense "working relationship" with Vought also makes Neuman a major player. Almost. There's still one thing that Neuman needs on her side that she's lacking, and that's an "equalizing" factor. A "factor" that would have more than enough reason to have another go at our heroes and Homelander's squad. A "factor" that would put an end to Homelander's threatening visits to Neuman. A "factor" that we're pretty sure would be looking to have his name "cleared" and legacy "cleaned up." And that would have to be Soldier Boy.

Considering he's on permanent ice with the feds having access to him, it's not like Neuman couldn't have dealings going on behind everyone's backs. And the vice-presidential candidate would be the perfect person to make the pitch to Solider Boy about why he should trust her- shared common enemies & shared common goals. That said, after what happened during the third season, I don't see Soldier Boy signing on unless he gets "payment upfront" on something first as a show of "trust." And after taking out Payback, you can only assume that Grace (Laila Robins) and/or Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) would be his asking price. With a Neuman/Soldier Boy team-up, you could have Homelander (via Vought) in a position of having to help Neuman repair the image of the person who came close (twice) to killing him- his father, no less. And when it comes to Butcher, Hughie (Jack Quaid), and the rest of our team, it's Neuman's in-your-face, not-so-friendly reminder that she's got a lot of power on her side, too. Is it a teaming that she would particularly pride herself in? No, but Neuman's proven to be an in-the-moment & bigger-picture thinker when it comes to survival and looking to the future. It's a teaming that would give everyone pause (and set up a great face-off) – and maybe Morgan's still-unknown character is key to making this happen.

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