Warning: The following contains major spoilers for The young Season 3 finale. Proceed at your own risk!
The truth cost a character his life in The Boys season 3 finale. (But at least [spoiler] Happy end?)
After being confronted by Homelander, Black Noir admitted that he knew Soldier Boy was Homelander’s father. But Noir insisted they still had to kill Soldier Boy because he was “BAD,” stressed Noir in capital letters on a piece of paper. However, Homelander was angered by Noir’s betrayal, even in tears.
“Fk. Why didn’t you tell me?” Homelander asked before almost reluctantly driving his arm through his friend’s chest. Noir’s cartoon animal friends then comforted him, assuring him that he would soon be “in the sweet embrace of Christ the Lord.” (To learn more about Noir’s animated backstory/animal friends, click here.)
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The decision to kill Noir was “scary because I know what a fan favorite he is,” showrunner Eric Kripke tells TVLine. “But it’s one of those things where you have to let the characters tell you what they’re going to do.”
“It starts to feel fake when you have that level of betrayal, with how crazy Homelander is, and he just pats him on the back or something,” Kripke continues. “You have to let the characters come first. It was just so obvious that this is something [Homelander] would you.”
Despite the Supe’s currently defunct status, there is a glimmer of hope that viewers will see him again – albeit with a major change. “To all the Black Noir fans who are mourning his passing, I’d like to say this: A completely silent, masked superhero is super easy to transform,” notes Kripke. “And there’s a reason they haven’t told the public that Noir is dead. So this isn’t the last we’ve seen of Noir. This is just the last we saw of this version.”
And hey, Homelander put Noir’s mask on a table in front of A-Train, The Deep, and Ashley, so it seems he saved the most important part of the Supe costume for whoever was supposed to wear it next.
The Boys fans, what do you think of Noir’s tragic fate? Rate the final and then click on the comments!