Same way he didn't hear any of the massive all-out brawl/gunfight a couple of episodes ago in Fort Harmony. It just wouldn't be convenient for the plot.
Undoubtedly.
Reiser was delightful and the only thing I liked about the episode.
"Now, for those of you archiving this ISN special documentary, the people responsible......"
That's the way I was leaning for the writers' sake, i.e.: yeah, he hears everything, but has to focus to hear anything specifically. Like the x-ray vision; it's not like he sees through everything at all times, but rather something he has to "engage" for any practical utility. I buy that. Hell, I buy that the dark and light sides of the Force were battling in a galaxy far, far away while we were still dragging our knuckles in caves here on Earth, so yeah, I'm okay with selective reasoning.
I'm not enjoying this show anymore. With the gap in between seasons, I forgot who everyone is and what happened. I don't know which parts are mysteries and which parts I'm supposed to know. In the last episode a character was like "this stays between us," I paused the ep, asked my wife "WHAT stays between them?" she shrugged, and I sullenly unpaused and started thinking about the next day's errands while the episode finished.
I'll spoiler it:
You can't really pass judgement without watching the show. Soldier Boy has actually been pivotal in these final hours. He's been one of very few actually likeable supes, and basically the ONLY supe to have anything over Homelander, the central focus of all efforts from every side. Soldier Boy is effectively the last ace in the deck, so he's kind of important.
Felt like he hijacked the show in season 3, feels like he's hijacking 5 as well. And in a show built around two sides killing each other - not that there's much killing, and then it's usually one side killing itself - he flips around too much for his own good.
I'm not saying he shouldn't be in it anymore, I think the show has gone far past that at this point. But I mean c'mon, the inclusion of the Bombsight character with such a pivotal role in this final season just because he's starring in the upcoming Soldier Boy prequel? That seems incredibly cynical.
Up until I saw the promos for this season, I assumed that Soldier Boy had already been killed by Homelander at the end of season 3. Just seemed like the logical conclusion for his character.
Not sure if you've any intent to ever watch the show, but (hopefully without spoiling too much,) Homelander is the most powerful supe in the world, and Soldier Boy is the only being who might physically match him, but also has an "in" to his deeply troubled psyche. He's effectively Homelander's only weakness. He's important to the story as they've written it; I don't think he's been overused just to to sell the spinoff.
Read my reply above. Soldier Boy is the "daddy" in Homelander's daddy issues. He's been fairly critical in the antagonist's story arc, again, as they've written it. Could it have been written otherwise? Of course, but we're here now because of Soldier Boy.
I initially intended to watch the show, then I read the entire comic run to prepare and just kind of came away tired of the whole thing. My girlfriend was so put off by Starlight's "rape" in the first episode (not sure if she actually did it in the show, but you know what I'm talking about), so my last incentive to watch was lost.
