The Boys
Payback
TV Flash files “Payback” as the first listed hour of season 3 — The Boys (2019–present) on Prime Video, season 3, episode 1, aired 2022-06-03, 62 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 17 of 40 in the The Boys guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 2022-06-03 (62 min). The listed hour before it is “What I Know” (S02E08). Next is “The Only Man in the Sky” (S03E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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Viewer FAQ
Where does Payback sit in the The Boys guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 17 of 40 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did The Boys S03E01 air?
Payback aired 2022-06-03 and is listed at 62 minutes.
Where should I start?
Season 1, episode 1, in order. This is not a vibes-only anthology. The brand satire stacks.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it if you want cape TV that the group chat litigates like a politics podcast with gore. Homelander is the main character of the replies. Spinoffs keep the universe loud. Stay for the satire even when the timeline is arguing about whether the joke went too far this week.
So about last night’s tags: someone called it too gross, someone called it too real, and someone posted a Homelander still like it was a weather report. That is the show. Prime Video’s anti-supe circus is not a secret prestige object. It is a weekly mood with blood on it. (I said spoiler-free. I lied a little about the blood.) The comics were already mean. The series made the meanness a fandom job: who is the satire for, who is the satire about, and which ship just got ratio’d by a corporate cape.
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