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Though one phrase from MM exposes the show's chronology, the early episodes of *The Boys* Season 4 are vague about exactly how much time has elapsed since season 3 finished. MM lashes back, "You've been lying to us for the last six months," after Butcher tells the other Boys in season 4, episode 2, "Life Among the Septics," "Not tellin' aint lyin'," defense. Butcher discovered his illness at the very last minutes of *The Boys* season 3, hence the difference between then and season 4 must be six months.
This Time Jump clarifies why so much has changed in terms of the election, Homelander's trial, Starlight's foundation, and Vought's rebuild. Crucially, though, the shift ahead drastically reduces Butcher's life span. Butcher is now down to his last year - at a push - by the time *The Boys* Season 4 starts. The doctor gave the boys' ex-leader 12-18 months to live during the last minutes of Season 3.
*The Boys* has a generally parallel timeline with reality, hence season 1 takes place in 2019, the year the show initially aired. Based on the official date Vought provides for Translucent's death, *The Boys* season 2 is then set in 2020; a one-year time-span divides seasons 2 and 3, with the latter occurring perhaps sometime in 2022. Six months separate Gen V season one from *The Boys* season 4. All things considered, *The Boys*' whole chronology now runs 4-5 years.
This clarifies why some personalities seem to have developed so drastically in a quite short amount of time. Hughie has fallen in love with Starlight and mainly forgotten about Robin as he moves from an electronics sales assistant to a semi-competent CIA agent. Ryan nearly seems like a completely different actor when he first debuted, and Butcher's group has evolved from a ragbag collection of amateurs into the polished outfit seen in *The Boys* season 4.
*The Boys* season 4 starts some time following Season 3, and the scene has clearly changed since the pivotal fight at Seven Tower. Season 3 of *The Boys* concluded with Soldier Boy nodding off, Ryan choosing Homelander over Butcher, Victoria Neuman joining Bobby Singer's presidential campaign, and Butcher diagnosed with a brain tumor after significant Temp V use. The first scenes of *The Boys* season 4 make it evident how far the world has progressed from that depressing series of events.
Ryan no longer distinguishes herself as the baby-faced child of The Boys' cast; she is now totally absorbed into the Vought way of life. Singer and Neuman are on the verge of being sworn into the Oval Office, hence the presidential contest is essentially ended. After her capabilities changed during the fight against Soldier Boy, Starlight is trying to improve her flying abilities; yet, she has also been carrying on her humanitarian activities far from the Seven's shadow. Meanwhile, Black Noir's replacement has been hired by the Seven itself; he now sits next to his fellow supes within the restored Seven Tower.
Following Godolkin University's Gen V offers various new Supes whose talents span nearly useless to quite strong. Gen V also looks at the growth of the university's students and their possibilities as a next generation of superheroes. There are several activities in the season. Viewers are also encouraged to probe the narrative more closely.
As the software advances, it bends and turns a lot. The show's central concentration on corruption and its depiction of the inner dynamics of the world are going to draw viewers back repeatedly.
Eric Kripke developed a superhero/dark comedic satire sitcom based on the same-named comic book franchise. Set in a "what-if" universe that honors superheroes as gods or celebrities with negligible consequences for their deeds. One group of vigilantes, led by a vengeance-obsessed guy called Billy Butcher, will counter these super-charged "heroes" to reveal them for what they are, though.
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