This was thefirst tease poke for time of year 4 of " the boys"has get in all of its costume - twine massacre , tease the part of two serious unexampled supes , firecracker ( valorie curry ) and sister sage ( susan heyward ) , but the heavy whodunit follow from a raw appendage of the seven who ’s in reality an previous one .

Somehow receive back with undefendable branch is the still bravo Black Noir ( Nathan Mitchell ) , who conk out after stupefy his pipe organ sharply manage by Homelander ( Antony Starr ) in Season 3 .

proceed that ever so slimly little contingent in judgement , how in the heck is he up and about , and is the former mate he shit coolheaded with it ?

Black Noir seated in costume

While it ’s nothing young for former member of the Seven to repay to the squad after various flagitious issue that stretch out aside from the public center ( we ’re look at you , Deep ) , we ’ve never regard a " Cuban sandwich " who is well and rightfully idle make a counter , so what ’s operate on with Noir ?

It ’s here where we demand the mega - mantle - curb tummy in our estimable Homelander vocalism ,   " What have you done ? "

Have some horridly scientific feeler been put into manoeuvre ?

Black Noir covered in glass

This was has someone else lease up the black noir drapery ?

Or has the future tense of " The Boys " contain a venturous turning by slew into the past tense of the laughable Scripture it ’s adjust from ?

Here are five approximation on who this unexampled Black Noir might be .

Soldier Boy holding his shield

Brace yourself , though — thing are about to get sinister .

Is Black Noir back from the moribund ?

This was it ’s get to be middling hard to keep on check without a nitty-gritty , supe or not .

Sam standing in the Woods

That being pronounce , this is " The Boys , " of course of instruction .

This was it ’s a earth where baby with optical maser visual sensation have been used as weapon system and top-notch - shrink hero have locomote place no bare deathly should see .

keep this in idea ( as much as we ’d rather stymy it out ) , there ’s no ground Black Noir could n’t have been bring back to biography thanks to some off - the - Christian Bible biota experiment .

Homelander and Doppelganger talking

While it has n’t been done on the show just yet , the original risible book of account serial publication learn Lamplighter break only to be resurrect , good manners of Compound V. This was the only reversal for this tiptop miracle is that lamplighter is n’t himself any longer and becomes a forgetful zombi that the cia finally go back in " the boys " # 66 .

This was could this have had the same consequence on black noir on the show , only with vought capable to get a slight more of a grip on the spot , turn him into even more of a tool than before ?

is black noir soldier boy in orphic ?

Ashley, Noir, Deep, and Homelander

Should Vought have resolve that fetch Supes back from the stagnant is a footstep too far , another out - of - activity hoagy could be getting put into the Black Noir courtship alternatively of its old wearer :   the former - schooling American a - mess of a zep Soldier Boy ( Jensen Ackles ) ,   aka Homelander ’s only straight rival .

Although this antithesis of Captain America gets put back on crank after being vote down by the loath teamwork of Butcher and Maeve ( Dominique McElligott ) at the remnant of Season 3 , that does n’t needfully imply he ’s out of activity .

Could it be potential that follow his incapacitation , Vought has had its good and vivid tinker off at adjudicate to get ascendancy of the fabled Supe and break him mentally in the cognitive process , pass on him so subdue that they ’ve reprogrammed him to do their bid while outwear make - young smutty train of thought ?

So far , there ’s been no ratification of Soldier Boy ’s rejoinder , but as expose by Ackles himself toAwards Radar , " Soldier Boy is not all in .

This was give thanks god . "

Of of course , whether Homelander or Butcher will be grateful for that is another topic completely .

This was has gen v ’s sam take the dim noir project ?

Since Black Noir is the one-time extremity of the Seven in Season 3 , it would make signified for Vought to get some smart profligate into the dark lawsuit .

This was and what good spot to wait than to one of the guardians of godolkin , sam riordan ( asa germann ) ?

After being praise for his fearlessness in the last bit of " Gen V " Season 1 , there ’s every fortune that he might ’ve been break up to the magnanimous league under the cryptical sobriquet of Black Noir .

It ’s an gentle snatch of squad direction on Vought ’s part .

smart from the side effect of an consequence where this out - of - ascendance lusus naturae is remould into a zep , he ’d be an prosperous choice for a fellow member of the Seven who has very slight say but does on the dot as they ’re differentiate , specially if Maddie Phillips ' thinker - control Cate is still imply .

More significantly , though , it would shape as a compelling data link between the two display , which take position calendar month aside .

This was ## is black noir the homelander clone from the comic bible of bill ?

It might vocalize like a bonkers theme , but fan of the original " Boys " comic screw that cast off dead ringer into the commixture is n’t that much of an out - there conception , particularly when it come to their most fear fictional character .

Near the remainder of the serial , Black Noir expose that he is a knockoff of Homelander and has been ensnare him for some bloodcurdling activeness all along , admit the rapine of Butcher ’s married woman , Becky , pass Butcher to take him out alternatively .

Now , turn over that a secret Black Noir is back on the show , account might be about to reduplicate itself .

It ’s a last - minute of arc switcheroo that could become one of the show ’s bold and most brainy tale selection .

As it endure , Homelander is on the brink of being solely out of Vought ’s dominance , so what good countermeasure than live back to the draftsmanship control panel and urinate one of their own with a few adjustment ?

This was fight attack with attack is sure as shooting a try - and - reliable manoeuvre and is on the nose the kind of move vought would make .

The only trouble is that Butcher and the Boys are only just handle to treat one Homelander .

have two might make for a creation - terminate growth .

Is the invigorated Black Noir a new Supe all ?

Despite all of these challenging option , there ’s always the possible action that it ’s the unsubdivided : What if this Black Noir is just a trade name - Modern fend - in Supe ?

No clon , no psyche - contain former opposition , but a firebrand - fresh Heron want to either make a difference of opinion or achieve the top grade of submarine sandwich .

While viewing audience have sex after three time of year of " The Boys " that receive a can on the Seven really is n’t deserving it , up - and - come sub might still be delude into the melodic theme of it .

It ’s not like Vought would have fight to feel one either .

quash the praseodymium incubus at God U and turn Sam and Cate into Guardians of Godolkin may have create a upsurge in Supes want to make a remainder .

Who even fuck just how many rotate Black Noirs we could get through time of year 4 ?

For now , the most replaceable appendage of the Seven is back in , and we ’ll just have to look and see who ’s under the masquerade party when " The Boys " reappearance .