Amazon Prime Video's The Boys has released a new short film titled "Butcher," focused on the vigilantes' leader Billy Butcher (Karl Urban).The film takes place in-between Seasons 1 and 2 of the show and features Butcher on the run after being framed for the murder of Madelyn Stillwell. He meets up with an old friend and asks for help finding his wife Becca (Shantel VanSanten). Showrunner Eric Kripke had previously teased the film's existence, stating the footage was meant to be in Episode 2 of Season 2 but was cut due to time constraints.
Season 1 of The Boys shed light on Butcher's hatred of "Supes," as he believed his wife was dead after being raped by the Seven's sociopathic leader Homelander (Anthony Starr). However, it turned out that Becca was alive and living on a compound. Her son possesses the same powers as Homelander, which led the leader of the Seven to train the boy in using his powers. Butcher has reunited with the Boys in order to clear their names. However, there is tension between him and Hughie (Jack Quaid) due to the latter's romantic involvement with Starlight/Annie January (Erin Moriarty). The Boys attempted to free Kimiko's brother Kenji, but he was brutally murdered by Stormfront (Aya Cash).
The synopsis for The Boys Season 2 can be found below.
The even more intense, more insane season two finds The Boys on the run from the law, hunted by the Supes, and desperately trying to regroup and fight back against Vought. In hiding, Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Frenchie (Tomer Capon) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) try to adjust to a new normal, with Butcher (Karl Urban) nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Starlight (Erin Moriarty) must navigate her place in The Seven as Homelander (Antony Starr) sets his sights on taking complete control. His power is threatened with the addition of Stormfront (Aya Cash), a social-media-savvy new Supe, who has an agenda of her own. On top of that, the Supervillain threat takes center stage and makes waves as Vought seeks to capitalize on the nation’s paranoia.
Amazon Studios' The Boys stars Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid as Hughie, Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk, Tomer Kapon as Frenchie, Karen Fukuhara as the Female, Erin Moriarty as Annie January, Chace Crawford as the Deep, Antony Starr as Homelander, Aya Cash as Stormfront and Simon Pegg as Hughie's dad. New episodes of Season 2 release Fridays on Amazon Prime Video.