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And others feature characters crossing moral, personal, and ethical boundaries.
So who finishes on top?
But before putting a bow on the fourth season, lets rank the characters grossness one final time.
19.Kimiko (tie)
19.
Its a beautiful happy ending for the couple.
Or it would be if the episode didnt keep going.
18.Hughie (tie)
18.
Still, their resilience as a couple is pretty inspiring.
17.Mothers Milk
17.
Marvins keeping it together for the sake of the team and, by extension, the entire world.
16.Zoe
16.
And living at the Red River Institute seems likely to bring out the worst in her.
15.Victoria
15.
Also likely to bring out the worst in any kid: seeing their mother brutally murdered before their eyes.
of the superpowered Butcher.
14.Ashley II (tie)
14.
To be fair, its a big ask.
13.Adam Bourke
13.
(Theyve Zaslaved it, in other words.)
But he is, in his own scummy way, fighting on the side of artistic integrity.
12.Dakota Bob
12.
These Washington fat cats, right?
Whoever said both parties are the same sure got it right!
11.Grace Mallory
11.
Spending time with Ryan immediately melts Graces icy exterior.
Its really nice to see.
Still, she deserves a better fate, or at least a less messy one.
10.Ashley
10.
But at some point during her time at Vought, staying ahead turned into staying alive.
She may not be good exactly, but many of her actions arent of her own choosing anymore.
In this episode, its actual physical repulsiveness that secures her a fairly lofty perch.
No Dave Matthews chill-out mix will fix this.
9.Ghost of Joe Kessler
9.
That doesnt mean hes not a nasty character, though.
(Ghost Becca remains conspicuously absent.)
8.Sage
8.
Similarly, Sage isntdirectlyresponsible for any of the bloodshed and mayhem in the season finale.
But shes 100 percent indirectly responsible, as shes eager to point out when she says, Thisisthe plan.
Buckle up for Phase Two sounds pretty ominous too.
7.Firecracker
7.
Those adjustments she made to provide Homelander with (sometimes cilantro-accented) milk seem to be backfiring.
6.Ryan
6.
A couple of characters cross moral Rubicons in this episode, including Ryan.
Here, he chooses violence.
5.Black Noir II
5.
The second, more talkative Black Noir has started to develop a murder boner after killing.
All that shyness about bloodshed and reluctance to take lives?
4.The Deep
4.
He forces someone to kiss his ass,thenkills them, serving both impulses at once.
3.The Shapeshifter
3.
But does the Deeps awfulness have as many layers as the shape-shifting assassin?
Also, it looks disgusting when their powers start to fade and their skin starts to fall off.
Theyre tough to top.
And yet …
2.Homelander
2.
Homelander commits fewer violent acts than usual in this episode, but it doesnt matter.
All the chaos is his fault (even if Sage masterminded the particulars).
(Are we still talking aboutThe Boys?)
1.Butcher
1.
Yet its Butcher who tops the final grossness ranking of the season.
Still, he has remained a hero even if the label has often felt like an odd fit.
But killing Victoria as she attempts to repent, however great her crimes, changes that, maybe forever.
Well, that and the tentacles emerging from his body.
Theyre really nasty too.
