syncing the dopamine…
S3E8
The Instant White-Hot Wild
The Boys · 2022-07-07 · 64 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 16 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
Calling all patriots! Let’s show Homelander we’ve got his back and we’re not going to let Starlight and her Starlight House of Horrors get away with trafficking children and drinking their adrenaline! It’s time for real Americans to fight back! Join the Hometeamers and Stormchasers tomorrow at Vought Square! Stand back and stand by!
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
14
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
45
how much it moved you
Read from 16 comments — 17 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
Reddit21 read
“starlight making slow mo puppy dog eyes at maeve to sacrifice, not sacrifice herself was freaking funny”
skyderper13▲ 3,930about 80–90% inread it ↗
“must be confusing for ryan to have this merry go round of exiting and entering father figures”
skyderper13▲ 3,930about 80–90% inread it ↗
“they had starlight charge up, go super sayian for 90 seconds to push back soldier boy like 3 meters.”
skyderper13▲ 3,930about 80–90% inread it ↗
“that super saiyan thing was the only complaint I have. That huge charge up.... should have been amazing.”
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who made it
- directed
- Sarah Boyd
- written
- David Reed, Logan Ritchey
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Cameron Crovetti as Ryan
Leigh Bush as Hailey Miller
Ana Sani as Anika
Nicola Correia Damude as Elena
Christian Keyes as Nathan
Katy Breier as Cassandra
Matthew Edison as Cameron Coleman