Spoilers ahead for The Boys’ season 3 episode 6 “Herogasm”
Season 3 of Amazon’s superhero series The Boys opened with quite the shocking gay sex scene (we never thought we’d see that on television or, well, anywhere), so audiences really had to brace themselves when the show warned that actually, episode 6 would feature “Herogasm,” an even more outrageous sexcapade.
A content warning for the episode described it as featuring “airborne penetration, dildo-based maiming, extra strength lube, icicle phalluses and cursing,” adding that it was “not suitable for any audience.”
And this message assuring viewers that “any consensual relationships depicted, be they human, animal superhero, or other, aren’t real, harmed no one, and in fact cost a hilariously large amount in visual effects” appeared at the opening:
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#Herogasm pic.twitter.com/sZqKrUniR9
— Ahmed (@ahmadoo884) June 24, 2022
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke previously described Herogasm as a “one of the more graphic hours of mainstream television that I think anyone will have seen,” and ahead of the episode’s premiere, Amazon posted a video featuring actor Jensen Ackles (Soldier Boy) warning viewers they’d be in for a wild ride.
“Herogasm…oh my god, I’m still trying to wash it off,” he sad, adding an ominous “good luck.”
Jensen has warned you. #Herogasm pic.twitter.com/eSO5MuPwDd
— Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) June 23, 2022
Meanwhile, the show’s Twitter account suggested “3 to 5 business days to recover, maybe more”:
Please allow 3 to 5 business days to recover, maybe more. #Herogasm pic.twitter.com/PXjbmYZzfV
— THE BOYS (@TheBoysTV) June 24, 2022
Without revealing too much plot, the main action of episode 6 converges at Herogasm, an annual sex party for supes at the home of TNT, a pair of fraternal twins who worked alongside Soldier Boy back in the day.
Before the scene turns violent with the arrival of Homelander and Soldier Boy, audiences get a taste of what goes on when superpowers are unleashed in a sexual bacchanal setting. Think frighteningly large phalluses, telepathic pleasure, bodily fluids in the gallons and an intimate moment with an octopus we don’t care to repeat.
Here’s how fans are reacting:
I have a very high expectations on the Episode 6 and they are bigger than what I expected. So far the best episode on this season. #TheBoys #Herogasm pic.twitter.com/5GjqGLdFci
— ????™ (@jzescaro) June 24, 2022
The boys spoiler, but ya ain't getting any context #Herogasm pic.twitter.com/LPCZOaagKs
— cami (@castieltrolo) June 24, 2022
after watching #Herogasm #TheBoys pic.twitter.com/7M5352Hkoo
— caitlyn ? (@messy_catie) June 24, 2022
Me after watching #Herogasm episode#TheBoysTV pic.twitter.com/XumY0DxHr8
— Goku (@GokuSivakumar) June 24, 2022
Not sure if I’ll ever be able to unsee what I’ve seen in #Herogasm but #TheBoys is the best superhero show ever created. The acting, the story, the parodies are all 10/10. #TheBoysTV knows it’s place and purpose better than any show ever created. pic.twitter.com/w44NyO32KQ
— Shaggy ?? (@nonceafterfive) June 24, 2022
One word. HEROGASM. That’s it. That’s the twit. @TheBoysTV did it. I saw it. Can’t unsee it! Just… prepare yourselves. (I watched thrice!) @therealKripke @KarlUrban @antonystarr @JensenAckles
— Jeffrey Dean Morgan (@JDMorgan) June 23, 2022
Still, with all that shock value, some fans were even more taken aback by how good Jensen Ackles looked in an unbuttoned baseball shirt and sweats:
Of all the things in #Herogasm I wasn’t ready for, it was this ? pic.twitter.com/jXd5wSInQM
— Alisha????? (@Lish1381) June 24, 2022
dennynova
Once again, you tease but don’t deliver. I’m so over you!
mz.sam
The bloody but campy sex scene orgies are mostly shot as atmosphere background mixed in with gratuitous hyper-gory fight-to-the-death scenes….action-packed Herogasm click-bait. Next.
dbmcvey
After the incident in the first episode I’m afraid to watch this.
Oranos
Entertaining. Remember, it was described as a bunch of “C-List(ers) coming together once a year to have an orgy, only some of the people there were legitimate sex workers and they were getting screwed and not in the good way, as one character put it.
Penises on display, body fluids and some oddly kinky man/cephalapod sex. But the episode was literally explosive, based on getting revenge on two of the hosts who were superheros (and brother and sister, at that!).
Funny and horrifying all at once. Lots of naked butts and even a few dicks QUITE front and center. It had a ‘Fellini’ (circa 1968) feel to it.
Kangol2
It actually was a good episode, though I would have loved to see Laz Alonso as one of the nude partygoers. The moment when he’s drenched in supe c*m was perfect, though. On a different note, something about actor Antony Starr’s ever-clenching jaw annoys me. It sometimes feels like he’s trying too hard to emote for the cameras.
Diplomat
Great episode and a well shot sex party. Lots of gay action. And str8. Though I’d say the lesbians got the largest share of screen time most likely for the str8 guys tuning in. Definitely worth the watch.
UlfRaynor
That’s just it, there was no gay or str8 sex in this scene. The number one message of Herogasm was made prominent by the reappearance of shrinking guy from episode one, except this time, instead of making out with a guy before shrinking down and entering his penis, he comes out of a vagina, covered in vaginal fluids.
The whole point of the scene was that no one is gay or str8, sexuality is fluid and everyone is pan/bi/queer.
Diplomat
Not my take at all. Maybe I’m just not woke enough?
lykeitiz
I can’t believe I didn’t recognize Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy until I read it here. No wonder I think Soldier Boy is so hot.
That said, great episode all around. I actually thought I’d lose interest in this show after Season 1, but I’m still all in.
Still miss Elizabeth Shue though.
D P
I’m jealous of the octopus.