Over the course of its run, TheBoys is building up to Homelander going 'full sociopath,' according to showrunner Eric Kripke.
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke reveals that the series is building up to Homelander becoming a complete sociopath. The Boys is a dark and satirical superhero series that premiered on Amazon Prime in 2019. Season 3 is currently in session and has received critical acclaim, as well as a renewal for a fourth season.
You could track the meta-mythology of the series essentially as the slow unraveling of Homelander. So the writers know—and Antony [Starr, who plays Homelander] is a big part of this as well—that, eventually, whenever the series reaches its climax, this guy is going to go full sociopath, and he has to be stopped before some kind of apocalyptic event. That’s what we’re building towards.
So he isn’t so much evolving as he’s devolving, I would say. Right now, he still needs love. He still needs the adoration of fans and the approval and love of his son. There are all of these things that he requires that, if he became a true monster, he wouldn’t have. So we’re spending all the seasons teaching him that he doesn’t need those things one after another, after another.