Backed by strategist Sister Sage, Homelander teams up with Vice President Neuman to cement a totalitarian grip on power, while the fractured and weakened Boys must come together—despite Butcher’s lies and his ticking-time-bomb illness—to stop their plans. After a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Singer, the team retreats to a bunker, but the season ends on a tense cliffhanger as Homelander escalates political tensions to a boiling point.