The Boys (TV Series)

The Self-Preservation Society (2019)

Antony Starr: Homelander

Quotes 

• Homelander : [after learning about Becca]  Why didn't you tell me?

  Jonah Vogelbaum : To protect you. That's always job one at Vought, isn't it? Protect our most profitable asset?

  Homelander : So why are you telling me now?

  Jonah Vogelbaum : You don't understand. The thing about cross-breeding dogs, you get the right genes, you can get a perfect creation. But it doesn't matter how perfect they are. It's not enough. When I raise subjects without their mothers, they become violent. Aggressive. Downright hateful. You should have been raised in a home with a family who loved you. Not in a cold lab with doctors.

  Homelander : And yet I turned out great.

  Jonah Vogelbaum : When I think what it's done to you, and what you can now do to everyone else... I'm sorry.

  Homelander : I don't want your fucking apology.

  Jonah Vogelbaum : All this is my fault.

  Homelander : [in a shaky voice]  What do you want? What? What do you want, forgiveness? Now? After you raised me like a fucking lab rat? No. Too little, too late.

  Jonah Vogelbaum : I don't want anything from you, John. I'm just an old man thinking about his mistakes.

  Homelander : I'm the world's greatest superhero.

  Jonah Vogelbaum : You're my greatest failure.

• [Homelander is threatening Starlight] 

  Queen Maeve : Homelander, that's enough.

  Homelander : You got something to add, Maeve?

  Queen Maeve : She didn't know.

  Homelander : Well, she stinks of adrenaline and her heart's beating like a little rabbit.

  Queen Maeve : The only thing she's guilty of is being fucking stupid. She obviously fell for this Hughie guy. He's pumping her for information, so back off. Leave her alone.

  Homelander : Wow Starlight you must be something special. I can't remember the last time Maeve gave a shit... well, gave a shit about anyone, really.