Ashley is set to undergo a major transformation in The Boys Season 5 – and while she’ll definitely be stronger, her powers will be a bit “humiliating.”
The Boys Season 4’s endingleft a lot of unanswered questions; where have Hughie and the rest of the crew been taken,is Butcher still dying, and how will Ryan cope afterthatdeath?
Notably, things went haywire for Ashley. AfterHomelanderoutedVictoria Neumanon live TV, he asked her to draw up a list of Vought employees who had dirt on the Seven; he even called her a “good girl.”
However, The Deep then pointed out that Ashley knows more about their misdeeds than anyone – so she should be added to the hit list.
Thankfully, Ashley was eavesdropping, and she had insurance: an emergency dose of Compound V (considerably more volatile and dangerous than Temp V), which causes her scalp to agonizingly ripple and bubble. Surprisingly, she wasn’t seen for the rest of the finale.
She’ll return in Season 5, and according to star Colby Minifie, it’s going to be diabolical (and embarrassing).
“As we’ve seen, when V first enters your body, the historic visual on the show is that it enters your bloodstream and things start happening in your blood, and it takes over your body,” sheexplainedto Variety.
“So what we’re hinting at is something’s going to happen! We don’t know if she survives or dies, but I have pitched some things of what her superpower could be – they’re all humiliating. I don’t know what they’re gonna do, or how they’ll see that to fruition. But it will be something crazy.”
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Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
