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In July 2019, it was announced that the ] of '']'' was already in development during the ] a week before the series premiered.<ref name="S2Renewal2">{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=July 19, 2019 |title=''The Boys'' Renewed for Season 2 By Amazon; Aya Cash Closes Deal as Stormfront |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-boys-renewed-season-2-amazon-aya-cash-closes-deal-stormfront-1202649409/ |access-date=July 19, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2019-07-19 |title=‘The Boys’ Lands Early Season 2 Renewal at Amazon |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-boys-renewed-season-2-amazon-1203273839/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The series ] and ] ] was already writing on the scripts for the season, having started to work on them during the ] in order to capture the topics and themes that it would be explored for the season accurately, which would be the ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 17, 2020 |title=INTERVIEW: Eric Kripke spills details on THE BOYS season two! |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/eric-kripke-the-boys-season-two-interview/ |access-date=April 22, 2022 |website=The Beat}}</ref> On June 2020, it was announced that the episodes for the second season would be released in a weekly basis instead of dropping all of them in one day in order to make people discuss about the topics for a longer time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Liz Shannon |date=2020-06-26 |title=The Boys Season 2 Release Date Announced, Will Go Weekly |url=https://collider.com/the-boys-season-2-release-date-weekly/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-10 |title=The Boys boss wanted to avoid "sugar rush of a binge" with season 2's weekly release schedule |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a33978005/the-boys-season-2-amazon-prime-weekly-release/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> The episode which is titled "We Gotta Go Now" was written by Rebecca Sonnenshine and directed by ].<ref name="WGACredits">{{Cite web |title=The Boys (2019-2023) |url=https://directories.wga.org/project/1156739/the-boys/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728221716/https://directories.wga.org/project/1156739/the-boys/ |archive-date=July 28, 2019 |access-date=June 28, 2023 |website=]}}</ref> The episode is titled with the name of the 39th issue of the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Boys #39 - What I Know (Issue) |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/the-boys-39-prologue-what-i-know/4000-195371/ |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Comic Vine |language=en}}</ref>
"What I Know" is the eight episode and season finale of the second season and sixteenth episode overall of the American superhero television series The Boys, based on the comic book series of the same name by Garth Ennis. It is set in a universe where most of the superpowered individuals are portrayed as corrupt individuals instead of being the heroes that the general public believe they are. The episode was written by Rebecca Sonnenshine and directed by Alex Graves.
The episode follows the Boys preparing for their showdown against Vought following the hearing massacre, though Hughie Campell and Annie January seek to find evidence against the company the company in a peacefull manner where they will finally uncover Stormfront's Nazi past. Meanwhile, Becca who has escaped from Vought approaches her husband Billy Butcher to recue her son Ryan who has been taken by Homelander and Stormfront, a mission that would prove to be difficult for Butcher as he faces the chance of losing his wife for the second time but this time permanently.
"What I Know" was released on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video on October 9, 2020. acclaim from critics with praise for the actions sequences, perfomances, visual effects, the conclusion of Becca's storyline, and the revelation of the "Head Popper" identity. The fight between Annie, Kimiko and Queen Maeve against Stormfront, has been highlighted as an example of non-forced representation of feminism and girl power for the television.
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In July 2019, it was announced that the second season of The Boys was already in development during the San Diego Comic-Con a week before the series premiered. The series showrunner and head writerEric Kripke was already writing on the scripts for the season, having started to work on them during the 2018 United States elections in order to capture the topics and themes that it would be explored for the season accurately, which would be the white nationalism, white supremacy, systemic racism, and xenophobia. On June 2020, it was announced that the episodes for the second season would be released in a weekly basis instead of dropping all of them in one day in order to make people discuss about the topics for a longer time. The episode which is titled "We Gotta Go Now" was written by Rebecca Sonnenshine and directed by Alex Graves. The episode is titled with the name of the 39th issue of the comic book series of the same name.
