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	"'''What I Know'''" is the eight episode and ] of the ] and sixteenth episode overall of the American ] television series ], based on the ] by ]. 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 ].		"'''What I Know'''" is the eight episode and ] of the ] and sixteenth episode overall of the American ] television series ], based on the ] by ]. 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 ].

	The episode follows the Boys preparing for their showdown against Vought following the ], though ] and ] seek to find evidence against the company the company in a peacefull manner where they will finally uncover ]'s ] past. Meanwhile, Becca who has escaped from Vought approaches her husband ] to recue her son Ryan who has been taken by ] 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.		The episode follows the Boys preparing for their showdown against Vought following the ], though ] and ] seek to find evidence against the company the company in a peacefull manner where they will finally uncover ]'s ] past. Meanwhile, Becca who has escaped from Vought approaches her husband ] to recue her son Ryan who has been taken by ] 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.
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	==Production==		==Production==
	===Development===		===Development===
	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>		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>

	===Writing===		===Writing===

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8th episode of the 2nd season of The Boys

"What I Know"

The Boys episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 8

Directed by

Alex Graves

Written by

Rebecca Sonnenshine

Featured music

"Only the Good Die Young"
by Billy Joel
"André"
by Guizmo [fr]
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
by Jane Taylor
"Boys Wanna Be Her"
by Peaches
"God Only Knows"
by The Beach Boys

Cinematography by

Dylan Macleod

Editing by

David Kaldor

Original release date

October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)

Running time

67 minutes

Guest appearances

Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar
Shantel VanSanten as Becca Butcher
Ann Cusack as Donna January
Claudia Doumit as Victoria Neuman
Cameron Crovetti as Ryan Butcher
Laila Robins as Grace Mallory
Goran Visnjic as Alastair Adana
Jim Beaver as Robert Singer

Episode chronology

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The Boys (season 2)

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"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.

Plot

Production

Development

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 writer Eric 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.

Writing

Casting

The episode main cast includes Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, Jack Quaid as Hughie Campell, Anthony Starr as Homelander, Erin Moriarty as Annie January, Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve, Jessie T. Usher as A-Train, Laz Alonzo as Mother's Milk, Chance Crawford as The Deep, Tomer Capone as Frenchie, Karen Fukuhara as the Female, Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir, Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett, and Aya Cash as Stormfront.

Filming

The filming for the second season took place at the city of Toronto, while using several locations across the city in order to seek to capture the New York City where the series took place.

Visual effects

Visual effects for the episode were created by ILM, Rising Sun Pictures, Rocket Science VFX, Rodeo FX, Ollin VFX, Soho VFX, Rhythm & Hues, Method Studios, and Studio 8. It was confirmed that the visual effects supervisor Stephan Fleet would be returning to oversee the development of the visual effects.

Music

The episode features the following songs which are "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel, "André" by Guizmo [fr], "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" by Jane Taylor, "Boys Wanna Be Her" by Peaches, and "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys.

Release

"What I Know" premiered on Prime Video in the United States on October 9, 2020. The episode, along with the rest of The Boys' second season, was released on Blu-ray on May 31, 2022.

Reception

Notes

References

External links

"What I Know" at IMDb

The Boys

Comic books

The Name of the Game/Cherry (2006)
Get Some (2007–2008)
Good for the Soul (2008–2009)
We Gotta Go Now (2008–2009)
Herogasm (2009)
Highland Laddie (2010–2011)
The Big Ride (2011)
Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker (2011)
Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men (2011–2012)
The Bloody Doors Off (2012)
Dear Becky (2020)

Characters

The Boys	Billy Butcher / Joe Kessler Hughie Campbell / Wee Hughie Marvin T. Milk / Mother's Milk Annie January / Starlight
The Seven	Black Noir II John Gillman / Homelander
Other	Ben / Soldier Boy Proinsias Cassidy The Guy From Vought

Television series

The Boys

Season 1	"The Name of the Game" "Cherry" "Get Some" "The Female of the Species" "Good for the Soul" "The Innocents" "The Self-Preservation Society" "You Found Me"
Season 2	"The Big Ride" "Proper Preparation and Planning" "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men" "Nothing Like It in the World" "We Gotta Go Now" "The Bloody Doors Off" "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" "What I Know
Season 3 Season 4 Season 5

Gen V

Other

The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)

Web series

Vought News Network: Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman (2021–2022)

Preacher (1995–2000)
Call of Duty (Modern Warfare II (2022) • Modern Warfare III (2023))
Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

Category

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