Following the release of The Boys Season 4 Episode 5, viewers want to know what happens to Hughie’s dad and if he gets any powers. While the rest of the members of the Boys search for a virus that can exclusively target the Supes, Hughie deals with a problem far closer to home. In the previous episode, Hughie’s mother Daphne administered Compound V on Hugh Sr. (Simon Pegg), her former husband, waking him from a coma. In Episode 5, the family and many others at the hospital deal with the ramifications of her actions.
Here is everything we know about what happens to Hughie’s father in The Boys Season 4 and the powers he gets.
Is Hughie’s dad alive after The Boys Season 4 Episode 5?
No, Hughie’s dad is not alive after The Boys Season 4 Episode 5.
Hugh becomes a Supe in Episode 5 because of Compound 5. He also accidentally ends up killing several people at the hospital after he wakes up from the coma. Hughie explains to his mother about how wild things can happen when someone gives Compound V to a healthy person, which in translation implies that the effects of the drug on a brain-dead person can only be catastrophic.
After waking up, Hugh forgets where he is several times. He even briefly fails to remember several years of his life, believing Hughie is still a boy and tries to attack Daphne for leaving him and Hughie.
As his powers begin to manifest, this semi-amnesiac, formerly comatose patient, inadvertently causes several horrors to unfold around him. Eventually, Hughie gets through to his father and brings him back. As he realizes what he has done, Hugh breaks down in despair.
Meanwhile, having been around the Supes for a while, Hughie knows exactly what will happen to his father. He understands how Hugh will have to spend the rest of his life either in prison or a mental asylum, being confused and afraid. Alternatively, he may remain free and kill more people.
Hughie had already come to terms with the prospect of losing his father in the last episode. In this episode, he realizes that he has to take that decision and do it himself. Using what Frenchie has taught him, Hughie administers a concoction of drugs on his father. With Daphne and Hughie at his side, Hugh gets something that’s quite rare in The Boys Universe — a peaceful and painless death.
What powers did Hughie’s dad get in The Boys Season 4?
In The Boys Season 4, Hughie’s dad attains the power of intangibility, superhuman hearing, and superhuman strength.
The first one makes him quite similar to Shadowcat or Kitty Pryde and allows him to walk through walls and people.
