The Boysis a stinging satire of American politics and culture that confronts the real-life rise of fascist nationalism and the way America meddles in the affairs of other nations. But sometimes, parody and reality have lined up a little too closely. In the show's season 4 finale, originally titled “Assassination Run,” Homelander (Antony Starr) plots to kill the newly elected President Robert Singer (Jim Beaver). This title name was dropped in favor of the generic “Season Four Finale” after Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally on July 13, 2024, less than a week before the episode was scheduled to be released on Prime Video. But it turns out, Amazon almost pulled the episode entirely.

The human colony on Tau Ceti IV has been abandoned for half a century, as far as anyone can tell. The only exports leaving the planet are those nabbed by Runners in mechanical bodies, like fruit pickers at the end of the universe. But there are imports, too, of a sort: elements pulled in from other extraction shooters, which reveal the kind of experience Bungie wanted to make.

Namely, a stealth game.

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