What is going on with Butcher in The Boys Season 4?

Something is going on with Butcher in The Boys Season 4. The question is what. Could it save him?

Caution: This post contains spoilers from The Boys Season 4, Episode 4.

At the end of The Boys Season 3, we learned Butcher is dying due to the effects of Temp-V. However, the latest episode shows that something more is going on. In an attempt to save himself, he’s taken Compound-V, but it hasn’t worked.

Well, it turns out that it may have worked in some sort of way. When Butcher was fighting the pastor and was on the verge of dying, something happened as Butcher blacked out. The pastor ended up exploding everywhere, suggesting that Butcher has developed some sort of power since taking Compound-V.

Is there some sort of parasite in Butcher in The Boys?

At the start of the episode, Butcher was in the shower. With his back turned to the camera, we watched as something slithered up his back inside his body. This was seen later on in the fight against the pastor. Is it possible that the Compound-V has transformed the cancer that he has into something, giving it a power instead of Butcher. Has it turned the cancer into some sort of parasite?

We will need more episodes to getan idea of what’s going on here. However, it looks like this parasite of sorts takes over Butcher now and then. It could even be forcing his hallucinations, pushing him to do something for survival. When Butcher couldn’t do anything, it looks like this parasite took over to destroy the Supe.

It would make sense. A parasite relies on its host to survive. So, it’s going to do everything possible to make sure Butcher lives as long as possible.

Yet, taking the Compound-V seems to have sped up Butcher’s death sentence. Could that be a case of the parasite taking over him in some way? Could he end up much worse than Homelander, and the only way that Homelander is permanently destroyed?