Recaps

Lucian used his copying ability to gain power and infiltrate Godolkin University, while helping Butcher’s group kill Translucent. He rose through the university’s ranks, uncovered a file on Codename: Woods, and turned his attention to Cate’s mind-control ability.

• On his eighteenth birthday, Lucian discovered the Multiverse Travel System and its ability to let him permanently copy powers through contact.
• After copying Quake’s Super Physique, Lucian killed him in self-defense, accepted Vought’s settlement, and enrolled at Godolkin University.
• At Godolkin, Lucian copied Jordan’s Shockwave, Rufus’s mind control, and several students’ Super Physique abilities, then used his powers to pass tests and defeat Jason Walsh.
• Lucian helped Hughie and Butcher capture Translucent, copied his Carbon Skin, and killed him with hydrofluoric acid after Frenchie found his organs were vulnerable.
• Lucian drew Homelander away from the hideout by livestreaming him, then copied Starlight’s Light Energy Manipulation after supporting her through her conflict with Deep and Vought.
• Professor Brink recruited Lucian into the Crimefighting College, and Lucian signed Brink’s contract while planning to exploit his resources.
• Lucian copied Marcus’s Partial Metallization and used his new campus access to find an encrypted Codename: Woods file marked “behavioral correction.”
• After defeating an electrically powered student and reaching thirteenth place in the rankings, Lucian considered how to earn Cate Dunlap’s willing, prolonged contact so he could copy her power.

Lucian infiltrated Vought while gathering powers, manipulating Cate, and hiding his actions from the Boys. After acquiring abilities from several Supes and babies, he drew Doppelganger and Black Noir to a cabin and escaped with them, while Homelander learned Butcher was alive.

• Lucian refused Butcher’s request to investigate A-Train, then befriended Cate and persuaded her to face her mind-control ability.
• Lucian defeated Luke, helped Cate implant a false memory of the fight, and copied Luke’s thermonuclear powers.
• Lucian stole Compound V from Mercy Hospital, copied powers from the babies there, and secretly left four hypnotized infants in a cabin.
• Lucian manipulated Hughie and the Boys to keep his Compound V plans hidden, then met Annie, who gave him Translucent’s event schedule.
• Lucian convinced Brink to test and promote him, then used a private training room to copy Electroshock Kid’s electricity power.
• Lucian touched Doppelganger at a signing event and lured him to a cabin, where he fought Black Noir and learned Vought had ordered him to kill anyone helping Doppelganger escape.
• Lucian removed Black Noir’s tracking chip and flew with him and Doppelganger to a secluded cave, where he copied Black Noir’s super physique.
• Mesmer showed Homelander photographs of Butcher, and Homelander recognized him and flew off to investigate Becca’s file.

Lucian helps Hughie’s group escape Vought, then returns to Godolkin and manipulates Cate and Professor Brink while building his abilities and influence. After defeating Golden Boy, Lucian becomes The Pivot and grows closer to Annie as Vought’s crisis deepens.

• Lucian burned Black Noir and Doppelganger’s bodies, rescued A-Train from Hughie’s confrontation, and later helped Hughie, Kimiko, Frenchie, and Mother's Milk escape the Black Site.
• Homelander learned from Vogelbaum that Becca’s son had died shortly after birth, then killed Madelyn after she failed to tell him the truth about the child.
• Lucian told Kimiko that her brother Kenji was alive and would be brought to New York, then copied her Super Healing ability and left to return to Godolkin University.
• Lucian copied Cate’s Mental Manipulation ability and secretly altered his own memories to disguise his intentions, but later recovered his plan to use Cate to gain access to Vought’s inner circle.
• Lucian used mind control on Professor Brink to learn about Sam and Vought’s plans for Luke, then ordered Brink to advance Sam’s transfer to the Woods.
• Lucian defeated Golden Boy in the ranking tournament, and Brink introduced him as The Pivot, earning him a standing ovation and glowing press coverage.
• Annie invited Lucian out to celebrate, told him that Homelander blamed Butcher’s gang for several Vought crises, and heard his promise to protect her if he joined The Seven.

Lucian expanded his influence at Godolkin and Vought while secretly harvesting powers and building a laboratory to develop an enhancement from Sam’s blood. After joining the Seven and provoking Stormfront, he left with Annie on a drive to visit her mother.

• Annie and Lucian clashed with their powers before falling asleep together, while Cate later confronted Lucian about Annie and demanded that he stay with her.
• Lucian manipulated Brink into luring Polarity and Andre to a sealed training room, where he defeated them, copied their magnetic abilities, and erased their memories.
• The Boys’ attempt to expose Vought ended with Susan’s assassination, while Butcher returned and revealed that Becca was alive and had a son with Homelander.
• Lucian became a public Vought hero as Pivot, began a secret blood experiment on Sam, and stole samples before erasing Sam’s memories of the procedure.
• Lucian recruited Sister Sage under mind control and set her to analyze Sam’s blood in a hidden bunker, while Edgar offered him a place in the Seven and Temp V research.
• Lucian accepted Edgar’s offer, confronted Homelander, and fought Stormfront until Homelander intervened, leaving Stormfront’s powers available for Lucian to copy.
• Lucian took Annie away from Vought’s schedule, and the two drove toward Des Moines so Annie could visit her mother.