Recaps

Solomon persuaded Homelander to train himself and let go of his need for approval, then laid out a gradual plan for Homelander to eventually raise Ryan. Homelander accepted the plan and realized he and Butcher could cooperate because they wanted different things from Becca and Ryan.

• Solomon told Homelander that he needed to master his obsessions and develop his abilities if he wanted to become truly strong.
• Homelander accepted Solomon's offer to teach him, despite struggling to give up his pride and craving for validation.
• Homelander questioned whether Butcher and Becca should live with Ryan, and Solomon explained that time and friction might eventually allow Homelander to raise his son.
• Solomon urged Homelander to improve himself, build a genuine reputation, and follow the plan without rushing.
• Homelander realized that he and Butcher could work together because Butcher wanted Becca and Homelander wanted Ryan, and Solomon tacitly approved.

Solomon arranged for Homelander to visit Godolkin University and planned to find Thomas Godolkin at Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Center to obtain his abilities and research knowledge. A-Train apologized for attacking Solomon, who offered him a chance to keep his place in The Seven if he continued improving his speed.

• Solomon told Homelander to speak with Butcher and arranged for them to visit Godolkin University to fill vacancies in The Seven.
• Solomon gave Homelander authority to choose new members, provided he gathered everyone on campus.
• Solomon identified Doug Brightbill as the body controlled by Thomas Godolkin and planned to visit the rehabilitation center to secure Godolkin's abilities and harvest other Supes' powers.
• A-Train waited outside Solomon's apartment, apologized for attacking him under Edgar's orders, and pleaded for forgiveness.
• Solomon told A-Train he had spared him because of his hard work and promised him a place in The Seven if he kept improving his speed.

Solomon promised to save A-Train by replacing his failing heart, then defeated Blue Hawk and gained an ability that made his organs universally compatible for transplantation. He arranged for Blue Hawk’s organs to be secretly harvested and brought Solomon’s clones to Vought’s new private laboratory to examine the company’s Compound V research.

• Solomon told A-Train he would arrange a heart transplant and warned him not to waste the chance to keep training.
• A-Train thanked Solomon and vowed to become the fastest Supe in the world.
• Solomon sent a clone to capture Blue Hawk, then gained the Organ Compatibility ability after defeating him.
• Solomon instructed Ashley to bring Blue Hawk to Vought secretly, reserve his heart for A-Train, and identify other Supes who needed organ transplants.
• Ashley showed Solomon the new laboratory and its Compound V research archive, but Solomon declined her offer of a chief scientist’s guidance.

The Clones analyzed Vought’s Compound V research and began manufacturing the drug while mastering their newly acquired abilities. The next morning, Solomon visited the Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Center, reviewed the files on its forty imprisoned Supes, and asked to inspect them one by one.

• Ashley handed the laboratory over to Solomon’s people and agreed that future research reports would go directly to him.
• The Clones analyzed Compound V’s risks and identified Temporary Compound V as a possible lead for improving genetic compatibility.
• The Clones began their first Compound V manufacturing experiments while the others mastered their newly acquired abilities overnight.
• Solomon arrived at the Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Center and asked Emissary for complete files on the Supes held there.
• Solomon reviewed the forty files, judged that only a handful of the prisoners had useful abilities, and told Emissary to take him to inspect them.

Solomon harvested abilities from the rehabilitation center’s imprisoned Supes and unlocked the World Traversal Function after reaching 100 recorded abilities. He planned to finish his business and travel to another world, while the emissary invited him to review the center’s experiment data.

• Solomon used blood manipulation to knock out the first Supe, and the emissary recognized the ability and asked to discuss it privately.
• Solomon agreed to the emissary’s request and incapacitated the imprisoned Supes one by one as the emissary watched.
• After defeating the twenty-second Supe, Solomon unlocked the World Traversal Function, which allowed him to visit another world for up to 200 days at the cost of abilities.
• Solomon harvested the remaining eighteen Supes and assessed several useful abilities, including energy ball, saliva healing, metal skin, bone spikes, and enhanced echolocation.
• Solomon decided to use weak abilities to extend future travel and planned to seek stronger powers at Godolkin University.
• The emissary asked Solomon whether he wanted to review the rehabilitation center’s ability experiment data and containment results.

Solomon accompanied Emissary to his secluded residence, where he discovered the burned body Emissary claimed was his father. After promising to assess whether Blood Manipulation could heal the injuries, Solomon began reading the body's memories.

• Solomon declined to inspect the rehabilitation center and asked Emissary to take him home so they could discuss Blood Manipulation.
• During the drive, Emissary explained his theories about Blood Manipulation and revealed his obsession with using it to restore his ruined body.
• Solomon claimed he had healed a civilian's burns, prompting Emissary to reveal that his father had been severely burned and bedridden for decades.
• Emissary brought Solomon to a hidden cottage and showed him Godolkin's charred body inside a life-support pod.
• Solomon placed his hand on Godolkin's head and began reading his memories.

Solomon read Godolkin and Doug Brightbill’s memories, killed Godolkin’s main body, then killed Doug and burned the hidden room to erase the evidence. He gained mental suppression and upgraded biological immortality, leaving with Godolkin’s research experience but without the complete Original Compound V formula.

• Emissary tried to control Solomon and then attack him, but Solomon immobilized him and restrained him while reading his memories.
• Solomon learned that Godolkin knew only fragments of Frederick Vought’s Original Compound V formula, though his research experience could aid Solomon’s work.
• Solomon sealed Godolkin’s medical pod and destroyed his body, gaining mental suppression and upgrading biological immortality to level 2.
• Godolkin’s death freed Doug Brightbill from possession, but Solomon killed Doug after acknowledging that he knew Doug had been a victim.
• Solomon set the hidden room on fire, erased the evidence, and checked his updated superpower panel.

Solomon accepted a mission to eliminate the Supe terrorist Flame of Truth and used it as the first operation in Vought’s new partnership with the Department of Defense. He arrived in Damascus and watched as the target building suddenly exploded.

• Solomon considered whether suppressing a Supe’s consciousness would count as defeating them and noted his improved attributes and resistance to genetic threats.
• Ashley told Solomon that the Department of Defense had located Flame of Truth, while Maeve refused the mission, Starlight was too weak, and Homelander could not be reached.
• Solomon agreed to handle the terrorist and ordered Ashley to call a meeting of The Seven to replace popularity rankings with strength and effectiveness.
• Solomon flew to Damascus, where Department of Defense officials watched him arrive and Ashley introduced him as Second-Generation Translucent.
• Solomon hovered over the residential building without moving, and it suddenly erupted in a violent explosion.

Solomon acquired Flame of Truth’s Energy Burst ability after demonstrating his power to Department of Defense officials, while Ashley pledged her loyalty and negotiated further cooperation. Aboard a freighter bound for the United States, Kenji was attacked by a group of stowaways, and their leader invited him to work together.

• Solomon forced Flame of Truth to kill himself, terrifying the officials watching through the drone feed.
• The Department of Defense official praised Vought, and Ashley promised cooperation and presented proposals for expanded partnership.
• Solomon examined his newly acquired Energy Burst ability and considered the destructive potential of his Level 4 energy attribute.
• Solomon spotted a freighter carrying stowaways toward the United States and observed a confrontation in its cargo hold.
• A Black man used a gust of wind to slam Kenji into a bulkhead, and the opposing group's leader invited Kenji to cooperate.

Kenji learned that the Shining Light mission in New York might be a deliberate suicide mission, but he privately resolved to pursue it alone. At Vought Tower, Solomon joined The Seven’s meeting, where Homelander kept the captain’s seat and received no response to his greeting.

• The lead man persuaded Kenji to cooperate by offering help finding his missing sister, then warned that headquarters had unexpectedly redirected the Supes to New York.
• Kenji revealed that his orders were to cause a major disturbance in New York, and the lead man urged the group to hide and sever contact with Shining Light.
• The other Supes agreed to defect, while Kenji secretly decided to leave them and contact Shining Light personnel on his own.
• At Vought Tower, Starlight took the first seat on the right after her popularity ratings rose, while Maeve and A-Train sat behind her.
• Solomon entered with Homelander and took a seat on the left; Homelander hurried to claim the captain’s chair, then greeted the silent room and missed The Deep.

Homelander and Solomon introduced sweeping reforms to the Seven, tying rank, membership, and authority to strength while imposing penalties for refusing missions. Starlight questioned the morality of the rules, and Solomon told her that only defeating Homelander and becoming captain would let her veto unjust orders.

• Homelander agreed the Seven needed an overhaul and announced reforms, assuring Solomon that his criticism did not include him.
• Ashley presented rules that made combat strength determine rankings and authority, allowed public challenges to Homelander's captaincy, and created a reserve hero who could challenge the lowest-ranked member.
• Ashley added penalties for refusing assigned missions, including lost pay and expulsion from the Seven.
• Maeve recognized that the mission rules might offer her a chance to leave the Seven.
• Starlight asked whether members would have to kill innocent civilians, and Ashley said issued missions had to be carried out while claiming targets would be criminals.
• Solomon told Starlight that she could veto unjust missions only by becoming strong enough to defeat Homelander and take the captaincy.

Solomon explained that Starlight could protect people by gaining power, while Homelander warned the Seven about upcoming recruitment and the threat of being replaced. When Maeve tried to leave, Solomon challenged her, pinned her to the conference table, and broke both her arms, telling her she was partly responsible for the reform meeting.

• Solomon told Starlight that rising to the top would let her decide the rules, and Homelander teased her about wanting his captaincy.
• Homelander announced that he and Solomon would visit Godolkin University to select a replacement for the Deep and recruit reserve heroes, warning Starlight and A-Train to keep up.
• Solomon challenged Maeve, but she conceded and tried to leave the conference room.
• Solomon appeared behind Maeve, pinned her head to the table, and broke both her arms when she resisted.
• Solomon told Maeve that she was half the reason the reform meeting had taken place.

Solomon forced Maeve to accept his authority, then promised to let The Seven pursue hero work under strict rules and oversight. After the meeting, Homelander told Solomon he had prepared a gift and brought him to watch a freighter approach a New York harbor.

• Solomon pinned Maeve down, ordered Ashley to deduct her salary, and made Maeve acknowledge that she would obey mission orders.
• Solomon secretly cut off the blood supply to Maeve’s brain, causing her to faint, and gained Hand-to-Hand Combat Mastery.
• Solomon told Starlight that The Seven could protect ordinary people if they followed rules, wore recording equipment, and avoided negative publicity.
• Solomon ordered Ashley to create procedures and reward-and-punishment rules for charitable rescue work, and Homelander dismissed the meeting.
• Homelander told Solomon he had failed to find Butcher, and Solomon said they could wait for him to appear.
• Homelander led Solomon to the sky above a New York port, where they watched a freighter approach the harbor.

Homelander brought Solomon to a freighter carrying a squad of Supe terrorists as ready-made opponents, but singled out Kenji to survive. When Homelander and Solomon confronted the squad at the pier, Kenji killed every other Supe and vanished into New York.

• Homelander told Solomon that he had arranged for a group of overseas Supe terrorists to be brought to New York for Solomon to defeat, and asked him to spare the Asian man, Kenji.
• Solomon recognized Kenji as Kimiko's younger brother, who had been separated from her for years.
• The Supe leader ordered the squad to leave the freighter, scatter, and hide after landing in New York.
• Homelander and Solomon descended at the pier and blocked the squad's escape, while Homelander immobilized them with an invisible force.
• Kenji lifted the restrained Supes into the air, crushed them beneath the overturned freighter, and disappeared into New York.

Solomon acquired more than a dozen Supe abilities after immobilizing the Supes, then brought Homelander to Vought Tower to teach him hand-to-hand combat. Their sparring left Homelander humiliated, and he launched another punch at Solomon.

• Solomon's cheat granted him abilities including Wind Pressure, Beast Transformation, Hair Control, and upgraded Telekinesis after he controlled the Supes.
• Homelander realized Solomon could immobilize Supes and nervously asked whether the ability could control him too.
• Solomon invited Homelander back to Vought Tower and revealed that his gift was teaching him close-quarters fighting.
• Homelander rejected the idea of learning combat techniques, so Solomon challenged him to spar without using Laser Eyes.
• Homelander charged Solomon, but Solomon dodged his punches, struck his abdomen, and kicked him down onto one knee.
• Humiliated and angry, Homelander rose and threw another punch at Solomon, who did not dodge.

Solomon exposed Homelander’s crude fighting and revealed that Soldier Boy was alive and was Homelander’s biological father. Homelander rushed to seek answers from Vogelbaum, but Solomon stopped him to warn him about Soldier Boy’s deepest hatreds.

• Solomon blocked Homelander’s punch, struck his abdomen, and criticized his repetitive fighting style.
• Solomon told Homelander that Soldier Boy was alive and explained that the first-generation Compound V Supes could live almost indefinitely.
• Solomon warned Homelander that Soldier Boy would seek to reclaim his former status and then revealed that Soldier Boy was Homelander’s biological father.
• Homelander rejected the revelation at first, but Solomon explained that Black Noir had helped Edgar conceal the truth and suggested asking Vogelbaum.
• Homelander set out to find Vogelbaum, but Solomon stopped him and said Soldier Boy hated three kinds of people most.

Solomon persuaded Homelander to face Soldier Boy with strength rather than seek his affection through weakness, and Homelander left to verify the truth with Vogelbaum. Solomon returned to the Apartment and reviewed his upgraded abilities, reflecting on the power he had gained from Maeve and other Supes.

• Solomon outlined three kinds of men and asked Homelander how he would reveal their relationship to Soldier Boy.
• Homelander chose to challenge Soldier Boy and prove that he was the strongest Supe, accepting Solomon’s advice to train and grow stronger.
• Homelander felt grateful and dependent on Solomon, but Solomon mistook his intense stare for romantic interest and told him he was not into men.
• Solomon urged Homelander to find Vogelbaum and verify the truth; Homelander flew from the 99th Floor while Solomon returned to the Apartment.
• Solomon checked his superpower panel, noted that nearly all his attributes had reached level 4, and recognized that Maeve had contributed more power than the other Supes.

Homelander secretly visited Dr. Vogelbaum to ask about the truth of his birth after learning he might have a biological father. Vogelbaum began to repeat the old cover story, but Homelander interrupted him by asking what he thought of Soldier Boy.

• Homelander arrived at Dr. Vogelbaum’s estate late at night and entered his bedroom while he slept.
• Vogelbaum woke from a nightmare about Homelander’s violent birth and the deaths of people in the laboratory.
• Homelander asked Vogelbaum whose sperm and egg had been used to create his embryo.
• Vogelbaum tried to claim Homelander’s parents had died long ago, but Homelander interrupted him and asked what he thought of Soldier Boy.

Vogelbaum confirmed that Soldier Boy was Homelander’s biological father and explained that Homelander’s mother was an ordinary Supe who had died years ago. Learning Soldier Boy was still alive, Homelander resolved to become strong enough to earn his father’s recognition.

• Vogelbaum admitted that Vought had created Homelander using Soldier Boy’s sperm and said Soldier Boy had supposedly died years earlier.
• Homelander asked about his mother, and Vogelbaum explained that Vought’s original plan to use Private Angel’s egg had failed because of genetic rejection.
• Vogelbaum said Homelander’s mother was an ordinary Supe with no special background and had died many years ago.
• Homelander demanded to know what kind of person Soldier Boy was, and Vogelbaum described him as proud, defiant, powerful, and contemptuous of the weak.
• Homelander decided to become strong enough to overwhelm Soldier Boy and earn his biological father’s approval.

Solomon and Homelander arrived at Godolkin University, where Indira Shetty welcomed them. Recognizing Shetty’s role in developing a Supe-killing virus to avenge her family, Solomon resolved to stop the research before it began, then headed toward the stadium where the students had been gathered.

• Ashley introduced Indira Shetty to Homelander and Solomon when they landed at Godolkin University.
• Solomon recalled that Homelander had caused the deaths of Shetty’s husband and daughter, and that Shetty would later lead the development of a Supe-extermination virus.
• Solomon decided the virus could not be allowed to emerge, while Homelander chatted warmly with Shetty.
• Solomon signaled Ashley to lead the way and walked toward the stadium where the students had been assembled.

During Homelander’s visit to Godolkin University, Solomon secretly harvested the abilities of nearly every student in the stadium. He left the top ten Supes for later and discovered that his accumulated powers had raised all his base attributes to level four and greatly upgraded several abilities.

• Homelander basked in the students’ cheers as Shetty led the group into the stadium, while Solomon watched from the podium.
• While Shetty delivered her speech, Solomon used Mind Suppression on groups of forty students, defeating them for three seconds at a time and acquiring their abilities.
• Solomon rested between each batch and covertly harvested the abilities of all the students in the stands, copying 290 powers in half an hour.
• Solomon left the absent top ten Supes unharvested and checked his status, finding that all eight base attributes had reached level four.
• Solomon reviewed major upgrades to his Super Speed, Shapeshifting, Ant-Man Transformation, Super-Speed Healing, Laser Eyes, and Teleportation.

Solomon reviewed the more than 290 abilities he had harvested from Godolkin’s ordinary students and adjusted to the major boost in his powers. After the ceremony’s speeches, the showcase of the school’s top ten students began, ending with Luke Riordan’s entrance to a roaring crowd.

• Solomon assessed upgrades to his teleportation, storage, flight, telekinesis, electromagnetic pulse, and other abilities.
• Solomon noted that most of the harvested powers were bizarre and impractical, while only the top ten students and the Underground Experimental Facility’s test subjects remained as targets.
• Solomon sat through Principal Shetty’s speech while his enhanced senses and super brain processed his new abilities.
• Shetty finished her speech, Ashley spoke, and Homelander addressed the stadium before the top-ten showcase began.
• The host announced the ranked students, and Luke Riordan’s appearance drew thunderous cheers.

At Godolkin’s combat assessment, Vought offered the top ten students a chance to join The Seven, and Translucent challenged them to fight him together. After Luke, Jordan Li, and Andre Anderson failed to hit the invisible opponent, Translucent knocked two students unconscious and left the remaining eight on guard.

• A Godolkin administrator praised Luke as a possible successor to Homelander, prompting Ashley to cut him off when Homelander’s mood darkened.
• The host announced that Mr. Translucent would assess the top ten students, with an exceptional offer to join The Seven as the reward for excelling.
• The top ten students faced the challenge with varying confidence, while Luke, Jordan Li, and Andre Anderson stood out as the strongest direct combatants.
• Solomon turned invisible and told all ten students to attack him together.
• Luke and Jordan Li attacked the spot Andre Anderson identified, but Translucent evaded them and knocked the tenth- and ninth-ranked students unconscious.

Solomon overwhelmed Godolkin University's students with invisibility and speed, leaving Golden Boy Luke and Jordan to face him together. Their coordinated attacks failed against Solomon's defenses, and he caught Jordan by the neck and slammed him toward the ground.

• Solomon used invisible, high-speed attacks to defeat seven students while Luke, Jordan, and Andre struggled to locate him.
• Andre tried to track Solomon with magnetic-field disturbances and iron nails, but Solomon knocked him out.
• Luke unleashed a battlefield-wide sea of flames, allowing Jordan to spot Solomon through an unnatural hollow in the fire.
• Luke and Jordan attacked Solomon together, but he caught their fists and flung them away.
• Jordan fired energy pulses while Luke launched a fireball, but Solomon redirected the attacks and shielded himself with telekinesis.
• Solomon appeared behind Jordan, grabbed her by the neck, and slammed her toward the ground; Jordan switched to his male form to reduce the impact.

Solomon overwhelmed Jordan and Golden Boy in the assessment bout, then reviewed the abilities he had harvested at Godolkin University. After Jordan and Luke were named reserve members of the Seven, Solomon went with Homelander, Ashley, and Shetty to the university’s underground research facility, where Dr. Cardosa awaited them.

• Solomon pinned Jordan, withstood Golden Boy Luke’s flames, and threw Jordan out of the arena.
• Solomon subdued Luke in a chokehold, ending the bout in under three minutes as the crowd cheered for Translucent.
• Solomon told Homelander that Jordan and Luke were promising, while Homelander proposed making them reserve members of the Seven.
• Solomon inspected his harvested abilities, including newly strengthened mind control, and concluded his ability harvesting at Godolkin University.
• The university named Jordan and Golden Boy reserve members of the Seven, and Solomon headed to the underground research facility with Homelander, Ashley, and Shetty.
• Dr. Cardosa, the facility’s chief director and creator of a virus capable of killing Supes, waited at the entrance.