From the first episode of The Boys ‘ fifth and final season , showrunner Eric Kripke has made it clear that no character is safe. Fans of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic books of the same name (on which the Prime Video superhero satire TV series is based ) have also been bracing for impact; while the show doesn’t always follow the comics to the letter, it’s generally a pretty faithful adaptation, at least thematically. And, given that the corruption of power, nihilism, and the inevitable violence that results from the combination of the two are some of the comics’ biggest themes, it was basically guaranteed that the TV series’ conclusion would be pretty gnarly, even if we couldn’t be exactly sure what Kripke would keep and what he would change. But even with all that context, “The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man They Call Mother’s Milk,” the seventh episode of The Boys season five (and the penultimate episode of the series overall), was still pretty heart-wrenching.…