Annie January asks Marie Moreau to escort Homelander’s followers to Canada for safety. Marie questions why she should be sidelined, protect people who may remain loyal to Homelander, and act without a plausible path to victory. Annie responds by recalling her first meeting with Queen Maeve, who was bitter and disengaged, and Annie’s attempt to remind her that something is always worth fighting for. Annie admits she once became hopeless too, but recently pulled herself back out. Annie tells Marie she is not on a suicide mission and that the effort is not about winning, but about keeping hope alive and the light burning as long as possible.
"Annie answers by recounting when she first met Queen Maeve (Dominique McElligott), who was already "bitter" and "checked out." Annie tried to remind her "that there's always something worth fighting for," but the Seven's Wonder Woman stand-in wasn't hearing it. She was too jaded, too far gone. Annie swore to never let herself become so hopeless, but she did, and only recently has she pulled herself back out of that hole. Maybe she was an "annoying little shit" to Maeve back then, but now she knows being an annoying little shit can be exactly what's needed."
""I'm not on a suicide trip," Annie says, reassuring Marie before sending her next-gen ally on her less-than-merry way. "It's not a lost cause. It's not even about winning. It's about keeping the light burning for as long as we can." In its final hour, "The Boys" heeds Annie's words and embodies her annoying persistence. Hope is hard to come by these days, and while it can feel as out of place in the intermittently satisfying series finale as it often does in our far less malleable reality, a bit of grace makes for an admirable end note."
"Why should she be sidelined while Annie, Hughie (Jack Quaid), and the rest of The Boys take their final stand against a fascist dictator who thinks he's God? Why should she bother spending time protecting people who may still be loyal to their cruel tormenter, even after he tried to have them killed? And why should she even bother to do what Annie says when there's no plausible path to victory, in the short- or long-term?"
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