Played by the talentedJack Quaid, Hughie Campbell is one ofthe best non-supe charactersin Amazon’sThe Boys.
As a politically correct, kind, and unintimidating presence, Hughie is the odd man out inThe Boys.
This delightful character serves several key functions, as his best episodes demonstrate more than the rest.
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This is one of several details that makes Hughie suggest they should go back to the party.
He wants that drug badly.
He forgives A-Train, too, something that no one would think possible ever since the series premiere.
Hughie shows real growth by the end, as he doesn’tgive his father the doseafter all.
Hughie takes this advice to heart later in the episode in heartwarming fashion.
Hughie, however, chooses friendship and loyalty over revenge.
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Yet he emerges from the water a tougher man.
Even his bravery brings humor.
Case in point: his reaction to Lamplighter’s fate is appropriately panicked.
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Likewise, not acting like a macho-man doesn’t exclude you from being brave.
It wins him a punch in the face, as well as some perspective on masculinity.
As Hughie says later, no one is as tough as Soldier Boy claims to be.
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It’s one of Hughie’s most admirable episodes, and oneThe Boys’best episodesoverall.
That is, tougher.
Then the tone suddenly and compellingly changes once he runs into A-Train.
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Hughie wants a fight, and the fact that he doesn’t get one only makes him angrier.
However, whereas Hugh Sr. is totally spineless, Hughie decides to join a group of vigilantes.
His new accomplices explain that this is not only necessary but also must be done as soon as possible.
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Killing him, which is exactly what Hughie needs to do.
The hospital panics after a nurse sees this poor man literally red-handed.
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