Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
After the congressional massacre, the Boys prepare weapons while Hughie and Annie still seek testimony. A-Train gives them records exposing Stormfront's Nazi past after learning her racism blocks his return to the Seven. Becca arrives desperate to recover Ryan. Butcher secretly promises Edgar he will surrender the boy in exchange for her safety, but abandons the bargain during the rescue and tells Becca to take Ryan away without him.
Stormfront intercepts their escape. Annie, Kimiko and Maeve fight her, but she gets away and attacks Becca. Ryan releases a blast while trying to protect his mother, disabling Stormfront and mortally wounding Becca. Before dying, Becca asks Butcher to protect him. Homelander arrives demanding Ryan, who chooses Butcher. Maeve threatens to release the airliner footage, forcing Homelander to let them leave rather than destroy the public image he depends on.
Vought blames Stormfront for the disaster, postpones the Compound V program and returns Annie to the Seven. A-Train regains his place while the Deep is rejected again. Mallory takes Ryan into protection, and the charges against the Boys are dropped. Hughie chooses a job in Victoria Neuman's new office, hoping to oppose Vought through public service. The final reveal shows Neuman killing Alastair Adana with her powers: the official offering that hopeful alternative is the head-popping attacker.