Look who’s back!
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Boysseason 4 finale, “Assassination Run.”
One of Calhoun’s first classified meetings involves something or someone locked away in a confined holding cell.

Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy on ‘The Boys’ season 3.Amazon Studios
Presumed dead, Soldier Boy was kidnapped and held by the Russians for experimentation for decades.
“The old TV adage is like, never kill anyone unless you really, really have to.
Never close a door, open a window,” Kripke said in a 2022 interview.

Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy cameo on ‘Gen V’.Prime Video
“So I know there are plans in talks, but I don’t know exactly what those are.
But I told Krip, ‘Look, man, put me in anytime.
You tell me when to come running, I’ll come running.'”

Antony Starr’s Homelander on ‘The Boys’ season 4.Amazon
And so he did!
Kessler is spotted again in the rearview mirror riding with Butcher at the end of “Assassination Run.”
I’m not being coy.
I really don’t know."
In the meantime, we haveGen Vto think about.
Buckle up, ‘cause with Soldier Boy back once again, we don’t expect a peaceful resolution.