‘The Boys’ Star Tomer Capone Breaks Down Frenchie’s Sacrifice for Kimiko in Penultimate Episode

The Boys is heading into its series finale short a member of the titular vigilante group after the latest installment, “The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk,” as the show bid adieu to one of its OG stars. Warning: Spoilers for The Boys Season 5 Episode 7 ahead!

In one of the season’s most tragic turns yet, Frenchie (Tomer Capone) made a bold sacrifice for his beloved Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) as Homelander (Antony Starr) uncovered their secret hideaway. As viewers uncovered at the beginning of the episode, Frenchie and Butcher (Karl Urban) were implementing Soviet techniques on Kimiko to try to manifest the nuclear ability Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) acquired when in captivity. The hope was that by exposing Kimiko to periods of radiation, she’d become capable of taking other supes’ powers away, particularly Homelander.

The experiments made Kimiko weak, though, and after Frenchie turned to Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) for advice, she began overseeing the sessions, only for them to be disrupted by Homelander’s arrival. Frenchie hid Kimiko and Sage in a zinc compartment, as Homelander can’t see through the element.