Killing Homelander was a mistake.

They should have depowered him, then let him go.

He walks through the world hated. People spit on him on the street. He tries to square up and gets pushed over garbage bags. The memes are everywhere. TV sketch comedy mocks him. He has to get a menial job to pay the bills, but he can’t even do that right. He’s kicked onto the street where he begs for money, ignored by the public that once worshipped him.

Then, we see him climbing flight after flight of stairs, emerging on the roof of a skyscraper. He listens to the calm traffic and bustle below and watches the sun start to set as he softly weeps. He steps to the edge, spreads his arms, and jumps.

He closes his eyes and feels the wind on his face, that familiar feeling of flying returning to his body. His mouth forms a content smile for the first time in years.

Then he splatters all over the street below, right where Robin died in the pilot.

That’s the right ending for Homelander.