Billy Butcher and the others are running out of time on how to get rid of their Supe problem. This is where Sameer Shah comes into play in The Boys season 4 and the story of how he may have just given the show their next big solution.
CONTENT SPOILERS: This article contains spoilers for Prime Video's The Boys season 4, proceed with caution.
Who is Sameer Shah? The Boys Ep 5 Introduces New Supe
Sameer Shah is a relatively new character introduced in The Boys season 4 episode 5 titled Beware the Jabberwock, My Son. Dr. Shah happens to be the "top man" at Vought R&D and the father of Zoey (aka Victoria Neuman's daughter).
He is portrayed by Iranian-born American actor Omid Abtahi, who is best known for playing his prominent roles in popular franchises such as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 as Homes, The Mandalorian where he depicted Dr. Penn Pershing for 5 episodes, and even in Fear the Walking Dead where he was Howard.
Sameer is essentially a bargaining chip who could save Butcher and the Boys the hassle. Sameer could somehow create a 'Supe'-killing virus. And with only one sample left of it, Butcher was not going to take his chances of losing it.
Nope, Sameer does not exist in Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's original The Boys comics, but here's what the show tells us about his fate.
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What Happened to Sameer in the Latest Episode? What This Means For the Series
Sameer unfortunately disappeared from the the fifth episode. Or so Victoria and her adoptive father thought.
The episode doesn't reveal the true answer until the end of the story, and this is where we see Sameer tied up in a secluded room. Butcher and Joe Kessler had kidnaped him in an attempt to force him to make new samples of the deadly virus.
Now, whether or not Sameer would be able to successfully make new dosages would have to wait until the next episodes air on Prime.
Considering what the trailer teased, new dosages of the virus would only mean a danger of potentially killing off every single Compound V-powered Supe they use the formula against.
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The Boys season 4 episode 6 titled Dirty Business airs on Prime on July 4.
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