Beware the Jabberwock, My Son - S4-E5
Stupidity: When the V'd Up Bull is about to attack, and then after the mutant sheep start attacking the group, suddenly Neuman forgets she can pop their heads with her power. She doesn't even try. Moments earlier, she was shown popping a V'd Up chicken to save her dad. When they are trapped in the barn with the sheep outside, and later when trying to escape before the sheep get sick, she doesn't even try to pop them.
We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here - S4-E3
Stupidity: When Hughie is in the vents above Homelander and Sage and the others, Homelander realises he's there due to sweat dripping. He then proceeds to try and laser eye the vents in random spots, just listening to try and figure out where Hughie is. He completely forgets he has X-ray vision at this point and could just look through the vent to find him.
Suggested correction: X-rays do not penetrate metal.
While it's true X-rays don't easily pass through thick metal, thin aluminum, like air vents, is partly transparent to them in real life, which is why aluminum filters are used in medical X-ray machines. Homelander's vision is fictional and modelled after Superman's, who can see through almost anything except lead. Since vents aren't lead and he's used this ability before, forgetting to use it here is still a valid mistake.
True, but I'd like to point out that Homelander can't look through zinc. Lead is fine for him. I'm not sure, but it might be possible the vents are made of zinc-coated steel. No idea how to find that out, though. He seems to be struggling more once Hughie leaves the vents, though, so he is further away than it appears. The second time he uses his eyes, he nearly gets Hughie too, probably sees him but misses. I dunno, the scene is dubious.
It seems pretty clear in that scene that the whole time he is just relying on his super hearing and listening to where Hughie is in the vents.
How do you know he is not looking? Like I say, the second time he fires his laser eyes, he nearly hits Hughie. He saw someone but simply misses?
