However, in episode 4, when she fails to rescue a hijacked plane, she is psychologically broken. In episode 3, its revealed that Maeve and Homelander used to date one another, and there is still some lingering affection from the latter.
As she is about to subdue the final criminal, Homelander comes in and receives all the credit. In the first episode, Maeve successfully stops an armored truck and the men inside. Throughout Season 1 of the TV show, Maeve is typically shown at Homelander's side. It was a miraculous save that was in the national spotlight for weeks. Homelander states in season two of the show that he had known Maeve the longest and that’s how the two had grown so close prior to the show’s events.Įarly in her superhero career, Maeve saved a school bus from falling off a bridge with her bare hands, breaking every bone in her right arm. Before Queen Maeve is first shown on screen, it is learned throughout the seasons and extra show content that Maeve had been a student at Vought’s “Hero College” and was then drafted into the Seven as its second member, which Homelander was the first.
