Eventually the Deep participates in a planned marriage by Carol in order to help him gain the right kind of public attention.
Furthermore, Carol promises Deep if he continues to follow the process, he'll be worthy of rejoining The Seven. At first he rejects his body until his gills tell The Deep that he deserves to be happy and to be loved, but must learn to love himself. With the assistance of Carol, a member of the Church of the Collective, The Deep is given medication that allows him to communicate with his body. After The Deep gets arrested, he's bailed out of jail by Eagle the Archer who offers to help him build his reputation back. He questions when he will return to the public spotlight, however is shocked to find out that Vought does not intend on him returning.Ĭontinuing where the show left off, The Deep continues to struggle with coping with his sabbatical. The Deep finds this difficult initially, believing himself to be so much more than a small-town hero. Vought becomes worried that their stock will dive and they will gain negative publicity for this, leading to them forcing The Deep to publicly apologize to Starlight.Īs punishment, Vought sends The Deep to Sandusky on sabbatical from The Seven. The Deep is visibly shaken by her threats, but tries to maintain a calm facade.Īfter Starlight reveals at the Believe Expo that she was sexually assaulted, Madelyn Stillwell confronts The Deep, correctly deducing he was Starlight's assailant based on his prior history of sexually assaulting women. Starlight then informs him that she has since learned that the Deep has lied about his importance to the group, and he is, in fact, regarded as "a joke." She further threatens to burn his eyes out if he so much as touches her again. When they are on a mission, The Deep mocks Starlight repeatedly, still maintaining the charade of being regarded as second only to Homelander in importance to the team.
The Deep uses this to mock her afterward, however, on advice from Queen Maeve, Starlight is able to move past it and ignore him. Buying into The Deep's ruse, Starlight submits to this blackmail. He then threatens Starlight with expulsion from the group if she does not perform oral sex on him. But the good news is, everybody feels that way." -The Deep to Starlight Īlthough mindful of the fact that Vought has little regard for him, The Deep tells Starlight that he is The Seven's #2, second only to Homelander in importance to the group. Season One Starlight's Assault "You know something? On my first day, I, uh. Following Lamplighters retirement from hero work, The Deep hosts the debut of The Seven’s newest member and Lamplighter’s replacement Starlight. Over the years, The Deep became good friends with fellow heroes such as Lamplighter, another member of The Seven. While backstage he “fingerbanged” Melissa and abandoned her right after while she was dressing herself, humiliating her.
One year at a VH1 Educator Award Ceremony, The Deep had an encounter with a kindergarten teacher Melissa Dabrowski, who The Deep was suppose to award teacher of the year. Over the years, The Deep would sexually harass, humiliate or assault most of the women he encountered as a way to feel less worthless. However, despite his rising fame his insecurities and shame would only escalate. Kevin eventually became a superhero known as The Deep, rising through fame and stardom as one of America’s greatest superheroes and a founding member to the world famous superhero team The Seven. Overtime his body would continue to mutate, sprouting aquatic gills on his torso, a trait that Kevin was highly insecure about as he believed himself to be ugly and afraid that people would reject him. At first, he believed was going insane however, his mother deceived him, calling it a gift and that he was just born that way. Kevin first became aware of his aquatic telepathy at nine years of age, as he began hearing the thoughts of every aquatic animal he encountered, whether at a pet store, aquarium, beach or the Red Lobster. Kevin Moskowitz, like all superheroes, was experimented on at birth by Vought American with Compound V.