Why is there another episode set for next week if this is the finale?

What if Soldier Boy can only take away the powers of another V1 and that's why he gave it to Homelander?

Gary, Indiana looks like a depressing place, and so is this special.

Oh, Eric Dane is in this episode too. Masking his illness-induced slurred speech into him "being drunk"...

I wonder if they're going to work his death into the story by killing his character off because his son didn't pay his debts...