The End Is Nigh for Amazon's The Boys

It’s the beginning of the end for bleak superhero dramedy The Boys. On the eve of the Season 4 premiere, series creator Eric Kripke broke the news on Twitter (er, X) that the recently announced fifth season will also be the show’s last.

#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun! pic.twitter.com/3p7Wt4jGA6

— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) June 11, 2024

This comes after Kripke told SFX Magazine that he’s always known how long he wanted his satire, which is based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comics of the same name, to run. The Supernatural creator also admitted to ScreenRant that he’s been wrong in the past about just how much creative gas was left in the tank of previous shows, a mistake he was unwilling to make with The Boys. Kripke also shared that the writers’ room has been working on Season 5 for at least a month, while making his usual promises of batsh*t storytelling developments on the horizon. (Herogasm, anyone?)

Season 4 will pick up in the wake of the Boys’ latest defeat, with M.M. (Laz Alonso) and Butcher (Karl Urban) once again arguing over their next move. Hughie (Jack Quaid) grows more disillusioned by the day, while Annie aka Starlight (Erin Moriarty) tries to find something to believe in, now that she’s truly done with the superhero mantle. Homelander (Antony Starr) embraces being a dad to Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), but he’s also not really the type to cede the spotlight, so there’s no telling how he’ll deal with an emerging super, even if it's his own son.

What we do know is that, like the upcoming fifth and final season, this new installment will be “gory, epic, moist.” The Boys Season 4 premieres June 13 with three episodes on Prime Video.

Danette Chavez is the Editor-in-Chief of Primetimer and its biggest fan of puns.