• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Amazon confirms The Boys Season 5 will be the final season

Home> Film & TV

Updated 16:33 11 Jun 2024 GMT+1Published 16:06 11 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Amazon confirms The Boys Season 5 will be the final season

Creator Eric Kripke has confirmed The Boys will end with season 5

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

Featured Image Credit: Amazon

Topics: The Boys, Amazon, Entertainment, Film and TV

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is a Film and TV writer for UNILAD and LADbible. After completing an English Literature with Creative Writing degree at Surrey University, followed by a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this though, he did freelance work about Film and TV for publications such as DiscussingFilm, looking for any excuse to get to rant about films. He has now finally got that wish.

X

@MichaelSlavin98

Advert

Advert

Advert

The Boys creator Eric Kripke has confirmed that season five will be the final outing of the show.

He wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter): "#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.

Advert

"Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun!"

The post came with a redacted version of the script for the season four finale, 'Assassination run', ending with the line:

"Blackout. See you for our final season, motherf**kers!"

The news comes as a shock to fans, with The Boys being one of the most successful shows on TV.

Despite this, fans have been mostly overjoyed with the news - as it means one important thing.

Advert

One post on X read: "Perfect amount, glad they’re not overdoing it. 5 seems like the best for every plot line."

Another said: "I feel like 5 seasons is the perfect amount for any great show."

One fan said: "Okay I was worried they'd drag it out for too long. I don't want another Supernatural situation."

Homelander and The Boys will be coming back, one last time. (Amazon Prime)
Homelander and The Boys will be coming back, one last time. (Amazon Prime)

Advert

Kripke was also the showrunner for Supernatural.

In a Twitter Q&A from 2020, Kripke said that the show had been planned for a five-season arc, but the show ended up getting a whopping 15 seasons.

In an interview released earlier this month with Empire, he said: “You can’t build a show that’s about these two forces of Homelander and Butcher slowly closing in on each other without bringing that to a head.

“Whenever that last episode occurs, I know what happens.”

Advert

Conflict between The Boys and Homelander once again takes centre stage in season four. (Amazon Prime)
Conflict between The Boys and Homelander once again takes centre stage in season four. (Amazon Prime)

This came despite the fact that he told Inverse: "I have learned since then to not try to call the seasons as the person who, and this is without hyperbole, is literally the most wrong in entertainment history of how many seasons their show should go.”

With The Boys coming to a close, it assuages worries from fans that the show would be dragged out, with Kripke making the choice to end the show after next season.

With The Boys season four dropping later this week, reviews came out today for the show. This news addresses one of the main criticisms in reviews released for the new season.

Advert

Emily Murray's review of season four for GamesRadar said it is 'wildly entertaining but the cracks are starting to show'.

If that's the case, the show appears to be ending before it breaks.

  • The Boys star Valorie Curry asks fans for 'boundaries' after ‘deeply uncomfortable' interaction
  • The Boys star shares 'uncomfortable' thing that happened when filming Homelander breastfeeding scene
  • Amazon Prime series Stephen King labels ‘impossible not to binge’ has 96% Rotten Tomatoes score
  • Amazon Prime fans are binge-watching '10/10' Stephen King recommended series in one sitting

Choose your content:

16 mins ago
3 hours ago
4 hours ago
12 hours ago
  • 16 mins ago

    Netflix viewers praise 'charming' comedy that has them doubled over laughing 'in first 45 minutes'

    The 'heartwarming' picture stars Hot Fuzz's Steve Coogan and Game of Thrones' Sir Jonathan Pryce

    Film & TV
  • 3 hours ago

    Jason Momoa leaves fans speechless after shaving off beard for first time in six years

    Jason Momoa has shaved his beard for the first time in six years to tell an important message

    Film & TV
  • 4 hours ago

    Netflix confirms that '10/10' limited series people binged in a day was so popular it's getting a second season

    Netflix viewers are excited that the series is getting an unexpected second season

    Film & TV
  • 12 hours ago

    ‘Addictive’ Netflix series with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score rockets up most-watched charts in just two days

    Fans have applauded the show's 'intricate' plot

    Film & TV