The end is coming for The Boys. Prime Video’s diabolical superhero drama is concluding with its fifth season, and it’s going to take a miracle for the Boys to defeat Vought and the supes.
So far, Hughie (Jack Quaid) and his friends have taken plenty of Ls across the show’s four seasons. But nothing comes close to the events of the Season 4 finale — when their former leader, Butcher (Karl Urban), turned against the rest of the Boys and introduced a shocking set of new powers. In the final moments of Season 4, the Boys were also separated by force. We don’t know who exactly was behind their capture, but one thing’s for sure: Their list of enemies just grew longer.
Based on the comic series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys has gained much praise for subverting tropes in the superhero genre. It has also continued to provide sharp commentary on today’s political landscape, with each season’s plot growing increasingly closer to reality (or is reality growing closer to The Boys?).
Here’s everything we know so far about The Boys Season 5, from its cast to when the series will return.
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The Boys Season 5 latest news
Showrunner Eric Kripke has confirmed that characters from Gen V, The Boys‘s college-set spin-off, are going to appear in The Boys Season 5. This is teased in the finale of Gen V Season 2, where series protagonist Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair) and her friends Emma Meyer (Lizze Broadway), Jordan Li (London Thor and Derek Luh), Cate Dunlap (Maddie Phillips), and Sam Riordan (Asa Germann), as well as Marie’s sister, Annabeth (Keeya King), are welcomed into “the resistance” by Starlight (Erin Moriarty) and A-Train (Jessie T. Usher).
“There will be some crossover with The Boys Season 5,” Kripke told TV Guide at Gen V Season 2’s premiere. “As you see by the way [Gen V Season 2] ends, a rebellion is growing of which Starlight’s in charge of in many ways. And so we keep playing that story throughout [The Boys] Season 5 that there’s an underground and there’s a resistance, and the Gen V kids are a part of that resistance.”
But Kripke also wanted to manage expectations from viewers who have watched both shows. “I don’t want to over-promise the Gen V
When is The Boys Season 5 coming out?
No premiere date for The Boys Season 5 has been announced, but we’re expecting a 2026 release at the earliest, since The Boys Season 5 only wrapped filming in July 2025.
The Boys Season 5 production timeline
According to Kripke, filming has wrapped on The Boys Season 5. On July 1, Kripke posted a photo of himself standing on the set of Vought’s HQ. “This is the last time I’ll ever be on this set. It’ll be torn down soon,” he wrote on Instagram. “It’s bittersweet, but my primary feeling is gratitude. We have the best cast, the best crew, the most fun story to write, and something that is impossible to predict: the right timing. You wait your whole career to have maybe two of those things, if you’re lucky. We got all of them. To #TheBoys family: thank you, I love you all. To the fans: thanks for watching, can’t wait for you to see the grand finale. That’s a wrap.”
Filming started for The Boys Season 5 on Nov. 25, 2024. Kripke posted on X and Instagram the name of Episode 501 — “Fifteen Inches of Sheer Dynamite” — with the words “One. Last. Ride.” Laz Alonso, who stars as Mother’s Milk, also posted a photo with the cast on Instagram. “And just like that….. we’re back!” the actor wrote, with the hashtags “#Season5” and “#letsgo.”
The Boys Season 5 cast
The Boys family is getting bigger — and more supernatural. On Feb. 26, Prime Video announced through a social media video that Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins are set to make guest appearances in Season 5. This is obviously huge news for Supernatural fans, as Prime Video also confirmed that the pair will be sharing scenes with fellow Supernatural alum Jensen Ackles, who was previously confirmed to return as Soldier Boy. At the moment, no details about Padalecki and Collins’ roles have been shared.
Deadline reported in July 2024 that Ackles will be a series regular in the upcoming season. While his character barely appeared in Season 4, Soldier Boy was a major part of The Boys‘s third season and gave the Boys some hope in their goal of defeating Homelander.
Prime Video announced in October 2024 that Mason Dye (Stranger Things) has been cast as Bombsight in The Boys Season 5. “More details, you ask?” The Boys posted on X. “Ya know better by now.”
Daveed Diggs (Hamilton) will also be joining The Boys Season 5. Details about his role are being kept under wraps. “He’ll be playing a character in the show,” The Boys wrote on X. “That’s all ya get for now.”
Here’s who else we’re expecting in The Boys Season 5:
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The Boys Season 5 renewal
Ahead of The Boys Season 4 premiere, Prime Video renewed the series for a fifth season in May 2024. Shortly after, Kripke announced on social media that The Boys Season 5 will be its last. “Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought,” Kripke wrote on X and Instagram. “Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax.”
The Boys Season 4 ending
So much happened in The Boys Season 4 finale. To start, we bid adieu to a major character: Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit). Just when the vice president-elect was about to align with the Boys, she was brutally murdered by Butcher. TV Guide asked Doumit about her reaction to the character’s end. We also spoke with the cast and Kripke about other major scenes in The Boys Season 4 finale, which you can watch in the video below.
“We really wanted to shake it up,” Kripke said about the ending. “The one thing we really didn’t want was the season to end with a kind of status quo.”
Where to watch Seasons 1 through 4 of The Boys
Seasons 1-4 of The Boys are available to watch on Prime Video.
