After five seasons, Prime Video's superhero satire The Boys finally came to a bloody and emotional end on May 20. The season 5 finale, which is also the series finale, drew over 55 million viewers according to Prime Video.
Showrunner Eric Kripke told Entertainment Weekly he hoped fans would find it 'emotionally satisfying,' saying: 'I feel like the things that people have been waiting for finally come to pass one way or another. So I'm excited.'
Homelander is dead, yes. In the Oval Office, Kimiko uses a newly acquired power to zap Homelander, Butcher, and Ryan all at once. Butcher then beats Homelander repeatedly before taking a crowbar and tearing off the top of his skull.
But killing Homelander isn't enough for Butcher. He heads to Vought Tower with a plan to release the Godolkin Virus, a virus that would wipe out all Supes. Hughie shows up to stop him and the two fight, ending with Hughie shooting Butcher in the chest. Butcher dies with Hughie beside him, crying and holding his hand.
The next scene shows Hughie, Annie/Starlight, Mother's Milk, and Kimiko at Butcher's grave. 'Love him or hate him, he made the world a safer place, which makes him a hero,' Hughie says at the headstone.
Hughie is offered the chance to run the re-opened Bureau of Supe Affairs but turns it down. Instead, he and Annie open an audio visual store together. The bigger news: Annie is pregnant and they are expecting a daughter whom they name Robin.
Frenchie had already been killed heroically in the penultimate episode and the finale opens with a memorial in his honor. Kimiko moves to France to honor Frenchie and is later seen living a quiet life at a cafe in Marseilles. Mother’s Milk also gets a happy ending and is shown remarrying his ex-wife Monique.
The Deep meets his end when Starlight faces him in a full-circle moment and throws him into the sea, where he is killed by marine life. Sister Sage loses her abilities and her status as the world's smartest woman when Kimiko strips her powers early in the episode.
