Just as quickly as it began, The Boys' fourth series concluded with a bang (or several), which leaves us immediately wondering: will we be getting The Boys season 5 any time soon?
The fourth instalment of the series saw things dialled up a notch, with Homelander seemingly more crazed than ever, new unexpected Supes on the horizon and a whole lot of gore along the way.
Based on the bestselling comic created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys follows a motley crew of vigilantes as they seek to take down corrupt Supes (superheroes, for the uninitiated), with there still being a lot of loose ends that need to be tied up following the season finale.
So what do we know about a potential The Boys season 5 so far?
Has The Boys season 5 been confirmed?
Yes! Amazon Prime renewed The Boys for a fifth season a few days before season 4 premiered back in June.
The Boys season 5 release date speculation
Though Prime Video is yet to announce a release date for The Boys season 5, based on previous release times we would expect to see new episodes arrive some time in summer 2026.
The first two seasons were released one year apart, with the most recent having a two year gap, so we're hopeful that it won't be an eternity.
In June 2024, The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke told Variety “It’s not totally locked in yet but we are going to start shooting around mid-November. And I don’t know when it’ll premiere yet, but we’ll be shooting well into middle of ’25."
Is The Boys season 5 the final season?
Sadly for us, it's long been the plan that season 5 would be the final instalment for The Boys, with showrunner Eric Kripke telling TVLine, “The truth is we knew that it was going to be a five-season story for years now. I mean, probably since writing the beginning of Season 3, we knew, and so we were already laying down track that was always heading in this direction.”
Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), the show's creator also reconfirmed this, writing “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.”
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While fans will have a little while to wait until we get a fifth season of The Boys, the good news is that in the meantime there's still Gen V to catch up on, with the second season of the spinoff due to drop by late 2025.
The Boys season 5 cast
Season 5 will notably be sans our favourite octopus gal pal Ambrosius, and after that ending Victoria Neuman (Claudia Domit) looks to be out of the picture for good, while Joe Kessler (Dean Morgan) died off-screen.
There will, however, be plenty of other familiar faces who we'd expect to see reprise their roles for the final season:
- Karl Urban as Billy Butcher
- Antony Starr as Homelander
- Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell
- Erin Moriarty as Starlight/Annie
- Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk
- Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko
- Tomer Capone as Frenchie
- Chace Crawford as The Deep
- Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett
- Susan Heyward as Sister Sage
- Cameron Crovetti as Ryan
- Jim Beaver as Robert Singer
- Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy
- Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir
- Valorie Curry as Firecracker
- Rosemarie DeWitt as Daphne Campbell
The Boys season 5 plot
While the plot for the final season of The Boys remains to be seen, the finale of its fourth season left us with a lot of questions and cliffhangers that we'd expect season 5 to pick up from.
Namely, what is going on with Butcher and will he be able to reign it in to actually get somewhere with this Supe-killing virus?
What does Sister Sage's “phase two” of her plan entail?
Where exactly are A-Train and Ryan?
Is Ashley…ok?
That's all before we even dare to think about the fact that Solder Boy is sitting somewhere, cryogenically frozen and ready to be defrosted to unleash mayhem at any given moment.
And given the post-credits scene of season 4 focuses specifically on this one detail, we can't help but feel like he may in fact be coming back for round three.
All cheery stuff – we can't wait to see how this unfolds!
The Boys season 4 finale closed with a dedication to Larry Kripke.
