The end of a fucking diabolical era.
The Boys showrunner and executive producer Eric Kripke announced CCXP Brazil the official air date of the first two episodes of his show’s fifth and final season. The Boys season five will premiere its first two episodes April 8, 2026 with a new episode dropping weekly until the final May 20, 2026. Along with the release date announcement, the first trailer was dropped, and while it is only a teaser, there is a lot to unpack with potential plot lines and theories.
Spoilers for past seasons of The Boys and Gen V ahead. You have been warned.
Even More Tie-ins to Gen V and its Characters
The first shot in the new teaser trailer looks to be the infamous anti-heroes, The Boys, heading towards what looks to be the remains of Red River Institute, which is the former home of Gen V protagonist Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, and current residency for Victoria Neuman’s daughter, Zoe, played by Olivia Morandin. The grounds are also scattered with blood and carcasses of animals (and maybe people), so it wouldn’t outlandishly to connect someone with blood and body manipulation powers like Marie or Zoe to these acts.
It is also very plausible for Billy Butcher, played by Karl Urban, to seek out Marie’s help to defeat Homelander, played by Anthony Starr, as Marie is believed to be one of the strongest supes in The Boys universe.
That being said…
The Boys Season Five Will Make Way for More Spin-off Shows
This isn’t so much of a theory but more so a confirmation and wishful thinking. It was previously announced that Soldier Boy, played by Jensen Ackles, would be getting his own spin-off show with Aya Cash, who played Stormfront in seasons two and three, called Vought Rising. Besides Vought Rising and the already planned Mexican version of The Boys, I believe that season five will lay the groundwork for a new generation of supes with Marie and Homelander’s son, Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), leading the younger generation and Annie, played by Erin Moriarty, being the mentor to the group.
This group will most likely act as a rebellion to Vought and the supporters of Homelander, wanting to avenge his death. This also leads into my next theories and predictions.
There Will Be Minimal Survivors and Very Few Happy Endings
Eric Kripke has already stated that this is the best and most gory season that he has done for The Boys, and where there is gore in The Boys, there is death and destruction. Out of the current members of Vought’s The Seven, I believe all of them will be taken out one by one. Most likely, Firecracker, played by Valorie Curry, will be killed first by Annie with The Deep, played by Chace Crawford, following soon after, also killed by Annie. Next, I think A-Train, played by Jessie T. Usher, will be killed next in an act of sacrifice to seal the redemption arc of his character that began in season four. Sister Sage, played by Susan Heyward, will intentional orchestrate her death around the fifth or sixth episode to create more support for Homelander and more hate for The Boys, but this will leave Homelander without a plan and cause him to go feral and breakdown. Homelander and Butcher will end up fighting each other to the death.
It seems that Kripke is taking the show in the direction of how the comics end, which might get a little confusing with Black Noir II’s story. Nathan Mitchell plays the Seven’s most silent member, but in the comics, Black Noir is revealed to be an identical clone of Homelander created by Vought in the chance Homelander were to overstep his bounds as leader of the Seven. The only issue is that Black Noir decided to orchestrate Homelander’s downfall by framing him for crimes he didn’t commit, like rape and cannibalism. Homelander inevitably went insane, seeing photos of himself committing these crimes but having no memory of the events, and leading to him overthrowing the United States government.
From past seasons, we and Homelander understand that he is the one committing the crimes. He raped Butcher’s wife, leading to Ryan’s birth, and has almost committed countless other atrocities, which he does take responsibility for. He doesn’t regret them, but he knows and is proud of his actions. How can Black Noir be a clone of Homelander then? Well, after season three when Homelander killed Black Noir, Noir was replaced very quickly with a new clone of himself with a new set of powers that are more similarly aligned with Homelander’s, such as flight, durability, and super strength.
My theory is that Vought has clones for almost all of their supes and uses those clones in case of a PR scandal that needs to be hidden, like Homelander killing Black Noir. Noir was replaced before the public could even find out about his death. Vought may not have an exact clone for Homelander. This would be too dangerous, but they might have someone equivalent in power to defeat him if he ever crossed a line, like the new Black Noir. That being said, I still do think Black Noir will die. A lot of people think that Homelander is beating up Ryan in the trailer, which that is still my top theory of what is happening in that shot, but I also think Homelander could be beating up Black Noir after finding out the reasoning for creating the New Noir.
From The Boys side of the fight, I think there will be only one definite survivor, which for me is Annie. They don’t have any reason to kill her, especially with all she has endured. I do think there will be another survivor from The Boys, and as much as I want it to be MM, played Laz Alonso, because he deserves a happy ending, I think it will most likely be Hughie, played by Jack Quaid. I think out of all members of The Boys, MM and Annie deserve to survivor, but I feel the writers will spare Hughie so that Annie is not alone. That leaves Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara), Frenchie (Tomer Capone), MM, and Butcher to die.
More Parallels to America’s Political Climate
Art imitates life, and it comes to no surprise that The Boys plot lines tend to parellel or critque real world events happening in America, and with the recent election and political climate, Kripke and his writing team has a lot of fresh material to work with. I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw Charlie Kirk-type character appear in The Boys universe, since we already have Tucker Carlson-esque character, and we might even see a Pete Hegseth-type character this coming season. We might even see a theme of immigration or segregation this season with what seems to be Homelander and his team throwing anti-Homelanders and Starlighters into concentration camps.
All I know is this is going to be a wild season.
The Boys takes place in a super-powered society where “supes” are held to the same standard as celebrities and politicians, and are as equally corrupt. Vigilante group, The Boys, set out to take down Vought and its self-made superheroes.
You can watch all four seasons of The Boys on Prime Video and be caught up for the season five premiere in April 2026
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