Rating: -3/5
With a cast that has been absolutely phenomenal performing their characters through all five seasons (Shoutout to Kiwi actors Antony Starr as Homelander and Karl Urban as Billy Butcher, two men I’d call daddy any day), The Boys began as a contender for being one of the greatest superhero TV shows to air in history. Unfortunately, by season four, it was filled with disappointing fillers that set up the fifth and final season for failure.
While the premise in the first episode was solid, the dialogue was noticeably worse and the jokes weren’t landing; the worst offender being Kimiko (another stellar performance from Karen Fukuhara), who had finally overcome her trauma and could finally speak… only to have nothing to say except brainrot.
The rest of the season followed in disappointing fashion, with 90% of the show’s marketing being clickbait. The memes were scathing, as the “scorched earth” promises ended up being a barely damaged oval office. That’s before we even consider the writer’s choice to use Soldier Boy, the greatest antihero to grace my screen (okay you got me, it’s because Jensen Ackles is a daddy too) as a walking marketing ploy for their spinoff series, Vought: Rising and The Boys: Mexico, and became the very thing they swore to destroy all the way back in season one.
All in all, the only truly redeeming qualities of this season was the actor’s talent for their characters (and the writer’s ability to predict the future actions of a certain president of America), but that’s not enough to bring the rating of The Boys season five to a high enough level for it to be worth recommending.
