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Well there we have it, The Boys is officially over! The series finale, 'Blood and Bone', marks the end of the line for the superhero show as we finally find out how it all ends for these beloved characters.
The hour-long season 5 episode ties up a lot of loose ends as Homelander and Billy Butcher duke it out in the White House. We find out who dies, who lives, and everything in between in the high-octane finale.
The Boys season 5 finale ending plot
If you want a full deep dive into everything that happened in the final episode, check out our The Boys season 5 episode 8 recap. But while we're here, let's quickly get into how it all went down in 'Blood and Bone'. After Frenchie's (Tomer Capone) death, it's revealed his experiments on Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) have worked and she now has the ability to blast any Supe and take away their powers.
The Boys descend on the White House, where Homelander (Antony Starr) is giving his Easter speech as he ascends to becoming a prophet. However, just as his speech starts going awry and he begins to condemn the non-believers, Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and Kimiko smash into the Oval Office. Chaos erupts as they begin fighting as Ryan (Cameron Crovetti) flies in to help out too.
As Kimiko primes to blast Homelander, she finds herself struggling to summon the anger needed. She then sees a vision of Frenchie that helps her believe that it's love she really needs so she fires at Homelander, rendering him powerless. Butcher then closes in on the former Supe, bashing his head in and killing him on live TV. Ouch!
That's not actually where it all ends, either. Butcher, distraught about Ryan leaving him and Terror dying, takes the virus and heads to Vought Towers. His plan is to kill all the Supes in order to stop a new Homelander from emerging in the future by dumping it in the sprinkler system and releasing it worldwide. Hughie (Jack Quaid) finds him and tries to talk him out of it but it's getting nowhere. At the last minute, Butcher hesitates seeing his brother Lenny in a vision, but Hughie shoots him, not realizing he may have been about to stop. Butcher dies holding Hughie's hand.
They bury Butcher next to his wife Becca, as The Boys say farewell to their fallen leader and head to a topless steakhouse in Reno. Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso) reunites with his family, Kimiko heads to Marseille and gets a dog, and Hughie is offered a job at the Bureau of Supe Affairs. However, he turns it down to run his own audio-visual shop with a pregnant Annie January (Erin Moriarty). Starlight is still fighting crime as it's revealed they're going to name their baby Robin in a sweet callback to where this all started.
What happens to the Gen V team in The Boys season 5 finale?
It turns out last episode wasn't the final time we'd see the Gen V Supes as they appear in a brief scene in the finale. Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair), Emma Meyer (Lizzie Broadway), and Jordan Li (London Thor) are hanging out with the Boys and the focus group that they rescued from Vought in their forest hideaway. After having a heart-to-heart with Annie January, Marie is urged to bring the runaways to Canada to help them escape. The last we see of them is as they pull away in a Vought Studios truck. Now that Gen V has been canceled, it's not clear if we'll see them on screen again, but we're holding out hope.
What happened to Soldier Boy in The Boys?
Despite playing a pretty major part in the final season of The Boys, Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) doesn't actually appear in the finale. The last we saw of him was in episode 7 when Homelander put him back on ice. We're going to guess that Bob Singer and Vought are planning to keep him there, given his strength, but it's not completely clear. We will be seeing the character again in a prequel show, Vought Rising, which is coming out in 2027.
What happened to Sister Sage in The Boys season 5 finale?
About halfway through the finale, Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) ducks out of the action. After she's been blasted by Kimiko's laser, she no longer has her superpowers. This is bliss for the Supe who has been plagued by being super smart for her whole life so she decides she wants to enjoy her newfound freedom. She heads to Harry Potter World instead of joining the fight. Wands up!
What happens to The Deep in The Boys season 5 finale?
The Deep (Chace Crawford) finally got what has been coming to him for five seasons. There was no redemption for Kevin in the season finale. Outcast by Homelander, he refused to switch sides, leading Annie to take him to the ocean for one final fight. She ended up chucking him into the water where it was his former friends who got him. "Justice for Ambrosius," the fish yelled before another octopus impaled him with a tentacle. Ambrosious was, of course, The Deep's octopus lover, whom he killed back in season 4 in a fit of rage.
What happens to Homelander in The Boys season 5 finale?
Yes, Homelander dies in the season finale of The Boys. After Kimiko fires her chest beam at him in the Oval Office, he loses his powers. Without any of his super abilities, he's no match for Butcher's wrath as he beats him within an inch of his life. The humiliation continues as Homelander begs for his life pathetically before Butcher declares his final blow is "for my Becca" and stabs him through the head with his trusty lead crowbar.
What happens to Billy Butcher in The Boys season 5 finale?
However, even after he won the fight against Homelander, Billy Butcher still doesn't make it out of the finale. Following the death of his beloved dog Terror and Ryan's rejection of him, he decides to take the Supe virus and kill all of the remaining powered individuals for good. He brings it to Vought Tower where he places it in the sprinkler system ready to infect everyone. Just before he pulls the trigger, he pauses as he sees his brother Lenny in Hughie's face. However, it's too late as Hughie has already shot him, causing him to bleed out in his arms.
How does Terror die in The Boys season 5 finale?
Poor Terror. After surviving his chocolate cake incident earlier in the season, Butcher's faithful canine companion dies in the finale. There isn't a clear reason why he dies, Butcher just finds him dead in his bed, leading us to believe he likely passed away peacefully in his sleep. It's probably old age that was the cause, as Butcher has owned Terror ever since he used to live with his wife Becca, making him more than a decade old.
Who dies in The Boys season 5 finale?
Well, we've already got into some of the big deaths in The Boys season 5 finale with The Deep, Homelander, and Billy Butcher (and of course Terror) all not making it until the final credits. However, they weren't the only casualties in the bloody final episode. Oh Father (Daveed Diggs) was also killed when Mother's Milk put his ball gag on just as he was firing a sonic wave, causing his head to explode.
Does The Boys season 5 have a post-credits scene?
Yes, there is a mid-credits scene but it doesn't have anything to do with the plot. It's a montage of images from the staff who worked on the show.
Is there a The Boys season 6? What is next for The Boys universe?
No, this is the end of the line for The Boys. Season 5 was the final outing of the superhero show so don't be expecting any more from these characters in their own solo adventure. However, this isn't yet the end of The Boys universe. College spin-off Gen V has been canceled but a prequel show is already on the way. Vought Rising is set to air in 2027 with Soldier Boy and Clara Vought (AKA Stormfront) as its leads. The series will be set in the 1950s and follow the golden age of Vought Supes.
There is also another spin-off in the works with The Boys Mexico, which is due to star Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal. Blue Beetle writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer is creating the show, but there have been very few updates so far. It's not yet clear if this one is still going ahead at the moment.
The Boys season 5 is available to watch in full on Prime Video now. For more, check out our guides to best shows on Prime Video and all the other new TV shows you need to know about.
