After The Boys Season 5, Episode 6's Dramatic Ending, Fans Have a Clear Theory for Homelander's Fate

The Boys Season 5, Episode 6 was packed with twists and turns, immoderate fans had predicted, others they had not. But aft its melodramatic conclusion, determination is simply a wide mentation for Homelander’s destiny — with conscionable 2 episodes of the full amusement near to go.

Warning! The Boys spoilers follow:

It’s worthy checking retired IGN’s The Boys Season 5, Episode 6 reappraisal to find retired what we thought of this week’s episode, but to concisely recap, supervillain Homelander yet gets clasp of V-One aft spending overmuch of this 5th and last play searching for it. He injects it consecutive into his bloodstream and, suitably powered up with each the immortality this archetypal ace serum grants, lets disconnected a reddish laser beam into the heavens.

It’s precise atrocious quality for The Boys, who had planned to usage a supe-killing microorganism to enactment an extremity to Homelander’s tyranny. Now that (presumably) won’t work, however volition Butcher and co. look victorious? Fans person a theory, and Homelander’s father, Soldier Boy, is the key.

Before Soldier Boy hands implicit the past of the V-One to Homelander, helium gets it from Bombsight, a chap V-One powered supe made celebrated successful the 1950s. But Bombsight lone hands it implicit to Soldier Boy due to the fact that Soldier Boy promises to usage his high-intensity radioactive blast powerfulness to destruct V-One successful his body, frankincense ending Bombsight’s immortality and allowing him to unrecorded and dice arsenic a mortal. Episode 6 shows Soldier Boy doing this to Bombsight earlier Homelander enters the fray, and it’s successful. Bombsight appears afloat mortal, and helium is delighted.

You tin astir apt spot wherever this is going. The instrumentality theory, based connected the thought that Bombsight losing his powers is foreshadowing, is that Soldier Boy will, implicit the people of the last 2 episodes, travel to his senses and bash the aforesaid to Homelander, frankincense de-powering him capable to beryllium killed. Some fans are truthful definite this is wherever the communicative is going that they’re saying the amusement has go predictable. “That's truthful chill I wonderment however they're gonna decision Homelander, wow what a mystery,” 1 idiosyncratic quipped. “That's the lone mode present I think,” different added.

There are immoderate wrinkles successful this theory, however. For one, Soldier Boy handed Homelander the V-One because, according to Soldier Boy, communal emotion involvement Clara Vought / Stormfront would person wanted Homelander to beryllium the astir almighty supe of each time. Would helium truly flip flop allegiances again? After freely giving Homelander V-One, would helium portion distant its power?

There are different theories. Perhaps Sister Sage — allegedly the smartest idiosyncratic successful the satellite — volition enactment retired a mode to marque much V-One. Perhaps Homelander’s son, Ryan, volition travel backmost into play and beryllium Homelander’s undoing somehow. Perhaps the V-One Soldier Boy gave to Homelander doesn't enactment properly, oregon has been tampered with. In truth, it’s hard to spot wherever The Boys goes from here, fixed Homelander tin present statesman his ascension to godhood. He is, for each intents and purposes, unkillable.

Fans won’t request to ticker Prime Video to find out, though. The Boys volition surface its bid finale successful theaters successful 4XD, with Episode 8 acceptable for May 19 astatine 9:30pm alongside the Prime Video release.

Last week, Homelander histrion Antony Starr addressed interest that The Boys whitethorn articulation the increasing database of arguable TV amusement endings by insisting it won't reason similar a caller bid finale that failed to termination anyone (he didn’t sanction it, but helium was intelligibly talking astir Stranger Things).

“As our brag Eric [Kripke, The Boys showrunner] has said, don't get attached to immoderate characters connected this amusement due to the fact that everyone's caput is perchance connected the block,” Starr said.

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