The Boys Is Officially Over, and the Internet Has Plenty of Thoughts

Spoilers for The Boys' bid finale travel below. You've been warned.

Late past night, Amazon released the long-awaited bid finale for The Boys, and it has led to a wide assortment of reactions from fans. Since the precise opening of the series, The Boys has been gathering toward a climactic showdown betwixt Homelander and BIlly Butcher. However, immoderate fans began to get tense astir whether the show's finale could conscionable their expectations aboriginal connected successful Season 5's run.

Some felt The Boys was losing steam, and similar determination was excessively overmuch to wrapper up successful the remaining episodes. Others felt similar the amusement simply wasn't making bully usage of its clip oregon ramping up the stakes enough. Some held retired anticipation that possibly it would each travel unneurotic successful the end... and well, the results look to alteration from idiosyncratic to person.

"The Boys Series Finale is perfectly perfect," said a instrumentality connected X. "An emotional, gory, irreverent extremity that honors the halfway of the show, namely the struggle betwixt Butcher and Homelander. So galore moments I couldn’t judge I was witnessing. Will beryllium VERY amazed if this isn’t loved by the fans."

"The Boys finale was disappointing, and each the posters and selling were lies," said different instrumentality successful contrast. "We each said it would beryllium intolerable to wrapper everything up successful a azygous occurrence without it feeling rushed and unfortunately, this finale does consciousness rushed."

The Boys' bid finale saw Butcher yet sidesplitting Homelander, but besides brought assorted different characters to an end. The Deep, Butcher, and Oh Father each conscionable their demise successful assorted ways, but Homelander's decease is the astir divisive one. During a broadcast from the Oval Office, Kimiko uses her radiation blast to depower Homelander, stripping him of each his might. Realizing he's perfectly defenseless against Butcher, Homelander shamelessly begs for his life, revealing to the satellite that he's a pathetic ammunition without his powers.

Of course, Butcher is unfazed by his pleas and drives a crowbar done Homelander's skull, earlier wrenching his brains retired onto the Resolute desk. Some fans felt similar the last combat was underwhelming, particularly since fans hoped for a "scorched Earth" benignant finale, which would've had a larger consciousness of scope and scale.

"The Boys ending was expected to beryllium enormous," said different fan. "Not conscionable Blood and Bone but thing huge; thing Scorched Earth. This was genuinely a disappointing finale for a amusement this huge. Even Homelander's decease felt lackluster."

It doesn't assistance that The Boys' selling leaned into this and acceptable an expectation. One of the posters for the last play shows Homelander floating supra Earth arsenic occurrence and explosions devour it, thing that didn't travel to fruition successful the finale. Some felt that the amusement ne'er showed Homelander genuinely snap, either.

"The azygous biggest missed accidental successful The Boys is that we ne'er genuinely spot Homelander snap," said a fan. "They tease it truthful overmuch passim the show, but helium ne'er gets a accidental to fto loose. Even aft taking the V1, helium acts the nonstop aforesaid way

Ultimately, the finale appears to beryllium beauteous divisive. Showrunner Eric Kripke revealed astatine the commencement of Season 5 that helium was anxious implicit however fans whitethorn respond to The Boys finale, particularly arsenic viewers often reasses the prime of an full amusement based connected the ending. It seems to person received a amended reception than the Stranger Things and Game of Thrones finales, partially due to the fact that it really took immoderate large swings and killed galore large characters.

The Boys franchise volition continue, arsenic a spin-off known arsenic Vought Rising is successful the works. Unfortunately, Prime Video conscionable pulled the plug connected Gen V, truthful fans volition person slim pickings erstwhile it comes to much shows successful The Boys universe.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.