What we can expect from the fifth and final season of ‘The Boys’

Season four explores the characters’ biggest fears and unresolved traumas. Kripke compared the show to a three-act film and said that season four serves as act two.

“It’s like the darkest point, the most introspective point,” he told Deadline. “It’s the one where the characters have to emotionally face their existential trauma. So then they’re able to jump onto the roller coaster ride that is the climax of the movie.”

In an interview with LADbible, Kripke said that the season four finale makes the five-season plan even clearer.

“There’s no way a show goes one more season after the events of that finale,” the showrunner said.

“As far as we’re concerned, it’s our show’s version of the apocalypse,” he said of season five.

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Kripke told Deadline that the writers’ room spent weeks discussing the show’s mythology and broad ideas for season five, and he has a good idea of how the series will conclude.

“I know that moment where the title card comes up and it says six months later, and you see where everybody is,” he said. “I know that. I can really write the last 10 pages of this story right now.”

He explained to The Hollywood Reporter that everything hasn’t been mapped out in detail yet because he wants to create room for the writers to suggest ideas and twists.

“I don’t totally know how we’re going to get there, but I know the destination,” he said.

Season 5 of ‘The Boys’ will definitively wrap up the show’s story

“It’s not totally locked in yet, but we are going to start shooting around mid-November,” Kripke told Variety. “And I don’t know when it’ll premiere yet, but we’ll be shooting well into middle of ’25.”

The showrunner added that, like past seasons, the final installment will be comprised of eight episodes.

Since season five is anticipated to film through 2025, that means it likely won’t premiere until 2026.