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Article: The Boys S5 trailer tees up a bloody final season

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The fifth and final season of The Boys will feature the ultimate clash between Homelander, who seeks an original V compound for immortality, and Butcher, who plans to release a Supe-killing virus. The season begins after the events of Gen V, with Annie having recruited that show's heroes to join the fight.

Following the Season 4 finale, the antiheroes are in disarray after Sister Sage orchestrated a coup, installing a new president who declared martial law with Homelander as his enforcer. While Butcher and Annie escaped, the rest of The Boys were imprisoned in government camps.

The main topics covered are the plot setup for the final season, the status of the characters after the previous season's coup, and the narrative connection to the Gen V spinoff series.

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https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/03/the-boys-s5-trailer-tees-up-a-bloody-final-season/

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2026-03-05 18:55

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Prime Video has dropped the full trailer for the fifth and final season of The Boys, teeing up the final confrontation between Antony Starr’s Homelander and Karl Urban’s Butcher—one seeking the original V compound that will make him immortal, the other seeking to commit Supe-genocide with the release of a Supe-specific virus that will kill them all.
As previously reported, things were not looking good for our antiheroes after the S4 finale. They managed to thwart the assassination of newly elected US President Robert Singer, but new Vought CEO/evil supe Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) essentially overthrew the election and installed Senator Steve Calhoun (David Andrews) as president. Calhoun declared martial law, and naturally, Homelander swore loyalty as his chief enforcer. Butcher and Annie (Erin Moriarty) escaped, but the rest of The Boys were rounded up and placed in re-education—er, “Freedom”—camps.
The second season of spinoff series Gen V was set after those events, and the finale concluded with Annie recruiting the main cast members to join the fight against Homelander and the Supes. Season 5 of The Boys picks up where the Gen V finale left off. Per the official premise: