\u201cEvery season, but particularly this season, from episode one, you\u2019re like, oh wow,\u201d he said. \u201cNobody is safe. Fatalities right from the get-go. Let\u2019s go! Last season! It\u2019s all on!\u201d<\/p>\n
(I did enjoy Urban saying “fatalities” here, given he plays Johnny Cage in the upcoming Mortal Kombat 2 movie!)<\/p>\n
Shocking moments are The Boys\u2019 trademark, so we can expect plenty of over-the-top, gore-filled scenes. But who might die? The main character fans are wondering about here is Homelander, who starts Season 5 ruling over the United States with an iron fist.<\/p>\n
The Season 5 trailer, below, revolves around Butcher rallying the troops as The Boys mount a fightback against Homelander, played by Antony Starr. Everyone seems up for it, although it very much looks like not everyone will make it out of the end of Season 5 alive. Keep an eye out for Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy, who is back on ice and watched over by Homelander. Speaking of Homelander, we see him beat someone, or something, to a bloody pulp. A glimpse at a big name character death, perhaps?<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the official blurb on The Boys Season 5:<\/p>\n
In the fifth and final season, it\u2019s Homelander\u2019s world, completely subject to his erratic, egomaniacal whims. Hughie, Mother\u2019s Milk, and Frenchie are imprisoned in a \u201cFreedom Camp.\u201d Annie struggles to mount a resistance against the overwhelming Supe force. Kimiko is nowhere to be found. But when Butcher reappears, ready and willing to use a virus that will wipe all Supes off the map, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change the world and everyone in it. It\u2019s the climax, people. Big stuff\u2019s gonna happen.<\/p>\n
Season 5 not only follows on from the end of Season 4, but Season 2 of spinoff Gen V. Fans were left wondering how the incredibly powerful Marie from Gen V might fare in a showdown with overpowered The Boys supervillain Homelander. Showrunner and executive producer Eric Kripke has said in the past, however, that fans shouldn\u2019t expect Marie to appear in The Boys Season 5 as a Captain Marvel-style deus ex machina who kicks Homelander\u2019s ass. That\u2019s because Marie still hasn\u2019t mastered her powers, or as Kripke has put it in a number of Gen V Season 2 finale spoiler interviews, she\u2019s not Neo at the end of The Matrix.<\/p>\n
The Boys: The History of Soldier Boy and Payback <\/p>\n
For a much deeper dive on all this, check out IGN\u2019s Gen V Season 2 Ending Explained: How It Sets Up the Final Season of The Boys<\/a> article, but to summarize, Marie can control blood, which potentially makes her more powerful even than Homelander. Homelander, for the uninitiated, is a sort of evil Superman, a character so overpowered that few rivals dare question his word. But Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, has the potential to kill him due to her ability to command and weaponize blood.<\/p>\n