Satirical superhero television series The Boys is set to premiere two episodes of its fifth and final season on Amazon Prime Video on April 8.
New episodes will continue to release until May 20.
The American show tackles a universe where superpowered
individuals – Supes – are recognised as heroes by the general public. They work
for Vought International – a powerful corporation that markets and monetises
them.
However, outside of their superhero personas, they are
self-serving and recklessly causing collateral damage.
The series focuses on two groups: CIA-sponsored black ops
agents called The Boys, who are looking to bring down Vought and its corrupt
superheroes, and The Seven – Vought’s premier superhero team and The Boys’
adversaries.
The final season is set to showcase how the world has gotten
worse after The Seven’s Homelander (Antony Starr) seized control of the
country.
Meanwhile, Starlight (Erin Moriarty), a superheroine with
energy manipulation powers, has formed a resistance to Homelander while the
rest of his team is scattered, and leader Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) reappears
and gathers The Boys to take him down.
In an interview, show creator Eric Kripke recalled
approaching the finale with ‘an appropriate amount of terror’.
“I wasn’t like, ‘We got this!’ I was like, ‘it’s so
important to nail this. We can’t overthink it enough’,” he said.
“I just hope they’re (the fans) satisfied. I hope they end
it, and they go ‘yeah, man. That was how that should have ended. I feel good
about that’,” he added.
