Last month before ‘The Boys’ Season 4 started, showrunner Eric Kripke said the superhero series on Amazon Prime Video would end after Season 5.
Kripke shared a screenshot of a redacted script for the Season 4 finale and wrote on X:
“#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun!”
Kripke’s Other Statement For The Decision To End The Show
After the announcement, Kripke spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and further explained why he wanted to end the series:
“From the very beginning, I wanted to wrap it out around season five. And then I would say plans really solidified that we were going to actually do it years ago. I think we were probably in the middle of making season three, so it could have been three or four years ago that we always knew.”
The producer continued:
“I don’t know why I like the number five so much; it’s a good round number to where you get enough. It might have been because I was trained as a TV writer and there were five acts. It gives you enough time to get to know the characters. You can have your calm-before-the-storm moment, which is kind of what season four is for me. I say calm… you know what I mean. It’s about the characters and then you kick off into a climax.”
‘The Boys,’ which started in 2019, is set in a world controlled by Vought, a powerful superhero corporation. It centers on the conflict between the supes and the ‘Boys.’ They are a group of people whose lives have been wrecked by the supes.
The show features Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capon, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti. Jeffrey Dean Morgan joined for Season 4.
You can see his tweet below.
#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is a good time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Always my plan, I just had to be cagey till I got the final OK from Vought. Thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax. Watch Season 4 in 2 DAYS, cause the end has begun! pic.twitter.com/3p7Wt4jGA6
— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) June 11, 2024
