‘The Boys’ finale showed the main cast trying to stop a plot to assassinate the president and was originally titled ‘Assassination Run.’ Prime Video renamed the episode ‘Season 4 Finale’ after the Saturday shooting at Donald Trump’s rally. The platform also issued a warning that read:
“Viewer discretion advised. This episode contains scenes of fictional violence. Any similarities to recent events are completely coincidental and unintentional. Prime Video, Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television, and the producers of ‘The Boys’ oppose, in the strongest terms, real-world violence of any kind.”
Production for Season 4 wrapped up in April 2023. Eric Kripke revealed the same year that they were delaying its release due to the WGA strike. The new season started airing on Prime Video on June 13.
The Similarity Between Real-Life And The Show Is A Coincidence
‘The Boys’ echoed real-life events in its previous episodes, as well. Homelander’s trial in Season 4 Episode 1 coincided with Donald Trump’s trial on over 30 criminal charges this year, for one.
Kripke commented on the similarities in a chat with The Hollywood Reporter in June:
“It’s happened now almost every season, and we write them sometimes close to two years before they air and again, we’ll find that the news is accurately reflecting whatever we’re talking about. It’s not a spoiler to say that first episode [of Season 4], Homelander is on trial. A big concern is ‘Can you convict someone that powerful of a crime?’ And what does that mean for the various supporters or the people protesting him?”
He continued:
“Did I know it was going to come out during Trump’s trial? Of course not. But we write what we’re either scared of or pissed off about. Someone asked me last year, about season three, ‘How are you so prescient with cops and over-policing in Black neighborhoods?’ Well, it’s been a problem for over 100 years. It was a problem five years ago, and, unfortunately, it’s going to be a problem five years from now. It’s always the same shit.”
You can watch all four seasons of ‘The Boys’ on Prime Video.
