SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the series finale of “The Boys,” now streaming on Prime Video.
After seven years, the Boys have finally won their battle against Vought — but it came at a steep price.
In a climactic battle that fans have been waiting for since the show’s series premiere, Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr) have a years-in-the-making, bloody face-off. With Homelander’s powers removed, thanks to Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) blasting him with radiation, Butcher gains the upper hand and stabs Homelander through the brain with a crowbar. However, there’s not much time to celebrate the villain’s death. Butcher then goes rogue and attempts to spread the supe-killing virus from the top of Vought Tower, but Hughie (Jack Quaid) intercepts him. The two friends argue, but Butcher has gone off the deep end and wants to kill every last supe. In the end, Hughie shoots and kills Butcher to stop him from wiping out the population. Those two deaths are arguably the biggest of the entire series, but the bodycount doesn’t stop there in the finale.
The episode starts with the Boys paying their respects to Frenchie (Tomer Capone), who left a raunchy last will and testament behind for his friends. Even though he was gone, Frenchie still had a major impact on the Boys. His and Sister Sage’s (Susan Heyward) radiation experiments on Kimiko proved to be a success. Kimiko tests out her new ability by removing Sage’s genius-level IQ and the Boys then set their sights on Homelander, who’s announcing to the world on Easter that he’s a god.
