Eric Kripke is teasing the beginning of the end, and he’s going out with a bang.
The Boys creator warned fans that “there will probably be lots of death” in the upcoming fifth and final season of the Prime Video series, which is currently in development after a record-setting Season 4.
“There’s no guarantee of who’s gonna survive because we don’t have to keep them for another season, so you can have really shocking, big things happen all the time,” Kripke told Total Film. “And so, as the writers, as we’re starting to cook it up, we’re really enjoying that.”
He added that the pressure is on to give fans a good ending after announcing in June that the show is concluding after five seasons, which he said was “always my plan.”
“So many series finales suck, and it’s really hard to land the plane,” added Kripke. “I am very grateful to Amazon for giving me the opportunity to end it on our own terms, but for sure, I feel lots and lots of pressure to end it well. Because I think if we can stick the landing, then people will be like, ‘That’s a great show!’ But if we s— the bed, people will say, ‘Oh, it was a good show, but they s— the bed.’”
Back in 2020, Kripke noted that his “rough idea” for the comic book TV adaptation was “roughly five seasons,” while acknowledging that his previous show Supernatural ran for 15 seasons. “But I also know better than to say how many seasons a show is gonna have,” he said at the time.
The final season of The Boys comes after Season 4 topped the Nielsen streaming scores for the first time, setting multiple records for Prime Video. Meanwhile, Prime Video has ordered the prequel series Vought Rising, starring Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash as Soldier Boy and Stormfront.
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