May 20, 2026 9:00am PT

‘The Boys’ Finale: Creator Explains Those Major Deaths, How Canceled ‘Gen V’ Season 3 Would’ve Continued the Story and ‘Embryonic’ Spinoff Ideas

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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 Boys' Finale: Creator Explains Those Major Deaths, How Canceled 'Gen V' Season 3 Would've Continued the Story and 'Embryonic' Spinoff Ideas