The Boys
The Vought satire, episode by episode
Character arcs before the finale
Five-season turning points for the characters most likely to decide the ending.
CHARACTER ARC
Homelander
Power, worship, Ryan, Soldier Boy, and the state religion.
CHARACTER ARC
Billy Butcher
Becca, Ryan, Soldier Boy, the V-tumor, and the moral collapse.
CHARACTER ARC
Starlight
From Vought recruit to exhausted leader of a movement.
CHARACTER ARC
A-Train
Robin, Blue Hawk, defection, and the cost of doing one right thing.
EPISODE 01
The Boys S5E1 Recap: Annie Exposes Flight 37 and A-Train Dies Saving Hughie
EPISODE 02
The Boys S5E2 Recap: Butcher Tests the Virus and Homelander Wakes Soldier Boy
EPISODE 03
The Boys S5E3 Recap: Homelander Hunts V1 as Butcher Pushes Ryan Toward a Suicide Mission
EPISODE 04
The Boys S5E4 Recap: Homelander Becomes a Prophet and Soldier Boy Locks Him in Fort Harmony
EPISODE 05
The Boys S5E5 Recap: Firecracker Smears Her Pastor and Homelander Tracks Bombsight
EPISODE 06
The Boys S5E6 Recap: Soldier Boy Gives Homelander V1 as Annie and Hughie's Virus Plan Fails
EPISODE 07
The Boys S5E7 Recap: Homelander Kills Calhoun and Frenchie Dies Saving Kimiko
EPISODE 08
The Boys Episode 8 Review: God Bleeds on Live Television and Vought Keeps Breathing
The finale brings the fight home by making power look small, terrified, and poisonous even after the tyrant falls.