The Boys Showrunner Outlines Ending

How do you end a show like The Boys ? For showrunner Eric Kripke, it’s always been about wrapping up the storylines of two characters in particular.

Those characters are Homelander and Butcher. In Prime Video’s widely popular superhero satire series, the former is the world’s most powerful Supe. The latter is the man wronged by him, and has spent four seasons trying to bring him down.

“I will say that the big meta storyline of the series is these two forces of Homelander and Billy Butcher coming toward each other,” explains Kripke to Discussing Film . “Like these two meteors, two planets. Whatever the ending is, it has to heavily involve finally bringing that to a head with whatever disruption that entails.”

That’s not to say the ending of Homelander and Butcher’s arcs mark the ending of The Boys . As Kripke says, there are more stories to tell outside of these central figures.

“There are obviously other shows in this universe,” continues Kripke. “There are obviously other corners of the universe to explore. However, this particular story is about Homelander and Butcher crashing into each other.”

Kripke, who previously acted as showrunner for Supernatural, says he made mistakes with the ending of that series, and he’s keen to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

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“Without necessarily knowing when the show should end. I was so wrong with Supernatural, I could not have been more wrong in history about how long a show should go. Moreover, I should have stopped trying to predict how long [ The Boys ] should go.”

And how long is The Boys going? Currently in its fourth season, the last one is set to be The Boys season 5.