The Boys
‘The Boys’ Star on How Finale Assassination Changes Everything for Season 5
[This story contains major spoilers to the season four finale of The Boys, “Season Four Finale.”] “We will make America strong again… we will make America Super again.” The Boys has always been about Trumpism. Creator/showrunner Eric Kripke explained as much to The Hollywood Reporter at the start of season four when discussing how he […]
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Amazon Says ‘The Boys’ Assassination Episode Filmed Long Before Trump Shooting, Finale Similarities “Unintentional”
Amazon Prime Video has added a disclaimer to the season four finale of The Boys, which released on Thursday and contains similarities to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend that left two people dead, including the gunman. “The season finale of The Boys contains scenes of fictional political violence, which […]
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‘The Boys’ Star on Black Noir and How Season 4 Sets Up a Perilous Final Season
[This episode contains spoilers from season four, episode seven of The Boys.] The penultimate episode of The Boys season four could be seen as a coming out for some of the key characters. Viewers finally saw A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) reveal himself to the Seven to be the supe traitor they’ve all been searching for. […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘The Boys,’ ‘House of the Dragon’ Return to Charts
With the start of new seasons, both The Boys and House of the Dragon returned to Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week of June 10-16. Neither one could reach the heights of Bridgerton, however, as the Netflix drama zoomed back to the No. 1 overall spot with the release of season three’s second half. Bridgerton […]
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Jack Quaid Agrees — He Is a Nepo Baby
Jack Quaid, the son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, has seen the comments about him being a nepo baby — and he agrees with them. In a conversation with The Daily Beast tied to The Boys season four, he addressed speculation that he was able to have a career as an actor because of […]
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Simon Pegg on Returning to ‘The Boys,’ Why a ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Reboot Would “Incense” Him
It took a few seasons, but last week Simon Pegg was finally in and amongst the violent bloodshed that makes The Boys so special. On Thursday, episode five of season four dropped and gave viewers a heart-wrenching tale audiences aren’t quite used to seeing in Amazon’s beloved comic adaptation: a teary father-son moment. In the […]
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Rosemarie DeWitt on Her Key ‘The Boys’ Role and What She Wasn’t Prepared For
[This story contains spoilers from episode five, season four of The Boys, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son.”] From the first episode of The Boys, audiences knew life would be tough to the nerdish and somewhat awkward child-like protagonist Hughie Campbell (played by Jack Quaid). Devoted followers of the Amazon Prime series know that Hughie’s girlfriend […]
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‘The Boys’ Boss on Landing That Surprise A-List Cameo
[This story contains spoilers from episode five, season four of The Boys, “Beware the Jabberwock, My Son.”] Leave it to The Boys to tug on viewer heartstrings while horrifying them at the same time. That’s exactly how episode five of season four, “Beware the Jabberwork, My Son,” was supposed to hit, says Eric Kripke, creator […]
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A Lesbian Actress Playing an Anti-Gay, Anti-Trans Superhero on ‘The Boys’? Count Her In!
Valorie Curry has played a lot of characters over the years with whom she had almost nothing in common — a murderous cult member in Fox’s The Following, a paramedic who moonlights for the mob in Amazon’s The Tick, a cryptid researcher in 2016’s Blair Witch sequel — but few have been quite as starkly […]
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Every Season 4 Episode of ‘The Boys’ Has “At Least One Totally F***ing Bananas Moment”
[This story contains spoilers from the first three episodes of season four of The Boys.] In the great nation of the United States of America — in The Boys‘ parallel universe where satirical humans and superhero characters coincide — the most powerful “supe” in the world, Homelander, is on trial. In season four’s three-episode opener, […]
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‘The Boys’ Is Back for Season 4: Here’s Where To Watch It Online
With the news that season five will be its final season, the Emmy-winning superhero drama The Boys — which stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid and Antony Starr — premieres its fourth season this week. Starting on Thursday, June 11, the first three episodes are streamable with a subscription to Prime Video. Below, find out when […]
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‘The Boys’ Refresher: What to Remember Before Season 4
In the current political climate — which some say is stranger than fiction — you have under 150 days before votes will be cast in the 2024 Election, where the onslaught of a media blitz can tantalize your cerebral cortex. But if you can’t wait that long, June 13 is promising to entangle you with […]
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