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"The Boys" season 5 is almost here. The fifth season debuts on Prime Video with a two-episode premiere on April 8, and with just over a month to spare, the streaming service just dropped the season's final trailer. Given the superhero series is calling it quits after this season, that means it's the last trailer we'll ever get for "The Boys."
So if the show is going out, it might as well go out with a bang. At least, that's the tone set in this final trailer. While things start with a Homelander (Antony Starr) monologue, the trailer ultimately devolves into superpowered battles and a few comedic bits reminding you not to take this show too seriously, because it certainly doesn't.
That makes it a bit lighter in tone than the official season 5 trailer we got back in December of last year, which sets the expectation that at least one major character won't make it out of this season alive.
Don't get me wrong, someone is clearly going to die. We see at least one person explode during the 150-second-long trailer. But this trailer seems to be focused on setting other stakes; namely, that Homelander has a plan to become immortal.
Malcolm has been with Tom's Guide since 2022, and has been covering the latest in streaming shows and movies since 2023. He has officially until April 8 to finish reading the original "The Boys" comics.
Why be a Supe when you can be a god?
About 30 seconds into this final trailer, we officially get our MacGuffin for the show's final season. According to Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso), Homelander is searching for V1, which Dr. Sameer Shah quickly explains is Vought's first edition of the superpower-inducing Compound V. But that's not the big reveal. As Dr. Shah continues, he drops a bombshell: V1 could make Homelander immortal.
Now, it's not clear if this is literal immortality or if V1 would make Homelander unstoppable, but I'm going with the former, given the choice of words used by Dr. Shah. Regardless, it's clear that Homelander cannot get this V1, at any cost.
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