The Boys Finale Wasted Its Biggest Homelander Moment

The Boys series finale has finally arrived, ending Amazon Prime Video’s brutal superhero saga with Homelander’s downfall, Butcher’s final mission, and a surprisingly emotional conclusion for Hughie, Annie, and Ryan. But while the finale hits several major story beats from the original comic, many fans are already debating whether the show went out with a bang or a whimper.

In this Screen Rant breakdown and review, we cover everything from Kimiko gaining Soldier Boy’s anti-V powers to Butcher’s final confrontation with Hughie and Homelander begging for his life during the last battle inside the White House. We also examine why the Gen V crossover characters barely impacted the ending despite years of setup, plus what worked — and didn’t — about the finale’s smaller scale approach.

The video also explores how closely The Boys ending follows the comics, why Homelander’s final scene is still incredibly satisfying, and whether Eric Kripke succeeded in balancing satire, action, and emotional payoff across the show’s final season.

With future spinoffs like Vought Rising and The Boys Mexico already on the way, this may not be the true end of the franchise — but it is the end of Butcher and Homelander’s story.

Chapters
0:00 Reviewing The Boys Finale
0:32 Frenchie’s Death & Episode 7 Setup
2:00 The Gen V Problem
4:03 Inside The White House Fight
5:42 The Deep’s Ending Explained
7:42 How Homelander Finally Loses
9:24 Butcher’s Last Mission
11:02 The Ending Of The Boys Explained

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