'We Need to Prepare America for My Ascension' — The Boys Season 5 Trailer Shows Homelander Sitting Pretty in the Oval Office

The Boys Season 5 has its last trailer, showing disconnected Homelander's effort to recognize what helium believes to beryllium his existent destiny.

The trailer reveals The Boys' absorption to Homelander's rule. They judge the ultra almighty supervillain is looking for V1, Vought’s archetypal iteration of Compound V. If Homelander gets some, he’d go immortal.

The Boys’ program is to usage a microorganism to hitch retired each supe connected the planet. We spot Billy Butcher doing his tentacle thing, erstwhile again (gross). Homelander wakes up Soldier Boy, arsenic helium threatened to bash successful the erstwhile trailer. “I request you, father,” Homelander says. Soldier Boy responds with thing wholly successful keeping with the daze worth we’ve travel to expect from The Boys.

“We request to hole America for my ascension,” Homelander goes connected to declare. A super-powered Butcher goes up against Soldier Boy, throwing a car astatine him. All of the large characters are contiguous and close successful the trailer, mounting the Prime Video bid up for its expansive finale. I'm disquieted astir Ryan Butcher, who we spot arsenic Homelander mentions "the backstabbers." A-Train feels successful trouble, too.

Meanwhile, Homelander seems thrilled successful his presumption arsenic ruler of the United States, and adjacent affords himself a grin portion sitting successful the Oval Office. And yes, Kimiko talks now, which possibly shouldn't travel arsenic overmuch of a astonishment fixed however she reacted to what happened to Frenchie past season.

Last month, Karl Urban, who plays Billy Butcher, teased that quality deaths volition travel heavy and accelerated successful Season 5 — and insisted "nobody is safe."

Speaking to Variety, Urban told fans they should look guardant to The Boys “coming to a large crescendo” erstwhile the 5th and last play hits Prime Video connected April 8 with a two-episode launch. He wouldn’t constituent to immoderate circumstantial infinitesimal arsenic jaw-dropping, nary uncertainty to debar spoilers, but did accidental determination are plentifulness of shocking moments to come.

“Every season, but peculiarly this season, from occurrence one, you’re like, ohio wow,” helium said. “Nobody is safe. Fatalities close from the get-go. Let’s go! Last season! It’s each on!”

Shocking moments are The Boys’ trademark, truthful we tin expect plentifulness of over-the-top, gore-filled scenes. But who mightiness die? The main quality fans are wondering astir present is Homelander, who starts Season 5 ruling implicit the United States with an robust fist.

The Boys: The History of Soldier Boy and Payback

Here’s the authoritative blurb connected The Boys Season 5:

In the 5th and last season, it’s Homelander’s world, wholly taxable to his erratic, egomaniacal whims. Hughie, Mother’s Milk, and Frenchie are imprisoned successful a “Freedom Camp.” Annie struggles to equine a absorption against the overwhelming Supe force. Kimiko is obscurity to beryllium found. But erstwhile Butcher reappears, acceptable and consenting to usage a microorganism that volition hitch each Supes disconnected the map, helium sets successful question a concatenation of events that volition everlastingly alteration the satellite and everyone successful it. It’s the climax, people. Big stuff’s gonna happen.

Season 5 not lone follows connected from the extremity of Season 4, but Season 2 of spinoff Gen V. Fans were near wondering however the incredibly almighty Marie from Gen V mightiness fare successful a showdown with overpowered The Boys supervillain Homelander. Showrunner and enforcement shaper Eric Kripke has said successful the past, however, that fans shouldn’t expect Marie to look successful The Boys Season 5 arsenic a Captain Marvel-style deus ex machina who kicks Homelander’s ass. That’s due to the fact that Marie inactive hasn’t mastered her powers, oregon arsenic Kripke has enactment it successful a fig of Gen V Season 2 finale spoiler interviews, she’s not Neo astatine the extremity of The Matrix.

For a overmuch deeper dive connected each this, cheque retired IGN’s Gen V Season 2 Ending Explained: How It Sets Up the Final Season of The Boys article, but to summarize, Marie tin power blood, which perchance makes her much almighty adjacent than Homelander. Homelander, for the uninitiated, is simply a benignant of evil Superman, a quality truthful overpowered that fewer rivals situation question his word. But Marie Moreau, played by Jaz Sinclair, has the imaginable to termination him owed to her quality to bid and weaponize blood.

The large question, of course, is whether Homelander really dies successful The Boys Season 5. Kripke told THR past twelvemonth that Butcher is “front of that line” erstwhile it comes to characters wanting to instrumentality Homelander out. But past there’s the likes of Stan Edgar, the aforementioned Marie, Annie, and Huey who would nary uncertainty each similar a portion of the action.

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