It's Official, Prime Video's The Boys Ends An Era

Published Jul 18, 2026, 7:33 PM EDT Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Sign in to your ScreenRant account The Boys' final season has come and gone, and two months after the Prime Video series aired its final episode, it is the end of an era for what is one of the biggest shows in recent memory. The market for superhero adaptations has been flowing with movies and TV shows for a long time, with many Marvel and DC projects. That said, the two comic book giants are not the only franchises that have managed to break through with exciting releases. Prime Video's best TV shows are the perfect example of that, as two of the streamer's top series come from the superhero genre and have nothing to do with Marvel or DC. Those are the animated Invincible and the irreverent The Boys. The first is set to continue on Prime Video for a long time, as there is still plenty of source material left to adapt, given that Robert Kirkman's Invincible ran for 144 issues. As for The Boys, the superhero series ran for five successful seasons on the streaming service. However, The Boys came to an end earlier this year, with season 5's final episode airing on May 20. Vought International · Classified Assessment The BoysTrivia Challenge “With great power comes the absolute certainty that you’ll turn into a right c***.” ⚡VoughtTrust us 💥SupesDiabolical 🔨The BoysOi! 🔒SecretsCompound V 💀Deep CutsBloody hell ENTER VOUGHT TOWER → 01 Vought International manages America’s most famous superhero team — a corporate-controlled group of Supes who are more brand than hero. What is this elite superhero team called? AThe Avengers BThe Seven CThe Elite DThe Guardians ✓ Correct! The Seven is Vought’s flagship superhero team, led by Homelander. Despite their public image as Earth’s greatest heroes, the team is a corporate product — every rescue staged, every smile focus-grouped, every member replaceable if their Q-scores drop. ✗ Not quite! The answer is The Seven. Vought’s premiere superhero team includes Homelander, Queen Maeve, A-Train, The Deep, Black Noir, Starlight, and others. The team is less about saving the world and more about box office numbers and merchandise deals. NEXT → 02 Hughie Campbell was living an ordinary life until a horrifying incident involving a Supe shattered his world and set the entire series in motion. What happened to Hughie’s girlfriend Robin? AHomelander lasered her during a fight BShe was caught in a Vought cover-up explosion CA-Train ran through her at super speed DTranslucent accidentally crushed her ✓ Correct! A-Train literally ran through Robin at super speed, leaving Hughie holding only her severed hands. This brutal, senseless death — and Vought’s attempt to buy Hughie’s silence — is what drives him into Billy Butcher’s arms and ignites the entire series. ✗ Not quite! The answer is that A-Train ran through Robin at super speed. In the show’s devastating opening scene, A-Train — high on Compound V and racing to keep his speedster title — plows through Robin on a sidewalk, leaving Hughie holding her severed hands and nothing else. NEXT → 03 Vought International has been hiding a massive secret: Supes aren’t born — they’re made. What is the name of the chemical compound that Vought uses to create people with superpowers? ACompound V BSerum X CSuper Soldier Serum DGenesis Formula ✓ Correct! Compound V is the secret drug that gives Supes their powers, originally developed by Frederick Vought, a former Nazi scientist. Vought injects babies with it to create superheroes they can profit from — the biggest lie in the show’s universe is that Supes are “gifts from God.” ✗ Not quite! The answer is Compound V. This blue serum, created by Vought’s founder Frederick Vought during World War II, is what gives every Supe their abilities. Vought has spent decades concealing this, maintaining the fiction that superheroes are divinely gifted rather than chemically manufactured. NEXT → 04 Before she was Starlight — the newest member of The Seven — she was just a young woman from Iowa who dreamed of being a real hero. What is Starlight’s real name? AAnnie Walker BKaren Starr CStella Stevens DAnnie January ✓ Correct! Annie January is Starlight’s real name. Played by Erin Moriarty, Annie joined The Seven believing she could make a real difference, only to discover that Vought’s heroes were anything but heroic. Her relationship with Hughie and her moral backbone make her one of the show’s true heroes. ✗ Not quite! The answer is Annie January. Starlight’s real name reflects her small-town Iowa roots — she was raised by her mother to become a Supe celebrity, injected with Compound V as a baby. Annie’s journey from wide-eyed idealist to disillusioned rebel is central to the entire series. NEXT → 05 Season 2’s most shocking twist revealed that a prominent political figure is secretly a Supe with the terrifying ability to make people’s heads explode. Who is this hidden Supe? AGrace Mallory BVictoria Neuman CStormfront DSusan Raynor ✓ Correct! Victoria Neuman, played by Claudia Doumit, is the congresswoman who publicly campaigns against Vought while secretly being a Supe herself. Her ability to pop heads from a distance makes her one of the most dangerous characters in the series — and her political ambitions make her even scarier. ✗ Not quite! The answer is Victoria Neuman. While she appears to be an anti-Vought crusader in Congress, she’s secretly a Supe with the power to detonate people’s heads from a distance. Susan Raynor was actually one of her victims. Neuman’s true allegiances make her the show’s most unpredictable wildcard. NEXT → 06 After being kicked out of The Seven and exiled to Sandusky, Ohio, The Deep joins a mysterious organization that promises to restore his status. What is this group called? AVought Anonymous BPayback CThe Church of the Collective DThe Believe Movement ✓ Correct! The Church of the Collective is a Scientology-like cult that manipulates The Deep (and later A-Train) by promising to help them regain their spot on The Seven. Led by the charismatic Alastair Adana, the Church uses blackmail and brainwashing to control its members. ✗ Not quite! The answer is The Church of the Collective. This Scientology-inspired cult preys on disgraced Supes like The Deep, offering a path back to fame in exchange for total loyalty. Payback is actually a different team — the predecessor to The Seven, featured in Season 3’s Soldier Boy storyline. NEXT → 07 In Season 3, Billy Butcher gains temporary superpowers — including heat vision similar to Homelander’s — by taking a new experimental substance. What is this compound called? ATemp V BCompound X CPermanent V DSuper Serum ✓ Correct! Temp V (also known as V24) grants temporary superpowers for 24 hours. Butcher uses it to go toe-to-toe with Homelander, gaining laser eyes and super strength. But the drug comes with a deadly cost — repeated use causes fatal brain lesions, giving Butcher a death sentence. ✗ Not quite! The answer is Temp V. Also designated V24 by Vought, this experimental compound grants 24 hours of superpowers before wearing off. Both Butcher and Hughie take it in Season 3, but each dose causes progressive brain damage — a ticking clock that raises the stakes dramatically. NEXT → 08 Homelander’s most vulnerable point isn’t kryptonite — it’s his son, the first naturally-born Supe whose mother is Becca Butcher. What is the name of Homelander’s son? ATeddy BRyan CJohn DCole ✓ Correct! Ryan Butcher is the son of Homelander and Becca Butcher, and the first Supe to be born with powers naturally rather than being injected with Compound V. Ryan is the emotional linchpin of the series — both Homelander and Butcher see him as the key to their very different visions of the future. ✗ Not quite! The answer is Ryan. Becca Butcher raised Ryan in a hidden Vought compound, keeping him away from Homelander. As the only naturally-born Supe, Ryan is powerful enough to rival his father — and the battle for his soul between Homelander and Butcher drives the show’s later seasons. REVEAL MY SCORE → Vought Assessment Complete Your Dossier ⚡ / 8 Are you diabolical enough to know all The Boys’ secrets? ↻ PLAY AGAIN That date marked the end of an era for the show, as not only The Boys' story ended, but the Prime Video series also killed many of its most popular characters. That said, the show continued to perform strongly at the streamer past its expiration date. However, The Boys has just suffered a major hit that firmly signals this end of an era for the show. The Boys Has Finally Been Dethroned On Prime Video After its final episode aired on Prime Video on May 20, The Boys would continue to rank among Prime Video's most popular TV shows around the globe for multiple months. That has since come to an end. According to FlixPatrol, The Boys has fallen off Prime Video's global Top 10 TV Shows chart. The Boys' final day on the chart was Thursday, July 16, when it was Prime Video's 10th most-watched TV show worldwide. Now, the superhero satire is no longer on the chart, with Prime Video's The Boys replacement, Nicolas Cage's Spider-Noir, still firmly on 9th in the global chart. Prime Video's most popular TV shows around the world also include the romantic phenomenon The Summer I Turned Pretty at 10th, and a top five with See You at Work Tomorrow!, Every Year After, Ride or Die, Off Campus, and Elle. The four shows at the top of the streamer's global chart are Prime Video Original series, showing that no matter how many exciting licensed shows can be found on Prime Video, its Originals continue to impress. In the United States, The Boys continues to trend, with the superhero series currently in 8th nationwide, beating Clarkson's Farm and Silo. The Boys Franchise Will Return To Prime Video's Charts Image via MovieStillsDB While this is the end of an era for The Boys, it is far from the last time fans will be seeing this franchise trend worldwide on Prime Video. The reason for that is simple, as Vought Rising, the first live-action The Boys spinoff, will be released in 2027. Featuring major characters from the original show, like Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy and Aya Cash's Stormfront, as well as intriguing new players, a different time period, and a murder mystery at its center, Vought Rising has everything going for it to make the show another global hit on Prime Video for The Boys franchise. The fact that Vought Rising will inevitably trend on Prime Video could also prove positive for The Boys. While season 5 marked the end of the show, there is a good chance it will make it back to the streamer's global charts in 2027. Whenever there is a new release in a major franchise, fans and new viewers tend to go back and rewatch or finally check out what came before. As such, that boost from Vought Rising should make The Boys a global hit again.