THE BOYS – SERIES FINALE – “Blood and Bone”

Five seasons of the diabolical series, THE BOYS, just wrapped up on Prime Video with their SERIES finale. “Scorched earth, shock and awe, BLOOD AND BONE, and in the end, only one of us left standing.” Homelander said this to William Butcher back in season 3. It’s now time to lay all the cards, tentacles, and heat vision on the table. It’s time to go scorched earth.

If you haven’t finished the show yet, then you better get out of here faster than Butcher can say, “Evening c****, Daddy’s home!”

***WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD***

Last Seen on THE BOYS

The last episode of THE BOYS took us on a Voughtland roller coaster of emotions. After a beautiful and fun musical number from Oh Father, we saw Homelander take out the POTUS. He also put his believers through a test no one can cheat on. M.M. finally gave us the origin of his nickname, while simultaneously seeming to restore his own humanity. Which is something he kind of cast aside this season. Homelander then put his father back on ice for choosing coke and women over him.

Then we wrapped up with Frenchie saving Kimiko. I felt that coming, but had no idea how much it would hurt. It was beautifully done, and still absolutely devastating. Now as the series wraps up we see how it all comes to an end.

Check out the full review for the last episode: “The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk”

Episode 8: “Blood and Bone“

Courtesy of Frenchie, and the former smartest person in the world, Kimiko is now the weapon the boys need to take out the breast milk loving savoir that America deserves. In a quick moment of redemption our Voldermort Madame President points the boys in the right direction. The first time I think we’ve seen her express any humanity, since she deleted the footage of an alive Maeve at the end of season 3.

After a mind blowing death by ball gag, Ryan shows up in the nick of time, and he and Butcher hold down a cape torn Homelander, as Kimiko goes full chest blast. We finally see the true colors of a desperate human named John. Take away his powers, and what’s left? A terrified little boy who can’t even cry for his mommy, because he never had one. He’s everything he would have hated. As Butcher finally checks ‘KILL HOMELANDER’ off his to-do list, everyone is in shock. It finally happened.

Butcher seems well enough to leave things be, until Ryan tells him the truth, and Terror suddenly passes. He’s alone, so back to the job. He made the world a better place by taking out The Homelander, and now he’s going to prevent a future Homelander. Hughie figures it out, and tracks him down. He reluctantly kills him, knowing it’s the only way to save Annie, Kimiko, and thousands of other innocent lives.

Cut to a Billy Joel song, and a happy ending for all those still alive, except Ashley. Sage may have not gotten the ending she wanted, but at least she’s in a better place… Orlando. Wands up bitches!

With spinoffs in the works we wait to see how it all continues to play out, and how it all started. Seeing Emma in this episode made me even more bummed for the cancellation of Gen V. She’s hands down my favorite character in that show! But at least that moment gave us a shout out to Maeve, and showed Annie finally coming around this season and getting back to being herself.

Final Thoughts

There’s a lot to unpack, and honestly I just want to go back and watch it all again from the beginning. Having just finished it though, it feels complete. It’s not closed, as evidenced from the reinstated President of the United States, Robert Singer. He’s putting together a team, to keep supes in check. However, I mostly feel as if I got closure. My only real question is, WHERE THE HELL IS SOLDIER BOY?

Butcher got his happy ending

Butcher’s ending was straight out of the comic book the show is based on from Dynamite Entertainment. SPOILERS FOR THE COMIC AHEAD:

In the comic it was actually Noir (who was a clone of Homelander) who assaulted Becca, which resulted in her death when Ryan was born. Noir was the one who killed Homelander, but Butcher finished off Noir with his crowbar, and then scooped out his brains on the lawn of The White House. In the show we see Homelander’s brains get scooped out with a crowbar in the Oval Office. “Blood and Fucking Bone…this is for my Becca.”

That wasn’t the only part from the comic that we saw in this episode. Comic Book Butcher also wants to take out every supe, and sets it all up with the hope that Hughie will stop him, and he does. In both. In the comic they’re on top of the Empire State Building. In the show they’re in The Seven tower, as Butcher stares at the Empire State Building.

In the end, Butcher avenged Becca, Hughie got a happy ending, and Ryan is being raised by M.M., while Butcher is laid to rest next to Becca. Where he always wanted to be. Butcher may be in hell torturing the devil, but he did get everything he wanted at the end of the day.

The Deep Got a Fitting End

You can’t tread water forever, and that’s what it felt like Kevin had done the entire show. He managed to stay afloat by simply being a dumbass. Homelander knew what he was and never called him out until the finale, and he blamed it all on Annie. His ocean friends all truly loved and cared for him. He could have been happy riding sharks, and having relations with octopuses, but he chose to metaphorically suck Homelander’s **** instead. In the end it was all taken from him like the hyenas attacking Scar at the end of The Lion King. Justice for Ambrosius was had.

They all lived ‘Happily Ever After’

At first I questioned how they all escaped jail with all the crimes they’ve committed over the years, and then I saw Dakota Bob back in The White House. Presidential pardons I’m sure were passed out. I enjoyed seeing them all get their happy endings in their own ways. Even if Annie’s involved crocs (which I hope were on sport mode when she flew off).

Ryan’s ending especially made me smile. He got two parents his mom and step-dad would (Butcher did) approve of. Two parents he deserved. Stormfront tried her best to instill racism in him, and in the end he’s being raised by two amazing parents, who happen to be black. Soldier Boy on ice, Homelander pathetically killed, and Ryan being a victim of “white genocide.” I’m sure her Nazi stumped self is rolling over in her grave. Assuming she has one. Homelander never answered Soldier Boy when he asked if he saw a body.

Overall Grade: 9/10

Endings are hard, and much like life, there is rarely ever an ending deemed perfect to all. Outside of Breaking Bad, and Six Feet Under, I can’t think of a show that perfectly stuck the landing, but I don’t think THE BOYS was far off. T’s were crossed, I’s dotted, and everyone seemed to stay true to their characters. We got our scorched earth, and Butcher’s canary in the cave got his happily ever after.

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THE BOYS Comics at Dynamite Entertainment

If you’re curious how the show has followed the comics from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, check out our YouTube playlist: SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE BOYS. We have post show reviews, interviews with the cast, and podcasts where we break down each issue of the comic book, and compare it to the show.

For more coverage on THE BOYS from Lauren, CLICK HERE.

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