‘The Boys’ Ends Right on Time With a Heavy, Blood-Soaked Season 5: TV Review

By Alison Herman

Alison Herman

TV Critic

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If you thought “The Boys” was dark before, just remember that the penultimate season of the pitch-black superhero satire aired prior to the reelection of President Donald J. Trump. That chapter, you may recall, concluded with archvillain Homelander (Antony Starr) assuming control not just of fictional conglomerate Vought, but of the United States itself. In the Amazon Prime Video drama’s fifth and final season, Homelander has set up inhumane detention camps for undesirables, installed a bootlicking lackey as vice president and jeopardized the domestic oil supply with his hubristic actions abroad. Just the kind of escapist entertainment we all crave!

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