The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has responded to fan complaints that the final season of the show has “filler” episodes.
The fifth and final season of the superhero satire is currently on Amazon’s Prime Video, with the last two episodes arriving on May 13 and 20 respectively.
Some fans have complained about some of the episodes feeling like “filler”, i.e. stories that do not drive the overall plot forward. However, Kripke shut down those accusations in an interview with TV Guide (Via Deadline).
“None of the things that happen in the last few episodes will matter if you don’t flesh out the characters. I’m getting a lot of online dissatisfaction, to put it politely,” he said. “And I’m like, ‘What are you expecting? Are you expecting a huge battle scene every episode?’”
Aside from the expense of having a battle scene every episode, he argues that non-stop fights “would be so empty and dull, and it would just be about shapes moving without having any import.”
Addressing the “filler” accusations directly, he said: “At no point during the writing of it was I like, ‘Oh yeah, we’re making filler episodes. So who cares?’ We all thought at the time we’re really getting these important character details. We have something like 14 characters, maybe 15. And I owe it to all of them — in that television is the character business — I owe it to all of them to flesh them out and humanise them and their stories.”
“You’re like, ‘Nothing happened!’ I’m like, ‘Nothing happened, what?’” he added. “The craziest, biggest moves happened. It just wasn’t someone shooting someone else and going, pew, pew, pew. And if that’s what you want, you’re just watching the wrong show.”
In two weeks, we’re going out with a bang. Literally, because ya might vibrate watchin’ the series finale in 4DX. Get yer mitts on a seat with the purchase of a concession voucher, which is good towards sweets or soda the day of. See ya May 19 at 9:30 p.m. https://t.co/C7AE0aE0Xs pic.twitter.com/dO5Mey0Msi
— THE BOYS (@TheBoysTV) May 5, 2026
The fifth season of The Boys received rave reviews from critics, currently standing at 97 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.
NME’s five-star review of the first six episodes of season five said that the show “avoids the traps that most final seasons stumble into by chasing a clear endgame, instead of trying to constantly subvert expectations. Funny, crass and devastatingly poignant, those hoping for a suitable send-off will get the bloody masterpiece they were searching for.”
Recently, it was announced that the finale of the show would be screened in cinemas in the 4DX format.
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