The Boys (TV series)

The Boys is an American superhero black comedy drama television series developed by Eric Kripke and based on the Dynamite Entertainment comic series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The series is produced by Amazon and stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capon, Karen Fukuhara, Nathan Mitchell, and Elisabeth Shue.
The first season of The Boys premiered on July 28, 2019 on Amazon Prime Video. The second season premiered on September 4, 2020. The third season was announced before the Season 2 premiere and premiered on June 3, 2022. Shortly after the third season premiere, the fourth season was announced on June 10, 2022, and was later revealed to be premiering on June 13, 2024. Ahead of the fourth season premiere, a fifth and final season was officially announced on May 14, 2024.
==Synopsis==
The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are as popular as celebrities, as influential as politicians and as revered as gods, abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. It's the powerless against the super powerful as The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about "The Seven," and their formidable Vought backing.
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
*Karl Urban as Billy Butcher
*Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell
*Antony Starr as John/Homelander
*Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight
*Dominique McElligott as Maggie Shaw/Queen Maeve (Seasons 1-3)
*Jessie T. Usher as Reggie Franklin/A-Train
*Laz Alonso as Marvin Milk/Mother's Milk
*Chace Crawford as Kevin Moskowitz/The Deep
*Tomer Capone as Serge/Frenchie
* Karen Fukuhara as Kimiko Miyashiro/The Female
*Nathan Mitchell as Earving/Black Noir (Seasons 1-3) and Black Noir II (Season 4)
* Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell (Season 1; guest Season 2)
*Colby Minifie as Ashley Barrett (Season 2-present; supporting Season 1)
*Aya Cash as Klara Risinger/Stormfront (Season 2; supporting Season 3)
*Claudia Doumit as Victoria Neuman (Seasons 3-4; supporting Season 2)
*Jensen Ackles as Ben/Soldier Boy (Season 3; guest Season 4)
*Cameron Crovetti as Ryan Butcher (Season 4; supporting Seasons 2-3)
*Susan Heyward as Jessica Bradley/Sister Sage (Season 4)
*Valorie Curry as Misty Tucker Gray/Firecracker (Season 4)
*Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Kessler (Season 4)
===Supporting Cast=== 
*Laila Robins as Grace Mallory (Seasons 1-4)
*Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar (Seasons 2-3; guest Seasons 1 and 4)
*Jordana Lajoie as Cherie (Seasons 1-3; guest Season 4)
*Jim Beaver as Robert Singer (Seasons 2-4; guest Season 1)
*Jennifer Esposito as Susan Raynor (Season 1; guest Season 2)
*Shantel VanSanten as Becca Butcher (Seasons 2 and 4; guest Season 1)
*Simon Pegg as Hugh Campbell Sr. (Seasons 1 and 4; guest Season 3)
*Ann Cusack as Donna January (Seasons 1-2; guest Season 3-4)
*Christian Keyes as Nathan Franklin (Seasons 1 and 3; guest Season 4)
*Nicola Correia-Damude as Elena (Seasons 1-2; guest Season 3)
*Malcolm Barrett as Seth Reed (Seasons 1 and 3; guest Seasons 2 and 4)
*David Reale as Evan Lambert (Season 1 and 4, guest Seasons 2-3)
*Mishka Thébaud as Shockwave (Seasons 1-2)
*Katy Breier as Cassandra Schwartz (Seasons 2-3)
*John Doman as Jonah Vogelbaum (Season 1; guest Season 2)
*P.J. Byrne as Adam Bourke (Seasons 2 and 4; guest Season 3)
*Liyou Abere as Janine Milk (Season 3; guest Seasons 2 and 4)
*Alex Hassell as Schecht/Translucent (Season 1)
*Shaun Benson as Ezekiel (Season 1; guest Season 4)
*Brittany Allen as Charlotte/Popclaw (Season 1)
*Haley Joel Osment as Mesmer (Season 1)
*Jess Salgueiro as Robin Ward (Season 1)
*David Andrews as Senator Calhoun (Seasons 1 and 4)
*Shawn Ashmore as Lamplighter (Season 2)
*Abraham Lim as Kenji Miyashiro (Season 2)
*Goran Visnjic as Alastair Adana (Season 2)
*Jessica Hecht as Carol Mannheim (Season 2)
*Langston Kerman as Eagle the Archer (Season 2)
*David Thompson as Matthew Culbert/Gecko (Season 2)
*Ana Sani as Anika (Season 3; guest Seasons 1-2 and 4)
*Matthew Edison as Cameron Coleman (Seasons 3-4)
*Sabrina Saudin as Also Ashley (Season 3-4)
*Laurie Holden as Crimson Countess (Season 3)
*Matthew Gorman as Todd (Season 3; guest Season 4)
*Frances Turner as Monique Milk (Seasons 3-4)
*Miles Gaston Villanueva as Alexander/Supersonic (Season 3)
*Katia Winter as Little Nina (Season 3; guest Season 4)
*Kristin Booth as Tessa (Season 3)
*Jack Doolan as Tommy (Season 3)
*Ryan Blakely as Daniel/Mindstorm (Season 3)
*Nick Wechsler as Blue Hawk (Season 3)
*Paul Reiser as The Legend (Season 3)
*Graham Gauthier as Lamar Bishop (Season 3)
*Tilda Swinton as Ambrosius (Season 4)
*Rosemarie Dewitt as Daphne Campbell (Season 4)
*Elliot Knight as Colin Hauser (Season 4)
*Erika Prevost as Tala (Season 4)
*Derek Wilson as Robert Vernon/Tek Knight (Season 4)
*Omid Abtahi as Sameer Shah (Season 4)
*Nancy Lenehan as Barbara Findley (Season 4)
*Dan Mousseau as Webweaver (Season 4)
*Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap (Season 4)
*Asa Germann as Sam Riordan (Season 4)
==Episodes==
===Season One===
Number	Episode title 	Airdate
1 	"The Name of the Game" 	July 26, 2019
2 	"Cherry" 	July 26, 2019
3 	"Get Some" 	July 26, 2019
4 	"The Female of the Species" 	July 26, 2019
5 	"Good for the Soul" 	July 26, 2019
6 	"The Innocents" 	July 26, 2019
7 	"The Self-Preservation Society"	July 26, 2019
8 	"You Found Me" 	July 26, 2019
===Season Two===
Number	Episode title 	Airdate
1 	"The Big Ride" 	September 4, 2020
2 	"Proper Preparation and Planning" 	September 4, 2020
3 	"Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men"	September 4, 2020
4 	"Nothing Like It in the World" 	September 11, 2020
5 	"We Gotta Go Now" 	September 18, 2020
6 	"The Bloody Doors Off" 	September 25, 2020
7 	"Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" 	October 2, 2020
8 	"What I Know" 	October 9, 2020
===Season Three===
The third season was announced in August of 2020.
Number	Episode title 	Airdate
1 	"Payback" 	June 3, 2022
2 	"The Only Man in the Sky" 	June 3, 2022
3 	"Barbary Coast" 	June 3, 2022
4 	"Glorious Five Year Plan" 	June 10, 2022
5 	"The Last Time to Look on This World of Lies"	June 17, 2022
6 	"Herogasm" 	June 24, 2022
7 	"Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed" 	July 1, 2022
8 	"The Instant White-Hot Wild" 	July 8, 2022
=== Season Four===
Number	Episode title 	Airdate
1 	"Department of Dirty Tricks" 	June 13, 2024
2 	"Life Among the Septics" 	June 13, 2024
3 	"We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here"	June 13, 2024
4 	"Wisdom of the Ages" 	June 20, 2024
5 	"Beware of the Jabberwock, My Son” 	June 27, 2024
6 	"Dirty Business" 	July 4, 2024
7 	"The Insider" 	July 11, 2024
8 	"Assassination Run" 	July 18, 2024
==Development==
Between 2008 and 2016, a film adaptation of The Boys had been in various stages of development at both Columbia Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
On April 6, 2016, it was announced that Cinemax was developing a television series adaption of the comic book. The production was being developed by Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen. Kripke was set to write the series while Goldberg and Rogen were set to direct. Executive producers were reported to include Kripke, Goldberg, Rogen, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, James Weaver, Ken Levin, and Jason Netter. Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson were set as co-executive producers. Production companies involved with the series included Point Grey Pictures, Original Film, and Sony Pictures Television.
On November 8, 2017, it was announced that Amazon had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of eight episodes. The series had reportedly been in development at Amazon for a number of months preceding the series order announcement. It was also reported that the previously announced creative team was still attached to the series.
Kripke wanted to retain a sense of reality to the show, and to keep the writers disciplined decided "Anything that comes out of this drug is viable, and anything that doesn't we're not allowed to do". He did not want to fall into the overused convention of killing off female characters to motivate the heroes and also saw an opportunity to surprise readers of the comics by changing the story of Butcher's wife Becky.
On April 30, 2018, it was announced that Dan Trachtenberg would direct the series' first episode. He replaces Rogen and Goldberg who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Ahead of the series premiere, on July 19, 2019, it was announced that Amazon had renewed the series for a second season. The eight scripts for the second season were completed by November 2019.
Ahead of the second season premiere, on July 23, 2020, Amazon renewed the series for a third season at the aftershow hosted by Aisha Tyler for San Diego Comic-Con@Home.
==Reception==
On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds an approval rating of 84% based on 98 reviews, with an average rating of 7.72/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Though viewer's mileage may vary, The Boys violent delights and willingness to engage in heavy, relevant themes are sure to please those looking for a new group of antiheroes to root for." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on reviews from 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
==Gallery==
===Posters===
File:The Boys Poster.jpg|Season One
File:Season 2 poster.jpg|Season Two
File:The Boys season 3 poster.png|Season Three
===Trailers===
The Boys - Official Trailer Prime Video
The Boys - Final Trailer Prime Video
THE BOYS Season 2 Trailer "Young Homelander" (2020) TV Series HD-1574992224|Final Trailer Season 2
File:THE BOYS Season 2 Official Teaser Trailer (2020)
File:The Boys Season 2 - Teaser Trailer Amazon Prime Video
File:The Boys Season 2 - Official Trailer - Amazon Prime Video
File:The Boys – Official Season 3 REDBAND Teaser Trailer - Prime Video
==References==
Category:Television Series
de:The Boys
fr:The Boys
pl:Chłopaki (Serial)