Jack Quaid Offers Hilarious Update on The Boys’ Final Season Production

The Boys is heading toward its final season, and one of the show’s central stars has given fans a sneak peek behind the scenes to assure them that it’ll be just as fun and bloody as the show has gained a reputation for being.

The Boys has carved out a massive chunk of the public zeitgeist since its release, with the live-action adaptation of the comic book series of the same name far exceeding the acclaim of the source material by striking out on its own terms. Offering up a far more nuanced take on the comic’s novel concepts while maintaining all the shock, awe, and gore that the books were best known for and presenting one of the most interesting superhero teams fans have seen on TV in The Seven, The Boys managed to be a success in a time period where superhero fatigue was the talk of the town. After a successful run over four seasons, the show is finally approaching an end with its fifth and final season.

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While the last set of photo leaks from The Boys season five revealed major plot details, fans have more recently been treated to an update on filming that’s a lot lighter on the exposition and heavy on the silliness. In a recent message to the fans posted by The Boys’ Hughie star Jack Quaid to his Instagram, the actor offers a short and simple update on the filming for the show’s fifth and final season. In the post, fans can see the actor drenched in a gratuitous amount of blood on the set for season five alongside the caption “👍🏻WORK’S BEEN GOING GREAT, YOU GUYS! #theboys #season5.” The insane post, which fans know is par for the course for the show, is made even more hilarious by the official account for Prime Video chiming in via the comments section to point out that Quaid “missed a spot.” Fans were also quick to make fun of the situation, with one commenter asserting, “It’s not The Boys unless Jack Quaid is covered in blood.”

It’s clear that the cast is making headway with filming on The Boys season five despite the lack of a complete script, and that’s good news for fans who want the final installment of the show out sooner rather than later. While there hasn’t been much by way of an official synopsis for the events of the season, the leaked images and the events of the season four finale make for a pretty interesting outline of events. Fans have been eager to see how characters like Homelander and The Deep get their comeuppence, but there are also a lot of potential dangers for the show’s ragtag band of protagonists, many of who were taken by force at the end of season four. There are no assurances on which characters will survive and who won’t make it to the end of the road, but there’s also no telling whose blood Hughie is being drenched in at this time.

While showrunner Eric Kripke is worried about The Boys going out low like Game of Thrones did, the show does have a lot going for it in terms of managing expectations and having enough creative freedom to bring things to a satisfying conclusion. Quaid’s update makes it clear that the show won’t be pulling any punches on the gore that it’s become famous for, and Kripke has promised fans that a lot of characters will get what’s coming to them in what’s sure to be a cathartic final season. With all that going for it, fans can just sit back and relax while being rest assured that when the show’s final installment hits Prime Video, it’ll land with a boom and not a whimper.

The Boys is available to stream on Amazon’s Prime Video platform. Season Five is likely to be released in 2026.

The Boys

Release Date

July 25, 2019

Showrunner

Eric Kripke

Directors

Erin Moriarty, Karen Fukuhara, Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Eric Kripke

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