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The Boys Season 5 is finally making its way to us in early 2026, and a brand-new teaser trailer for the final season has fans extremely excited for it. The teaser trailer for the Prime Video show was released only a few hours ago, and fans are already dissecting every single second, trying to guess what the final season has in store for them.
While the teaser trailer does not reveal any major spoilers for the season, except for making it clear that a war is imminent, there are a lot of exciting reveals hidden in there. Additionally, one exciting detail about the final season of the Prime Video show was not hidden in the teaser trailer but revealed by the streamer itself.
Keep reading to find out more.
Prime Video will forego a major premiere strategy for The Boys Season 5 release
The Boys Season 5 is one of the most anticipated releases for Prime Video. Since the show's premiere in 2019, it has become one of the most exciting and popular franchises for the streamer, giving way to several present and upcoming spin-offs, including Gen V and Vought Rising.
So, it is more than apparent that Prime Video will be pulling out all the stops for its release. In one such decision, the streamer has chosen to forego its premiere strategy in lieu of the final season's release. In recent times, Prime Video has adopted a three-episode premiere followed by weekly episodes for its major releases.
This strategy has been followed in the most recent releases for the network. Shows such as The Boys, Seasons 3 and 4, Reacher, Season 3, Invincible, Seasons 1 and 3, and Countdown have all followed this release schedule, leading to the assumption that The Boys Season 5 would follow a similar release schedule.
However, according to official reveals from the streamer, the show will premiere with two episodes instead of three on April 8, 2026. Following the premiere, weekly episode releases will follow, setting Episode 8, or the epic season finale, up for May 20:
The release schedule is as follows:
- April 8, 2026: Episodes 1 and 2 released at once
- April 15, 2026: Episode 3
- April 22, 2026: Episode 4
- April 29, 2026: Episode 5
- May 6, 2026: Episode 6
- May 13, 2026: Episode 7
- May 20, 2026: Episode 8
The synopsis for The Boys Season 5 reads:
"It’s Homelander’s world, completely subject to his erratic, egomaniacal whims. Hughie, Mother’s Milk, and Frenchie are imprisoned in a 'Freedom Camp.' Annie struggles to mount a resistance against the overwhelming Supe force. Kimiko is nowhere to be found. But when Butcher reappears, ready and willing to use a virus that will wipe all Supes off the map, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change the world and everyone in it."
The teaser trailer for The Boys Season 5 featured leading actor Karl Urban's Butcher bringing together his group for the imminent war against Antony Starr's Homelander and his supes, but this group is more than aware that they may not make it out of this alive.
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