The marketing campaign for The Boys Season 5 is slowly ramping up for its April 2026 release. However, fans are still cautiously optimistic for the final season of the popular Prime Video dark superhero satire because of the fan reaction to the fourth season. They feel that this season did not have enough storylines to warrant eight episodes.Consisting of eight episodes, season 4 focused exclusively on the gang trying to deliver a crushing blow to the supes. They attempt to do so by trying to kill Vice President Victoria Neuman, who is hiding her powers from the wider public."The world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son as well as his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late."Fan reaction to The Boys Season 4 explained:Posts from the television community on RedditThe Boys Season 4 turned off its fans with its pace and, more importantly, its politics, and it should be noted that it was streaming during the election year. It did not help that the season was unfolding at a time when the current US president, Donald Trump, was regaining political ground for the then-upcoming 2024 presidential election.However, despite the fan reaction, the fourth season won over critics and some fans. The fourth episode, "Wisdom of the Ages", impressed both fans and critics by giving an origin story to Homelander. But it is the closing minutes of the season 4 finale that make the season relevant to current affairs.For the uninitiated, The Boys season 4 finale ended with Homelander winning over the good guys. Homelander has all the political power, even if he is not the president. After getting all the power, Homelander imprisons everyone who opposed him, and that includes the main protagonists as well. Billy Butcher and Annie January are the only exceptions as they manage to escape.Showrunner Eric Kripke discussed the writing for the final season in a DiscussingFilm interview in a July 2024 interview:"Yeah, without necessarily knowing when the show should end. I was so wrong with Supernatural, I could not have been more wrong in history about how long a show should go. Moreover, I should have stopped trying to predict how long [The Boys] should go. But I will say that the big meta storyline of the series is these two forces of Homelander and Billy Butcher coming toward each other. Like these two meteors, two planets. Whatever the ending is, it has to heavily involve finally bringing that to a head with whatever disruption that entails. There are obviously other shows in this universe. There are obviously other corners of the universe to explore. However, this particular story is about Homelander and Butcher crashing into each other."What's next for the Prime Video series? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThe final season is slowly approaching its April release date. The teaser trailer suggests that MM, Kimiko, Frenchie, and Hughie have all been broken out of the “Freedom Camps”. They have reunited with Annie and Billy Butcher to confront Homelander for one last time."In the fifth and final season, 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. It’s the climax, people. Big stuff’s gonna happen."The Boys Season 5 premieres on April 8, 2026. Binge the previous four and two Gen V Seasons on Prime Video until then.