Eric Kripke’s hit series on Prime Video ended on several cliffhangers heading into its fifth and final season.
Published on July 29, 2024
Homelander, played by Antony Starr, in season 4 of “The Boys”.
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The boys were scattered in their strange and violent world. The fourth season of the hit Amazon Prime series — spoiler alert! — ended with all the boys, except Starlight and Butcher, captured on Homelander’s orders — and The boys Viewers are probably missing Supes vs. Vigilantes. And It’ll be a while longer before creator Eric Kripke is ready to return with the final season.
It will likely be a year or more before the fifth and final season returns. (A new prequel series, meanwhile, is also on the horizon.) So, The Hollywood Reporter I’ve scoured the real universe to suggest seven super-ish, original, powerful, and weird alternate shows to watch that can keep fans occupied until Hughie, New Black Noir, and the rest of the vigilante heroes and their foes return.
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Supacell (Netflix)
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This six-episode British series created by South London rapper and director Rapman has given Netflix one of its fastest-growing streaming hits. Supacell The story follows five young residents as they navigate the daily ups and downs of a working-class London community. The five are a nurse, a gang member, a parcel delivery driver, a convicted felon trying to reintegrate into society, and a young man who sells weed on the streets. They have nothing in common except one thing: a relative of theirs had the sickle cell trait that often strikes people of the African diaspora. But in their case, the disease has mutated inside them, giving each of them unique superpowers—from time-jumping to invisibility to superhuman strength. They must band together to save themselves (and the world) from a sinister source. Rapman doesn’t consider his series, inspired by the death of George Floyd, to be a superhero series, but rather a sci-fi drama. “There are people who compare it to Unsuitable Or Heroor some even say (The boys spin off) Generation V. But I think the fact that it’s set in south London, has a predominantly black cast and is more grounded in reality than the others, I think it’s unique,” he said recently. THR.
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Batman: The Masked Vigilante (Prime Video)
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From the imagination of executive producers Bruce Timm, JJ Abrams, Matt Reeves and Sam Register, this animated Batman tale will take audiences to the beginning of the crime-fighter’s story (premiering August 1 on Amazon Prime). In an interview with Empire In February, Timm said this version of the caped crusader’s story would focus more on him finding his way after facing off against Bruce Wayne’s alter ego for just a few weeks. “I wanted to make it a little weird and scary,” Timm said. said“If you’re stuck in a room with Batman, whether you’re Commissioner Gordon or Barbara Gordon or Renee Montoya, you don’t feel comfortable. You’re like, ‘What is this guy? What is this about?'”
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Pennyworth: The Origin Story of Batman’s Butler (Max)
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Staying on theme but leaving the world of animation, some fans might argue that Pennyworth is one of the best HBO/Max shows that isn’t on TV. There are no superheroes, and Bruce Wayne isn’t even born yet in this prequel series about Batman’s famous butler. But there are plenty of weird villains, cult ’60s tech, and enough psychedelic plot twists to keep your attention. Executive produced by Bruno Heller and Danny Cannon, Pennyworth tells the story of a young former British soldier, Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), who returns to an alternate London where civil war and public executions reign. A fascist group called the Raven Society puts Alfred in their sights, but he befriends two CIA agents, Thomas Wayne and Martha Kane (Batman’s future parents), who, alongside the British government and Pennyworth’s security agency, fight the anarchists. The series only ran for three seasons between 2019 and 2022, but can still be seen on Max. As of now, Max has no plans for a fourth season.
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Supernatural (The CW)
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It’s simple: two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles), travel the country in a 1967 Chevrolet Impala to hunt and eliminate monsters. This show was one of the The boys’ Series creator Eric Kripke enjoyed a hugely successful 15 seasons on The CW. And chances are, many of the actors from the show, which aired from 2005 to 2020, have found their way into The boys universe (Ackles will be in a Boys (a prequel to Soldier Boy); Kripke seems true to his talent. You can find all 15 seasons on Netflix.
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Class of 2009 (FX)
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The first of eight episodes aired in May on FX. Class of 2009 follows seven FBI recruits/candidates at Quantico in 2009 through their friendships and careers in 2023, and how everything is put to the test in the future year of 2034 when one of them helps develop AI software that turns the country into a dangerous Minority report-as society, predicting crimes before they happen and arresting or killing suspects without due process. The limited series was created by Tom Rob Smith.
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Generation V (Prime Video)
Although The boys ends, the universe will continue. And one spin-off series that will surely make a comeback in the near future is Amazon Prime’s Gen V. The series explores the lives of young Supes (the names of those who have superpowers in The boys‘ world) at Godolkin University’s crime-fighting school. Most students hope to learn how to control their supernatural powers, party hard, and get laid. Others, however, feel like misfits in a world where the majority of people generally fear them, and their parents are pushing for their kids to be able to enlist the help of Homelander and Vought International, and maybe one day land a spot on The Seven. Of course, when they’re young and immature, calamity and violent death are sure to follow these young Supes as they struggle to figure out who they are and what their place in life is. Until Season 2 drops, viewers can watch Season 1 on Prime Video.
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Those who are about to die (Peacock)
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No, there are no people with super powers like The boys. But the 10-episode series (out on Peacock July 18) still delivers much of what drew mass audiences to Eric Kripke’s flagship series: blood, violence, betrayal and revenge. Created by Robert Rodat and starring Anthony Hopkins, Those who are about to die explores the lives of Rome’s brave and dangerous gladiators during the reign of Emperor Vespasian in 79 AD, as well as the periods of violence and internal turmoil that led to Rome’s decline sometime after the Year of the Four Emperors. There’s enough mayhem, sex, and gore to keep viewers hooked until the final season of The boys Back.