List of The Boys episodes

The Boys is an American satirical superhero television series developed by showrunner Eric Kripke that premiered on July 26, 2019, on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they attempt to take down The Seven, a team of superpowered individuals who abuse their powers.

Originally intended to be a feature-length film trilogy, the comic book series adaptation began its development in 2008 with Adam McKay set to direct, until a series of creative differences led to the project's cancellation until it was revived in 2016 as a television series.^[1][2][3] The series premiered on July 26, 2019, on Amazon Prime Video. Kripke also serves as an executive producer, alongside Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.^[3][4][5][6] Filming for the series takes place in Canada despite the storyline primarily taking place in New York City.^[7][8][9] With the exception of the first season, which released every episode on the same day,^[10] episodes are released on a weekly basis with each season premiering its first three episodes for the remainder of the series.^[11][12][13]

As of July 18, 2024,^[update] 32 episodes of The Boys have been released, concluding the fourth season. The series is currently set to conclude with a fifth and final season, announced on June 11, 2024, and currently in development.^[14][15][16] A companion short film, Butcher: A Short Film, was released on September 10, 2020.^[17]

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	8		July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
2	8		September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)	October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)
3	8		June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)	July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08)
4	8		June 13, 2024 (2024-06-13)	July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)
5	TBA		2026 (2026)[18]	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

Main article: The Boys season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"The Name of the Game"	Dan Trachtenberg	Eric Kripke	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
2	2	"Cherry"	Matt Shakman	Eric Kripke	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
3	3	"Get Some"	Phil Sgriccia	George Mastras	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
4	4	"The Female of the Species"	Fred Toye	Craig Rosenberg	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
5	5	"Good for the Soul"	Stefan Schwartz	Anne Cofell Saunders	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
6	6	"The Innocents"	Jennifer Phang	Rebecca Sonnenshine	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
7	7	"The Self-Preservation Society"	Dan Attias	Craig Rosenberg & Ellie Monahan	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)
8	8	"You Found Me"	Eric Kripke	Anne Cofell Saunders & Rebecca Sonnenshine	July 26, 2019 (2019-07-26)

Season 2 (2020)

Main article: The Boys season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
9	1	"The Big Ride"	Phil Sgriccia	Eric Kripke	September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)
10	2	"Proper Preparation and Planning"	Liz Friedlander	Rebecca Sonnenshine	September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)
11	3	"Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men"	Steve Boyum	Craig Rosenberg	September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)
12	4	"Nothing Like It in the World"	Fred Toye	Michael Saltzman	September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11)
13	5	"We Gotta Go Now"	Batan Silva	Ellie Monahan	September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)
14	6	"The Bloody Doors Off"	Sarah Boyd	Anslem Richardson	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)
15	7	"Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker"	Stefan Schwartz	Craig Rosenberg	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
16	8	"What I Know"	Alex Graves	Rebecca Sonnenshine	October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)

Season 3 (2022)

Main article: The Boys season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
17	1	"Payback"	Phil Sgriccia	Craig Rosenberg	June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
18	2	"The Only Man in the Sky"	Phil Sgriccia	David Reed	June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
19	3	"Barbary Coast"	Julian Holmes	Anslem Richardson & Geoff Aull	June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
20	4	"Glorious Five-Year Plan"	Julian Holmes	Meredith Glynn	June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10)
21	5	"The Last Time to Look on This World of Lies"	Nelson Cragg	Ellie Monahan	June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17)
22	6	"Herogasm"	Nelson Cragg	Jessica Chou	June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)
23	7	"Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed"	Sarah Boyd	Paul Grellong	July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01)
24	8	"The Instant White-Hot Wild"	Sarah Boyd	Logan Ritchey & David Reed	July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08)

Season 4 (2024)

Main article: The Boys season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
25	1	"Department of Dirty Tricks"	Phil Sgriccia	David Reed	June 13, 2024 (2024-06-13)
26	2	"Life Among the Septics"	Karen Gaviola	Jessica Chou	June 13, 2024 (2024-06-13)
27	3	"We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here"	Fred Toye	Ellie Monahan	June 13, 2024 (2024-06-13)
28	4	"Wisdom of the Ages"	Phil Sgriccia	Geoff Aull	June 20, 2024 (2024-06-20)
29	5	"Beware the Jabberwock, My Son"	Shana Stein	Judalina Neira	June 27, 2024 (2024-06-27)
30	6	"Dirty Business"	Karen Gaviola	Anslem Richardson	July 4, 2024 (2024-07-04)
31	7	"The Insider"	Catriona McKenzie	Paul Grellong	July 11, 2024 (2024-07-11)
32	8	"Season Four Finale" "Assassination Run"[a]	Eric Kripke	Jessica Chou & David Reed	July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18)

Season 5

Main article: The Boys season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
33	1	"Fifteen Inches of Sheer Dynamite"[22]	Phil Sgriccia	Paul Grellong	2026 (2026)[23]

Other media

Seven on 7 (2021–present)

Main article: Seven on 7

Seven on 7 is a faux current affairs digital series serving as the center of several viral marketing campaigns for The Boys and its spin-off series Gen V. As of September 28, 2022, a total of nine "minisodes" have been released.^[24][25][26]

Butcher: A Short Film (2020)

Main article: The Boys (franchise) § Butcher (2020)

A companion short film, set between the first and second seasons of The Boys, was uploaded on Twitter on September 10, 2020, alongside the release of the series episode "Nothing Like It in the World", with Karl Urban reprising his role as Billy Butcher.^[17][27][28]

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Running time
Butcher: A Short Film	Liz Friedlander	Garth Ennis, Eric Kripke, & Darick Robertson	September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10)	5:08
Evading the authorities after being framed for Madelyn Stillwell's murder, Butcher seeks help from his old friend Jock.

Notes

1. The episode was retitled from "Assassination Run" to "Season Four Finale" due to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.^[19][20][21]