The Boys Season 4 finale is now out on Prime Video, and due to the recent Donald Trump assassination, the episode changed its title and comes with a warning.
The episode was originally titled “Assassination Run,” but for obvious reasons they decided to change the title to simply the “Season Four Finale.”
Trigger warning issued
Viewers will also see the following warning playing before the episode airs.
“The season finale of The Boys contains scenes of fictional political violence, which some viewers may find disturbing, especially in light of the injuries and tragic loss of life sustained during the assassination attempt on former President Trump,” Amazon said.
The message continues, “The Boys is a fictitious series that was filmed in 2023, and any scene or plotline similarities to these real-world events are coincidental and unintentional. Amazon, Sony Pictures Television and the producers of The Boys reject, in the strongest terms, real-world violence of any kind.”
Here is the official description of the episode: “It’s January 6th as Congress certifies the election results to officially make Bob Singer President and Victoria Neuman his VP. But when Homelander reveals the truth about Neuman on live TV, it sends Congress — and the entire nation — into an uproar. Meanwhile, The Boys try to protect Singer from assassination, not realizing that the assassin is closer than they think. Annie struggles to figure out who Annie January really is — and to break free from captivity. And when Butcher makes his final attempt to convince Ryan to leave Homelander, things go horribly wrong, causing Butcher to embrace the monster within — and nothing will ever be the same again.”
Showrunner addresses similarities
The showrunner of the series, Eric Kripke, has made it no secret that Homelander is Donald Trump. Kripke also goes out of his way this season to attack right-wingers, which unfortunately detracts from the overall story. However, The Boys Season 4 finale happens to be really good proving Kripke can put out a good episode if he wants to instead of pushing his agenda on the fans which ruins the show.
Speaking with the trades, Kripke addressed similarities between his series and real life events.
“When Seth [Rogen] and Evan [Goldberg] and I took it out to pitch, it was 2016,” he explained of the origin story of the series, via THR. “We just wanted to do a very realistic version of a superhero show, one where superheroes are celebrities behaving badly. Trump was the, ‘He’s not really getting the nomination, is he?’ guy. When he got elected, we had a metaphor that said more about the current world. Suddenly, we were telling a story about the intersection of celebrity and authoritarianism and how social media and entertainment are used to sell fascism. We’re right in the eye of the storm. And once we realized that, I just felt an obligation to run in that direction as far as we could.”
“Again we’ll find that the news is accurately reflecting whatever we’re talking about,” he said, citing the season four premiere plot of putting the show’s Trump-like character, Homelander (played by Antony Starr) on trial. “Did I know it was going to come out during Trump’s trial? Of course not. But we write what we’re either scared of or pissed off about. Someone asked me last year, about season three, ‘How are you so prescient with cops and over-policing in Black neighborhoods?’ Well, it’s been a problem for over 100 years. It was a problem five years ago, and, unfortunately, it’s going to be a problem five years from now. It’s always the same shit.”
