The Boys on Prime Video is known for its brutal and creative deaths. With this being the final episode, they had to be even more effective. They had to be creative, worthwhile, and the right person had to do the killing. While there wasn’t a lot of blood and guts in this episode, they were all done perfectly.
WARNING! SPOILERS FOR THE SERIES FINALE OF PRIME VIDEO’S THE BOYS.
Oh Father's original demise
There was no way Oh Father was going to survive this season. Not only was he an expendable character, but he was also a true believer. He accepted that Homelander was the new God on Earth and did everything he could to make sure anyone left alive believed it too. If they didn’t, they had to go.
In the end, it was his brand-new ball gag that ended up killing him. It was like Scarlet Witch killing Black Bolt (what mouth?), except funnier and with more blood. This was easily the funniest death scene of the season and a top-five one in the series.
Homelander loses all of his power
There were a few things that people wanted from this show. The most important of them was for Homelander to get what he deserved. He needed to be punished for all of the lives he ruined and the innocent people he directly and indirectly killed. But he couldn’t just die. It had to make sense and be memorable. The creative team hit the mark with both.
Homelander wasn’t just killed by Billy Butcher after Kimiko used her radiation beam. First, he had to deal with the fact that he was normal for the first time in his life. Then, he cowers as he realizes that there was no escaping what was coming. Lastly, the coup de grâce. The self-proclaimed god embarrassed himself in front of the world. It was the perfect lead to Butcher delivering the final blow.
The Deep's watery grave
If you asked people if they wanted Kevin (the Deep) to die, the majority would say yes because he was an awful person from the first time he was introduced. And even after consistently being treated like a joke by his peers, he still didn’t get that he was the villain in this story. So, like Homelander, his death couldn’t be simple, and it wasn’t.
Annie January (Starlight) is coerced into having sex with the Deep to join the Seven back in season 1. In every interaction since, he’s done nothing to become a better person. The one time he did wasn’t purely altruistic. That’s why it had to be Starlight to fight him in the end. The funny thing is that despite everything he’s done to her, Annie still tried to help him. In the end, it didn’t work, and Kevin was murdered by the sea creatures he was supposed to protect.
Billy Butcher's bittersweet ending
I wanted Billy Butcher to have a happy ending, and in some ways, he did. He did monstrous things throughout the series, and he knew that. Nevertheless, Butcher hoped that he could start over. Then Ryan said he didn’t want anything to do with him, and Terror (Butcher's dog) dies. After that, there was nothing left for him except to kill all of the Supes.
The one moment that The Boys had to stay true to was Butcher and Hughie having a go at each other at the end. It couldn’t be like the comics, but it needed to have the same feel and ending. Both were done spot on. Hughie still regrets killing his friend, and Butcher seemed proud that Hughie never became heartless, no matter what was done to him. It was the perfect sendoff for the most diabolical character on the show.
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