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“The Boys” are back in town. The R-rated superhero series returns for its fourth season this Thursday, June 13, on Prime Video. To stream the series and the latest episodes, you’ll need to sign up for a Prime Video account, which currently offers a 30-day free trial.
The fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning drama began with three episodes Thursday night and will continue airing with weekly installments until its season finale on July 18.
According to the official description of the new season: “In season four, the world stands on the brink of danger. Victoria Newman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the firm thumb of Homelander, who is solidifying his power. Butcher, who has only months left to live, has lost Becca’s son and his job as leader of The Boys. The rest of the team is fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they must find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.”
The new season also introduces new Superhuman sisters Sage (Susan Hayward) and Firecracker (Valorie Curry) and new CIA agent Kessler (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) amid the ongoing battle for the soul of Homelander’s son Ryan (Cameron Crovetti). Meanwhile, Annie (Erin Morarity) distances herself from her Starlight persona, and Hughie (Jack Quaid) tries to mend his relationship with the dying Butcher as they attempt to assassinate Newman before the inauguration (on orders from President-elect Singer).
Ahead of the fourth season, the show’s creator Eric Kripke announced this week that the show would end with its fifth season. Kripke had previously said he wanted at least five seasons to tell the story so this news may not necessarily be shocking for diehard fans
“The Boys” has also spawned several spinoff projects at Amazon, including the animated anthology “The Boys Presents: Diabolical” and the live-action superhero college series “Gen V,” which is working on its second season, as well as two other projects currently in development, one set in Mexico and another announced by Kripke.
In his review of the latest season, Diversity TV critic Alison Herman wrote that the show was “suffering growth pains in its worst season ever.”
“While the show began primarily as a parody of the oppressively dominant superhero franchise, it has become an indictment of an overlapping series of systems and the harmful ideology that lies behind them,” she writes. “Season 4 begins to show the strain of that endeavor on both the series and the audience’s tolerance for frustration.”
Stream Season 4 of “The Boys” on Prime Video below:
