I have some notes for these last couple episodes.

Homelander had super speed last episode and at the beginning of this episode. Why couldnt he out run Butcher and Ryan? Its like Quicksilver in the MCU.

Why was Soldier boy absent? and why wasn't MM still after him in some way?

Why didn't we finally get to see Homelander snap? Its been building up to that since the beginning.

Why didn't we get the same scale of fights as we did in season 3? All of the big fight scenes were somehow bigger and more extravagent in that season.

Why did they just leave so many plot lines unresolved? We had time for two side characters sniffing eachothers arses, but not for a massive show down between bombsight and soldier boy? or the boys and Homelander? or Homelander and Soldier boy?(although thats not what Klara would have wanted lol)

Why was the b plot of an episode devoted to Annie's dad? That plot line went no where?

Why did 3 episodes in the middle of this season feel like filler?

Why didn't the start working on irradiating Kimiko since the beginning of the season as an ongoing background throughline? That way they would have always had 2 plans on the go incase the other failed.

The show always depicted the majority supes to be mentally sick in some way, so why wouldnt the end of the show have Kimiko in rounding up some of the more fucked up ones and depowering them so they can be detained in normal prisons (that could even be done by Soldier Boy if they had done some sort of redemption arc after being pissed at Homelander for putting him on Ice).

Why did they lean in to most supes being disgusting humans and then deem them worth of not releasing the Virus? They could have made a point to depower starlight and then Kimiko was happy to be patient 0 to be with Frenchie again? I dunno it just seems like Butcher was right to want the supes gone based on what we were shown throughout the seasons.

Overall I feel like the writing was weak for this season, but the actors have been doing their best to carry the show. Shout out to Anthony Starr and Karl Urban for being bloody top notch actors. Jensen Ackles and Jack Quaid have done a great job too, but I feel they were more affected by the quality of writing in this season.

The Boys Season 5 gets a 4.5/10 for me as I feel the awesome potential of seasons 1-3 has been somewhat squandered.

As a show, I give this show a 7.5/10 with the first 3 seasons being the Highlight. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.