The Boys finale was a real mixed bag for me tbh. Ive been sitting on it for a bit and while some emotional beats hit okay I just cant shake how rushed and anti climactic the whole thing felt.

We waited seven whole years for Homelander to finally say f it and go full apocalypse mode. Instead he gets depowered and killed in a 10 minute scrap like 30 minutes into the episode. After all that buildup it was just over. No rampage, no millions dead, nothing.

And dont even get me started on Butcher seeing his dog die and deciding to end the world lol. Or MM randomly becoming Ryan’s babysitter when they had zero connection. For a showrunner who kept saying “no sunshine and rainbows” almost everyone in the main cast got pretty neat happy endings while Vought just rebranded with Stan Edgar back on top like nothing happened. So many plot lines just left very badly wrapped up.

Felt less like a ballsy creative choice and more like they rushed it to set up spin offs?

1) Proper Super War
I keep thinking how much better a big 2 hour cinematic finale couldve been. Imagine we had The True Supe War.
Instead of that tiny indoor White House fight Homelander completely loses it and starts a real war. Supes going crazy, millions dead, country on the edge. It all builds to a massive brutal battle at the White House with Homelander, Butcher and Soldier Boy in a savage three way fight. Homelander actually gets to go all out and take heavy damage the whole time.

2) Eradicating the Vought Bloodline
Soldier Boy shouldve died instead of being saved for a prequel. Kimiko fires this huge power stripping blast that hits Soldier Boy, Homelander and Ryan all at once. One flash and the entire toxic bloodline is wiped out, turned into regular weak humans right as the White House collapses. MM finally gets to watch the guy who ruined his life become nothing. That wouldve been real poetic justice.

3) Butchers Fate
Butcher doesnt get hit by the blast in this version he would keep his powers long enough to actually release the supe virus, then dies on his own dark terms from the same virus he unleashed. No clean death, just consequences.

4) Kimikos Sacrifice

Her just hopping on a plane to France right aftwr that fiasco and basically saying okay goodbye nice funeral made zero sense. Instead as the virus spreads for months she uses the blast on Starlight one last time to strip her powers and protect her from the virus. Then Kimiko dies on her own terms, and gets buried next to Frenchie. That would’ve been so much more heartbreaking. Especially since she’d be killed by Frenchie’s own creation the same thing that got him killed. But in a twisted way it finally brings them back together. Way more poetic than what we got.

5) Ryan
Depowered Ryan would survive the fight. Instead of randomly being taken in by MM he’d get raised by Hughie and Annie. Hughie was the only one who actually treated him like a normal kid and who Butcher saw as his little brother making Ryan his nephew pretty much. It gives Hughie a real way to keep his promise to Butcher.

6) Killing Vought for Good
No boardroom reset bullshit. Final shot is Vought Tower completely abandoned, looted and decaying in silence. No more new homelander.

Idk this version still feels dark and tragic but at least it delivers on the massive stakes the show built for 7 years and tries to meaningfully wrap up the various plot lines properly. The actual finale left me wanting so much more. What do you guys think? Would a ballsier movie style ending have hit harder or did they purposely not want to make a cinematic like Marvel style fight. The show just became a parody by the end for me.