Home > The Boys > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Boys: Season 1 (2019) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Want to see Episode List Season 1 The Boys Critics Consensus Though viewers' mileage may vary, The Boys' violent delights and willingness to engage in heavy, relevant themes are sure to please those looking for a new group of antiheroes to root for. 84% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 93 94% Audience Score User Ratings: 2655 More Info × Close Submit review Want to see Submit review Super Reviewer Super Reviewer Tap to review this movie Review this tv season Edit Review Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you get your ticket? 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Episodes 1 The Name of the Game Air date: Jul 26, 2019 When a Supe kills the love of his life, A/V salesman Hughie Campbell teams up with Billy Butcher, a vigilante hell-bent on punishing corrupt Supes -- and Hughie's life will never be the same again. More 2 Cherry Air date: Jul 26, 2019 The Boys get themselves a Superhero, Starlight gets payback, Homelander gets naughty, and a Senator gets naughtier. More 3 Get Some Air date: Jul 26, 2019 It's the race of the century. A-Train versus Shockwave, vying for the title of World's Fastest Man. Meanwhile, the Boys are reunited and it feels so good. More 4 The Female of the Species Air date: Jul 26, 2019 On a very special episode of The Boys... an hour of guts, gutterballs, airplane hijackings, madness, ghosts, and one very intriguing Female. Oh, and lots of heart -- both in the sentimental sense, and in the gory literal sense. More 5 Good for the Soul Air date: Jul 26, 2019 The Boys head to the "Believe" Expo to follow a promising lead in their ongoing war against the Supes. There might -- MIGHT -- be a homicidal infant, but you'll have to see for yourself. More 6 The Innocents Air date: Jul 26, 2019 "Super in America" features Homelander, Queen Maeve, Black Noir, The Deep, A-Train, Tara Reid and Billy Zane. More 7 The Self-Preservation Society Air date: Jul 26, 2019 Never trust a washed-up Supe -- the Boys learn this lesson the hard way. Meanwhile, Homelander digs into his past, Starlight discovers that love hurts, and if you're ever in Sandusky, Ohio and a girl asks if she can touch your gills, say NO. More 8 You Found Me Air date: Jul 26, 2019 Season Finale Time! Questions answered! Secrets revealed! Conflicts... conflicted! Characters exploded! And so much more! Watch with Prime More The Boys: Season 1 Videos 1:05 The Boys: Season 1 NYCC Teaser - Vought Is here For You 1:14 The Boys: Season 1 Uncensored Teaser - Spank 0:28 The Boys: Season 1 Teaser - Starlight 0:24 The Boys: Season 1 Teaser - The Seven 0:23 The Boys: Season 1 Teaser - Butcher & Hughie 2:35 The Boys: Season 1 Final Trailer 2:15 The Boys: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (7) Tv Season Info Genre: Action & Adventure Network: Amazon Prime Video Premiere Date: Jul 26, 2019 Creator: Garth Ennis Exec. Producers: Eric Kripke, Bill Goldberg, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, James Weaver Cast Jack Quaid as Hughie Elisabeth Shue as Madelyn Stillwell Jessie T. Usher as A-Train Antony Starr as Homelander Erin Moriarty (II) as Starlight Dominique McElligott as Queen Maeve Chace Crawford as The Deep Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir Karl Urban as Butcher Laz Alonso as Mother's Milk Tomer Kapon as Frenchie Karen Fukuhara as The Female Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Boys: Season 1 TV Premiere Dates 2019 21 People Ruling 2019 (So Far) Why The Boys’ Twisted Take on the Superhero Genre Is So Deeply Satisfying View All The Boys: Season 1 News Episodes 1 The Name of the Game Air date: Jul 26, 2019 When a Supe kills the love of his life, A/V salesman Hughie Campbell teams up with Billy Butcher, a vigilante hell-bent on punishing corrupt Supes -- and Hughie's life will never be the same again. More 2 Cherry Air date: Jul 26, 2019 The Boys get themselves a Superhero, Starlight gets payback, Homelander gets naughty, and a Senator gets naughtier. More 3 Get Some Air date: Jul 26, 2019 It's the race of the century. A-Train versus Shockwave, vying for the title of World's Fastest Man. Meanwhile, the Boys are reunited and it feels so good. More 4 The Female of the Species Air date: Jul 26, 2019 On a very special episode of The Boys... an hour of guts, gutterballs, airplane hijackings, madness, ghosts, and one very intriguing Female. Oh, and lots of heart -- both in the sentimental sense, and in the gory literal sense. More 5 Good for the Soul Air date: Jul 26, 2019 The Boys head to the "Believe" Expo to follow a promising lead in their ongoing war against the Supes. There might -- MIGHT -- be a homicidal infant, but you'll have to see for yourself. More 6 The Innocents Air date: Jul 26, 2019 "Super in America" features Homelander, Queen Maeve, Black Noir, The Deep, A-Train, Tara Reid and Billy Zane. More 7 The Self-Preservation Society Air date: Jul 26, 2019 Never trust a washed-up Supe -- the Boys learn this lesson the hard way. Meanwhile, Homelander digs into his past, Starlight discovers that love hurts, and if you're ever in Sandusky, Ohio and a girl asks if she can touch your gills, say NO. More 8 You Found Me Air date: Jul 26, 2019 Season Finale Time! Questions answered! Secrets revealed! Conflicts... conflicted! Characters exploded! And so much more! Watch with Prime More Critic Reviews for The Boys Season 1 All Critics (93) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (15) The Boys is an expert deconstruction of superhero stories, with an appropriately wintery view of institutional power, be it corporate, governmental, religious, or caped. Aug 19, 2019 | Full Review… Matthew Dessem Slate Top Critic The Boys isn't the bold deconstruction of superhero tropes its creators seem to think it is. Jul 26, 2019 | Full Review… Glen Weldon NPR Top Critic The cast is fine, particularly Shue, who is icily effective; Quaid, whose neurotic but brave fumblings are endearing; and Urban, who is Hughie's gonzo guide. Jul 25, 2019 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic The Boys fails to be truly subversive in ways that count more than just wagging a middle finger at Marvel CEO Kevin Feige. Jul 25, 2019 | Full Review… Nick Allen RogerEbert.com Top Critic Starr, Moriarty, and Shue bring extra dimensions to their characters, too, making "The Boys" all that much more fun (you know, when it's not very, very dark). Jul 29, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Shockingly violent and pointedly political, this Amazon series is an ironic but refreshing antidote to supe franchising. ... The Boys throws our ugly cultural obsessions back in our faces. Dec 11, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Mel Campbell ScreenHub The Boys is a story about superheroes fantastically well suited to skepticism, fatigue, and general wariness toward stories about superheroes. Sep 6, 2019 | Full Review… Alison Herman The Ringer Jokes are sarcastic, bloody and perfectly timed. Pay offs are cued up early on with subtlety and broad stroke character introductions feel full bodied and believable. Dec 4, 2019 | Full Review… Martin Carr Flickering Myth "The Boys" is a refreshing look at the ever-expanding world of men and women in tights. Dec 4, 2019 | Full Review… Bruce R. Miller Sioux City Journal Aside from its nearly-flawless execution -- from the SFX, production and costume designs to the acting and masterful direction -- it leaves an indelible mark, that of a corroded society, where good and evil morph and become irrelevant. Dec 2, 2019 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review… Alex Saveliev Film Threat This ultra-violent dark satire flips the script on our preconceived idealistic notions of what a superhero show should be. Sep 15, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review… Nicola Austin The GWW While at times being a bit one-track minded, The Boys takes you on an obscene, violent, and sometimes comedic journey that explores what happens when the superheroes you admire on camera, are actually jerks behind it. Dec 4, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review… Dalin Costello Cultured Vultures View All Critic Reviews (93) Audience Reviews for The Boys: Season 1 19h ago The chance to see behind the scenes of superheroes when they're not in the public eye! From the controlling, manipulating company that 'employs' them, these supers show their true sides on their own time and far from the public eye! An excellent basis of showing the average person versus corporate might battle!! Brilliant! Can't wait for series 2! Bobby S 2d ago I truly loved this series. Homelander is one of the creepiest villains I've ever seen. The entire show does such a good job of making its point and being an allegory without being overly preachy. It's trying to say something, and it does - mixed with some awesome fight scenes/action sequences. The dialogue is also underrated. Great concept, great execution. Erick F 4d ago The "Series info" describes "The Boys" as "A fun and irreverent take on what happens when superheroes abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good." Well, I like the series, a lot, but I'm not sure the word "fun" describes it well. This show is dark. Very dark. Most of the superheroes are pure psychopaths, thinking nothing of murdering people for convenience and in the next instant smiling for the cameras and shaking hands with the rabble, utterly emotionally unaffected by the mayhem they wrought. They connive, manipulate and program the masses through their corporation which is really just a massive marketing monolith headed by people who are just as without empathy (if not more so) than most of the supes. A lot of people die in many gory ways, and some of the supes are shockingly depraved when it comes to victimizing people for their personal entertainment. I gave the show four and a half stars because I think it overdoes the wanton unjust violence a little, or doesn't balance it out with enough humor or at least let the good guys live a little better. Our protagonists all seem to be suffering heroes, the supes are definitely unhappy even if they wouldn't admit it, everyone in this show is absolutely miserable and after a while it just kind of grinds me down a little, even with the brilliant storytelling combined with fantastic performances, effects and relevant cultural commentary. My complains are small when measure against the magnificent accomplishments. And those costumes! Web G 5d ago Simply Great! The vibe you get from watching this series is amazing. At last, we get something that doesn't try to force stupid humor all the time down to your throat. It's gritty, dark and involving. I recommend! Andrew G Dec 06, 2019 This show is amazing. Home lander is such a deep, creepy, yet somehow loveable character. This is what TV needs more of! Thomas O Dec 05, 2019 Worth watching , seriously a different type of superhero story like a bit realistic, waiting for season 2!! Ram S Dec 03, 2019 I really enjoyed the writing and plot of this first season. Just supplanted Stranger Things for me as my favorite streaming tv all time. Chad C Dec 02, 2019 This is a superhero take on the old adage, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. THE BOYS shows it well by giving the super powered regular human characteristics. For comic readers, the 80s brought a lot of introspective dark anti-heroes, which peaked in a bloody rage in the 90s (looking at you, Image Comics), but without the self-reflective perspective. The early 2000s brought stories like this, an attempt to turn the blood baths introspective, and Amazon picked a good one selecting this story. Amazon also has brought in today's heavier topics to make it relevant. When watching it, it may help viewers to keep in mind that it might look disjointed at first and rely on some shock value to bring the audience back, but it wraps itself up at the end of the season, while also setting up season 2. Eric W Dec 01, 2019 The first season of The Boys (the second TV adaptation of a Garth Ennis comic, following Preacher), is a fun and satisfying R-Rated take on the superhero genre, that succeeds by incorporating elements of espionage, raunch, and social satire into a compelling whole. Set in a world where superheroes all have degrading secrets, the show really works as an allegory for ironic celebrity worship and spineless legislations, and it serves as a great backdrop for the show's indelible brand of pulp. Production values remain impressive throughout, with the gory action sure to appease genre fans, as does the writing which does an ample job of fleshing out the large cast of characters throughout the eight episodes. While the comic book received a fair amount of criticism for being gratuitous, the show tones down much of that unpleasant content while still remaining edgy, and seeing that our society is in more of a hailstorm of conspiracy theories and political corruption now than when the book was first published, the material is definitely more ubiquitous. Setting itself up nicely for next season with a rather shocking finale, here's hoping that The Boys keeps it up for subsequent years, rather than spiral to an unfit conclusion like Preacher did. Peter F Nov 26, 2019 It strays from the comics, which is to be expected. The comics are far more graphic and disturbing. That said I absolutely loved it! 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