Why Is Eric Kripke Leaving ‘The Boys’ Forever?

July 3, 2025: It’s officially a wrap for The Boys. Series creator Eric Kripke has confirmed that filming for the fifth and final season has been completed. Taking to Instagram, Kripke shared a bittersweet farewell with fans, posting a photo of himself inside The Seven’s iconic conference room beneath the looming mural of Homelander.

“This is the last time I’ll ever be on this set. It’ll be torn down soon,” Kripke wrote. “It’s bittersweet, but my primary feeling is gratitude. We have the best cast, the best crew, the most fun story to write, and something that is impossible to predict: the right timing. You wait your whole career to have maybe two of those things, if you’re lucky. We got all of them.”

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Kripke thanked the entire The Boys family and the show’s loyal fan base. “Thanks for watching, can’t wait for you to see the grand finale. That’s a wrap,” he added.

Kripke had hinted back in 2020 that his “rough idea” was to end The Boys after five seasons — a far cry from his previous series Supernatural, which ran for 15 years. Still, he left room for flexibility: “I know better than to say how many seasons a show is gonna have.”

The fifth and final season is set to premiere in 2026, following a record-breaking fourth season that topped Nielsen streaming charts for the first time and cemented the series’ place as a major hit for Prime Video.