Series Details & Credits
| Prime Video | Release Date: July 26, 2019 |
Summary:
Eric Kripke and Evan Goldberg's superhero series, based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson focuses on a group of vigilantes that include Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Female (Karen Fukuhara), and Frenchie (Tomer Capon).
Genre(s):
Drama, Action & Adventure
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S1:E8. You Found Me
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E7. The Self-Preservation Society
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E6. The Innocents
Air Date: July 26, 2019
Positive:
16
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
Jul 22, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The Boys operates on a few different levels, all of which the creative team nails on one level or another. ... But where the writing staff really excels is in the world-building. They’ve kept large chunks of the comic book story intact while also stripping away a bit of the X-Treme Edginess. ... And setting it firmly in a setting that’s both comic-book elevated and so perfectly 2019.
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Jul 26, 2019
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 24, 2019
Season 1 Review:
The premise of the Amazon black comedy is never not fun, and the more we learn about this bizarro world, as the supes go on the late-night talk shows and stage team-up photo ops on various crimes, the better. ... 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. But the real star of “The Boys” is the situation itself.
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The Guardian
Dec 4, 2019
Apr 30, 2019
Season 1 Review:
A flashy, smartly meta, often funny and very solidly cast, the pilot leaves a bit of a bad taste. Part of that is surely intentional and accurately reflects the tone of the source material. Whether that will continue and intensify after the initial hour, the only one available to review for the moment, remains to be seen.
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RogerEbert.com
Jul 25, 2019
Season 1 Review:
“The Boys” has too little emotional momentum, and trouble with its construction throughout—it’s too obviously taped together by conversations where one person tells another of a past incident solely so that we can learn about it, a cheap way to push the plot forward and cover exposition.
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Jul 27, 2019
Pretty entertaining, well written please watch it if you are into comics and superheros.
The whole superheros ideology is written and executed very well after the marvel fever it's a very fresh experience
The whole superheros ideology is written and executed very well after the marvel fever it's a very fresh experience
6 of 7 users found this helpful61
Jul 27, 2019
It honestly has one of the most unique premises I’ve seen in a show and also great characters as well (even though this was based off of a comic book) definitely a great watch
1 of 2 users found this helpful11
Aug 4, 2019
Very well made.
Quality humour.
Quality casting.
Quality acting.
Brilliant premise.
Well thought out story.
And much more!
Quality humour.
Quality casting.
Quality acting.
Brilliant premise.
Well thought out story.
And much more!
1 of 2 users found this helpful11
Aug 11, 2019
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Jan 29, 2020
Definately an interesting show. Really shows that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Entertaining good fun without a lot of SJWs, though it seems to be creeping in in the later episodes. Overall still great.
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Aug 14, 2019
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Jan 5, 2020
This show is made by psychopaths for psychopaths. I won't say that everyone who likes this show is a psychopath but there are certainly quite a few among them. This show is utterly contemptible in almost every regard.
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E8. You Found Me
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E7. The Self-Preservation Society
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E6. The Innocents
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E5. Good for the Soul
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E4. The Female of the Species
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E3. Get Some
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E2. Cherry
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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S1:E1. The Name of the Game
Air Date: July 26, 2019
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Season 1 Overview