{"id":2370188,"date":"2026-04-12T22:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2370188"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:51:06","slug":"the-boys-first-big-season-5-death-confused-me-more-than-it-moved-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-boys-first-big-season-5-death-confused-me-more-than-it-moved-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys&#8217; First Big Season 5 Death Confused Me More Than It Moved Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Prime Video<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Spoilers below for anyone who hasn\u2019t yet streamed <\/strong><em><strong>The Boys<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u2019 Season 5 premiere via <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/amazon-prime-subscription-plan-price-134816670.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Amazon Prime subscription;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Amazon Prime subscription&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><strong>Amazon Prime subscription<\/strong><\/a><strong>, so be warned! [Cue the airhorn on Black Noir\u2019s podcast soundboard.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/spewing-bodily-fluids-abandon-critics-122443334.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:critic-approved final season of The Boys;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;critic-approved final season of The Boys&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">critic-approved final season of <em>The Boys<\/em><\/a> finally arrived last week \u2014 or at least the first two episodes did \u2014 and with them came the return of Love Sausage and his extremely lengthy (and violent) manhood. But watching Mother\u2019s Milk once again face off against the well-endowed villain wasn\u2019t the most talked-about moment from the opening salvo. Rather, that distinction went to one of the more shocking deaths to hit the 2026 TV schedule thus far, with Jessie T. Usher\u2019s speedster A-Train getting fatally derailed by Homelander.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The death itself follows the truly great moment where <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/boys-final-season-premiere-horrific-041836911.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:A-Train chuckles in Homelander\u2019s gobsmacked face just before his neck is snapped;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;A-Train chuckles in Homelander\u2019s gobsmacked face just before his neck is snapped&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">A-Train chuckles in Homelander\u2019s gobsmacked face just before his neck is snapped<\/a>. Given the former Seven member\u2019s death was fully inevitable, the moment itself wasn\u2019t as shocking as seeing it play out before Season 5\u2019s first hour ended. But I\u2019m taking some issue with the precise way it went down, as the logic behind it all doesn\u2019t quite add up to me.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"A-Train wearing glasses at night in The Boys Season 5\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/BWoxhYLRnWSck__Euy0jnQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/1b2563bf41da6e23749ca1c7a5cc437d\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Prime Video<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">I\u2019m Perfectly Fine With A-Train\u2019s Death Being A Callback To Robin\u2019s Death In The Very First Episode<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Entirely on a thematic level, I think it makes abundant sense for the writers to make A-Train\u2019s final act of mercy be a direct reversal of how audiences first met him, when he obliterated the body of Hughie\u2019s girlfriend by running straight through her. That <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/television\/2568126\/the-boys-of-the-worst-things-characters-have-done-on-the-show-so-far-ranked\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:all-time horrifying Boys moment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;all-time horrifying Boys moment&quot;}\" class=\"link \">all-time horrifying <em>Boys<\/em> moment<\/a> is what kicked off Hughie\u2019s whole anti-Supes arc, and what looped him into Butcher\u2019s vigilante group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So it makes cosmic sense that one of his final acts was drawing Homelander away from killing Hughie, in spite of all past animosity. I feel like he would have done the same thing even if another protagonist was in the line of fire, save for Butcher, but there&#8217;s extra meaning with Hughie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As well, the episode gave us a last bit of &#8220;all is well now&#8221; closure between A-Train and his brother Nathan, which worked as something of a neon sign alerting everyone that the redeemed speedster would be taken out of commission before much longer. His brother&#8217;s kind words, plus The Deep&#8217;s ignorant ones, helped bring A-Train to making the heroic decision that doomed him. That all tracks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But it\u2019s his other final act, where he clumsily avoids turning another young woman into Jackson Pollock-spatter, that took me out of the moment entirely.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"A-Train lying on the ground after crashing through trees in The Boys Season 5 premiere\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/BlIKf4NUSRvbXqqgETVN6A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/2621a1b4eccebca82c196129c2df27be\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Prime Video<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Almost Everything Else About A-Train\u2019s Death Sequence Just Confused Me<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For all that I can buy into the emotional logic and poetic justice imbued in A-Train\u2019s death scene, I\u2019m having trouble coming to terms with several of the moments that led to it. Here are some of those details that are tripping me up.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Even if A-Train is running in a zigzag motion, Homelander isn\u2019t an alligator, and isn\u2019t shooting projectiles. So there\u2019s no real reason why A-Train should have been able to avoid getting sliced in half by Homelander\u2019s swivel-headed laser blasts. Are the lasers not continuous? Was A-Train just ducking and jumping at THE most opportune moments? <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Boys<\/em> showed off A-Train\u2019s speedy precision inside the freedom camp just before the Homelander chase, where he more or less stopped time in front of Homelander to save Hughie &amp; Co. While being chased, however, A-Train doesn\u2019t seem to have this ability, or else he would have been able to more easily sidestep seemingly the <em>only obstacle<\/em> on this barren street.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>This show has made a strong point of noting that A-Train was high off Compound V when he obliterated Robin, without exactly excusing him for it, but certainly indicating that he was too effed up to avoid her. Now presumably more sober than he was then, A-Train should have been able to avoid this woman without it turning into a woods-destroying catastrophe. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I get that having Homelander chasing him is a distraction, but what sense did it make for A-Train to look over his shoulder right at that moment? Did he think Homelander wasn\u2019t there anymore? Also, a speedster turning their head back and forward again should conceivably happen way too quickly to be the catalyst here. If that\u2019s the case, just him blinking would be near disastrous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>As a speedster, wouldn\u2019t city streets and neighborhoods be the worst place to aim for when zipping around, especially when being chased? That\u2019s literally where all the people are. I get that it\u2019s easier on the feet, and that A-Train is better about dodging people outside of pursuits, but the first step in this plan should have been only running through non-populated areas. Even if it\u2019s the middle of the night. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"my-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One way that my dorky brain would probably accept this scenario without further issue would be if we saw a supercut showing off hundreds of other times A-Train slipped up while narrowly avoiding open car doors, unhoused citizens, wandering pets, frisbees gone askew, or any number of other unsuspecting obstacles in his path. If he&#8217;s going through this on a weekly basis, if not more frequently, I can more easily buy into this mishap causing his fate to be sealed. Or neck-snapped, more specifically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I get that this is my own hang-up, that others might not agree, and also that it&#8217;s not showrunner Eric Kripke&#8217;s job to please every viewer with every moment. So in the long run, I guess I don&#8217;t think it was THAT diabolical. Although I do wish A-Train had been able to physically embarrass The Deep after dismantling the aquatic antagonist&#8217;s flimsy confidence. If we&#8217;d have seen a lightning-fast one-two combo to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/television\/2554045\/what-the-boys-chace-crawford-thought-about-the-deeps-super-weird-gills-scene-in-season-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:his singing gills;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;his singing gills&quot;}\" class=\"link \">his singing gills<\/a>, the details behind A-Train&#8217;s death might not have phased me at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Okay, that&#8217;s a lie, but still. The Deep needs to get his own neck BRO-ken. Nailed it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/karl-urbans-tease-deaths-boys-142046807.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Boys will keep building up its Season 5 body count;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Boys will keep building up its Season 5 body count&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><em>The Boys<\/em> will keep building up its Season 5 body count<\/a> every Tuesday on Prime Video. Be sure to have a box of (Teenage) Kix and \u2014 [licks lips] \u2014 milk ready for that morning&#8217;s viewing. Or whatever time of day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Prime Video Spoilers below for anyone who hasn\u2019t yet streamed The Boys\u2019 Season 5 premiere via Amazon Prime subscription, so be warned! [Cue the airhorn on Black Noir\u2019s podcast soundboard.] The critic-approved final season of The Boys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2370189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[346933,66105],"class_list":["post-2370188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homelander","tag-prime-video"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Boys-First-Big-Season-5-Death-Confused-Me-More.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370190,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370188\/revisions\/2370190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}