The Boys

The Boys, Gen V and Diabolical, Amazon's superhero satire, finished after five seasons.

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Where to start with The Boys

One main series, one spin-off that is genuinely load-bearing, and an animated anthology that is not. The thing worth knowing before you start is that Gen V is not optional in the way spin-offs usually are: its ending feeds directly into the fourth series of The Boys.

  1. 1
    The Boys, series 1 The Boys

    Eight episodes, and it establishes the whole premise in the first twenty minutes. Nothing before it, and it is a fair test of whether the tone is something you want more of.

  2. 2
    Gen V, series 1 Gen V

    Set at a university for young supes and made to be watched after the third series of The Boys, not after all of it. Its final episode leads straight into The Boys series four, so this is the one spin-off it costs you something to skip.

  3. 3
    Diabolical, series 1 The Boys Presents: Diabolical

    Fourteen-minute animated shorts by different writers and artists, most of them unconnected to the plot. Fun, uneven, and genuinely skippable at any point.

Then what? So the order that works is The Boys series one through three, then Gen V series one, then The Boys series four, then Gen V series two, then The Boys series five. Diabolical goes anywhere, and one of its episodes quietly explains something the main series had left alone for years.

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The Main Series

  • The Boys 2019, 5 seasons, 40 episodes

Spin-offs

  • Gen V 2023, 2 seasons, 16 episodes
  • The Boys Presents: Diabolical 2022, 1 season, 8 episodes

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