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The Boys – Season 5, Episode 2 Teenage Kix

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The Boys – Season 5, Episode 2

Teenage Kix

Aired Apr 8, 2026

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Tonight at 9/8C: A VoughtNews special report; is your loved one a secret starlighter terrorist?

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Ben Rosenstock

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Apr 9

3/5

An episode that reintroduces Soldier Boy to the narrative in a big way.

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M.N. Miller

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8/10

Eric Kripke and his team prove they never lose sight of their audience. The series remains one of the sharpest reflections of the world we live in. Like a magic trick, it reveals its true purpose, igniting the story and characters like a powder keg.

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Jesse Schedeen

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May 6

7/10

Sadly, that narrative momentum fails to carry over into Episode 2, which restores a more blandly traditional status quo for the series. But even then, there’s entertainment to be found in the show’s black sense of humor.

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Apr 13

4/5

Hughie and Annie’s on-again, off-again relationship feels too drawn out at this point. How many times do we have to watch them have the same conversation?

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Denis Kimathi

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Apr 9

3.5/5

The Boys is firing on all cylinders for the final season, and no one is safe.

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Synopsis

Tonight at 9/8C: A VoughtNews special report; is your loved one a secret starlighter terrorist?

Director: Shana Stein
Executive Producer: Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Ori Marmur, Ken Levin, Jason Netter
Screenwriter: Jessica Chou
Network: Prime Video
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 8, 2026