{"id":367134,"date":"2026-04-20T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=416846"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:05:08","slug":"the-boys-has-an-episode-so-alarming-in-the-fifth-season-that-prime-video-almost-censored-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-boys-has-an-episode-so-alarming-in-the-fifth-season-that-prime-video-almost-censored-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys has an episode so alarming in the fifth season that Prime Video almost censored it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The acclaimed Prime Video series, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-protagonist-of-the-boys-leaves-amazon-prime-video-to-become-a-surfer-on-netflix\">The Boys, has released its fifth and final season<\/a>, a conclusion that has generated great anticipation among its followers. <strong>This batch of episodes has not been without controversies, especially regarding its episode originally titled Assassination Run, which depicts an assassination attempt against the fictional president Robert Singer, played by Jim Beaver<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">They didn&#8217;t want to alarm Donald Trump<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Showrunner Eric Kripke revealed that the episode faced serious difficulties before its airing, as its content resembled a real attack that occurred on July 13, 2024, just a week before its premiere. <strong>This fact led Amazon&#8217;s management to consider the possibility of pulling the episode, but ultimately, Amazon&#8217;s CEO, Andy Jassy<\/strong>, decided to authorize its airing after modifying the title, considering it a change to a tasteless title.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Boys \u2013 Final Season Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XNQbH1SDPRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kripke shared his experience about the decision-making process in an interview with Polygon, commenting on the anxiety that the situation generated for him as the episode director. The response was: <strong>&#8216;Change the title, but if it&#8217;s different enough, we&#8217;ll back it up,&#8217; he expressed<\/strong>. This series, known for its critique of political reality, has found in satire a means to channel the frustrations of the current climate, providing its creator with a sense of catharsis.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, SensaCine highlights in its review that the fifth season of The Boys bids farewell with a more realistic approach than ever, a characteristic that has defined the series since its inception. <strong>Kripke has expressed that he will miss having a space to process political reality, a role that the series provided him during its production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Amazon Prime Video\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/c162012f-3d10-436b-a6b5-fde423154d8c\/3464089414\/amazon-prime-video-download-amazon-prime-video.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Amazon Prime Video<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon-prime-video.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon-prime-video.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The acclaimed Prime Video series, The Boys, has released its fifth and final season, a conclusion that has generated great anticipation among its followers. This batch of episodes has not been without controversy, especially regarding its episode originally titled Assassination Run, which depicts an assassination attempt against the fictional president Robert Singer, played by Jim Beaver. They didn&#8217;t want to alarm Donald Trump. Showrunner Eric Kripke revealed that the episode faced serious difficulties before its airing, as its content resembled dangerously a real assassination attempt that occurred on July 13, 2024, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":367135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6306,25072,25073,25074,25075,25076,25077,25078,25079,25080],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-367134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amazon-prime-video-2","tag-atentado-ficticio-serie","tag-controversia-the-boys","tag-critica-temporada-5","tag-episodio-assassination-run","tag-eric-kripke-the-boys","tag-reaccion-donald-trump","tag-realidad-politica-en-series","tag-satira-politica-the-boys","tag-the-boys-temporada-5","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367137,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367134\/revisions\/367137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367134"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=367134"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=367134"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=367134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}