{"id":368623,"date":"2026-05-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=418284"},"modified":"2026-05-28T01:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:58:38","slug":"fans-complain-that-nothing-has-happened-in-season-5-of-the-boys-and-its-showrunner-thinks-that-you-are-watching-the-wrong-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/fans-complain-that-nothing-has-happened-in-season-5-of-the-boys-and-its-showrunner-thinks-that-you-are-watching-the-wrong-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans complain that nothing has happened in season 5 of The Boys and its showrunner thinks that &quot;you are watching the wrong show&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On social media, a group of fans is furious because they believe that the fifth season of The Boys has failed to meet their expectations. R<strong>esponding that the season has lacked the development of events from past seasons, &#8220;nothing is happening,&#8221; they feel disappointed by how the series has evolved as it approaches its conclusion<\/strong>. This is something that the show&#8217;s creator, Eric Kripke, has strong statements about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tired of the superficiality of certain fans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What are you waiting for? A fight scene every episode? First, I can&#8217;t afford that. And second, it could be so empty and hollow, and that could just be shapes moving without any relevance,&#8221; Kripke stated. <strong>But he wanted to emphasize that it&#8217;s not just that they don&#8217;t have the means to do a fight per episode, but also that they don&#8217;t want to<\/strong>. &#8220;We think we have all these important character details. We have about 14 characters, maybe 15. And we owe it to all of them (&#8230;) I owe it to all of them to develop and humanize them in the story.&#8221;<\/p>\n\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 Season 5 Episode 6 Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OYdHSvHDkcI?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\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Declaring himself furious that people reduce the narrative to moments of violence and do not understand the subtlety of character development, <strong>Kripke has ended up stating that if you think that if no one is shooting, nothing is happening &#8220;you are watching the wrong series&#8221;<\/strong>. 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