People are betting thousands of dollars on who will die at the end of the The Boys, which concludes with the Season 5 finale this week.
Warning! Spoilers for The Boys Season 5 follow:
Just one episode of The Boys remains, and with many main characters left in play, fans are speculating who will die in the Season 5 finale — and whether supervillain Homelander will finally bite the dust.
One character who has survived to the bitter end is The Deep, played by Chace Crawford. And in a recent interview with Today, it was put to him that $14,000 rests on whether The Deep dies in Season 5.
“It could be my $14,000! We don’t know,” Crawford playfully replied. “Insider trading… it’s still the wild west on Polymarket, right?”
He then revealed some people are trying to prize the information out of him, but he won’t spill the beans.
“I’ve gotten some texts actually, from some people who were like, ‘Hey, really, dude, what episode is it exactly if you do?’ Can’t confirm or deny,” he said.
A cursory glance at Polymarket shows that yes, people are actually betting huge sums on who dies in The Boys Season 5. A number of main characters are already off the board, including Firecracker, A-Train, and, most recently, Frenchie. 89% of trades say yes to Homelander, 81% The Deep, and 55% Billy Butcher. It’s downhill from there for the other characters.
“A qualifying death must show the specified character dead on screen, or otherwise that character’s death must clearly be stated to have occurred, even if offscreen (e.g., characters confirm their death in conversation, the funeral of a character occurs, etc.),” reads the betting rules.
“If a death is reversed through a revival, resurrection, or reanimation that occurs after the character has died, that death will still qualify. Deaths occurring in any timeline or dimension depicted in The Boys: Season 5 will count toward resolution.
“Flashback scenes showing a character alive before their death, as well as dream sequences, hallucinations, or visions of dead characters, will not affect resolution. Characters who were already confirmed dead before The Boys: Season 5 begins will not count toward this market’s resolution.
“If a character’s fate is deliberately left ambiguous, it will not qualify toward the resolution of this market. Only deaths confirmed by the end of The Boys: Season 5 will qualify.”
It feels safe to rule out Soldier Boy, who’s now back on ice following Homelander’s confrontation with his father. Expect to see him pop up again in spinoff Vought Rising, though. Everyone else? They seem fair game.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
