The Boys Drops Best Look Yet at Jared Padalecki’s Role as a Supernatural Reunion Takes Shape
The Boys Season 5 finally unveils Jared Padalecki as Mister Marathon—and his entrance looks like a full-on bloodbath—setting up the wildest Supernatural reunion yet with Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins.
Well, the long-teased mini-reunion from that other demon-hunting show is finally crashing into The Boys — and, shocker, it looks like a mess. Prime Video just dropped a fresh teaser for Season 5, Episode 5, and it gives us our clearest look yet at Jared Padalecki as Mister Marathon, plus more of Misha Collins alongside Jensen Ackles. With two days to go before Padalecki makes his entrance, the footage is basically screaming: this is not going to be a warm-and-fuzzy get-together.
The teaser: best look yet at Mister Marathon (and yes, it is messy)
The new clip (via Rotten Tomatoes TV) finally puts Ackles, Padalecki, and Collins in the same frame — including a blink-and-you-miss-it moment of Soldier Boy choking Collins' character that we saw in earlier promos. Now we have context: Soldier Boy and Homelander are tracking these guys down while hunting for something called V1. Translation: this reunion is happening because the worst people alive need a favor.
- Soldier Boy and Homelander corner Mister Marathon for intel on V1, and he answers: 'You have come to the right place.' He does not look thrilled about saying it.
- Padalecki's supe looks rattled, which raises the obvious question: can he be trusted, or is he just trying not to die in front of two walking extinction-level events?
- If Mister Marathon is a pit stop on Homelander's quest for immortality, that puts him directly in the splash zone if Antony Starr's supe does not like the answers.
- We get a stressed-out Frenchie, which usually means bad times for everyone else too.
- Stan Edgar shows up in a Homelander sweatshirt — a look we have only seen at Vought's freedom camps so far — and Giancarlo Esposito delivers a perfect send-off:
'It should be a delightful reunion.'
Sure, Stan.
The blood, the theories, and the very specific wink
The teaser all but confirms another fan suspicion: Collins' character might not make it to the end credits intact. Between Soldier Boy manhandling him and the show's love of pointed TV nods, the big gag on the table is a splattery tribute to that infamous Supernatural moment where Lucifer snaps and pops Castiel like a meat balloon. The footage shows Mister Marathon absolutely soaked in blood, and a couple of quick cuts make it look like he has run straight through someone, A-Train-style. If Padalecki and Collins are recreating that bit, expect The Boys to go even gorier.
Where this is headed
Padalecki was confirmed last year to be guesting as Mister Marathon, with Collins also booked for Season 5, so the fan wish list was always an on-screen reunion with Ackles. It is happening in Episode 5 — just not the cuddly version. The mission is V1, the stakes are Homelander's immortality fixation, and the tone is 'everyone in this room could explode.'
Episode 5 lands this week. We will see if that 'delightful reunion' turns out to be anything but.