The Boys Season 5 Might Skip the Death Fans Expect — And Deliver a Better Twist
The death fans have been waiting on in The Boys Season 5 may not happen at all — and after Episode 7’s brutal turn, a different goodbye might land even harder. With only one episode left, the finale is primed to decide fates in ways no one saw coming.
Spoilers for The Boys Season 5, Episode 7 ahead. With one episode left, the show just cleaned house in a big way — and it might have found a fate for The Deep that stings more than killing him.
Episode 7 hands out exits — and a different kind of punishment
The penultimate hour — titled "The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother 's Milk" — quietly ties off a bunch of character arcs while setting the table for the Homelander endgame. A few highlights before we drill into the fish man of it all:
- A-Train goes out on a redemptive note.
- Firecracker meets her end.
- Frenchie gets a brutal, heartbreaking send-off.
- The Deep doesn't die. Instead, he lands somewhere arguably worse.
The Deep: still breathing, somehow
From day one, The Deep (Chace Crawford) has been at or near the top of the show's most-wanted list, right up there with Homelander. Fans have been waiting for a spectacular, humiliating exit — and every time somebody else bites it, Reddit and Threads light up with some version of, 'How is The Deep still alive?'
To be fair, the guy earned the hate. He sexually assaulted Annie back in Season 1, killed Black Noir II, and keeps bumbling upward despite being comically inept. So yeah, the bloodlust checks out.
What Episode 7 actually does to him
Homelander (Antony Starr) disbands The Seven, which leaves The Deep jobless and adrift. No mission, no team, no real way back into Vought's good graces. On top of that, a hammerhead shark named Xander — voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, because this show loves chaos — tells him he's banned from the ocean. Every creature blames him for the pipeline fiasco he rushed into to keep Homelander happy, so if he goes back in, he's done.
The fallout is instant: when a man starts drowning right in front of cameras, The Deep freezes. He won't go near the water. That fear is going to live online forever.
Why this is a better ending than a body bag
As of the end of Episode 7, The Deep has nothing: no team, no ocean, no reputation, and no courage. The one thing that made him special — his bond with sea life — is gone. People on land know he's a coward and a creep. The creatures he actually cares about want payback. He's isolated everywhere.
And the irony hits exactly where The Boys loves to live: he got here by sucking up to a tyrant. The pipeline disaster and the collapse of his career are both the byproducts of staying loyal to Homelander. Instead of protection, that loyalty stripped him of power, joy, and purpose. Living with that — and looking over his shoulder for vengeful sea life — is a sharper punishment than a quick death.
Could he still die in the finale?
Maybe. Xander makes it clear the ocean won't have him, and it sure sounded like the shark wanted him dead on the spot. The Deep isn't exactly a master strategist, and if the marine kingdom wants him, they might not need to wait for him to dip a toe in.
But even if he survives the last hour, it works. If he dies, he won't go out beloved by the public. If he lives, he has to stew in a reputation he absolutely earned. Honestly, that might be worse for him — and better for the show.