On May 20, the eighth and final episode of the fifth season of "The Boys" was released on Prime Video. Soon after its release, it entered the race for the title of the worst episode in the show's history by IMDb rating, receiving 6.7 points based on 48 thousand user ratings.
Before this, the anti-record belonged to the seventh episode, which started with 6.9 points on May 13. But after the finale's release, viewers likely began to watch the season in its entirety or rewatch the last episodes consecutively. As a result, the rating of the seventh episode continued to fall and now stands at 6.3 points with 32 thousand ratings — the worst result in the entire history of "The Boys."
The series finale is already being compared to the final seasons of "Game of Thrones" and "Stranger Things," which also faced audience criticism and a sharp drop in user ratings. The main complaints about "The Boys" boil down to "filler" episodes before the finale. Because of them, according to users, the denouement turned out to be rushed, and most plotlines were concluded more out of necessity than for a strong final point.