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S5E1
Fifteen Inches of Sheer Dynamite
The Boys · 2026-04-08 · 64 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 22 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
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how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
33
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
34
how much it moved you
Read from 22 comments — 8 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
Reddit22 read
“But him saving Hughie and dying because he refused to run over a random woman, he went full circle”
TeamVorpalSwords▲ 5,136about 75–100% inread it ↗
“going away straight up laughing at his face is probably a much better finishing line for him”
RoninPrime68▲ 3,117about 75–100% inread it ↗
“Homelander bellowing "WILLIAMMMM!" while holding Hughie at eyelaser-point while Butcher charges in, murder-vines first had me all fired up.”
jk9596▲ 3,027about 80–90% inread it ↗
“He went out with every single conflict/affair sorted out, no fear, laughing into Homelander's face, and no prolonged pain.”
who made it
- directed
- Philip Sgriccia
- written
- Paul Grellong
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Jessie T. Usher as Reggie Franklin / A-Train
Jensen Ackles as Ben / Soldier Boy
Ess Hödlmoser as Cindy
John Noble as Sam Butcher
Zayn Maloney as Desean
Jessica B. Hill as Ivy
Derek Johns as Love Sausage