The final season of The Boys ended exactly the way fans expected — chaotic, brutal and wildly controversial. But one of the loudest reactions after the finale surprisingly came from Elon Musk, who publicly slammed the ending on X after seeing what happened to Homelander. The billionaire reacted with a single-word review, calling the finale “pathetic” after the once-unstoppable superhero villain was stripped of his powers and left broken, desperate and begging for survival in the final episode titled “Blood and Bone.”
Instead of getting offended, series creator Eric Kripke seemed absolutely thrilled by Musk’s criticism. Kripke reposted Musk’s reaction online and joked that he would probably “never get a better review ever.” That response honestly fits perfectly with the show’s entire identity because The Boys has spent years openly mocking billionaire culture, political extremism, celebrity worship and unchecked power from almost every angle possible.
The Finale Included a Character That Looked Suspiciously Like Elon Musk
What made Musk’s reaction even funnier to many viewers is that the finale itself appeared to include a direct parody inspired by him. The episode introduced a wealthy tech mogul called “The Disruptor,” a billionaire obsessed with space travel, declining birth rates and black-on-black embroidered caps carrying “Dark MAGA” vibes. Fans immediately connected the character to Musk almost instantly. In one of the episode’s darkest moments, Antony Starr’s Homelander takes the billionaire into orbit before casually killing him in space and returning back to Earth moments later.
When asked about the obvious similarities, Eric Kripke jokingly avoided directly confirming the inspiration while still making the satire painfully obvious. According to Kripke, the writers had wanted to use “The Disruptor” character throughout the season but finally found the perfect moment in the finale to show how unstable Homelander had become mentally. The scene apparently existed mainly as one final satirical punch before the series closed for good.
‘The Boys’ Once Again Blurs the Line Between Fiction and Reality
Over the years, The Boys built a reputation for aggressively parodying modern politics, social media culture and real-world public figures. That approach became even more noticeable during its final season, where many viewers pointed out similarities between the show’s fictional political chaos and real events connected to American politics. Kripke himself even admitted recently that some scenes accidentally mirrored strange real-life moments involving Donald Trump more closely than expected.
The Homelander ending also sparked heavy discussion online because the character spent years becoming one of television’s most terrifying villains. Instead of giving him some huge heroic death battle, the writers chose something much crueler emotionally — stripping away the very thing that made him feel superior to humanity. For some fans, it felt satisfying and poetic. For others, including Musk apparently, the punishment felt disappointing compared to the explosive chaos they expected from the finale.
No matter where viewers stand though, the reaction pretty much proves that The Boys succeeded at what it always wanted to do: make audiences uncomfortable, angry, entertained and politically divided all at the same time.
