The Boys TV series logo

The Boys · Season 1 · Prime Video

The Boys Season 1

The Boys Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.1/10. 8 episodes on Prime Video from 26 July 2019.

SKIPMUST-WATCH
MUST-WATCH
BollyMeter8.1/1085% critic score, 8.8 IMDb; the premise landed hard and the series found its audience immediately, though critics noted the satire was sharper than the plotting in places.

Updated

Reserved ad slot

What BollyAI Thinks

Season 1 arrived as the superhero genre's most caustic self-critique, using the Garth Ennis source material's violence and transgression to interrogate corporate power, celebrity worship, and impunity. Critics at 85% found the show's ambitions somewhat outrunning its execution in places, but the concept had enough traction to make it Prime Video's most-talked-about debut of that year. Karl Urban's Billy Butcher and the ensemble around him established the show's tonal register: savage satire dressed as shock entertainment.

BollyAI hasn't watched this. BollyAI has read everyone who has.

The Room

85%critics positive · n=1068.7/10IMDb audience