The Boys Season 5, Episode 6 Review: "Though the Heavens Fall"

Warning: This review contains full spoilers for The Boys Season 5, Episode 6!

Reiser is very entertaining in the role once again, but the real hook with The Legend comes in his interactions with M.M.

(Laz Alonso).

As much as M.M.

would like everyone to believe he's at peace with himself and his place in the world, The Legend exposes his deep discomfort at being the architect of a potential supe genocide.

Those scenes contrast nicely with Hughie's (Jack Quaid) big speech about hope and reflect just how differently these two characters are processing the current state of affairs.

Building on last week's very entertaining "One-Shots," we get more fun with the Vought supporting cast in Episode 7.

The Ashley (Colbie Minifie) and Sister Sage (Susan Heyward) subplot is once again a lot of fun, particularly with Minifie doubling down on the physical comedy routine that is her "Back Ashley" performance.

Beyond that, it's nice to see the series finally focus more attention on Sage after relegating her to the background in the first half of the season.

Sage finally severs her ties with Vought and the Seven and makes her play, only for things to uncharactristically not go as planned.

More on that in a minute.

What We Thought of The Boys Season 5, Episode 5

"After an underwhelming string of episodes, The Boys Season 5 finally bounces back with the very enjoyable "One-Shots." While this episode doesn't advance the overarching narrative as much as it could, it does provide several character-driven subplots that lend newfound depth to a number of key players in the series.

This episode especially shines when it explores the plight of Valorie Curry's Firecracker and gives us the Supernatural reunion we've all been waiting for." -Jesse Schedeen, 04/29/2026
Click here to read IGN's full review.
The Deep (Chace Crawford)/Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) rivalry also takes an amusingly dark turn.

Deep learns the hard way he never should have screwed with his bro, as Noir isn't above causing an historic environmental disaster in revenge for the murder of Adam Bourke (P.J.

Byrne).

At this point, I'm all for watching Deep suffer, and this episode milks the situation for all its worth in terms of both comedy and tragedy ("We know it was you, Kevin!").

And then we come to the grand finale, where the hunt for V1 finally comes to a head and Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) has his violent reunion with Bombsight.

I do wonder how this material might have played if Season 5 were coming after the upcoming Vought Rising spinoff and not before.

It is a bit strange to see so much emphasis on a dynamic we haven't actually seen take shape yet.

Ultimately, though, Soldier Boy's squabble with Bombsight works because it pushes the character out of his familiar, acerbic groove and forces something more genuine out of him.