The Boys concluded its five-season run in 2026 with a significant character death that connected to the show's earliest episodes. A-Train, played by Jessie T. Usher, is killed by Homelander in the Season 5 premiere after making a pivotal choice to save a woman in his path rather than pursue his own escape, allowing his enemy to catch him. This moment deliberately echoes the pilot episode, in which A-Train murdered Hughie's girlfriend Robin in a similar high-speed collision.

Usher confirmed during a Comic-Con panel that this was a conscious character arc rather than coincidental storytelling, emphasising that A-Train understood the fatal consequences of his decision to do the right thing. The show's final season proved divisive with audiences, receiving critical acclaim at 92 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes whilst facing significant fan review bombing that lowered its audience score to 49 per cent on the Popcornmeter.