According to the cast and showrunner Eric Kripke, the fourth season of The Boys will feature the evolution of several romantic storylines as well as a power transition. The Boys universe expands as season 4 approaches its June 13 premiere, incorporating storylines from new show Gen V as well as events from prior seasons. Following the conflict with Soldier Boy in The Boys season 3, season 4 shifts back to Homelander and how the band of heroes intends to stop him.

In The Boys season 4, the vigilantes’ time is running short as Homelander gains greater popular support. On the political front, Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) is gearing up for her own war with Homelander while also posing a threat to the outcasts. Annie (Erin Moriarty) and Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara) both do their lot to keep the gang together despite personal and romantic difficulties, and The Boys season 4 pushes the stakes higher than ever.

Screen Rant spoke with Moriarty, Doumit, Fukuhara, and creator Eric Kripke about the new status quo in The Boys season 4. Moriarty suggested where Annie and Hughie’s relationship is going, while Fukuhara waxed poetic about Frenchie and Kimiko’s situation. Doumit pondered on Victoria’s unusual familial dynamics, while Kripke looked forward to season 5.

Erin Moriarty Hints At Annie & Hughie’s Role Reversal In The Boys Season 4

Screen Rant: Annie and Hughie’s relationship was tested by his insecurities last season, but then it seemed like they got to a good place after he rejected further Compound V. How are they doing this season? Will true love prevail, or is there trouble on the horizon?

Erin Moriarty: I mean, there’s always trouble on the horizon to a certain degree in there. I feel like as soon as things start to feel like smooth sailing, I’m just gripping onto the boat, waiting for the turbulence and the waves to start again. I would say that last year, we saw Hughie go through some issues and confront some realities about who he is that we never expected. We expected him to be secure in who he was, and Annie points out in a moment when they’re having a fight, “You said that my strength was something that you were drawn to, and yet you’re contradicting that with your actions,” and he broke her heart.

I think that reflected how contradictory we are as humans, and it doesn’t ultimately mean that we are the person that we fear we are, but it means that’s [something] inevitable for all of us. Annie herself might go through something that parallels Hughie’s journey in the previous season, in terms of that existential crisis of a moment.

Karen Fukuhara Teases Kimiko & Frenchie’s Relationship Status

Speaking of true love, Kimiko and Frenchie have said they’re more than lovers and are family. But many fans are wondering, what does that actually mean for their relationship status going into The Boys season 4? What’s happening there?

Karen Fukuhara: I don’t know. I can’t tell you! One thing I will say is that, at the beginning of the series, Tomer and I talked about the two characters’ relationship. We said that whatever it becomes, we have no control over, that but there’s some kind of magnetic force bringing the characters together like a twin flame.

I think that kind of took the weight off of our shoulders, because we’re not always thinking about, “Ooh, what’s going to happen? Are they something or are they not?” Everyone’s speculating, but I think that’s what makes it exciting to watch. You never really know what’s going to happen, especially with our show. I think once something stabilizes, it all falls apart, so I’m kind of glad that we have not stabilized yet.

Claudia Doumit: We love that instability for you. I love it.

Claudia Doumit Touches On The Neuman Family Evolution In The Boys Season 4

Claudia, we saw Victoria betray her adoptive father for her daughter last season. What family dynamics might come into play this season?

Claudia Doumit: Ooh, I haven’t been asked that yet. Oh, wait, I have to answer in a vague kind of way. I mean, I know there’s a lot happening there. Listen, she’s a developing, blossoming teenager. She’s going through some transitions there.

Eric Kripke: I’ll write it, and then you can [say it]. She’s dealing with protecting her daughter. The world is getting scarier and scarier, and as she grows ever closer to power, I think she’s realizing that she’s made quite the devil’s bargain. And so, then her interest becomes: how does she save herself and her little girl?

Eric Kripke Status Of The Boys Season 5

At the end of season 4, all I could think was, “Thank God season 5 is coming.” Does everyone in this room know what is coming in The Boys season 5?

Claudia Doumit: I never know!

Eric Kripke: Even I don’t. I mean, we’re about a month into the writers’ room right now, so we have some pretty cool notions. It’s a very raw lava-esque deal right now. It hasn’t hardened into anything, but I’m excited. I think there’s some crazy sh-t’s been talked about, that’s for sure.

About The Boys Season 4

The world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son as well as his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.