The Boys has a new show planned for Mexico, and the anticipation of this new spinoff will undoubtedly lower the stakes for the last season of the original series. Ironically, The Boys has grown to such a degree of popularity that it has started its own expansive cinematic universe, despite being intended as a parody of the expansive cinematic universes established by Marvel and DC, mocking those studios’ tendency to announce endless sequels and spinoffs to keep their brand alive. As The Boys approaches its last season, a few spinoffs are being developed.

After an incredible first season, the college-set television series Gen V is returning for a second season. Vought Rising is a television series that will trace the ascent of the Vought corporation to prominence starting in the 1950s. Furthermore, a spin-off series called The Boys: Mexico is now under development. Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer is the creator of The Boys: Mexico and will produce the series with Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal. The possible timetable of the proposed spinoff could have a negative effect on The Boys season 5, despite the fascinating names involved.

The Boys: Mexico Raises Serious Concerns Regarding the Stakes of Season 5

That Suggests That Butcher’s Supe Genocide Plan Won’t Succeed

Unless the producers have yet to reveal that The Boys’ Mexico-set spinoff will take place before or during the events of the main series, its existence creates a timeline issue for The Boys season 5. Season 5 is being set up as the epic conclusion to the main show, and the season 4 finale has set up the biggest conflict yet. Billy Butcher is planning to release a virus that will 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁 all supes, and the rest of the Boys — the only ones who could stop him — have been captured by Vought.

Butcher’s plot to exterminate the Supe is unlikely to succeed as long as there is still a planned follow-up series that will surely feature new Supe characters. Even if Homelander triumphs and this spinoff series depicts the aftermath, with superpowers ruling everything and humanity on the run, it’s unlikely that anything would happen to stop Butcher’s slaughter. Season 5 of The Boys might have less stakes if The Boys: Mexico premieres after the fifth season of the main series.

The Boys Season 4 Had A Similar Issue Because Of Season 5’s Early Renewal

The Season 5 Renewal Meant Season 4’s Conflicts Wouldn’t Get Resolved

When The Boys was early in its run renewed for a fifth season, it encountered a similar issue. The long-standing conflict between Butcher and Homelander would undoubtedly not be ended in season 4 given that season 5 would premiere later. The Boys become too predictable by continuously announcing new seasons and spinoffs too soon. For this reason, the announcement that the program would stop after season five is fantastic because it finally gives the plot a fitting finish, even though the universe will keep growing.