The Boys in release order
The Boys puts out more material outside its seasons than most franchises manage inside them - in-universe news bulletins, shorts posted to social media, animated anthologies. All of it is on this list, in the week it actually went up, which is not where a "watch the shows" guide would put any of it.
In release order, The Boys starts in July 2019, with its shorts and the Seven on 7 news segments among the seasons they went out with. The animated Diabolical arrives in 2022 and Gen V in 2023, and The Boys' fifth season closes the list in 2026.
How to read this table
Everything is in the order it came out, oldest first. The columns:
- Air date — when the entry was first released. Where a page carries something first seen outside the United States, that is the date used, and the notes under the table say so.
- Sch — schedule order, which breaks a tie within a single day. On a night two of these went out, the earlier slot comes first - and a streaming episode that dropped after midnight comes before a programme broadcast that evening.
- Notes — click Notes ... on any row for the episode's links and, where there is one, an explanation of the cross-over.
- Watch — where you can watch that entry, in your own country. The badges link to the episode itself rather than to the service's front page. On a narrow screen this column is hidden - tap Notes ... on a row to see the same thing.
- Watched — tick a box and it is remembered in this browser. Turn syncing on in Preferences and it follows you between devices, with no account and no email address. An episode listed on more than one franchise is ticked on all of them at once.
Three icons can appear in the Notes cell, and they are the reason this site bothers with release order at all:
Story impact — this episode references another series in the franchise.
Story arc — it is part of a story running across several series.
Guest star — a character from another series appears in it.
In the Watch column, the shape of a badge is the difference between watching something now and paying for it again:
- P+ Solid — included with a subscription to that service.
- P+ Outlined — there to rent or buy.
- YT Ringed — free to watch, on the studio's own channel. Shorts and trailers only, and checked by hand about once a year rather than weekly.
Your country is worked out from your connection and can be changed in Preferences. It is a snapshot rather than a live check, so treat it as a strong hint rather than a promise — services add and drop things constantly.
| Air DateDate | Schedule OrderSch | Verse | Series | SeasonS | EpisodeE | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-26 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 1 | The Name of the Game | Notes ... |
| 2019-07-26 | 2 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 2 | Cherry | Notes ... |
| 2019-07-26 | 3 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 3 | Get Some | Notes ... |
| 2019-07-26 | 4 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 4 | The Female of the Species | Notes ... |
| 2019-07-26 | 5 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 5 | Good for the Soul | Notes ... |
| 2019-07-26 | 6 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 6 | The Innocents | Notes ... |
| 2019-07-26 | 7 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 7 | The Self-Preservation Society | Notes ... |
| 2019-07-26 | 8 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 1 | 8 | You Found Me | Notes ... |
| 2019-08-02 | 1 | VOUGHT | Shorts | 1 | 1 | Mr. Butcher | Notes ... |
| 2020-09-04 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 1 | The Big Ride | Notes ... |
| 2020-09-04 | 2 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 2 | Proper Preparation and Planning | Notes ... |
| 2020-09-04 | 3 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 3 | Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men | Notes ... |
| 2020-09-10 | 1 | VOUGHT | Shorts | 1 | 2 | Butcher: A Short Film | Notes ... |
| 2020-09-11 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 4 | Nothing Like It in the World | Notes ... |
| 2020-09-18 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 5 | We Gotta Go Now | Notes ... |
| 2020-09-25 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 6 | The Bloody Doors Off | Notes ... |
| 2020-10-02 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 7 | Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker | Notes ... |
| 2020-10-09 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 2 | 8 | What I Know | Notes ... |
| 2021-07-07 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 1 | July 2021 | Notes ... |
| 2021-08-07 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 2 | August 2021 | Notes ... |
| 2021-09-07 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 3 | September 2021 | Notes ... |
| 2021-10-07 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 4 | October 2021 | Notes ... |
| 2021-11-07 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 5 | November 2021 | Notes ... |
| 2021-12-07 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 6 | December 2021 | Notes ... |
| 2022-01-07 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 7 | January 2022 | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 1 | Laser Baby's Day Out | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 2 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 2 | An Animated Short Where Pissed-Off Supes Kill Their Parents | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 3 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 3 | I'm Your Pusher | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 4 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 4 | Boyd in 3D | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 5 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 5 | BFFs | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 6 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 6 | Nubian vs Nubian | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 7 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 7 | John and Sun-Hee | Notes ... |
| 2022-03-04 | 8 | VOUGHT | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | 1 | 8 | One Plus One Equals Two | Notes ... |
| 2022-06-03 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 1 | Payback | Notes ... |
| 2022-06-03 | 2 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 2 | The Only Man in the Sky | Notes ... |
| 2022-06-03 | 3 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 3 | Barbary Coast | Notes ... |
| 2022-06-10 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 4 | Glorious Five-Year Plan | Notes ... |
| 2022-06-11 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 8 | Cameron Coleman Meltdown (June 2022) | Notes ... |
| 2022-06-17 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 5 | The Last Time to Look on This World of Lies | Notes ... |
| 2022-06-24 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 6 | Herogasm | Notes ... |
| 2022-07-01 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 7 | Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed | Notes ... |
| 2022-07-08 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 3 | 8 | The Instant White-Hot Wild | Notes ... |
| 2022-07-27 | 1 | VOUGHT | Deep Thoughts With The Deep | 1 | 1 | Deep Thoughts With The Deep | Notes ... |
| 2022-09-28 | 1 | VOUGHT | Seven on 7 | 1 | 9 | VNN: Vought Partners with G Fuel | Notes ... |
| 2023-09-29 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 1 | God U. | Notes ... |
| 2023-09-29 | 2 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 2 | First Day | Notes ... |
| 2023-09-29 | 3 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 3 | #ThinkBrink | Notes ... |
| 2023-10-06 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 4 | The Whole Truth | Notes ... |
| 2023-10-13 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 5 | Welcome to the Monster Club | Notes ... |
| 2023-10-20 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 6 | Jumanji | Notes ... |
| 2023-10-27 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 7 | Sick | Notes ... |
| 2023-11-03 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 1 | 8 | Guardians of Godolkin | Notes ... |
| 2024-06-08 | 1 | VOUGHT | Deep Thoughts With The Deep | 1 | 2 | The Deeper Version | Notes ... |
| 2024-06-13 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 1 | Department of Dirty Tricks | Notes ... |
| 2024-06-13 | 2 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 2 | Life Among the Septics | Notes ... |
| 2024-06-13 | 3 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 3 | We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here | Notes ... |
| 2024-06-20 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 4 | Wisdom of the Ages | Notes ... |
| 2024-06-27 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 5 | Beware the Jabberwock, My Son | Notes ... |
| 2024-07-04 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 6 | Dirty Business | Notes ... |
| 2024-07-10 | 1 | VOUGHT | Deep Thoughts With The Deep | 1 | 3 | Even Deeper | Notes ... |
| 2024-07-11 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 7 | The Insider | Notes ... |
| 2024-07-18 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 4 | 8 | Season Four Finale | Notes ... |
| 2025-09-17 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 1 | New Year, New U | Notes ... |
| 2025-09-17 | 2 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 2 | Justice Never Forgets | Notes ... |
| 2025-09-17 | 3 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 3 | H Is for Human | Notes ... |
| 2025-09-24 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 4 | Bags | Notes ... |
| 2025-10-01 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 5 | The Kids Are Not All Right | Notes ... |
| 2025-10-08 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 6 | Cooking Lessons | Notes ... |
| 2025-10-15 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 7 | Hell Week | Notes ... |
| 2025-10-22 | 1 | VOUGHT | Gen V | 2 | 8 | Trojan | Notes ... |
| 2026-03-27 | 1 | VOUGHT | Deep Thoughts With The Deep | 1 | 4 | The Deepest Ones Yet | Notes ... |
| 2026-04-08 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 1 | Fifteen Inches of Sheer Dynamite | Notes ... |
| 2026-04-08 | 2 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 2 | Teenage Kix | Notes ... |
| 2026-04-15 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 3 | Every One of You Sons of Bitches | Notes ... |
| 2026-04-22 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 4 | King of Hell | Notes ... |
| 2026-04-29 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 5 | One-Shots | Notes ... |
| 2026-05-06 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 6 | Though the Heavens Fall | Notes ... |
| 2026-05-13 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 7 | The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk | Notes ... |
| 2026-05-20 | 1 | VOUGHT | The Boys | 5 | 8 | Blood and Bone | Notes ... |
About this order
What's on this list
79 entries from July 2019 to May 2026: all 40 episodes of The Boys, both seasons of Gen V, the eight Diabolical animated shorts, the nine Seven on 7 segments, four instalments of Deep Thoughts With The Deep, and two shorts Karl Urban made in character.
The drop patterns matter more than you would think
The Boys' first season dropped whole. Seasons 2 to 4 dropped three episodes and then went weekly, and season 5 dropped two and then went weekly. Gen V did the same in both of its seasons. That means a franchise where one series is arriving weekly while another arrives all at once, and a straight chronological list is the only way to see what a viewer at the time actually had in front of them.
Where the sources disagree, this page picks and says so
Wikipedia tables nine Seven on 7 segments and the fan wiki counts seven, stopping at the monthly run. All nine are here. Wikipedia gives the June 2022 one-off a sentence rather than a title, so its YouTube title is used.
Wikipedia and the fan wiki disagree by a day on the first and last Deep Thoughts shorts; the YouTube upload dates are used, on the grounds that the upload is the release.
Only three of the animated shorts are canon
Eric Kripke named Nubian vs Nubian, John and Sun-Hee and One Plus One Equals Two as the Diabolical episodes that count towards the live-action series. The other five are on the page because they were released - this is a release-order list, not a canon list - but that is worth knowing before you treat all eight the same way.
What is not here
Vought Rising, the 1950s prequel, was in post-production for 2027 when this was written. The Boys: Mexico had a pilot script delivered in April 2026. Neither has been released, so neither is a row.
Vought's own channel hosts most of the in-universe strands
Twelve of the thirteen Seven on 7 and Deep Thoughts With The Deep entries link straight to Vought International on YouTube — the in-universe channel the show's producers actually run — and are free to watch. Those are the ringed badges.
The exception is the June 2022 Cameron Coleman meltdown, which was a Twitter-first release and has never appeared on the channel. IGN mirrors several of the Seven on 7 segments, but IGN is press rather than the studio, so those are not linked.