Spoilers for “The Boys” sequence finale observe.
To recap: “The Boys” Season 4 was set completely within the run-up between the tip of a presidential election and inauguration. Democratic nominee Robert “Dakota Bob” Singer (Jim Beaver) had received the election, however made the error of selecting Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) — a blood-bending supe who can explode folks’s heads on command — as his VP. Season 4 was a race towards for the Boys — working with Singer — to neutralize Neuman earlier than she took workplace, head popped her option to the presidency, and handed America over to Homelander (Antony Starr).
Effectively, Billy Butcher (Karl City) took care of Neuman (learn Claudia Doumit’s ideas on her character’s demise right here), however Singer was framed for the homicide. He went from President-elect to convict, permitting Homelander puppet Steve Calhoun (David Andrews) to take the White Home.
By the sequence finale “Blood and Bone,” Homelander and Calhoun are each lifeless, and the regime is toppled. VP turned President Ashley Barrett (Colby Minifie, although Doumit initially auditioned for Ashley earlier than touchdown the a part of Neuman) tried to carry on to energy, however she was impeached. Who changed her? Dakota Bob.
Singer reveals up within the final scene of the sequence, calling up Hughie (Jack Quaid) with a job provide. The sequence glosses over how he acquired freed, however he is lastly serving as President. Since Vought hasn’t been toppled and there are nonetheless loads of unhealthy supes on the market, Singer affords Hughie a job directing a reinstated Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs (the place he had been working again in Season 3, earlier than studying Neuman was a supe). However Hughie is out of the sport, even when meaning saying no to the president.
The Boys ends with Robert ‘Dakota Bob’ Singer because the President
Whereas Bob Singer’s destiny was removed from essentially the most urgent free finish “The Boys” needed to tie up, it is a good little bit of continuity to convey him again. He was an harmless man wrongly imprisoned for against the law he did not commit, so this corrects an injustice. Plus, he is in all probability going to be a greater president than Homelander or his puppets had been, and this permits “The Boys” to indicate issues have returned to relative normalcy within the U.S. In fact, Singer was by no means a major sufficient character to get his personal spot within the sequence’ closing epilogue, so his cameo is rightly about underlining Hughie’s completely happy ending.
There’s in all probability a very good purpose that “The Boys” creator Eric Kripke did not neglect to disclose Singer’s destiny. Jim Beaver had a recurring position on his earlier sequence, “Supernatural,” because the demon hunter Bobby Singer, a father determine to the heroes Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles). Singer’s title in “The Boys” is even a reference to Beaver’s identically named character on “Supernatural.” (In “The Boys” comics, President Dakota Bob’s full title is Robert Schaefer.)
Jim Beaver is much from the one “Supernatural” actor on “The Boys.” Ackles is essentially the most outstanding alum on the present as Soldier Boy, and “The Boys” Seasons 4-5 featured Jeffrey Dean Morgan (who performed Sam and Dean’s father, John) as Joe Kessler. “The Boys” Season 5 Episode 5 was a full-on “Supernatural” reunion, pairing Soldier Boy with Mr. Marathon (performed by Padalecki) and Malchemical (Misha Collins, finest often called the angel Castiel on “Supernatural”). Kripke soared to new heights with “The Boys,” however he hasn’t forgotten the place he began.
“The Boys” is streaming on Prime Video.