The Boys episode five is a pure delight for Supernatural fans. The Prime Video series started bringing together names from the long-running CW series a while ago with the arrival of Jeffrey Dean Morgan in season four. And, of course, Eric Kripke is the man behind both Supernatural and The Boys. Kripke sent Supernatural fans into many joyful spirals after announcing that Misha Collins and Jared Padalecki would both appear in The Boys season five. Collins played the angel Castiel in Supernatural while Padalecki was Sam Winchester. This finally happens in episode five of The Boys, which includes a scene with Jensen Ackles (aka Dean Winchester), Padalecki, and Collins having the wildest conversation ever and delivering a Supernatural moment.
Ackles’ Soldier Boy and Homelander head to Hollywood after getting a tip from Stan Edgar. He sends them to see Padalecki’s Mr. Marathon, a speedster supe who was once in the Seven. Marathon is obviously salty after losing his place to a faster A-Train some years ago. They ask him where Bombsight is and he says he will have him come over. In the meantime, Marathon’s celebrity friends, including Seth Rogan, are at his house hanging out. One of his friends is Misha Collins’ Malchemical, who worked on a project with Homelander years ago. He’s a supe who emits gas out of his mouth, a power that grosses out Homelander, who doesn’t remember ever meeting him.
After sticking around for a while, Homelander gets impatient and decides to leave. But, on his way out, Malchemical steps in front of him (at the urging of Marathon) and breathes into his face. It doesn’t kill Homelander but it knocks him out cold. Then, we get a scene in The Boys that’s total fanservice (in the best way) for Supernatural lovers. Collins, Ackles, and Padalecki are all together to have one wild conversation. Soldier Boy is upset and wants to know what’s going on.
Marathon and Malchemical tell him that Homelander is ruining America with his weird religious stances and freedom camps that are taking all the cool people off the streets. They ask Soldier Boy to hit Homelander with a blast that will leave him powerless so things will no longer be a fascist nightmare. And, they say that Soldier Boy can be the leader of the Seven with Homelander out of the way. Honestly, those guys are making salient points, even though they both seem to be douchebags. Soldier Boy says the only person that will f**k Homelander over is him, and he grabs Malchemical by the neck, choking him. It is a shame to see Dean do that to Castiel, who truly loved him and brought him back from Hell. But, to be fair, Castiel did choke Dean before so it feels like revenge.
Bloody chaos ensues that ultimately ends with Soldier Boy beating Marathon to a pulp and breaking his legs to get information. Watching Sam and Dean go at it was quite thrilling and it all had the perfect tone of The Boys brand of chaos. Homelander wakes up from his slumber and stomps Marathon’s head in. That moment is the closing curtain on The Boys and this brilliant Supernatural reunion.