In an August 2025 interview with The Wrap, Esposito instructed Edgar could be again for “The Boys” season 5, and his look on “Gen V” all however confirms that. Throughout “The Boys” season 5, Edgar might be going to be an ally (of comfort) to the anti-Homelander resistance. When Starlight final appeared, she talked about that she’s been on the run since the remainder of the Boys had been captured by Homelander’s forces. Edgar’s bunker is the precise form of house base that Annie wants proper now.
Edgar undoubtedly disapproves of Homelander’s regime (if solely as a result of he is human himself) and he reveals in “Cooking Classes” that he intends to retake management of Vought. As soon as he does, he needs Marie by his facet. She actually has the very same powers as his useless daughter, so she might step simply into the position Neuman as soon as performed for Edgar.
Homelander’s coup most likely has Edgar extra satisfied than ever that his plans, to show Vought from a “superhero firm” right into a “correct” protection and pharma firm, had been the suitable ones. However bear in mind, whereas Edgar is useful and well mannered to Marie & buddies, he’s not a great man. He approved all kinds of shady doings, assassinations included, when he was head of Vought. In “Cooking Classes,” he implores Marie to embrace that she’s extra highly effective, and priceless, than her buddies, who he considers disposable.
“When the mud settles, people who stay will reshape the world,” Edgar says to Marie, recalling an analogous speech he gave Starlight about energy again in “The Boys” season 3. Talking of energy, might “The Boys” finish with Edgar again on prime of the company world? “The Boys” is simply too cynical a present for a pure joyful ending; Edgar is a lesser evil than Homelander (identical to how company capitalism is a one-degree lesser evil than fascism), however he is nonetheless evil.
Stan Edgar staying alive and empowered could be a becoming message for this story all about how capitalism and conservatism have rotted out the world; the rot goes so deep that its most ingrained signs cannot be cured. (For what it is value — and spoilers for the comedian right here — the unique “The Boys” comedian by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson ended with Vought bigwig James Stillwell escaping any justice.)
Then there’s Zoe. Whereas Edgar is usually too indifferent for vengeance, I believe Zoe will need revenge on Billy Butcher (Karl City) for killing her mother. She’s unlikely to be the one who does Butcher in, since that position appears reserved for Hughie (Jack Quaid) or Ryan (Cameron Crovetti), however she might grow to be extra blood on Butcher’s fingers.
“Gen V” is streaming on Prime Video with new episodes debuting on Wednesdays. “The Boys” season 5 is ready to premiere on Prime Video in 2026.
