{"id":3675,"date":"2026-05-14T11:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:28:44","slug":"the-real-reason-frenchie-had-to-die-in-the-boys-s5-as-per-tomer-capone-and-eric-kripke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/05\/14\/the-real-reason-frenchie-had-to-die-in-the-boys-s5-as-per-tomer-capone-and-eric-kripke\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason Frenchie had to die in The Boys S5, as per Tomer Capone and Eric Kripke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spoiler alert: After five seasons of The Boys, one of them finally died. In season five episode seven, Homelander killed Frenchie. I still haven’t recovered. While you mourn, take a look at the cast’s justifications for why Frenchie had to die in The Boys season five.<\/p>\n

The showrunner concluded one of the Boys should die in this episode<\/h2>\n

In case you were out of the loop, Eric Kripke<\/a> is the showrunner for The Boys<\/a>. Eric Kripke believed the episode before the finale<\/a> was the ideal time to kill off a major hero.<\/p>\n

He explained to SYFY Wire<\/a>: “We knew the penultimate episode\u2026that’s usually when your team suffers their biggest loss. We knew that was when there was going to be a huge sacrifice on the Boys’ part. There was some conversation about who exactly it should be, but there weren’t that many choices – knowing where the story was going to go.”<\/p>\n

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I hope Frenchie got to catch up on Love Island before he died
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Frenchie’s death was planned to have a big impact on other important characters in the finale. Eric Kripke revealed to Polygon<\/a> that Frenchie’s fate will have a big impact on Sister Sage<\/a>. “She genuinely was touched by Frenchie not wanting to let Kimiko die. She’s by and large given up. I don’t think she’s working on a new plan. She had a plan and it kind of blew up in her face. Now she really is just binging Love Island and licking her wounds. But she does do this thing for Kimiko based on the conversations you saw in that episode.”<\/p>\n

Mon coeur Kimiko will also be shaking. Eric Kripke continued: “After suffering this terrifically traumatic setback, will she regress to who she used to be, or will she take the steps and continue the healing that Frenchie helped her with?”<\/p>\n

Tomer Copone felt it was a ‘good’ conclusion to Frenchie and Kimiko’s story<\/h2>\n

You might have been crying too much to see the details. But Frenchie essentially dies to protect Kimiko from Homelander<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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My heart
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Tomer Capone – the actor who portrays Frenchie – felt this death was fitting for the character. Apparently, after Eric Kripke told him this would happen, he had an “epiphany” that “this is good, this needs to happen.”<\/p>\n

He explained to Variety<\/a>: “The whole arc of Frenchie and Kimiko is finding that one individual that can redeem you, save you and take you in without judgment. It\u2019s just pure love.”<\/p>\n

Tomer especially liked how Frenchie used his final moments to insult Homelander for never dancing. “I loved the link to Frenchie and Kimiko doing their dance in season three,” he continued, “with his tragic past, Frenchie was always about surviving the next day, and dancing was a big part of it. To use something like that a moment before Homelander takes him down, something so sincere, it met Homelander in the right spot in terms of who he is and what is he chasing after.”<\/p>\n

For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes,\u00a0<\/i><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Featured image credit: Prime Video.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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