Prime Video subscribers have had a lot of new content to enjoy so far in 2026, but it was especially difficult to say goodbye to The Boys, which aired its final season over the course of six weeks. Fans of The Boys had to watch several beloved characters perish, but this was to be expected coming into the final season, especially after so much blood was shed through the first four seasons of the show. The final season of The Boys was a hit with critics, enough so to earn a strong 92% on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, but it was hit with review bombing from fans, who rated it a Rotten 49% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter.
One of the most shocking moments in The Boys Season 5 came early, at the end of Season 5, Episode 1, “Fifteen Inches of Sheer Dynamite.” A-Train (played by Jessie T. Usher) had flipped on Homelander (played by Antony Starr) and The Seven and had been working with The Boys for a while, and his actions finally caught up with him at the end of the Season 5 premiere when he found himself running for his life from Homelander after saving Hughie’s life. Homelander ultimately catches up to A-Train and kills him, effectively kicking off the Season 5 bloodshed.
Collider’s Maggie Lovitt recently moderated a panel for The Boys stars Jessie T. Usher and Laz Alonso at Big Lick Comic-Con in Roanoke, Virginia, and a fan asked about A-Train’s decision to save a woman in his path, allowing Homelander to catch up to him and kill him. Fans will recall the very first episode of The Boys, when A-Train kills Hughie’s girlfriend Robin by running through her while moving at high speed. Usher confirmed that this was a conscious moment for A-Train in Season 5, to make the right decision and save this woman, saying: “It’s kind of hard to tell in the edit because it all happens so far, but it is a conscious decision — he does know what’s going to happen. It’s really hard to pick up the nuance of that scene with everything that’s going on and how fast the looks have to happen.”
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
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💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
A-Train Is a Changed Man in ‘The Boys’ Season 5
Jessie T. Usher continued to explain how A-Train could have escaped from Homelander in The Boys Season 5, Episode 1, but only if he sacrificed this innocent woman in his path. “The way it’s written on the page is that A-Train starts to get away from Homelander, or starts to lose him,” he said. “That last look back isn’t to see where Homelander is, it’s to give him a look like, ‘I’m about to get away,’ He looks back almost cocky. And then, when he turns back around, there’s the girl.”
As fast as A-Train was moving at that moment, he didn’t even have a fraction of a second to make the choice to save this woman. He even admits that A-Train was “thinking, ‘I could get away, just keep going, take this person out, and live to fight another day.’ But he will not make this same mistake again. He’s replaying that entire story in his own head.”
It’s at this moment that A-Train remembered Hughie’s girlfriend Robin, and he made the right call — the one a hero makes — to put himself in danger to save an innocent person. “I’ve seen what happens when I make these choices,” he said. “And even if it costs me my life, I’m at the point now where I will not do that again, so I’ll take my chances. So to answer the question directly — yes, he absolutely knew what would happen, and he did it anyway.”
Check out all five seasons of The Boys on Prime Video and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the future of the franchise.
