Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Boys season 4, episode 7.

The Boys season 4, episode 7, director Catriona McKenzie teases Billy Butcher’s (Karl Urban) arc in season 5. After premiering on Prime Video in 2019, creator Eric Kripke’s hit superhero parody show returned for season 4 earlier this year, continuing Butcher’s violent quest against Homelander (Antony Starr) and Vought. The character, who is suffering from a brain tumor has been going to increasingly extreme lengths on his mission, with Butcher’s story set to conclude in The Boys season 5, which will serve as the show’s last.

In a recent interview with Screen Rant, McKenzie touches on what awaits Butcher in The Boys season 5, teasing the character’s continued struggle between his light and dark instincts. While McKenzie doesn’t know which where exactly Butcher’s story will go, she expresses excitement at seeing what Kripke comes up with. Check out her comment below:

“Obviously, there’s been comments about how zeitgeist-y this show is about where we’re at, and Butcher is kind of our access into this world. He’s the human that’s taking on these superheroes. I think all of us are animals, and we all have these outrageous impulses. Some of us act on them, but some of us go, ‘You know what? I’m an animal, but I’m also a civilized, sophisticated member of a community, and I have a social conscience.’

“What I love about Eric Kripke is the way he’s created this character of Butcher that could go either way. He has the potential for terrible violence, but he also has a conscience, and he has these memories and commitments to characters that keep him in check — sort of.

“I’m actually going back to Toronto to do season 5, and I’m so excited to see where Kripke takes Butcher. I think it is sort of the call to arms, asking, ‘What is it to be human, and what is it to run a race that’s full of integrity and grace and wisdom rather than just kill the world or smash it with vengeance and violence?’ I’m really interested to see how he threads that needle, and it remains to be seen how he takes Butcher to the end of that line.”

More to come…