With all of the excitement surrounding the second season premiere of Amazon Prime’s The Boys and buzz already surrounding the third season via the hiring of Supernatural star Jensen Ackles for the role of Soldier Boy, we almost missed what series creator and showrunner Eric Kripke had to say about the series’ future. Speaking with Total Film and GamesRadar during a roundtable interview prior to the series’ premiere, Kripke revealed that viewers should expect the COVID-19 pandemic to play a role in some way, if not directly, moving into the third season: “I can tell that season three, without being specifically about COVID— we’re having a lot of conversations about the government response to COVID here in the States. And my guess is, you’ll see that metaphorically show up in one way or another in season three. It’s a fortunate opportunity for me to have a show that I can, you know, talk about the world. I have a place to put all my frustration.”