After eight years of blood, chaos, and unforgettable battles, The Boys officially came to an end Wednesday night — and for star Laz Alonso, saying goodbye to Marvin T. “Mother’s Milk” Milk was far more emotional than fans may realize.
Speaking ahead of the highly anticipated finale, Alonso admitted he still wasn’t fully ready to let go of one of television’s most beloved antiheroes.
“I think that once the season finale happens, that’s when I’ll be able to completely say goodbye.”
Now that the finale has aired, Alonso’s comments hit even harder for longtime fans of the series, which spent five seasons blending brutal satire, superhero spectacle, and surprisingly emotional character arcs. While carefully avoiding spoilers at the time of the interview, Alonso did tease that audiences should prepare for major losses in the show’s final chapter.
“A lot of people are dying. I hate to break it to you. But at the same time, I will say that they’re earned. They’re not just gratuitous deaths for the sake of ending the show. They are earned deaths.”
He also revealed MM entered the final season in a dramatically different headspace — more cynical, but oddly at peace.
“One thing that MM is this season is also, in addition to being cynical and kind of giving up his optimism, he’s also free. He’s accepted his fate. So if he does have that moment of no return, he will be OK with it.”
Over the years, MM became one of the emotional anchors of The Boys — the grounded moral compass in a world filled with corruption, violence, and unstable superheroes. Alonso says playing the character has easily been one of the most rewarding experiences of his career.
“I have to say, it’s definitely been one of my more enjoyable characters to play. I like MM. He would be my boy if he was a real person.”
The actor joked that MM probably wouldn’t approve of some of the morally questionable characters Alonso has portrayed in previous projects — including Phoenix from Fast & Furious or his role in This Christmas.
Filming the final season proved emotional for the entire cast, especially because actors wrapped production at different times throughout the shoot.
“There really was no last day, per se, because people were getting knocked off. It became a domino effect. It was, like, over a month of last days.”
And when it finally sank in that the journey was ending, Alonso says the emotions took over.
“Having to emotionally say goodbye to a family that you built over the last 7 and a half, 8 years… needless to say, the waterworks were going.”
Thankfully for fans hoping the cast remains close off-screen, Alonso says the bond between The Boys family is still very much intact.
“The group chat’s still active. I’m making sure that it’s active.”
