Jensen Ackles Wants More of ‘The Boys’ and His 15 Seasons of ‘Supernatural’ Prove He Means It
For a man who spent the better part of two decades on one of television’s most beloved genre series, five seasons was never going to feel like enough. Jensen Ackles has become one of the most recognizable faces in the superhero satire space since joining Prime Video’s ‘The Boys‘ as the volatile antihero Soldier Boy in Season 3, and his investment in the world clearly runs deep. The cast and creative team of ‘The Boys’ gathered in Los Angeles to celebrate the series finale, with creator Eric Kripke joined by stars including Ackles, Chace Crawford, Erin Moriarty, Karen Fukuhara, and Daveed Diggs at the United Theater on Broadway.
While Moriarty described feeling “selfishly satisfied and globally satisfied” with the final episode, emphasizing her hope that fans would respond well, not every cast member walked away feeling the ending came at the right time. For Ackles in particular, the curtain coming down after five seasons felt premature in a way that his decade and a half on network television had fundamentally shaped.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter at the finale event, Ackles made no effort to hide his appetite for more, saying he wants seasons 6, 7, and 8, and that talking to someone who did 15 seasons of a show means five feels like a small number. The comment was classic Ackles, equal parts humor and genuine feeling, drawing a direct line between his legendary run on ‘Supernatural’ and the itch he still has to keep going with ‘The Boys.’ ‘Supernatural,’ which Ackles headlined alongside Jared Padalecki, ran for 15 seasons between 2005 and 2020 on The CW, a tenure that by any measure redefined what long-form genre storytelling on television could look like.
The final season of ‘The Boys’ did offer Ackles some meaningful closure in other ways. Season 5 delivered a wild ‘Supernatural’ reunion, as Ackles shared the screen with Padalecki and Misha Collins before Soldier Boy killed Collins’ Supe Malchemical and broke Padalecki’s Mr. Marathon’s legs in Episode 5, with Homelander finishing off Padalecki’s character shortly after. In a March 2026 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Ackles admitted he was nervous to have them on set, saying he simply wanted them to do well because they are part of his family, adding that the three of them still see each other and talk often.
His journey in the ‘The Boys’ universe is far from over, which perhaps explains why his dissatisfaction with the ending carries more wistfulness than bitterness. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight ahead of the series finale, Ackles called the experience emotional and bittersweet, but noted that because he is also doing the prequel, his journey has not necessarily come to an end.
The prequel series ‘Vought Rising’ is intended to run for multiple seasons, with Ackles confirming he agreed to the project before the pitch was even finished. Set in the 1950s, the show follows Soldier Boy during his formative years at Vought, and creator Eric Kripke has confirmed it will also address key mysteries left unresolved by the ‘The Boys’ series finale, including what happened to Soldier Boy after he was placed back into cryosleep by Homelander in Episode 7.
For a performer built for the long haul, ‘Vought Rising’ may be exactly the runway he needs. Whether that will ever scratch the itch he has for more of the main show is another question entirely. How many seasons do you think ‘The Boys’ could have sustained, and does hearing Ackles push back on the ending make you wish the story had kept going?
