The Boys is one of the most popular superhero series in the world, and its fourth season ended recently, on July 18, 2024. The initial reactions to the season were lukewarm, but the series has been picking up the pace and ended up being Certified Fresh with high ratings as well.

There have been many fascinating and surprising during the fourth season, most of which we have already discussed in our weekly reviews of the show and its episodes. One of the characters we haven’t really talked about a lot was Victoria Neuman, whose most shocking moments came in the previous seasons but who played an important role in Season 4 as well, all until her shocking exit.

In this spoiler-filled article, we are going to discuss Neumann’s exit, and also tell you what Claudia Doumit, the actress who played Neumann in the series, thought about this shocking exit and how it will impact the series going forward.

As we said above, this article is going to contain a lot of spoilers, so if you haven’t seen the Season 4 finale or don’t want to know what happens, stop reading here, as we are going to reveal the story. Namely, in light of all the political turmoil in the United States, Victoria Neuman is brought before the boys and wants to actually make a deal with them that will guarantee her safety and the safety of her daughter.

But Butcher then arrives, and with his new superpowers, he literally splits Neuman in half, leaving everyone shocked. This was one of the most brutal and heartless deaths in the series, saying a lot about both Neuman and Butcher, but that is a different topic.

Be that as it may, Victoria Neuman is out of the picture in a scene that caused a lot of controversy because it coincided with the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, although the scene in question was filmed back in 2023.

Claudia Doumit, the actress who played Neuman in the series, was shocked and while her character will definitely go down in history as one of the series’ most brutal deaths, she is also quite sad because she is leaving the show she loved working on. Here is what she said:

It was really shocking, but it was also really beautiful, and so well done. And most of all, it was a great death — that’s an honor in and of itself. I’m really happy to got a fun, twisted death, which is just such a great rite of passage for characters on this show. So I was really happy about it, which sounds like such an insane thing to say about being split in half.

I don’t know if I was in denial or hadn’t processed it yet, but it just felt like another day at work. I’m not new to being drenched in fake blood, or pretending that there’s some gruesome thing happening in front of me on the show. The only difference that day was that it was my fake blood and the gruesome thing happened to me.

She then added that only when she went back to her trailer was she hit with the realization that “there was no next scene,” describing it as a “beautiful, bittersweet moment.” She also commented on the tragedy of the scene, as well as the fate of Neuman’s daughter, Zoe:

It is truly, deeply such a heartbreaking moment, because all Victoria wants for her daughter is for her to have a life that was nothing like hers growing up. And Zoe, ultimately, ends up in the same place as her mother. It’s really tragic that she’s got these powers that were loosed upon her, she doesn’t have a parent, and she’s most likely going to end up in Red River, the same place her mom was in. It’s a really tragic, full circle ending to that story.

I hope that there is some for Zoe at the end of the tunnel. She’s been through so much and she’s just got braces, so life hard enough for her as a teenager. But I don’t know what will happen there. God only knows what they’re going to do. But Zoe is family to Stan Edgar, essentially. So I would hope that he is there for her in some sense.

As for Neuman’s potential appearance in Season 5, she said that she is hoping that a “Ghost Neuman” version might appear – and there is a possibility of that actually happening, but more on that later – but she ultimately concluded:

It’s actually really funny, because from the moment I joined this show, I knew that she was going to die — not because I knew for sure, but I knew what show I was coming on to. I honestly thought it would be sooner. I would go into every season anticipating that Neuman would die. So I was pleasantly surprised, and I feel lucky, that I got to walk around in Neuman’s pantsuits and Louboutins for as long as I did. She’s a wildly fascinating, and just endlessly fun character to play with.