Black Noir 2 was killed in The Boys season 5 episode 6, ending a season-long feud with The Deep after the underwater pipeline disaster he set in motion. The Deep strangled him before stabbing him in the throat, dispatching the latest Supe to carry the Black Noir name.
The death came after Black Noir 2 punched a hole in an oil pipeline under the ocean, even as The Deep had spent the season campaigning for the project as entirely safe. More than a billion fish died because of the leak, and the fallout made the rivalry between the two characters impossible to ignore.
Black Noir 2 was not the original version of the character; he had replaced the first Black Noir after that Supe was killed off. This season has already seen major losses, with A-Train dying in episode 1 and Firecracker dying at the end of episode 5, both at Homelander’s hands. Adam Bourke was also murdered in episode 5, adding to the sense that the final season is clearing the board fast.
Fans did not agree on whether the death landed. Some viewers questioned how Black Noir 2 could be taken out by a simple knife when he is bulletproof and can fly. One Reddit user wrote, “Did you know I can fly,” while another asked, “Did the writers forget Black Noir has powers?” A third said, “Black Noir might've had the lamest death I've seen in a show.” Another viewer offered a different explanation, suggesting that flying might be difficult while someone is strangling you. The argument fits the way the season has built the Black Noir 2 and The Deep conflict around Stan Edgar and the pipeline story, but the episode’s ending makes one thing clear: the show is not slowing down, and the deaths are coming from the center of the power structure.
For Chace Crawford’s character, the question is no longer whether Black Noir 2 could survive the season. It is whether The Boys is using each death to push the story toward a final reckoning, one corpse at a time.
