Prime Video’s “Gen V” has already been renewed for Season 2, which is great because Season 1 left us with several big questions.
After eight episodes of superpowered college shenanigans, memory wipes, and exploded penises, Gen V‘s first season has come to a close.
The good news? The show has already been renewed for Season 2. The bad news? We’ve been left on a pretty intense cliffhanger, with Marie (Jaz Sinclair), Emma (Lizze Broadway), Jordan (London Thor and Derek Luh), and Andre (Chance Perdomo) trapped in some unknown facility. Not only that, but they’re officially on Homelander’s (Antony Starr) bad side, having tried to stop Cate (Maddie Phillips) and Sam (Asa Germann) from killing every non-supe at Godolkin University.
So, what’s next for our new band of supes? And when will we get to see them in action again in Season 2? Here are eight burning questions we have for the future of Gen V.
1. When is Gen V Season 2 coming out?
Jaz Sinclair and London Thor in “Gen V.”
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There’s no release date yet for Gen V Season 2, meaning we’ll have to wait a while to see Marie and co. again. We can definitely expect it after The Boys Season 4 finishes its run, as The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke told Entertainment Weekly that the finale for Season 4 would feature a “handoff” to Gen V Season 2. The Boys Season 4 doesn’t have a set release date either, but a 2024 release seems likely.
2. Where are Marie, Emma, Jordan, and Andre being kept?
You can’t end a season with our heroes trapped in a doorless room and expect us not to wonder where said room is, right? From the looks of it, Marie and her friends are in some kind of high-tech research facility, but Gen V gives us very few clues as to what it actually is. Could this be the much-dreaded adult facility for wayward supes that Marie has always worried about? Is it a sinister Vought laboratory? Or has Marie’s benefactor Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) pulled some strings to get Marie sent elsewhere? And speaking of Victoria…
3. What is Victoria going to do with Dean Shetty’s supe virus?
Claudia Doumit in “Gen V.”
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Last we saw Victoria in Gen V, she had blown up Dr. Cardosa’s (Marco Pigossi) head and taken off with the virus he and Dean Shetty (Shelley Conn) created to target supes. With both Dr. Cardosa and Dean Shetty dead, Victoria is officially the only person in the world with knowledge of (and access to) the virus. So, what’s next for The Boys‘ resident head-popper? Will she try to destroy the biggest threat to supe-kind? Or will she attempt to weaponize it in some way… perhaps against Homelander? Granted, Victoria is a supe herself, so the latter plan comes with a huge element of risk. But we wouldn’t put it past her to try to engineer an antidote so she can weather the incoming storm.
4. How will Godolkin University recover from Sam and Cate’s massacre?
Maddie Phillips in “Gen V.”
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Cate, Sam, and the imprisoned students from The Woods led a wave of carnage across God U’s campus. How will the school and its student body deal with the fallout? Based on the very end of Gen V, we know that Sam and Cate are being hailed as the new Guardians of Godolkin. Does that mean their line of pro-supe and pro-Homelander radicalization will continue to spread? How will that power affect their already fragile mental states? And what was Vought’s thought process when it came to declaring Sam and Cate — the perpetrators of a college campus murder spree who tried to kill several Vought employees — the heroes of the day?
5. Will Emma learn to control her powers in a different way?
Lizze Broadway in “Gen V.”
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Throughout the season, Emma has struggled with the ways in which disordered eating impact her powers: She has to purge food to shrink and binge it to grow. However, in the Season 1 finale, she shrinks without purging. The change comes after a fight with Sam, when he declares she’s not a hero. Suddenly, much to her surprise, Emma finds herself getting small.
While the finale doesn’t unpack that moment further, this shrinking incident hints at development to come for Emma. Perhaps her powers aren’t just linked to her eating, but to her sense of self. Sam’s words cut pretty deep, after all — maybe enough to make Emma feel tiny. This moment suggests that Emma’s self-hatred can have a similar effect to her purging food, although relying on self-loathing would be just another painful method of controlling her powers. Still, here’s hoping Emma can use this one instance to unlock a less detrimental way of accessing her abilities. Little Cricket really deserves a break.
6. Will Andre have to stop using his powers entirely?
Sean Patrick Thomas and Chance Perdomo in “Gen V.”
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As chaos rages on God U’s campus, Andre is dealing with an existential threat of his own. His father, Polarity (Sean Patrick Thomas), has undergone a major health crisis. As a doctor tells Andre, every time Polarity uses his powers, he experiences a micro-tear in his neural pathways, leading to severe brain damage. The only way to prevent further problems is for him to stop using his powers altogethers.
Given the news, Polarity wants Andre to take up his mantle. However, it seems as if Andre is already facing some brain damage symptoms himself. Will he keep using his powers even though they risk harming him? Or will he join his father in hanging up the figurative cape? Maybe there’s a third option: Could the mysterious facility where Andre is being held hold a key to curing his and his father’s condition?
7. What’s next for Gen V‘s romantic pairings, like Marie and Jordan?
Jaz Sinclair and Derek Luh in “Gen V.”
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Part of Gen V being a college-set series means it delivers lots of college relationship drama. Marie and Jordan forged a romantic connection throughout the season, as did Sam and Emma. Meanwhile, it turns out that Andre and Cate had been hooking up behind Luke’s (Patrick Schwarzenegger) back for a while. How will these relationships fare in Season 2?
Based on the finale, not well! Sam and Cate’s radical pro-supe actions have alienated them from Emma and Andre, and given their bloody actions, it looks like reconciliation — if at all possible — is a long way off. Marie and Jordan are doing much better, having come down on the same sides of the God U conflict. But will their relationship be able to withstand whatever is going to happen to them in the strange new laboratory?
8. What was Billy Butcher doing at Godolkin?
Gen V featured several cameos throughout its first season, but it was saving its two biggest for last. First up was a disappointing appearance by Homelander, followed not long after by a mid-credits scene featuring none other than Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) himself. We see him exploring the abandoned Woods — but why? What will he do with his knowledge of Vought’s secret pet project? Guess we’ll find out in The Boys Season 4.
Gen V Season 1 is now streaming on Prime Video.
