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Also known asThe Boys: Gen V
Genre
Based on
The Boys Volume 4: "We Gotta Go Now"
by
Developed by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
  • Craig Rosenberg
  • Eric Kripke
  • Seth Rogen
  • Evan Goldberg
  • James Weaver
  • Neal H. Moritz
  • Ori Marmur
  • Pavun Shetty
  • Ken Levin
  • Jason Netter
  • Michaela Starr
  • Garth Ennis
  • Darick Robertson
  • Michele Fazekas
  • Tara Butters
  • Sarah Carbiener
  • Erica Rosbe
  • Aisha Porter-Christie
  • Judalina Neira
  • Zak Schwartz
Production locationsToronto, Ontario, Canada
Running time49–59 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
ReleaseSeptember 29, 2023 (2023-09-29) –
present (present)
Related
The Boys (franchise)

Gen V is an American superhero television series, developed by Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke, serving as a spin-off of The Boys by Kripke, and based on The Boys comic book story arc "We Gotta Go Now" by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The series stars Jaz Sinclair, Jason Perez, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, Asa Germann, and Shelley Conn in main roles.

Gen V serves as the third television series in The Boys franchise and its first season is set before the fourth season of The Boys. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on September 29, 2023, and has received mostly positive critical reviews, with praise for the characters, humor, storyline, and performances of its cast (particularly Sinclair, Perez, Broadway, Phillips and Germann), while the writing and pacing garnered mixed reception. Nonetheless, many reviewers deemed it a strong spin-off from its predecessor.

In October 2023, less than a month after its premiere, Gen V was renewed for a second season.

Premise

At the Godolkin University School of Crimefighting, founded by Thomas Godolkin, young adult superheroes ("supes") put their moral boundaries to the test by competing for the university’s top ranking and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school’s dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

Cast

Further information: List of The Boys characters

Main

  • Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau, a hemokinetic (ability to psychically manipulate blood) Supe with a tragic past.
    • Jaeda LeBlanc as young Marie.
  • Jason Perez as Michael Statham / Michael the Archangel, the top student of Godolkin University with the ability of flight and superhuman senses.
  • Chance Perdomo as Andre Anderson, a popular student and Luke's best friend with magnetic manipulation capabilities.
  • Lizze Broadway as Emma Meyer / Little Cricket, a Supe with the ability to alter her size by "purging" or eating.
  • Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap, a Supe with tactile mind control and Luke’s longtime girlfriend.
  • London Thor and Derek Luh as Jordan Li, a gender-shifter. Thor portrays Jordan's feminine form who can fire energy blasts and Luh portrays Jordan's masculine form who has superhuman durability.
  • Asa Germann as Sam Riordan, a young Supe with super-strength and durability.
    • Cameron Nicoll as young Sam.
  • Shelley Conn as Indira Shetty (season 1), the dean of Godolkin University and former behavioral therapist who does not have superpowers.

Recurring

  • Patrick Schwarzenegger as Luke Riordan / Golden Boy, Sam's older brother and a popular student with pyrokinesis and superhuman strength.
  • Nicholas Hamilton as the voice of Maverick, a student representative at Godolkin University able to turn invisible, and the son of Translucent, a deceased former member of The Seven. Hamilton replaces Charles Altow, who portrayed the character in The Boys. In the first season finale, Hamilton briefly physically portrays Maverick.
  • Maia Jae Bastidas as Justine Garcia, a supe influencer with enhanced durability and a healing factor attending the Crimson Countess School of Performing Arts.
  • Daniel Beirne as Social Media Jeff, the social media manager for Godolkin University.
  • Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity, Andre's dad and a famous superhero with magnetic manipulation who is a trustee at Godolkin University.
  • Alexander Calvert as Rufus, a psychic student at Godolkin University who possesses telepathy, astral projection, and clairvoyance.
  • Marco Pigossi as Dr. Edison Cardosa, the lead scientist of "The Woods" and developer of the "supe virus".
  • Michael Peña as Rico, the owner of a firearm store where Michael is a regular.
  • Robert Bazzocchi as Liam, a classmate of Emma's.
  • Jessica Clement as Harper, a rat-tailed student at Godolkin University.
  • Matthew Edison as Cameron Coleman, the pro-supe news anchor of the Vought News Network.

Guest

  • Ty Barnett as Malcolm Moreau, Marie's father.
  • Miata Ada Lebile as Jackie Moreau, Marie's mother.
  • Robert Bazzocchi as Liam, a classmate of Emma's.
  • Alex Castillo as Vanessa
  • Clancy Brown as Richard "Rich Brink" Brinkerhoff, a renowned professor at Godolkin University and Chairman of the Lamplighter School of Crimefighting.
  • Warren Scherer as The Incredible Steve, a student with a healing factor sufficient to reattach lost body parts.
  • Jessica Clement as Harper, a rat-tailed student at Godolkin University.
  • Siddharth Sharma as Tyler Oppenheimer, a student with intangibility.
  • P.J. Byrne as Adam Bourke, a film director and acting teacher at Godolkin University.
  • Jackie Tohn as Courtenay Fortney, a renowned television talk show host.
  • Laura Kai Chen as Kayla Li, Jordan's mother.
  • Peter Kim as Paul Li, Jordan's father who disapproves of their gender-shifting ability.
  • Derek Wilson as Robert Vernon / Tek Knight, a former supe turned true-crime TV host who uses his show to cover up scandals for Vought.
  • Jason Ritter as himself via Sam's hallucinations of an episode of the educational TV series Avenue V.
  • Andy Walken as Dusty, a Supe resembling a teenager whose body ages slowly.
  • Pedro Pascal as Vogue Mercenary Captain

Special guests

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten by [1]Original release date [2]
1"God U."Nelson CraggCraig Rosenberg and Evan Goldberg & Eric KripkeSeptember 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
On the day when A-Train joined the Seven, Marie Moreau's blood-bending powers manifest when she has her period. She accidentally kills her parents which strains her relationship with her younger sister Annabeth. 8 years later, Marie Moreau is accepted into Godolkin University, an education facility for training future superheroes. On her first day on campus, Marie befriends her roommate Emma Meyer and becomes acquainted with upperclassmen Michael Statham, Andre Anderson, Luke Riordan, Jordan Li and Cate Dunlap. While attending a party, Marie helps Michael save a woman from bleeding out after Andre accidentally injures her with his magnetism manipulation. Despite gaining popularity on social media, Marie is expelled by Professor Richard Brinkerhoff in order to protect the upperclassmen's reputation. She later returns to Brink's office to confront him, but finds him killed by Luke. Luke attempts to kill Marie, but is stopped by Jordan and Michael before Andre arrived to ease tensions. As he cools down, Luke whispers to Andre before he commits suicide by blowing himself up.
2"First Day"Nelson CraggZak Schwartz and Brant EnglesteinSeptember 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
In the aftermath of Luke and Brink's deaths, Marie becomes the first freshman since Michael to be in Godolkin University's top 10 rankings. The circumstances behind the event are covered up by Vought International, while Marie is given sole credit for stopping Luke's rampage. Marie becomes acquainted with the university dean Indira Shetty, who offers her counsel. Emma makes a new friend in Justine who learns of the secret behind Emma's power. Justine later publicly discloses this information on a YouTube video, angering Emma who confronts her when she was with a rat-tailed student. Meanwhile, Andre, Michael, and Cate begin their own investigation into Luke's death and find a secret recording in which Luke reveals that his younger brother Sam is still alive and kept in a hidden facility known as "the Woods", which is secretly operated by Shetty. When Marie and Andre are both scheduled for an interview, Andre breaks off on his own to find intel in Brink's office, but not before contacting Michael for backup. Marie is told by Courtenay Fortnay that they contacted Annabeth who doesn't want anything to do with her causing her to tragically divert from mentioning Jordan and Michael's involvement. Michael and Andre succeed in retrieving information but on their way out, Andre was nearly caught in the stairwell by a security guard before Cate intervenes. She collapses afterwards. A squadron of guards was about to capture them, but luckily Michael arrives to their rescue. Marie later visits Shetty.
3"#ThinkBrink"Phil SgricciaErica RosbeSeptember 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
3 years prior, Luke, Andre, and Cate visit Sam who is enraged over the truth involving Compound V. Luke tries to calm Sam down after he killed a security guard as Cate touches Sam telling him to sleep. In the present day, Andre, Michael, and Cate discuss their discovery. After Michael gets out of the room, Cate convinces Andre to not risk his own life, leading to the two of them having sex, much to Michael's chagrin who witnessed the event with his x-ray vision. Marie returns to her dorm room and finds a fatigued, shrunken Emma. She attempts to counsel the latter, but the two of them end up arguing. The next day, Shetty invites Marie to a fundraiser gala in honor of Brink. Emma, Michael, Andre, Jordan, and Cate also attend the gala. Emma's mother attempts to talk her into doing a reality show, but she rejects the offer. Emma later meets with Marie and the two reconcile. Michael meets Emma and convinces her to infiltrate the Woods and locate Sam, giving her a specially-made audio device that she can use to contact him for backup. She successfully sneaks into Sam's room and talks to him, but they are interrupted as security puts the facility on alert while Sam is incapacitated as the guards attempt to find Emma in his room. Emma then activates Michael's device.
4"Michael the Archangel"Steve BoyumJessica ChouSeptember 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)
3 years ago, the Transoceanic Flight 37 was hijacked by terrorists, with Homelander and Queen Maeve having abandoned all attempts to rescue the passengers, much to Michael's shock and horror, who was flying around the area and having witnessed the tragedy with his enhanced sight. When the plane crashed into the ocean, Michael wasted no time in rescuing the passengers and getting them to safe land, for which he earned his present moniker. Afterwards, Michael condemned the superhero industry, and vowed to make the world a better place even if it meant doing it alone. He spent the next 3 years single-handedly wiping out criminal organizations around the world. When global media begins reporting of an unprecedented period of peace with various governments declaring victory in their respective wars on terror and drugs, Michael decides to enter Godolkin University, with the intention of graduating at the top of the class and confronting the Seven in regards to the Transoceanic Flight tragedy during the Hero Draft. Here, he befriends Andre, Luke, Jordan, and Cate. He decides to register only his flight powers as his official ability in the school, keeping his superhuman senses a secret. He then quickly becomes the top student in the school while gaining a close friendship with Jordan, eventually giving them a necklace that represents both of their genders. After rescuing a fellow Supe named Betsy from being bullied by four other students, Dean Shetty meets Michael and requests him to be her teaching assistant on the basis of his good performance, but Michael sensed some deceit from her so he declines. The final shot shows Emma activating Michael's device in the present day, with Michael hearing it and quickly taking flight.
5"The Whole Truth"Steve BoyumJessica ChouOctober 6, 2023 (2023-10-06)
Michael slaughters the security staff of the Woods and escapes together with Emma and Sam, going on the run to an abandoned drive-thru. Marie tries to get psychic student Rufus to help her find Emma and Michael only to wake up in his room with his bathrobe opened. Jordan comes in giving Marie the opportunity to blow up Rufus' penis. Celebrity Supe Tek Knight, who has superhuman senses and uses them to aggressively interrogate guests, arrives on campus to record a show in which he intends to pin Luke's suicide on an innocent student. He threatened Andre and Cate while interrogating several students. In one of Shetty's classes, Tek-Knight is a guest lecturer where he forces Marie to admit that it was Jordan and Michael who actually fought Luke. After class, he declares his intent to pin it on Shetty, having learned that Sam escaped the Woods under her watch. However, he withdraws after Shetty threatens to expose his unnatural sexual urge regarding different holes during a private talk far from campus. While hiding in the drive-thru, Sam is overtaken by delusions and derealization and announces his intent to kill Dr. Edison Cardosa, a psychologist who previously worked with him. Michael and Emma are able to return to campus to warn the others. Arriving at Dr. Cardosa's home, Marie, Emma, Michael, Andre, Jordan, and Cate eventually managed to subdue Sam. As Marie tries to convince Sam to calm down, she blacks out and wakes up finding Jordan sleeping next to her. The final shot shows Tek-Knight doing his sexual urge on a hand dryer.
6"Welcome to the Monster Club"Claire KilnerLex EdnessOctober 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)
Marie and her friends awaken to find themselves at a party with no memory of how they got there. While evading capture, Sam finds Michael, Emma, and Marie, but they do not recognize him. Cardosa meets with Shetty to discuss his creation of a virus meant to control Marie's powers, but she refuses to involve her. Cate claims Rufus is responsible for their amnesia and leads Jordan, Andre, and Marie in confronting him, but lose track of him while Andre faints. Michael realizes that he, Emma, and Marie already know Sam, but were forced to forget him. While seeking him out, Michael notices a tracking device on Marie, Emma, and himself, which Marie removes from their necks. Marie and Michael then tell Cate their suspicion that Shetty and Rufus are responsible for their amnesia. However, Michael quickly realizes that Cate does not have a tracker on her, leading Marie to incapacitate Cate with her blood powers. Cate tearfully apologizes, but assures Michael that Dean Shetty is yet to know about him keeping his superhuman senses a secret. Michael then goes to meet Jordan and instructs them to re-confront Rufus in order to identify whether he is a part of a bigger conspiracy. Michael and Emma find Sam, who confirms Cate is the culprit after learning she used her tactile mind control power to make Luke forget Sam's existence. Michael calls Marie to tell her and Jordan the truth. Andre almost kills Rufus when a tearful Cate arrives to reveal her deception and restore his memories.
7"Jumanji"Rachel GoldbergLauren GreerOctober 20, 2023 (2023-10-20)
After restoring everyone's memories, Cate experiences a seizure and unknowingly puts Marie, Michael, Jordan, and Andre in a trance where they explore her memories. Soldier Boy, who exists as Cate's imaginary friend, warns them to find a way to escape before she enters a vegetative state that threatens them as well. The group journeys through Cate's memories, from her first meeting with Shetty to befriending Luke in class. There, Luke exposes Andre for having cheated with Cate whilst he was alive. They flee from him and enter a memory of Jordan, who is revealed to have saved Brink from an angry Luke, earning their role as his teaching assistant. They see a memory of Luke and Sam being experimented on in the Woods, with Cate forcing Luke to forget about the events that transpired. Afterwards, they enter Michael's memories, where the others find out about his role in saving the passengers of the Transoceanic Flight 37 and consequently, the widespread corruption that persists within the superhero industry. They also find out that Shetty has attempted to recruit Michael as her assistant, but thankfully he declined. The group then enters Marie's memory of her parents' deaths, in which her sister Annabeth accuses her of killing them on purpose. The four finally confront Cate and convinces her to take responsibility for her actions, causing all of them to awaken just as Sam and Emma appear. Sam lashes out at Cate but Emma talks him down. She reveals that Shetty had been using Sam to augment Luke's power and that other kids are also experimented on. Meanwhile, Cardosa tests his virus on one of the kids, Betsy, causing her powers to weaken as she grows sick. Shetty orders him to concentrate the virus but it kills Betsy. Initially shocked, Shetty orders him to make it contagious.
8"Sick"Shana SteinChelsea GrateOctober 27, 2023 (2023-10-27)
Marie and Jordan break into Shetty's office to gather evidence and present it to Victoria Neuman, a politician who came to Godolkin University for a town hall meeting, during which they learn Shetty's family was reported killed in a plane crash caused by Homelander. A drunken Cardosa enters Shetty's office and rambles about his virus, unaware that Marie and Jordan hid underneath Shetty's desk. Shetty asks Colonel Grace Mallory for help in spreading the virus globally to kill all Supes, but Mallory refuses and secretly orders someone to observe Shetty. Having followed Shetty and hearing her conversation with Mallory, Michael attempted to re-establish contact with the Transoceanic Flight survivors starting with Shetty's family members, but found that Vought mercenaries had already uncovered their locations and assaulted them in a last-ditch attempt to bury details of Homelander's involvement. Determined to save the families, Michael goes on a murder spree against the mercenaries. After Andre's father, Polarity, suffers a seizure, Andre accompanies him to the hospital. Amidst the meeting, student protestors incite a riot and create the "Supes Lives Matter" movement. While evacuating, Neuman meets Marie and discovers they share similar powers and upbringings. Marie tries to convince Neuman to expose the Woods to Vought, but Neuman convinces her to pursue a position of power without political or cultural influence instead. With Marie's company reunited sans Andre, Cate forces Shetty to reveal the truth behind the Woods and her motivation for creating the virus and kill herself. Cardosa secretly meets with Neuman to give her a virus sample before she kills him to prevent his knowledge from spreading.
9"Guardians of Godolkin"Sanaa HamriBrant EnglesteinNovember 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)
While Vought CEO Ashley Barrett meets with Godolkin University's trustees on how to spin Luke's suicide, Cate and Sam return to the Woods to free the remaining captives before leading them in killing non-supes across campus. As Marie, Michael, Jordan, and Emma attempt to contain the chaos, Marie demonstrates increased mastery of her powers. Michael arms himself to the brim as he is forced to go aggressive against the rampaging supes. Sam suffers hallucinations of Luke, who asks him to stop and reveals how he died, but Sam ignores him and allows Cate stop him from feeling emotions. After being rejected by Sam, Emma realises she can change her size without purging or eating. Andre learns that Polarity's seizure was the result of brain damage caused by use of his powers before receiving the Polarity mantle to help fight the rampaging supes. Cate tries to brainwash Jordan, but Marie detonates Cate's arm before the Homelander arrives, and seeing Marie to have been "attacking her own kind", lasers her through the chest. Sometime later, Marie, Jordan, Emma, and Andre awaken in a sealed hospital room at an unknown location whilst Vought has framed them and Michael for Sam and Cate's attack, with Sam and Cate heralded as the Guardians of Godolkin. Later, Billy Butcher investigates the Woods' ruins, and Michael—now a fugitive—manages to meet with him.

Rachel Goldberg and Steve Boyum each directed episodes.

Production

Development

On September 20, 2020, a spin-off of The Boys was announced, with Craig Rosenberg writing and executive producing the series with Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Michaela Starr, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Sarah Carbiener, Erica Rosbe, Aisha Porter-Christie, Judalina Neira, and Zak Schwartz. On September 27, 2021, Amazon gave the order for the series, and Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters were set as showrunners and executive producers of the series. On October 2, 2020, Kripke stated the Hunger Games-inspired series would focus on the G-Men team mentioned in the first season of The Boys, originally created as a parody of Marvel Comics' X-Men for the fourth volume of Ennis' and Robertson's comic book series: "We Gotta Go Now", from which the series is "loosely inspired".

On January 5, 2023, it was announced that a writing room for a potential second season would soon come together, to be led by Michele Fazekas, who also has become sole showrunner after Tara Butters has taken a break from work. On October 19, 2023, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.

Casting

On March 11, 2021, Lizze Broadway, Jason Perez, and Jaz Sinclair were cast in the series. On March 19, Shane Paul McGhie, Aimee Carrero, and Maddie Phillips were cast in the series. On April 15, 2021, Reina Hardesty was cast in the series. On March 10, 2022, Carrero and McGhie exited the series. A few days later, Chance Perdomo joined the main cast in a recasting, replacing McGhie. On April 25, 2022, Hardesty left the series. On May 9, 2022, London Thor was cast to replace Hardesty. Derek Luh, Asa Germann, and Shelley Conn also joined the cast as series regulars. Two days later, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Marco Pigossi were cast in recurring capacities. In November 2022, Clancy Brown joined the cast as Richard "Rich Brink" Brinkerhoff. In December 2022, Jessie T. Usher, Colby Minifie, and P. J. Byrne were confirmed to be reprising their roles from The Boys, in guest appearances, as Reggie Franklin / A-Train, Ashley Barrett, and Adam Bourke, respectively, while in September 2023, Derek Wilson was confirmed to have been cast as Robert Vernon / Tek Knight.

Filming

Filming began at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus in May 2022 and the Claireville Conservation Area, Brampton in July, intended for an October wrap, under the working title of The Boys Presents: Varsity. In July 2022, it was announced that the series would officially be titled Gen V. In September 2022, members of the cast announced on social media that production had wrapped.

On March 30, 2024, it was announced the production of the second season would be put on hold following the death of Chance Perdomo in a motorcycle accident. The cast was due to begin table reads that afternoon before filming started April 8. It was confirmed that his role will not be recast due to his death as filming began in May 2024, with the second season being recrafted from the original idea.

Release

Gen V premiered on Amazon Prime Video on September 29, 2023, with its first four episodes, while the rest of the episodes debuted on a weekly basis.

Reception

Audience viewership

According to Whip Media's TV Time, following its 3-episode premiere, Gen V became the fifth most streamed television series across all platforms in the United States during the week of October 1, 2023. During the week of October 8, the series rose to fourth place. It then rose to second place during the week of October 15 and has remained in the same position for the weeks of October 22 and 29, as well as November 5. Meanwhile, Nielsen Media Research reported that Gen V ranked at number 8 on its Top 10 Streaming Originals chart with 374 million minutes viewed.

According to ReelGood, which tracks real-time data from 5 million users in the United States across subscription and advertisement-based video on demand services for streaming programs and movies, the series topped the all streaming content chart during the week of October 12. Meanwhile, JustWatch reported that the series became the most streamed TV show in the United States during the weeks of October 1 and 8.

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 97% approval rating with an average rating of 7.65/10, based on 107 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Just about as gruesomely subversive as its origin series, Gen V builds on The Boys in occasionally chaotic but overall inspired fashion." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 73 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Writing for the first three episodes, Matt Donato of IGN gave the series a score of 9 out of 10, praising the writing, humor, characters, and performances of its cast (particularly Broadway), and wrote, "Gen V does a tremendous job expanding on themes from The Boys that beg for deeper analysis, like the disgusting reality of Compound V injections. [...] [It] feels uniquely mapped as a spin-off that doesn't rely on cameos from [its predecessor] to assure relevance or importance." Alec Bojalad of Den of Geek gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars and said, "Ultimately, Gen V doesn't appear to be striving for greatness but for something just as elusive. Successfully franchising a concept as antagonistic to franchises as The Boys is no small feat. By embracing the youthful energy of its cast and some solid TV storytelling fundamentals, [the series] is able to somehow make it all work." Lauren Milici of GamesRadar+ rated it with 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote on her verdict: "Despite its flaws and bumps, Gen V is a good time. It's a hot mess, but it's a damn good time". She then praised Perez's performance, calling it "the standout of the season".

Lorraine Ali of the Los Angeles Times also praised the characters and Perez's performance and stated that the series "expands upon the hit superhero satire with a new cast and storyline that stands on its own as a sharp, snarky commentary on the billion-dollar business of hero worship." Reviewing the first six episodes, The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg called the series "uneven but entertaining", lauding the performances of Perez, Broadway, Sinclair, Phillips, Schwarzenegger, Germann and Thomas, but criticizing the pacing and some of its writing, saying that "[the series] lacks patience. It's so eager to charge forward that it can't be bothered giving most of its main characters personalities, much less building believable relationships among them. It tries filling in gaps as it goes along, but episodes get shorter and shorter, and when it comes to the choice between characters and plot, [it] chooses plot every time. [...] [But] whenever it's able to pause and breathe, the writing is clever, the effects are polished and the cast is good." Michael Boyle of /Film, while Giving the series a score of 8 out of 10, also criticized some of its writing, but praised its characters and performances, especially Perez's. For the penultimate episode, TVLine gave Sinclair and Phillips an honorable mention for the "Performer of the Week" for the week of October 28, 2023, stating that the two "delivered strength and heartbreak on behalf of their characters" and calling them "a dynamic duo".

In his review for the season finale, IGN's Matt Donato, giving the episode a score of 8 out of 10, opined that "[the series] cleverly shows what happens when supes who've been branded as outcasts find a sense of camaraderie and community in redirecting that hatred. [...] [It] firmly establishes [the] supe-killing virus as an apocalyptic threat for The Boys next season, but also ensures [that it] works as a standalone collegiate mystery with supercharged conflicts", and that the episode "closes [the season] by answering enough lingering questions to make its storytelling journey feel complete." Vulture's Ben Rosenstock, rating the finale with 4 out of 5 stars, concluded his review by saying, "[Gen V] remains an imperfect show, at times a little emotionally simplistic and contrived. But while I often wanted it to take its time and develop the characters more, I had a really good time watching this solid debut season. It's a welcome complement to The Boys, helping fill in more details of the world. Meanwhile, in a mixed review, The A.V. Club's Manuel Betancourt criticized its writing but commended the characters, cast, and performances of Perez, Germann, and Broadway, naming them "three of the strongest cast members in the show's ensemble".

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