Gen V Season 2 just had its three-episode premiere on Prime Video. If you haven’t been keeping track, the series is a spin-off of The Boys. The series features several young adult superheroes, whom we call supes, studying at the Godolkin University of Crimefighting.
Full of dark secrets and just as much gore, violence, s*x, and drugs as its parent series, Gen V is not for the faint of heart. The second season picks up from the aftermath of bloody experiments, The Woods, and the realization that Godolkin University is less a school and more a breeding ground for manipulation.
Now, having a new Dean, Cipher, who is more inclined to create soldiers than students, the show wastes no time in diving back into chaos. From power struggles to secret programs and sudden deaths, the paranoia runs high, and no one is safe.
So, let’s break down exactly what happens in the first three episodes, who kills, and who dies.
Gen V Season 2 Episode 1: “New Year, New U” Recap
The Season 2 premiere opens with a chilling flashback to 1967, where Dr. Godolkin oversees early experiments with Vought’s blue serum. Scientists test it on themselves, and within moments, their bodies convulse and collapse.
The gruesome sequence not only shows the risks of early Compound V but sets up a theme: scientific ambition often leads to bloodshed.
Back in the present, the focus is back on the fallout from the first season. The university has a new Dean, Hamish Linklater’s Cipher, who is pretty anti-human and even has a role in the Elmira detention center. Cipher’s introduction is cold, calculating, and frightening: he instantly asserts dominance as the new threat on campus.
Initially locked up at the detention center, Maddie Phillips’ Cate, Lizzie Broadway’s Emma, and Derek Luh and London Thor’s Jordan are now out of it and back at the university.
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There, Cate learns that Andre is dead and that Jaz Sinclair’s Marie is missing or on the run. The university has a new Head of Student Life, Stacey Ferrera, who has a huge stinger mutation and barfs honey.
Cate makes a desperate attempt to use her powers against Dean Cipher, but he proves far too strong, gripping her hand until it nearly breaks. Marie is then shown on the run, trying to process both her sister’s situation and her place in the supe world. At a bus stop, she faces angry humans spewing anti-supe rhetoric.
Before things escalate, she’s targeted by Dogknott, a relentless bounty hunter hired to track her down. Their brutal fight is interrupted, saving Marie’s life, but it cements Dogknott as a killer with no moral compass.
Starlight also contacts Marie, telling her to return to university. She also seeks help regarding the Odessa research project.
The heaviest blow comes from outside the action. News spreads that Andre Anderson has died, off-screen. His absence is felt in every character interaction, particularly with Emma and Jordan, who both struggle with grief and confusion. They also discover that Marie is alive after seeing a video of her at the bus stop and contemplate whether she needs saving.
They end up finding her, but Cate is also not far behind her “friends”. After Cate barges in, Jordan freaks out, and Cate ends up getting hurt and bleeding. While Maries tries to save her without touching her, she is prevented by others, so they let her in the alley to die. However, it doesn’t look like she is dead, judging from the trailers.
Gen V Season 2 Episode 2: “Justice Never Forgets” Recap
Episode 2 raises the tension by throwing Marie back into the lion’s den. She returns to Godolkin University, but the campus feels very different. Surveillance has increased, Cipher’s propaganda spreads, and students walk with more fear than ambition.
Cipher and Marie have a chat where he hands her Andre’s medical records, arguing that he had the same medical condition as his dad. What seems to be more of a carefully constructed lie, Cipher isn’t just a liar but an expert manipulator. He accepts he was at Elmira but refuses to reveal his role.
Cate is in the hospital, and her assault is being projected as a hate crime against the supes. Meanwhile, Polarity is back at the university and teams up with Emma to know more about Cipher. They go to the library, where they end up making their way into the archives and discover a secret room. The room has shocking historical stuff, from KKK garments to Nazi documents, and even some files on the list of deceased infants.
While Marie and Jordan have a debate about whether Andre’s medical records are true, they also get some intimate time. Cipher, meanwhile, has changed the Diversity and Equity Center into Hero Optimization. He uses students and tells them they must prepare for a war against humans, just in case. The students are then made to fight a supe called Valhallen.
Elsewhere, Cate wakes up in horror. Medical staff assigned to watch her have been brutally murdered in her room. Blood spatters the walls, and the carnage is undeniable. Cate insists she had no part in it, but suspicion lingers.
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The most shocking on-screen death comes when Dogknott kills a young man who had crossed paths with Marie during her escape. The young man’s death feels especially cruel as he wasn’t a supe, a fighter, or a threat. He was simply unlucky to encounter Marie, and Dogknott slaughtered him without hesitation.
By the end of the episode, paranoia is spreading. No one knows who to trust. Cipher tightens his grip, and the students realize they’re being turned into both weapons and scapegoats.
Gen V Season 2 Episode 3: “H is for Human” Recap
By Gen V Season 2 Episode 3, Cipher is fully entrenched in control, and his influence stretches across every corner of Godolkin. He manipulates public speeches, rewrites narratives, and silences dissent. His true goal seems to be shaping the next generation of supes into controllable assets, no matter the cost.
Marie ends up getting together with Polarity, Emma, and Jordan, and they find pages on Marie in the files Emma and Polarity found in the secret room. Marie reaches out to her mother’s friend, Pam, to find out more about her and her sister. Pam reveals that Marie was conceived at the Godolkin clinic and gives pictures from when she was born. Apparently, while her sister was the true miracle, Marie was conceived due to Compound V, and Cipher was one of the doctors who delivered her.
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While Cate is released from the hospital, she doesn’t remember anything and is disoriented. Cipher forces her to focus on healing, as without her powers, he insists, she is as useless as a human. Sam, now without Cate’s influence, is going crazy about Andre’s death. His mental health is worse than ever, and his powers are tumultuous as well.
Sam and Jordan end up spending time together and watching children’s cartoons, which weirdly helps him calm down.
Supes are now getting rated on campus, and when Jordan takes the first spot for the first time, he is given a speech to read at the Thomas Godolkin Day celebration. At the celebration, marking 60 years of the university’s establishment, Jordan gave his speech.
But midway, he turns into his female version and reveals to everyone that Andre is dead and that she was the one who had attacked Cate.
Episode 3 doesn’t feature a major on-screen death like the previous two episodes, but the emotional weight of secrets revealed and lies enforced makes it no less brutal.
Well, the first three episodes of Gen V season 2 make it clear that survival is not guaranteed. So far, Cipher has established himself as a major threat, one who is not afraid of cover-ups and manipulation. Given how this is only the beginning, fans should brace themselves.
As we expect more bloodshed to follow through in the upcoming episodes, let us know in the comments below what your thoughts are about Gen V Season 2 so far.
Gen V is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, while the remaining five episodes of the second season will release every Wednesday, eventually concluding on October 22.