''Gen V'' is an American
satirical
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superhero
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television series, developed by
Craig Rosenberg,
Evan Goldberg
Evan D. Goldberg (born September 15, 1982) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer and director. He has collaborated with his childhood friend Seth Rogen on a variety of films, including '' Superbad'', '' Pineapple Express'', '' This Is the En ...
, and
Eric Kripke
Eric Kripke (born 1974) is an American screenwriting, writer and television producer. Kripke came to prominence in the late 2000s for creating The WB/The CW, CW fantasy drama series ''Supernatural (American TV series), Supernatural'' (2005–2020) ...
, serving as a
spin-off of ''
The Boys'' by Kripke, and loosely based on ''
The Boys''
comic book
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story arc
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''
We Gotta Go Now'' by
Garth Ennis,
Darick Robertson
Darick W. Robertson is an American artist best known for his work as a comic book illustrator on series he co-created, notably ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002) and ''The Boys (comics), The Boys'' (2006–2012; 2020).
Robertson has illustrated ...
, and
John Higgins. The series stars
Jaz Sinclair,
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
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on September 29, 2023, and received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the cast performances.
In October 2023, ''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.
In the
second season, while the US experiences
Homelander's reign, Marie and the rest of the inmates return to Godolkin, with a dean who turns Supes into soldiers. On the brink of a war between humans and Supes, the team discovers a program that could change everything.
Cast and characters
Main
*
Jaz Sinclair as
Marie Moreau, a hemokinetic (able to control blood with her mind) supe who accidentally killed her parents when she was younger.
** Jaeda LeBlanc portrays a young Marie.
*
Chance Perdomo as
Andre Anderson (season 1), a popular student and Luke Riordan's best friend with magnetokinesis.
*
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
telepathic
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abilities, primarily in the form of tactile
mind control, and Luke Riordan's longtime girlfriend.
** Violet Marino portrays a young Cate.
*
London Thor and
Derek Luh as
Jordan Li, a supe
gender
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-
shifter. Thor portrays Jordan's female form who can fire energy blasts and Luh portrays Jordan's indestructible male form.
*
Asa Germann as
Samuel "Sam" Riordan, a young supe with
superhuman strength
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and durability, and Luke Riordan's younger brother.
** Cameron Nicoll portrays a young Sam.
*
Shelley Conn as
Indira Shetty (season 1), the
dean of Godolkin University and a behavioral therapist who secretly develops a "supe virus" to kill supes as vengeance for her family's deaths.
*
Hamish Linklater as Dean Cipher (season 2), the new dean of Godolkin Universisty who believes in the superiority of Supers over humans
Recurring
*
Patrick Schwarzenegger as
Luke Riordan / Golden Boy (season 1), Sam Riordan's late older brother and a popular student with
pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis is a List of psychic abilities, psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind. As with other parapsychological phenomena, there is no conclusive evidence in support of the actual existence of pyrokinesis. ...
and
superhuman strength
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.
* Curtis Legault and
Nicholas Hamilton as
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''. Legault portrays his visible form in the first-season finale, while Hamilton voices his invisible form.
* Maia Jae Bastidas as
Justine Garcia, a supe influencer with a healing factor who attends 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, a famous superhero with magnetic manipulation, and a trustee at Godolkin University.
*
Alexander Calvert as
Rufus
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Given name
Politicians
* Marcus Caelius Rufus, (28 May 82 BC – after 48 ...
, a
psychic
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student at Godolkin University who possesses
telepathy
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,
astral projection
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, and
clairvoyance
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.
*
Marco Pigossi as
Dr. Edison Cardosa, the lead scientist of "The Woods" and developer of the "supe virus".
* Robert Bazzocchi as
Liam
Liam is a short form of the Germanic name William, or its Irish variant Uilliam.
Etymology
The original name was a merging of two Old German elements: ''willa'' ("will" or "resolution"); and ''helma'' ("helmet"). The juxtaposition of these ...
, a classmate of Emma's.
* Jessica Clement as
Harper, a
rat
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-tailed student and friend of Justine's.
*
Matthew Edison as
Cameron Coleman (season 1), the pro-supe
news anchor
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of the
Vought News Network.
Guest
*
Ty Barnett as Malcolm Moreau, Marie's deceased father
* Miatta Ade Lebile as Jackie Moreau, Marie's deceased mother
*
Alex Castillo as Vanessa
*
Clancy Brown
Clarence James Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles.
His film roles include Rawhide in ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Ban ...
as
Richard "Rich Brink" Brinkerhoff (season 1), 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.
* Siddharth Sharma as
Tyler Oppenheimer, a student with intangibility.
*
P.J. Byrne as
Adam Bourke
*
Jackie Tohn as
Courtenay Fortney
* Laura Kai Chen as Kayla Li, Jordan's mother.
* Peter Kim as Paul Li, Jordan's father who disapproves of Jordan's gender-shifting ability.
*
Derek Wilson as
Robert Vernon / Tek Knight (season 1),
a true-crime TV host and former superhero with observation-based powers who uses his show to cover up scandals for Vought. He has a tumor in his brain that causes him to have an unusual sexual fascination with holes.
*
Jason Ritter as himself via Sam's hallucinations of an episode of the educational TV series ''Avenue V''.
*
Andy Walken as Dusty (season 1), a supe resembling a teenager whose body ages slowly.
*
Laila Robins
Laila Robins (born March 14, 1959) is an American stage, film and television actress. She has appeared in films including '' Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987), '' An Innocent Man'' (1989), '' Live Nude Girls'' (1995), ''True Crime'' (1999), ...
as
Grace Mallory (season 1), a retired
lieutenant colonel and former leader of The Boys.
* Sabrina Saudin as Also Ashley (season 1), Ashley Barrett's assistant.
Special guests
*
Elisabeth Shue as
Madelyn Stillwell (season 1), the deceased former vice president of Vought International.
*
Jessie T. Usher as
Reggie Franklin / A-Train, a graduate of Godolkin University and "the first black man in The Seven" who has super-speed.
*
Colby Minifie as
Ashley Barrett, the CEO of Vought International and Homelander's
puppet ruler.
*
Jensen Ackles as "Soldier Boyfriend", Cate's childhood
imaginary friend
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who is based on
Soldier Boy.
*
Claudia Doumit as
Victoria "Vic" Neuman (season 1), a candidate for
Vice President of the United States
The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest ranking office in the Executive branch of the United States government, executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks f ...
, Marie's sponsor, and a fellow hemokinetic (able to control blood with her mind) supe publicly presenting as a human.
*
Antony Starr as
John Gillman / Homelander, the leader of Vought's superhero team The Seven.
*
Karl Urban as
William "Billy" Butcher, the leader of the anti-supe
black ops team The Boys.
*
Chace Crawford as
Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep, a graduate of Godolkin University with the ability to talk to sea life.
Episodes
Season 1 (2023)
Season 2
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
Eric Kripke (born 1974) is an American screenwriting, writer and television producer. Kripke came to prominence in the late 2000s for creating The WB/The CW, CW fantasy drama series ''Supernatural (American TV series), Supernatural'' (2005–2020) ...
,
Seth Rogen
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,
Evan Goldberg
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, James Weaver,
Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Michaela Starr,
Garth Ennis,
Darick Robertson
Darick W. Robertson is an American artist best known for his work as a comic book illustrator on series he co-created, notably ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002) and ''The Boys (comics), The Boys'' (2006–2012; 2020).
Robertson has illustrated ...
, 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
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of
Marvel Comics
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'
X-Men
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for the fourth volume of Ennis', Robertson's and
John Higgins'
comic book
A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...
story arc ''
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 since 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 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
Clarence James Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles.
His film roles include Rawhide in ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Ban ...
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
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Established in 1967, the campus ...
campus in May 2022 and the
Claireville Conservation Area,
Brampton
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in July, intended for an October wrap, under the working title of ''The Boys Presents: Varsity''.
Other filming locations include
Sobeys Stadium, and the Stardust Drive-In Movie Theater. 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. In October 2024, members of the cast announced on social media that production of season 2 had wrapped.
Music
In October 2023, it was revealed that Matt Bowen and
Christopher Lennertz
Christopher Joseph Lennertz (born January 2, 1972) is an American songwriter and composer of film, television, and video game scores. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Italy. His musical scores have appeared in ''Alvin and the Chipm ...
had composed the score for the series.
Release
''Gen V'' premiered on
Amazon Prime Video
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on September 29, 2023, with its first three episodes, with the rest of the episodes debuting on a weekly basis.
The second season is scheduled to be released on September 17, 2025, with three new episodes, followed by the rest debuting on a weekly basis until the season finale on October 22, 2025.
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 remained in the position for the weeks of October 22 and 29, as well as November 5. Meanwhile,
Nielsen Media Research
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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
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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
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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reported a 97%
approval rating with an average rating of 7.65/10, based on 110 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
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, 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
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'' 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.
.. tfeels uniquely mapped as a spin-off that doesn't rely on cameos from
ts predecessorto assure relevance or importance." Alec Bojalad of ''
Den of Geek
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History
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'' 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,
he seriesis able to somehow make it all work." Lauren Milici of ''
GamesRadar+
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'' 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 Germann's performance, calling it "the standout of the season".
Lorraine Ali of the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' also praised the characters and Broadway'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
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''
's Daniel Fienberg called the series "uneven but entertaining", lauding the performances of Broadway, Sinclair, Phillips, Schwarzenegger, Germann and Thomas, but criticizing the pacing and some of its writing, saying that "
he serieslacks 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,
tchooses plot every time.
.. utwhenever it's able to pause and breathe, the writing is clever, the effects are polished and the cast is good." Michael Boyle of ''
/Film
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'' rated the series a score of 8 out of 10, criticized the "bluntness of its writing", but praised its characters and performances, especially Broadway's. For the penultimate episode, ''
TVLine
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History
In late 2010, ''Entertainment Weekly''s ...
'' 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 "
he seriescleverly shows what happens when supes who've been branded as outcasts find a sense of camaraderie and community in redirecting that hatred.
.. tfirmly establishes
hesupe-killing virus as an apocalyptic threat for ''The Boys''
next season, but also ensures
hat itworks as a standalone collegiate mystery with supercharged conflicts", and that the episode "closes
he seasonby answering enough lingering questions to make its storytelling journey feel complete." ''
Vulture
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''
'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 the "
deus-ex-machina machinations" but commended the characters and performances of Germann and Broadway, naming them "two of the strongest cast members in the show's ensemble".
''Gen V'' was named among the best TV shows of 2023 by several publications.
Awards and nominations
Notes
References
External links
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