This text accommodates spoilers for “Gen V” season 2.
The sophomore season of “Gen V” is over, and it earned passing marks (learn /Movie’s evaluation right here). In season finale, “Trojan,” Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair) and her associates managed to defeat Thomas Godolkin (Ethan Slater), the psychic Social Darwinist who based Godolkin College. Godolkin was solely a small fish in comparison with Homelander (Antony Starr), the first villain of dad or mum present “The Boys,” who established the supes-first regime explored in “Gen V” season 2.
Polarity (Sean Patrick Thomas), a magnetic-powered supe and the daddy of their late pal Andre (Probability Perdomo), tells the children they need to run. If they do not, Homelander and Vought Worldwide will pin Godolkin’s bloodbath of God U college students on them. Marie desires to face and struggle … and the episode’s ending offers her that probability.
As they’re driving, Starlight/Annie (Erin Moriarty) drops in and gives them a spot in “the resistance.” Annie, the one member of the Boys who escaped being captured by Homelander’s forces again in “The Boys” season 4 finale, has been operating since and final met Marie within the “Gen V” season 2 premiere. How did Starlight discover them? She had some assist from one other supe: the tremendous speedster A-Prepare (Jessie T. Usher).
A-Prepare underwent some necessary character progress in “The Boys” season 4. He was final seen operating for the Canadian border in that season, leaving it unclear how he would issue into “The Boys” season 5. Now we all know: He is teamed up with Annie and can be actively preventing towards Homelander together with her and the others.
The 2025 Comedian-Con teaser for “The Boys” season 5 confirmed that Jordan (Derek Luh/London Thor) from “Gen V” can be showing. Count on to see all of their classmates too; “Trojan” closes on their decided faces, scored to 9 Inch Nails’ “The Hand That Feeds,” the proper tune for getting ready a riot.
Starlight welcomes Gen V to the resistance
It is unclear how large of a component the “Gen V” characters will play on “The Boys.” Clearly, that present already has its fingers full concluding the tales of its personal forged. As of this writing, “Gen V” has additionally not been renewed for a 3rd season. It is attainable they might keep on this present’s arcs into “The Boys,” however sequence creator Eric Kripke has mentioned he does not need folks needing to look at each reveals to grasp solely one in all them. This ending is as blatant an commercial for “The Boys” season 5 as you may get, although, so possibly Kripke has already misplaced there.
What does appear possible is that Annie will lead the Gen V children to rescue the Boys from the internment camps the place they’re locked up, in all probability within the season 5 premiere. Primarily based on how “Gen V” picked up from its personal season 1 cliffhanger, “The Boys” is not the kind of present to maintain its leads locked up for too lengthy. Sam (Asa Germann) and Cate (Maddie Phillips) from “Gen V” are those who helped seize the Boys Frenchie (Tomer Capone) and Kimiko (Karen Fukahura), although, in order that’s sure to be an ungainly reunion.
Polarity stays behind at God U to purchase the children time, however he swears to Emma (Lizze Broadway) that he is not on a “suicide mission” anymore. The Starlighter resistance will want all the assistance it may possibly get, so I would say odds are at the very least 50/50 Polarity can be in “The Boys” season 5, too.
Former Vought CEO Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) appeared this previous season too, setting him as much as seem in “The Boys” season 5. He is hiding in an underground bunker along with his supe granddaughter, Zoe (Olivia Morandin), and plotting to retake management of Vought.
Many Gen V cameos will repay in The Boys season 5
The “Gen V” children had been looking for Edgar when Starlight shocked them, however realized they do not truly know tips on how to contact him. Like Polarity, I am certain Edgar can be in contact with their new resistance quickly. On the alternative aspect of this wrestle, “Gen V” additionally featured Sister Sage (Susan Heyward), Homelander’s super-smart advisor who was in a relationship with Godolkin. She needed him by her aspect, however that plan is now lifeless with Godolkin himself. Sage talked about to Godolkin that she wants Homelander for “section 2” of her plan. Presumably section 1 was serving to Homelander take over America; what section 2 and her final aim are is unclear.
Sage’s look additionally gestures to at least one final hanging thread from “The Boys.” Within the season 4 finale, Homelander ordered all non-supe staff at Vought murdered. CEO Ashley Barrett (Colby Minifie) injected herself with Compound V to get across the kill checklist. We do not see what occurred to her, however Sage vaguely alludes to Ashley’s “situation,” so the V would possibly’ve messed her up badly.
So whereas Homelander did not seem onscreen in “Gen V” season 2, his presence was felt. One character the present did not allude to in any respect is Billy Butcher (Karl City), final seen in “The Boys” season 4 driving off with a pattern of a supe-killing virus. Primarily based on how the unique “The Boys” comedian ended, it is believable (however not assured) that Butcher is the endgame villain, not Homelander. Even so, he would not have match organically into the story of this “Gen V” season (he desires to kill all supes, not work with them), so it made sense to depart him out. Butcher’s destiny is a query that may solely be answered by “The Boys” season 5.
“Gen V” is streaming on Prime Video. “The Boys” season 5 is about to premiere in 2026.
