Gen V season 2 has a lower Rotten Tomatoes score than the first season, but it's still faring better than some previous seasons of The Boys

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Gen V season 2 hasn't been quite as well-received by critics as season 1

Lizze Broadway as Emma in Gen V season 2
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Gen V season 2 has debuted to a solid Rotten Tomatoes score, but it's lower than the near-perfect score of The Boys spin-off's first season.

The new season has a critics' score of 89% on the review aggregator site, a downturn from season 1's 97% in 2023.

According to The Daily Beast, "try as it might to elevate its tale’s importance to the level of The Boys, it comes across as a repetitive and charisma-challenged teen-supes saga that's yet to fully mature."

Season 2 sees Marie (Jaz Sinclair) and the other student Supes return to Godolkin University as Homelander wreaks havoc around the country – and there's a new Dean running things who's training Supes to be soldiers.

Gen V season 2 is releasing weekly on Amazon Prime Video – make sure you never miss an episode with our Gen V season 2 release schedule. For more, fill out your watchlist with our guide to the best new TV shows still to come in 2025.

Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism. 

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