Gen V season 2 release date, reviews, recap, and everything you need to know about The Boys spin-off

Gen V season 2 has come to a close, and it definitely sets up some pretty high stakes for The Boys season 5.

If you're all caught up on the new season, or simply want to know what you're getting into before you dive in, we got you covered. Below, we've gathered everything from reviews, recaps, and more.

For all that and more, head on down and get up to date on one of the year's most exciting new TV shows.

Gen V season 2 release date

Gen V season 2 released its first three episodes on Prime Video on Wednesday, September 17. New episodes aired weekly, with the final episode hitting the streamer on October 22. The full second season consists of eight episodes.

Filming on Gen V season 2 wrapped in November 2024. However, the road to completion was not an easy one for the superhero show. Production on the series was initially due to begin in late March/early April but was delayed to May, following the death of star Chance Perdomo. However, filming started again on July 16, 2024.

Gen V season 2 reviews

Following the season finale, Gen V season 2 is currently sitting at a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the majority of critics praising the way it honored the late Chance Perdomo's Andre, making him a central character despite his absence.

We were also a fan of the show, giving our Gen V season 2 review 4 out of 5 stars. Our Alex Zalben wrote that the show is "as strong as the first season, if not stronger, thanks to the spirit and tribute to the departed Chance Perdomo" and "still raunchy, hilarious, and timely."

Gen V season 2 cast and crew

Marie Moreau and co. returned for sophomore year, but they were joined by a brand new crop of characters.

The cast list for Gen V season 2 is as follows:

• Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau
• Lizze Broadway as Emma Meyer
• Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap
• London Thor and Derek Luh as Jordan Li
• Asa Germann as Sam Riordan
• Chace Crawford as The Deep
• Hamish Linklater as Dean Cipher
• Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity
• Erin Moriarty as Starlight
• Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir
• Ethan Slater as Thomas Godolkin
• Keeya King
• Stephen Kalyn
• Stacey McGunnigle
• Tati Fletcher
• George Murphy
• Wyatt Dorion

Gen V season 2 plot and recap

After liberating The Woods at the end of Gen V season 1, Cate and Sam lead the formerly imprisoned Supes on a killing spree throughout campus. Marie and co. are tasked with stopping them and almost succeed until Homelander shows up and subdues Marie with a laser blast. We learn that a global news broadcast painted Marie, Emma, Jordan, and Andre as the campus killers and Cate and Sam as the real heroes – something that Cate likely conjured up with her super-strong manipulation powers.

We'll try to keep season 2 as spoiler-free as humanly possible, but just know that the new overarching antagonist of season 2 is Dean Cipher, who is partially responsible for not only dumping Marie, Emma, Jordan, and Andre at Elmira, which is a fate worse than The Woods, but for their sudden release. The new Dean has some tricks up his sleeve...and he has his sights set on Marie for reasons unknown. Cate assures the gang that they'll be safe on campus, but, of course, things don't stay that way for long. It also doesn't help that there's a war between humans and supes brewing...and that our true heroes, the members of the resistance, are on the run from the newly Homelander-controlled government. Basically, everything is a mess. But things do end on a pretty surprising and hopeful note...one that paves the way for The Boys season 5.

Gen V season 2 trailer

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On June 1, 2025, Prime Video released the first teaser trailer for Gen V season 2, giving us our first look at Marie Moreau and her fellow student supes back at God U.

The trailer opens with the university's new dean, Cipher, welcoming Marie back to school after she, Jordan, and Emma were held captive in Vought's underground testing facility known as The Woods. But the world above is not as Marie remembers it.

After being met off a bus by Cate, Marie and her friends see how the world has changed after Homelander put Supes in great positions of power at the end of The Boys season 4. Now, Godlokin segregates humans and Supes, and the university is surrounded by prison-like barricades. Inside is not much better, as banners reveal that Jordan and Emma are now part of the Guardians of Godolkin alongside Cate and Sam.

The rest of the clip shows the new dean putting the students through Hunger Games-like training where he tells them they are now soldiers, not students. Elsewhere, Marie, Jordan, and Emma prepare for a bloody rebellion at the heart of Godolkin. "Whatever we do, we do it together", says Marie to her classmates.

Another brief, 30-second teaser was unveiled in September, teasing the return of Starlight and Black Noir, and revealing Giancarlo Esposito's appearance in the new season. See it below:

Gen V is streaming now on Prime Video. For more, check out our lists of the best TV shows of all time.