I Watched the First Three Episodes of Gen V Season 2, and The Boys' College Spin-Off Falls Just Short of Being a Grade-A Student on Prime Video

'Gen V' Season 2 Review: Amazon's Promising Superhero Spinoff Is Taking The Wrong Lessons From 'The Boys'

When The Boys Season 4 premiered in June of 2024, it was clear it was at the end of its lifespan. The satire went from shocking to groan-inducing, the plotlines got more on-the-nose, and the gore was no longer as satisfyingly gnarly as it once was. But despite all the tired aspects of the season, there was one bright spot: the upcoming return of Gen V, the college-set spinoff that took all the best parts of The Boys and skewed them younger with …

Gen V Season 2 Review

Note: This is a spoiler-free review of Gen V Season 2. The first three episodes will premiere on Prime Video on September 17.With Gen V Season 1, Prime Video proved there’s plenty of room to expand The Boys universe beyond the central conflict between Billy Butcher’s team and The Seven. Vought International has its multinational fingers in a great many pies, and that includes running a college for hedonistic young supes coming to terms with thei…

I watched the first three episodes of Gen V season 2, and The Boys' college spin-off falls just short of being a grade-A student on Prime Video

Gen V season 2 is The Boys season 4.5 in all but name – and that's not always a good thing.

GEN V Season 2 Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed As First Reviews Reveal Whether It Does Right By THE BOYS

The reviews are finally in for Gen V season 2, and critics so far are praising the returning spin-off of Prime Video's hit superhero series The Boys. With those comes an early Rotten Tomatoes score...

Gen V Season 2 TV Review: The Boys spin-off returns with an intense sophomore run

Plot: As the rest of America adjusts to Homelander’s iron fist, back at Godolkin University, the mysterious new Dean preaches a curriculum that promises to make students more powerful than ever. Cate and Sam are celebrated heroes, while Marie, Jordan, and Emma reluctantly return to college, burdened by months of trauma and loss. But parties and classes are hard to care about with war brewing between Humans and Supes, both on and off campus. The …