Overview
What if The Boys took its superhero satirising to college? That's one of the ideas behind Gen V, which helped expand streaming's Vought Cinematic Universe in 2023. When the spinoff series quickly proved a hit, a second season was locked in. What if dealing with having superpowers turned higher learning into utter chaos? Expect to dive into that concept again from September 2025.
Just because The Boys loves parodying pop culture's caped-crusader obsession, that doesn't mean that it can't spark its own franchise. After the OG series, first came the animated The Boys Presents: Diabolical. Then, Gen V arrived to take on the 'We Gotta Go Now' storyline. Viewers can enrol in the later's sophomore season on Prime Video from Wednesday, September 17, 2025, with a new Dean setting the agenda for the university's students — and the impacts of Homelander's (Antony Starr, G20) actions in The Boys being felt.
That's what the just-dropped first trailer for Gen V season two teases, beginning with its new uni head Cipher (Hamish Linklater, Nickel Boys) letting the blood-bending Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair, Please Baby Please) re-enrol. With its controlling necklaces, the Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Centre has been her home since the events of season one — and for some of her friends, too. But going back to class isn't the same as it was the first time around, including in a "Make America Super Again" world.
"It is time that humans learn that what runs through our veins is true Vought blue," Cipher tells the amassed students — and a war between humans and supes is indeed part of the storyline.
If you missed Gen V 's initial season, Godolkin University is the college for superheroes that's meant to help prepare the best of the best for caped-crusader life — until exploding classmates, creepy secret facilities and untrustworthy professors complicate matters, that is. Season one spent its time with Marie, who knows that attending God U is a pivotal opportunity. After a traumatic experience when her powers kicked in, this is her chance to completely change her life, as well as achieve her dream of becoming the first Black woman in The Seven. Then, nothing turns out as planned. Also, things on campus (and underneath it) get shady, fast.
Starring in season one as well: Lizze Broadway (Kinda Pregnant) as Marie's roomate Emma Meyer, who can change her size; Maddie Phillips (Overcompensating) as the persuasive Cate Dunlap; London Thor (Never Have I Ever) and Derek Luh (Shining Vale) as the gender-shifting Jordan Li; Asa Germann (Monsters) as the super-strong Sam Riordan; and Sean Patrick Thomas (High Potential) as superhero Polarity. All six also return for season two.
The first look at the new season also dives into how the show is addressing an off-screen tragedy, after season-one talent Chance Perdomo (After Everything), who portrayed the magnetic Andre Anderson, passed away in 2024.
Check out the teaser trailer for Gen V season two below:
Gen V streams via Prime Video, with season two releasing from Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Read our review of season one.