How does Gen V connect to The Boys?
Gen V, the spin-off series to superhero show The Boys, has finally landed on Amazon Prime Video, with some new and familiar faces.
Gen V final trailer to air on Prime Video
The Boys' universe is getting bigger and bringing fans even more action, blood, and violence with its new spin-off, Gen V.
Amazon Prime Video’s satirical superhero series, based on the comics of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, has already spawned one spin-off (The Boys Presents: Diabolical), but now Gen V has joined the ranks.
The new series is a college-set offshoot and premiered on September 29 on the streaming platform.
Unlike Diabolica, Gen V fits directly into the main series.
Creator Eric Kripke told Deadline that “some of the issues and storylines in season three hand off to the first season in [Gen V].”
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According to the A.V. Club, Gen V is very loosely inspired by the We Gotta Go Now arc from the comics, with the show and storyline seeminly sharing little in common, with only broad themes carrying over.
Gen V takes place between seasons three and four of The Boys.
According to the series’ X account, that means “the kiddos at God U all saw Homelander laser a guy’s head off to the sound of thunderous applause.”
They’re the first generation who realizes that their superpowers come from Compound V rather than divine intervention.
The world they’re growing up in—and the one they’ll enter as graduates—is very different from what the older generations experienced.
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Because of one of the major storylines crossing over from The Boys, the political climate could be different.
At the end of season three, Congresswoman Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) is a supe and the adopted daughter of Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito), the CEO of Vought.
Neuman leaves Ashley Barrett (Colby Minifie) as acting head of the company.
She is also one of several characters from The Boys who will also appear in Gen V, along with other familiar faces Jessie T. Usher (A-Train), Minifie, and Chace Crawford (The Deep).
Neuman will make a campaign stop at Godolkin as part of her bid for Vice President of the United States.
If she and Presidential candidate Robert "Dakota Bob” Singer win the election (which is promising because they won in the comics), a secret supe assassin will be in the second highest position of governmental power in the United States.
Fans are likely to see more of the storyline and how it will likely play out in season four of The Boys, while the campaign continues in the background of Gen V.
As for Ashley's cross over to Gen V, her priority seems to be covering up whatever is going on in “the Woods,” a secret area at Godolkin University.
The most interesting confirmed crossover, though, is Jensen Ackles’ Soldier Boy, who has been in a cryogenic stasis since the end of The Boys’ third season.
Gen V takes place between seasons three and four, so unless his cameo is a flashback, it’ll have major implications for future of The Boys.
The new series will explain more of the lore that The Boys has already established, making it an even bigger universe.
Gen V drops episodes weekly on Amazon Prime Video on Fridays
