Emma Meyer and Jordan Li, after their harsh confinement in the Elmira Center and Andre Anderson's death,[a] are allowed to re-enroll at Godolkin as "Guardians" thanks to Cate Dunlap, but are forced to support Vought's version of The Woods incident by corroborating Homelander's account.[b] Cipher, the new dean, pressures Cate to find Marie Moreau, who escaped Elmira. Emma investigates Cipher after recognizing him as an Elmira staff member, but to no avail. Marie goes on the run while searching for her sister. Marie confronts the Patriots and is caught on video; she then fights Dogknott and is rescued by Annie January, who unsuccessfully asks her for help in discovering what the Odessa Project, initiated by Thomas Godolkin, is. Meanwhile, Emma discovers the video and asks Jordan to find Marie, a request they reluctantly agrees to. Jordan and Emma find Marie and have a tense encounter. Cate, following them, discovers that Marie spoke with Annie, and when she tries to compel Marie with her powers, Jordan severely injures her and the trio abandons her.
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2
"Justice Never Forgets"
Steve Boyum
Jessica Chou
September17,2025(2025-09-17)
Marie returns to Godolkin and, along with Emma and Jordan, deals with what happened to Cate, who is in a coma, with Emma suggesting they kill her. Sam Riordan visits Cate and, using a nurse as an intermediary, Cate mentions Emma's name, before driving the nurse insane and causing her to kill another nurse. Polarity returns to the university as a professor to find out what happened to Andre and allies himself with Emma for this purpose. Cipher has a conversation with Marie and reveals that Andre, knowing about his illness due to his power, used it knowingly and then died. Jordan and Marie enter Cipher's class, which aims to enhance the powers of Supes. Jordan, upset with Marie, talks to her about Andre; they eventually reconcile and have sex. Emma and Polarity investigate Odessa and discover a room with Nazi artifacts and a file revealing that Odessa was a group of infants, all dead except one. Emma has a confrontation with Sam about Cate, but Emma leaves him. Emma reveals to Marie and Jordan that Marie is Odessa. Cate wakes up from her coma in a room with dead staff members just as Cipher enters.
Marie contacts her parents' friend Pam to discover more about herself; Pam reveals that she was conceived in a laboratory by Vought and the artificer was Cipher under the alias "Dr. Gold". Marie also discovers that Pam had raised Annabeth, her long-lost sister; she stops Marie from contacting Annabeth for her safety. At Godolkin, Cate returns but is effectively powerless, acts tense and wishes to inform Vought about the reality of her assault. Cipher rejects this so she can maintain her reputation. Traumatized by his previous actions, Sam asks Cate to make him apathetic again, but she cannot. He lashes out and begins destroying his dormitory. Jordan tries to stop him, managing to calm him and the two bond. Jordan is named the university top-ranked student, thrusting them into the spotlight. Emma joins a resistance against Homelander's regime with Harper and Ally. Before their speech in Godolkin, Jordan professes their love for Marie. In the speech, Jordan reveals that Andre has died, and defends the Starlighters by revealing that they themselves attacked Cate, earning boos from the students.
After Jordan is vilified by the media, Cipher organizes a publicized fight between them and Marie; if they refuse, he will send them and Emma back to Elmira. Attempting to find information about him, Jordan and Cate break into Cipher's house and discover his burned father in a hyperbaric chamber. Marie gains better control of her powers, thanks to lessons with Cipher. He tells her that Odessa was a project to enhance Supes, and she can be more powerful than Homelander. Marie, with her powers, discovers that Cipher is human. Harper tries to get Emma to control her powers without her harmful methods. Cipher discovers the break-in at his house and summons Cate to the fight; Marie and the group plot to get Cipher to confess with the help of Cate and Emma's group. Emma manages to sneak through the pipes and give Cate a camera, who attempts to blackmail Cipher by revealing that she knows he is human. Cipher remains unfazed and, to Cate and Marie's surprise, reveals his powers by puppeting Jordan's body and attacking Marie, who manages to control Jordan's blood and win the fight.
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"The Kids Are Not All Right"
Karen Gaviola
Lauren Greer
October1,2025(2025-10-01)
A month earlier,[c] Cipher was looking after his father when Sister Sage arrived and they had sex in front of him. After the fight, Cipher forces Marie to continue training by threatening to take her and her friends back to Elmira with Cate, whom he had imprisoned. Marie convinces Jordan and Emma to rescue Cate. Emma unsuccessfully asks Sam to join them, who is visiting his parents. When he discovers that they handed him over to Vought because they couldn't control him, he accidentally injures his father. Marie, Jordan, and Emma enter Elmira, but are captured. Sam later reconciles with his mother after accepting that his mental instability wasn't caused by his Compound V but something he was born with. Polarity confronts Cipher about Andre, learning that he died when Cipher tried to enhance his powers. He later suffers a seizure. Cipher shows Marie that he is holding her sister Annabeth. The group escape their cells thanks to Cate. When they go to Annabeth's cell, they find her dead. In her grief, Marie's powers develop further, successfully manipulating Annabeth's cells to revive her.
Marie and the group manage to escape from Elmira thanks to Annabeth, who has precognitive powers, and Sam. They reach a library and take shelter there. Emma sends a message for help to Harper, who contacts Polarity, whom Cipher is puppeteering. Cipher sends Vikor after Marie but is killed by Zoe Neuman, who was searching for Marie with Stan Edgar. The group decides to go with them to their bunker. Stan explains to Marie that she and Homelander are Odessa's only successes, a project he shut down, believing Marie to be a failure. Sam attempts to reconnect with Emma, but Emma backs out. Stan discusses the similarities between Thomas Godolkin's work and Cipher's, with Jordan and Cate deducing that Cipher's father is actually Thomas and that Cipher is using it to succeed and establish a Supe supremacy. Stan considers using Thomas to take down Homelander and take back Vought. Cipher reveals to Polarity that his plan is to kill all weak Supes and leave the strong ones, starting in Godolkin; Polarity subdues him and throws him out the window with his powers. Cate asks Marie to heal her, but Marie refuses as they head off to confront Cipher.
Annabeth wakes up looking for Marie after having a bad precognition about her, only for the group to discover that she and Cate are gone. Cate tries to get Marie to cure her powers, but Marie, due to a lack of trust, refuses to do so. Jordan and Annabeth talk about when they discovered their powers, and Jordan begins to doubt his relationship with Marie. Marie and Cate go to Cipher's house to look for Thomas, but Polarity tells them he's taken him and shares his plan; Polarity has a seizure, but Marie heals him completely. Sam and Emma arrive at Godolkin to look for Marie. Cipher speaks to Marie on the phone and offers her friends safety if she returns to training. The group attempts to stop Marie, but Marie weakens them with her powers. Polarity and the group stall Cipher while Marie searches for Thomas; Cipher begins to randomly control people in the group and attacking them. Marie heals Thomas, and Polarity and the group discover that Thomas was controlling Cipher, who is actually Doug Brightbill. Thomas begins his plan to kill weak Supes.
Additionally, the appearance of some members of The Boys team is expected.[14]
Production
Development
In January 2023, it was announced that a writing room for a potential second season would soon come together, to be led by Michele Fazekas, who also has become sole showrunner since Tara Butters has taken a break from work.[15] That October, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.[16]
Eric Kripke confirmed that this season will show the new order established by Homelander in the US at the end of the fourth season of The Boys, with the world "changing rapidly" under Homelander's command and his army of Supes.[17] The season will set up the story of the fifth and final season of The Boys.[18]
In late March 2024, it was announced the production of the second season would be put on hold following Perdomo's death. The cast was due to begin table reads that afternoon before filming started in April.[21] Filming of the season officially commenced in May 2024.[22][23] Filming wrapped on October 31 of the same year.[24]
Marketing
Footage from the season was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024.[19] On May 31, 2025, part of the main cast attended CCXP, with a teaser shown and the release dates were revealed.[25] The main cast attended San Diego Comic-Con in July 2025 to promote the season.[26]
Release
The season was released on September 17, 2025, with three new episodes, followed by the rest debuting on a weekly basis until the season finale on October 22, 2025.[2]
Reception
The second season has an 89% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 38 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus states, "Tastefully navigating the tragic loss of Chance Perdomo while getting a big boost from Hamish Linklater's villainous turn, Gen V's sophomore season gets high marks as a spinoff that feels essential."[27] On Metacritic, the second season received a score of 74 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable".[28]
Notes
↑ Due to Chance Perdomo's death, Andre is mentioned to have died in a failed escape attempt due to a stroke caused by his illness.
↑ As depicted in the finale of the first season "Guardians of Godolkin" (2023).
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