The second and final season of the American satirical superhero television series Gen V, the third series in The Boys franchise, based on The Boys comic book story arc We Gotta Go Now by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on September 17, 2025 with its first three episodes.
The season stars Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, and Asa Germann returning from the previous season, with Hamish Linklater joining the cast. After the fourth season of The Boys (2024), Marie Moreau (Sinclair) and the rest of her friends return to Godolkin University after months of suffering, where a new dean (Linklater) trains Supes to be soldiers. On the brink of war between humans and Supes, the team discovers a program that could change everything.
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Cast and characters
Main 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 Samuel "Sam" Riordan Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity Hamish Linklater as Doug Brightbill / Dean Cipher
Recurring Ethan Slater as Thomas Godolkin / Cipher Mark De Angelis as "Mr. Gold" Stacey McGunnigle as Stacey Ferrera / Student Life Stacey Jessica Clement as Harper Stephen Thomas Kalyn as Greg Wyatt Dorion as Black Hole Tait Fletcher as Vikor Keeya King as Annabeth Moreau Alexander Calvert as Rufus McCurdy Maia Bastidas as Justine Garcia Georgie Murphy as Ally / Bushmaster
Guest Nicholas Hamilton as Maverick Erin Moriarty as Annie January / Starlight Zach McGowan as Dogknott Valorie Curry as Misty Tucker Gray / Firecracker Kira Guloien as Modesty Monarch Chace Crawford as Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep Julia Knope as Tess Galloway Stephen Guarino as Kyle / Rememberer Judith Scott as Pam Matt Nolan as the voice of The Deep Puppet Malcolm Barrett as Seth Reed Susan Heyward as Jessica "Sage" Bradley / Sister Sage Lisa Ryder as Janet Riordan Ryan Hollyman as Ted Riordan Giancarlo Esposito as Stan Edgar Olivia Morandin as Zoe Neuman Nathan Mitchell as Black Noir II Daniel Reale as Hemple Jessie T. Usher as Reggie Franklin / A-Train
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. That October, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season.
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. The season will set up the story of the fifth and final season of The Boys.
Writing The big twist of the season was the revelation that Dean Cipher was a non-supe, named Doug Brightbill, that Thomas Godolkin was controlling. Showrunner Michele Fazekas said that if we look closely [at Cipher] we'd "be able to see it". They wanted to bring in a dean who was Supe, with unknown motivations, and discuss the university's past, which led to the Cipher and Thomas twist. Fazekas was worried that someone could guess the twist prior to the revelation. Ethan Slater said he barely knew about the twist and that it was only revealed to him that it would be "prominent in the last two episodes" and that it would be "kind of the big bad." He says he read the final episodes later and found out about the twist.
Casting
The second season features the return of the main cast, with the exception of Chance Perdomo, whose character Andre Anderson was not recast following Perdomo's death in March 2024 in a motorcycle accident. In June 2024, Hamish Linklater was announced in the role of Cipher, the new dean of Godolkin University. On November 1, 2024, Keeya King, Stephen Kalyn, Julia Knope, Stacey McGunnigle, Tait Fletcher, Wyatt Dorion and Georgie Murphy were set to appear in the season. In July 2025, at San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed the cast of Ethan Slater as Thomas Godolkin in a recurring role. Chace Crawford, Valorie Curry, Erin Moriarty, Nathan Mitchell, Susan Heyward, Giancarlo Esposito, Olivia Morandin and Jessie T. Usher reprises their The Boys roles as Kevin Moskowitz / The Deep, Misty Tucker Gray / Firecracker, Annie January / Starlight, Black Noir II, Jessica "Sage" Bradley / Sister Sage, Stan Edgar, Zoe Neuman and Reggie Franklin / A-Train respectively.
Filming 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. Filming of the season officially commenced in May 2024. Filming wrapped on October 31 of the same year.
Marketing Footage from the season was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024. On May 31, 2025, part of the main cast attended CCXP, with a teaser shown and the release dates were revealed. The main cast attended San Diego Comic-Con in July 2025 to promote the season.
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.
Reception
The second season has an 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 94 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 Vs sophomore season gets high marks as a spinoff that feels essential." On Metacritic, the second season received a score of 74 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable".
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