Gen V Season 2 2025 Review

Gen V returns with all its glory, gore and moral chaos intact. It has the same amount of visceral violence as the first season and it really feels like it belongs in The Boys universe. Every explosion of blood, every brutal moment still has purpose. This season demands your attention, demands you to think. I loved it.

The season picks up after the fallout of the first. Godolkin University is now under a new dean named Cipher played by Hamish Linklater. Supes are being trained more like soldiers. Tension between humans and supes escalates. The show also honours the memory of Chance Perdomo’s character Andre. Since the actor’s tragic passing the show writers weave his memory through the story rather than ignore it or replace him. That tribute is handled with care and never feels like tokenism.

The cast is incredible. Jaz Sinclair returns as Marie Moreau with more edge and trauma and strength than before. Lizze Broadway as Emma Meyer or Little Cricket gives performances both in big physical scenes and quieter emotional beats. Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap carries complexity. London Thor and Derek Luh together deliver Jordan Li in deeply challenging arcs. Asa Germann as Sam Riordan adds some unexpected moral weight. Hamish Linklater arrives as Dean Cipher and he brings terrifying gravitas to the show. Those names all pull together to make this season feel alive.

VFX continues to squeal and snap in satisfying ways. The effects teams including DNEG, Scanline VFX, Cinesite, Luma Pictures, Spin VFX, Splice and others do not hold back. Blood sprays, organs are squished, powers crackle in gore splattered set pieces. Some transformations and power effects feel more polished this season. Some scenes still lean into the grotesque in order to shock and impress.

This season has many twists. Every episode introduces new revelations. Alliances shift. The rules keep changing. You do not always know who to trust or what the cost of a decision will be. It is one thing to shock; Gen V Season 2 also shakes your faith in characters. That moral ambiguity is part of its strength.

The pacing sometimes is wild. Episodes that should breathe sometimes cram too much plot into tight moments. Some emotional beats feel rushed. But when it slows just enough, those moments hit like a punch to the chest. Moments of grief, guilt, loss are given weight. Especially in scenes referencing Andre’s absence this show reminds you how grief lingers.

The worldbuilding deepens too. Homelander’s rising power looms over everything. The supe supremacist ideologies and human suppression themes are sharper. Godolkin is more fortress than school now. The shows satire touches more current issues, identity, belonging, corrupt power, and often brutally comic. But it does not feel preachy. It feels bloody, messy, alive.

Overall this season is proof that a superhero show can still shock and still care. That it can be ridiculous and serious in equal parts. That loss matters and memory matters. That gore and grotesque visuals are more than spectacle when they serve emotional truth. Gen V Season 2 is wild, morally messy and emotionally genuine. It builds on everything the first season did right and pushes harder into darkness, satire and shocking visuals. The cast lifts every scene. The VFX are unflinching. The show honours Chance Perdomo’s legacy with respect. It demands you think and feel. This is a season I will remember. That’s why I rate this season a 8.5/10

Read Our Review Of Season one: https://www.thepopculturereviewer.com.au/reviews/gen-v-review