Gen V

At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school's dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

Gen V (2023-2025) is an American dark superhero comedy series created by Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg and Eric Kripke for Prime Video, a spin-off of The Boys. Set at Godolkin University, America's only college for superheroes, the story follows Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair) and a group of gifted students who bend their moral boundaries to climb the school's ranking and win a chance to join The Seven, the elite team of the corporate conglomerate Vought International. Andre Anderson (Chance Perdomo), Emma Meyer (Lizze Broadway) and Cate Dunlap (Maddie Phillips) are among the principal students whose rivalries, friendships and private ambitions drive each episode. The engine is ambition in an institution that treats young heroes as marketable products, and each season is built from campus competitions, parties, and dark revelations about the school. The series runs for two seasons and sixteen episodes in a continuing serialized story, with the tone shifting between crude gross-out humor, grim satire and bleak teen drama. Its atmosphere is abrasive and cynical, and it sits in a heightened, satirical version of contemporary America. Fans of The Boys, Heroes and The Umbrella Academy will find resonance in its mix of superpowers, institutional cynicism and coming of age under pressure.

Audiences find Gen V a darkly comic, gory spin-off of The Boys that offers a sharp college-set take on the franchise but is less novel and less likable than its parent series.

• The Boysshared satirical superhero world, dark comedy tone, corporate superhero conglomerate
• Heroesshared teen superpower school setting and coming of age through powers
• The Umbrella Academyshared young protagonists in a school for gifted misfits with dark undertones

Created by

Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, Eric Kripke

Release Date

2023-09-28

Episode runtime

49 min

Rating

7.6 / 10 (1655)

What is Gen V about?

At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students compete for top rank and a place on Vought's elite team while the school's dark secrets surface.

What is Gen V like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Gen V as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Gen V violent?

Yes. Ember rates the violence in Gen V as graphic.

What did critics think of Gen V?

Audiences find Gen V a darkly comic, gory spin-off of The Boys that offers a sharp college-set take on the franchise but is less novel and less likable than its parent series.

Which shows are like Gen V?

Shows with a similar feel include The Boys, Heroes, and The Umbrella Academy.

How long is Gen V?

Gen V: 2 seasons, 16 episodes.

Is Gen V still running?

No, Gen V was canceled.

Where can I watch Gen V?

In United States, Gen V streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.