Gen V Review | Episodes 1-3
Class is in session as Gen V dropped its first 3 episodes on September 29th. Gen V explores the first generation of superheroes to know that their superpowers are from Compound V. These heroes put their physical and moral boundaries to the test competing for the school’s top ranking. Below is our review of Gen V episodes 1-3.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Gen V episodes 1-3. Read at your own risk!
As we are introduced to the students of Godolkin University, are there any students that stick out to you the most?
Amy – Besides Marie (Jaz Sinclair), who is a lot stronger than she thinks. My second favorite has to be Jordan (London Thor & Derek Luh). Besides the fact they can change their gender, are we going to ignore the fact that they single-handedly fought against Golden Boy, and they got multiple hits on him. They are packing some serious powers.
Brina – Marie and her crazy shrink-dink roommate, Emma (Lizze Broadway) are my favorites. The downside for them is what they have to do to use their powers.
The first three episodes of the season were packed with multiple twists and turns, what moment so far was the most shocking to you?
Amy – I was not expecting Luke “Golden Boy” (Patrick Schwarzenegger) to kill himself. Throughout The Boys universe, we’ve seen our fair share of deaths; but I was shocked to find one within the very first episode and having it be such a big character.
Brina – I agree with Amy that Luke kills himself was a shocker but the scene with Emma (Lizze Broadway) and the dude in the dorm room. And how he wanted to have her shrink to……. get him off. That was just wow!!
Overall Thoughts, what do you think the rest of the season will look like?
Amy – One of the biggest things that I love about the show so far is that we are able to see a wide variety of supes. Which I am a huge fan of. So far, this season is off to a great start and I can honestly see it going up from here, but I do have my doubts as it is a spin-off. While we are on the journey of discovering the dark secrets of God U and Vought, I hope we learn more about Sam (Asa Germann) and more about “the woods”. Vought is always experimenting on people. I can’t wait to see what this season holds.
Brina – As a spin-off, I always worry but this had a strong start and it sucked me in. I love that they have so many different supers with so many different powers. But like Amy said, Vought is evil and has one hell of a dark side. Since these supers were not made by them but by their parents drugging them as children. I am sure Vought wants to experiment on them. Or at least control them. And then there is “the woods”…..so much more to be unpacked and I am here for the unpacking.
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