Gen V: Season 1

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Gen V (UK)

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Season Details & Credits

Prime Video | Season Premiere Date: September 28, 2023

Summary: Superpowered students compete for top rankings at Godolkin University, a Vought International-run college for young superheroes in the spinoff of The Boys.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Guardians of Godolkin
Air Date: November 2, 2023
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S1:E7. Sick
Air Date: October 26, 2023
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S1:E6. Jumanji
Air Date: October 19, 2023

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Matt Donato

Sep 27, 2023

You’ll laugh out loud, wince often, and wonder how Gen V gets away with half of what’s displayed – which is my way of recommending this brilliantly batshit show to anyone who will listen. Read full review

Joel Keller

Sep 29, 2023

Gen V has some well-drawn characters and a compelling young cast. Its storytelling is a bit spotty in the first episode, but the other factors are more than enough to keep us watching. Read full review

Rebecca Onion & Nadira Goffe

Oct 23, 2023

The crime-fighting superheroes are always also entertainers. The division is interesting, and I think there are places the show can go with it that could surprise us. .... Of course it’s melodramatic. But it’s also really fun and deals with some hotbed topics in interesting ways. Read full review

Lacy Baugher

Sep 27, 2023

And while, at this point, it’s certainly fair to question whether things like fountaining blood and viscera or penis jokes have run their course, at least you know what you’re getting. And there’s something to be said for a good (if familiar) time. Read full review

Ross McIndoe

Sep 27, 2023

Gen V fully leans into the chaos that a world filled with supercharged adolescents would experience and the result is a series that’s constantly surprising and devilishly entertaining. But it also makes sure to give us real characters to care about amid all this carnage. Read full review

The Playlist Andrew Crump

Sep 27, 2023

There’s a looseness to “Gen V” in the early going that clangs with its youthful urgency, and this exacerbates the effect of the symmetry the show shares with “The Boys.” Read full review

Richard Lawson

Sep 27, 2023

Gen V constantly resorts to icky humor for fear of losing our attention. Despite its flash, its swaggers of confidence, this is a curiously self-conscious, uncomfortable show, forever offsetting its earnestness as if needing to prove its coolness. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

73

Series Overview
Season 2

74
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 17, 2025
Season 1

73
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 28, 2023
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  S1:E8. Guardians of Godolkin
  Air Date: November 2, 2023
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  S1:E7. Sick
  Air Date: October 26, 2023
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  S1:E6. Jumanji
  Air Date: October 19, 2023
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  S1:E5. Welcome to the Monster Club
  Air Date: October 12, 2023
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  S1:E4. The Whole Truth
  Air Date: October 5, 2023
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  S1:E3. #ThinkBrink
  Air Date: September 28, 2023
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  S1:E2. First Day
  Air Date: September 28, 2023
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  S1:E1. God U.
  Air Date: September 28, 2023