"A resistance that is strong": Sean Patrick Thomas reveals how Gen V Season 2 might pave the path for The Boys Season 5

Gen V Season 2 has officially begun airing on Amazon Prime Video. It has brought back the rising tensions among students, who are anti or pro-resistance against Homelander and Vought.

The series began as a spin-off of The Boys, while partially returning to superhero genre roots that it satirized before. It showed young, wide-eyed supes entering the Godolkin University School with high hopes and big dreams. Eventually, they started realizing that things are not as hopeful and pleasing as they once assumed them to be.

That's why the plot followed the simmering tension in these students to know the truth about the school's complicity in an anti-human agenda, among other dark spots from that institution. Gen V Season 2 will seemingly carry forward themes of resistance as the Starlighters stand up against the mighty Vought.

Since the second season comes before The Boys Season 5, some fans might be looking forward to their connection and how it will play out in The Boys' final season. On this topic, Sean Patrick Thomas recently told ScreenRant,

"Well, I think what season 2 sets up is that there is a resistance that is strong, a resistance that is determined and unified, and it’s going to be an exciting thing to see where that leads. Will this unified front finally be able to make change and to take care of Homelander?"

Gen V Season 2 will show the young supes standing up against the forces that be

Gen V Season 2 is officially airing, and it brings back the Starlighters trying to fight Homelander's reign and Dean Cipher's agenda to weaponize the supes against humans. That's where Marie Moreau is expected to play a crucial role, while understanding their history. In line with this, showrunner Michele Fazekas spoke with Deadline. She said,

“What we liked about sort of tying Marie to Odessa and tying it to the historic origins of these superheroes is. Godolkin University is tied to them. We sort of get into what they were there for to begin with and how that’s actually tied to Marie. So, it all sort of pulls from the history, and now we’re seeing how it plays out.”

In the same conversation, Gen V Season 2 showrunner addressed the socio-political relevance of their story and how it played a part in their writing process. She said,

“We talked a lot in the writers’ room about, if you’re in N*zi Germany right when the N*zis take over, and you’re a regular person, you have a choice to make. Do I just sort of do nothing and just let it happen, do I join them, or do I fight them? And so, that’s the choice that a lot of our characters are given.”

As Sean Patrick Thomas earlier said, the events from the second season will set the stage for what's about to happen in The Boys Season 5. According to his words, resistance will continue to be a central theme in the story. Fans will have to wait and see how it unfolds in the lives of the young supes fighting for the greater good.

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