The season 2 finale of Gen V is now streaming on Prime Video, and "Trojan" (we're not going to explain the title... if you've seen the episode, you'll get it), wrapped up the Thomas Godolkin storyline while laying the groundwork for the fifth and final season of The Boys.
Spoilers follow.
Last week, the truth about Cipher (Hamish Linklater) was finally revealed when we learned that the sinister God U dean was actually a normal guy that was being controlled by Thomas Godolkin (Ethan Slater) all along. We wondered what would become of poor Joe, and unfortunately he ended up being killed by Black Noir, who was sent to capture Polarity by Sister Sage.
Sage was hoping to use Godolkin to achieve "phase 2" of her plan (whatever that may be), but wasn't counting on her lover having plans of his own. Godolkin wanted to control Marie and the other top-tier supes in the university, with his ultimate goal to defeat Homelander. This doesn't sit well with Sage, who decides to free Polarity so he can assist with Godolkin's downfall.
Sure enough, Polarity's intervention turns the tide in the battle, and Marie manages to use her blood-controlling ability to kill Godolkin in particularly messy fashion.
Polarity tells Marie and the others that they need to flee before Vought arrives on the scene, and the episode ends with Starlight and A-Train officially recruiting the "Guardians of Godolkin" into the resistance.
"They are playing an important part," The Boys showrunner tells THR. "Part of the fun of wrapping out season two that way is that we really get to set the table for season five, where there’s now this active and growing resistance led by Starlight that A-Train is an important part of. They’re really trying to take the fight back to Homelander and this sort of fascist government. By the same respect, we still work hard to try to maintain our balance that The Boys is about The Boys, and Gen V is about Gen V. The characters provide crucial assists, but it’s still about The Boys, and you can watch it without having watched Gen V and vice versa. But watching both is still a much more fun experience."
Homelander and The Seven now have a lot of people gunning for them in season 5 of The Boys, and it sounds like everyone will get their opportunity to have a go. But if you come at the king, you best not miss!
"He’s got a lot of people in line who want to bitch slap him. (Laughs) Obviously, Butcher is in the front of that line. But there’s Stan Edgar, Marie, Annie, Huey. They’re trying to mount a real push, but they’re also outgunned, outmanned. You’re in an entire country that has drunk Homelander’s Kool-Aid. They’re outmatched by the size of the hundreds of superheroes that are in every town across the country, who have been given authority over the police. So it really is a true underground resistance against a fascist government, which definitely has no comparison or parallel to anything going on anywhere in the world."
“In Season 2, school is back in session,” the logline reads. “As the rest of America adjusts to Homelander’s iron fist, back at Godolkin University, the mysterious new Dean preaches a curriculum that promises to make students more powerful than ever. Cate and Sam are celebrated heroes, while Marie, Jordan, and Emma reluctantly return to college, burdened by months of trauma and loss. But parties and classes are hard to care about with war brewing between humans and supes, both on and off campus. The gang learns of a secret program that goes back to the founding of Godolkin University that may have larger implications than they realize. And, somehow, Marie is a part of it.”
The Season 2 cast also includes Lizze Broadway as Emma Meyer, Maddie Phillips as Cate Dunlap, London Thor as Jordan Li, Derek Luh as Jordan Li, Asa Germann as Sam Riordan, Sean Patrick Thomas as Polarity and Hamish Linklater as Dean Cipher.