Bonus Ep: 'Gen V' Season 2 Was a Mixed Bag. Can This Show Thrive in a Post-'The Boys' Future?

Decoding TV

David Chen

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this Decoding TV bonus episode, David and Patrick are joined by Jessie Earl to discuss the second season of Gen V. Was this show able to overcome some of the clunkiness of the earlier episodes? What did we make of the show’s biggest twists this season? And can this show really survive and thrive in a future without The Boys? Listen to hear us discuss these questions and more.

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0:00.0	Let me be very clear. This plan is crazy and I hate it. But I'm it.
0:09.6	You can all level up under the right amount of pressure.
0:14.0	Marie, you could be the most powerful suit to ever come out of Godalkan.
0:17.9	More powerful than Homelander.
0:20.9	I need answers.
0:23.4	You want to know what Odessa means.
0:25.9	This is how you find out.
0:28.6	Cypher believes I'm this weapon.
0:31.0	Let's at least use it to do something good.
0:34.6	Sabotage.
0:35.9	I want all of this to stop
0:37.8	the time's come
0:39.3	you're stronger than the others
0:42.1	embrace it
0:46.8	this makes you one of the most powerful suits
0:52.9	in the world
0:53.7	hello everyone This makes you one of the most powerful suits in the world.
1:03.8	Hello everyone. Welcome to a Decoding TV bonus episode about GenVe season two, now streaming on Prime Video.
1:11.5	I'm David Chen. The neighbors of mine decided to start pressure washing my house, or sorry, pressure washing their house right before this recording began. So I have retreated to my closet on the, like next to my bedroom.
1:17.4	If you're watching this on YouTube, you will see that. And if you're listening to this in the podcast,
1:22.1	you might hear some pressure washing sounds in the background. But let's put that aside because
1:26.5	what we're here to discuss
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