The Boys season 4 is finally here, so here is a complete recap of Gen V, including everything you need to know from the season finale. Gen V season 1 is the first live-action spinoff of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys, and while the show does focus on an original story with original characters, it heavily ties into The Boys. Gen V sets up The Boys season 4 in several big ways, and here’s how.

Gen V took a new look at the world of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys, with it focusing on a blood bender named Marie Moreau as she started attending a prestigious Vought-run school for supes known as Godolkin University. During her time at the school, however, she uncovers a massive Vought conspiracy, one that will have major implications for the world. As it turns out, it also has implications for The Boys season 4, with these 10 storylines setting up the new season.

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Victoria Neuman’s True Power Is Blood Bending

She’s Even More Powerful In Season 4

Although Homelander is the overarching villain of The Boys universe, Victoria Neuman is being set up as the main antagonist of The Boys season 4, with Gen V featuring the character several times. Throughout her time in the show, it is made clear that Neuman is campaigning for the vice presidency, with her appearing at Godolkin University as part of the campaign.

While at Godolkin, Neuman meets the Gen V protagonist Marie Moreau. Gen V establishes that Marie’s power is to control blood in episode 1, but Gen V also retcons Victoria Neuman’s powers by revealing that she also possesses this ability. While she had previously only been seen popping heads, it is revealed that she does this through manipulating the blood of individuals, giving her all-new abilities that could be seen in The Boys season 4.

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Vought Was Secretly Working On A Supe-Killing Virus

It Will Be A Huge Part Of Season 4

Throughout Gen V, Marie and the rest of the gang slowly learn that there is a massive conspiracy at Godolkin, one that leads back to the school’s corporate owner, Vought International. The characters first discover that Godolkin University contains The Woods, a secret underground laboratory that houses supes who are experimented on by Vought, such as Sam.

While the purpose of The Woods is a mystery for most of Gen V, it is eventually learned that it is being used to develop a virus that can infect supes. Originally, Vought planned on using the virus to turn supes into mindless zombies who are under their control. However, Dean Shetty secretly turned the virus into something that is capable of killing supes. The dangerous supe virus can infect almost any supe, and now every The Boys character is fighting to get it.

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Godolkin Dean Shetty Was Killed At The End Of Gen V

Her Death Changes Everything

Dean Shetty was one of the main antagonists of Gen V, with her being the Dean of Godolkin University. Her shady past and connection to Homelander’s story from The Boys season 1 were slowly revealed throughout the show, causing viewers to realize that she was actually working against Vought. As it turns out, Shetty was attempting to kill supes like Homelander with a virus, with this being her master plan.

However, Cate and some of the other Godolkin students confront Shetty at the end of Gen V. Cate disagrees with Shetty’s development of the virus, knowing that it will also kill supes like her. After Shetty’s confrontation with Cate, Shetty is killed by having her throat slit, putting an end to the character’s time in The Boys universe. Now, the chair of dean at Godolkin is empty and a major piece of the virus puzzle is missing, potentially having an impact on The Boys season 4.

7

Homelander & Ashley Were At The Godolkin University Riot

They Know What Really Happened

At the end of Gen V, a massive riot takes place at Godolkin University, with the former prisoners of the Woods joining other supe supremacists as they massacre unfortunate souls who happen to be at Godolkin. Marie and some of the other supes attempt to fight back, trying to put a stop to Cate and Sam’s army of supes. Meanwhile, Ashley Barrett just happens to be on campus, with her discussing future members of The Seven before her life is endangered by the riot.

Marie thinks that the tide has turned in her favor for a brief second due to the arrival of a powerful supe: Homelander. However, Marie quickly realizes that Homelander is a supe supremacist as well, with him actually being on the side of Cate and Sam. This means that both Homelander and Ashley were witnesses of the events of the riot, something that they could discuss in The Boys season 4.

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Vought Has Framed The Guardians For The Riots (& Claim That Cate & Sam Are The Heroes)

Vought Has Covered The Riots Up

Due to the mass death and destruction of the Godolkin University riots, a lot of eyes were on the school. Vought obviously didn’t want the world to know what really happened, as it would involve revealing details of the classified experiments at The Woods. Instead, Vought spins the situation into a web of lies, claiming that Marie and the Guardians of Godolkin are the ones behind the riots.

On top of that, Vought also frames the true villains of Gen V as the heroes, claiming that Cate and Sam are the ones who put a stop to the riot. According to Vought, the duo fought alongside Homelander to stop Marie and her army of rogue supes, with the public seemingly buying this narrative. This means that most of the characters in The Boys season 4 won’t know what really happened at Godolkin, with a few exceptions.

5

Cate & Sam Were Recruited By Vought – What Their Powers Are

They May Join The Seven

After the events of the Gen V season 1 finale, Vought knew that they had to do something about Cate and Sam. Since Cate and Sam were framed as the heroes of the riots at Godolkin University, Vought decided to take a drastic step and recruit the duo, with them being potential candidates for membership in The Seven in The Boys season 4.

Both Cate and Sam are incredibly powerful, and here is what they can do. Cate Dunlap is a powerful telepath who is able to control the minds of people who she comes into contact with. Throughout Gen V, Cate takes power-suppressing pills, meaning that the full extent of her abilities may still not be known. Sam Riordan’s powers are a bit more mysterious. It is known that he has superhuman strength and durability, although it isn’t known if the psychological effects seen throughout the show have anything to do with his powers.

4

Victoria Neuman Has The Supe Virus

Could She Use It In Season 4?

In the last few episodes of Gen V, the development of the supe virus story caused a lot of things to happen, with many wondering what happened to it. As it turns out, Victoria Neuman is the one with the supe virus. At the end of Gen V episode 7, Neuman secretly gets the last remaining sample of the supe virus from Dr. Cardosa before popping his head, meaning that she is also the only one who knows that she has the virus.

It seems likely that Neuman is simply holding onto the virus for safekeeping in The Boys season 4, as it would also kill her due to her being a supe. However, she could also be keeping it in case a nuclear option is needed in her conflicts with Homelander, as she knows that it is the only thing that can kill Vought’s most powerful supe.

3

Billy Butcher Was Investigating Gen V’s Killer Virus

He May Find It Soon

Although Victoria Neuman is the one who has the supe virus in her hands, she isn’t the only one who wants it. In fact, Gen V ends with a cameo from Billy Butcher, showing that he is hot on her trail. Billy Butcher’s appearance in the series shows the leader of The Boys looking through the remnants of the Woods facility, hoping to find a sample of the virus.

Billy Butcher doesn’t seem successful in locating the virus, but his appearance highlights that he wants it. Thus, The Boys season 4 will most likely heavily focus on Billy Butcher’s hunt for the supe virus, with it being a major reason why he could want to find and kill Victoria Neuman. If Butcher gets his hands on the virus, he will undoubtedly use it, with it being one of the only ways to kill Homelander.

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The Rest Of Gen V’s Cast Is Being Held In A Secret Prison

Could The Boys Resue Them?

While a lot happened at the end of Gen V, with Vought seriously shaking up the world of The Boys, there are still a lot of questions regarding what happened to the rest of the show’s main characters. As it turns out, the four main heroes from Gen V were knocked out by Homelander during the riots at Godolkin, with them waking up in a prison cell.

The white cell is unlike any prison that the characters have seen before, with it seemingly having no exits. While the Guardians of Godolkin’s new prison is undoubtedly run by Vought, very little is known about it. The characters don’t know where this secret prison is or how long they have been in it, meaning that they most likely won’t appear in the events of The Boys season 4.

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Gen V Introduced Tek-Knight

He Could Reappear In Season 4

While the riots at Godolkin and the rest of Gen V‘s ending contain most of the important setups for The Boys season 4, the spinoff series also introduced a major character to Amazon’s The Boys universe. Tek Knight makes his debut in Gen V, and while he doesn’t play a major role in the episode in which he appears, he is a significant addition to the franchise due to him being a preexisting character from the comics.

Although nothing has been confirmed, it is possible that Tek Knight could reappear in The Boys season 4 after his Gen V debut. It would make sense to bring the important character back after his small role in Gen V, so it is good to remember that the spinoff saw Dean Shetty get blackmail on Tek Knight. Now that Shetty is dead, however, Tek Knight has nothing holding him back from his Gen V plans and his further appearance in The Boys season 4.