Warning: This text accommodates spoilers for “Gen V” and as much as “The Boys” Season 5, Episode 7.
It is secure to say that “The Boys” franchise hasn’t fairly gone in keeping with fan expectations up to now, however that additionally extends to creator Eric Kripke. The cancellation of the spin-off sequence “Gen V” after solely two seasons was a impolite awakening to most, at the same time as a few of the college-set present’s characters (equivalent to Jaz Sinclair’s blood-bending Marie Moreau and the gender-fluid Jordan Li, performed by each London Thor and Derek Luh) have performed minor roles in Season 5 of its guardian sequence. Nonetheless, followers have been left to marvel precisely how their tales could have been supposed to proceed had issues unfolded as deliberate.
Surprise no extra! Within the penultimate episode of “The Boys” Season 5, two of probably the most vital heroes in “Gen V” seem … solely to be promptly turned away from serving to out any additional. In line with Kripke, one comparatively controversial line of dialogue was even meant to assist tee up a possible third season of the spin-off. In a tense alternate, Annie January/Starlight (Erin Moriarty) basically tells Marie that her Homelander-level powers are ineffective if she will be able to’t management them. In an interview with TVLine (through Complete Movie), Kripke defined why he included this:
“[Marie] has all of this energy, and everybody on-line is like, ‘Nicely, why does not she simply go tackle Homelander?’ I am like, ‘She’s a 19-year-old child! She has no concept tips on how to wield any of it in any kind of accountable, managed means.’ Had been there to be one other season of ‘Gen V,’ that will be her training-with-Yoda season the place she actually learns tips on how to take the following step.”
The Boys creator Eric Kripke hasn’t given up making an attempt to include Gen V characters into different exhibits
“Gen V” could also be gone whereas “The Boys” wraps up its total run, however that does not imply we have seen the final of a few of our fan-favorite supes. Eric Kripke has gone on the report that the choice to cancel “Gen V” got here instantly from Amazon, not from him or some other creatives. In gentle of that revelation, it ought to come as no shock that he stays intent on discovering a technique to carry not less than a few of the present’s characters again — if not within the upcoming “Vought Rising” prequel, then in “additional tales” down the road.
That comes straight from the horse’s mouth, as Kripke went on to inform TVLine that he has some unfinished enterprise with “Gen V” and particularly the persevering with arc of Marie Moreau. Sure, viewers can look ahead to extra of the youthful solid members popping up as “The Boys” rumbles to its sure-to-be-bloody conclusion. However, if he has his means, Kripke is raring to set issues proper:
“There’s extra [‘Gen V’] story that we need to inform. Typically these items simply do not go your means, however me and all the different producers actually fought arduous to attempt to hold it going. Alas, you understand, it did not work out, however one of many benefits of getting a world like that is we can discover alternatives to proceed their story. Among the ‘Gen V’ gang present up for the final couple of episodes of ‘The Boys,’ with additional tales on the horizon. We’re beginning to kick round concepts and see how can we carry again these characters.”
Till then, “The Boys” releases its sequence finale Might 20, 2026, on Prime Video.
