Gen V was a spin-off that knew what worked about its big brother, The Boys, while simultaneously exploiting a new milieu—college!—to uniquely explore its fictional universe.

Unfortunately, Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke’s series suffers a not-inconsiderable sophomore slump with its return engagement, premiering Sept. 17 on Prime Video, concocting a story that, aside from a solid sinister turn by Hamish Linklater, fails to build upon the elements that worked the first time around. Try as it might to elevate its tale’s importance to the level of The Boys, it comes across as a repetitive and charisma-challenged teen-supes saga that’s yet to fully mature.

Of all the obstacles faced by Gen V, none is bigger than the real-world death of actor Chance Perdomo ahead of Season 2’

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