The Boys creator Eric Kripke reveals that a major dead character from Gen V season 1 almost returned for season 2. Kripke is one of the co-creators and executive producers of Prime Video's spinoff series that explores college-aged supes at Godolkin University while also featuring substantial connections to the franchise's main series.

During an interview with ComicBook , Kripke was asked if there had been discussions about bringing back Luke Riordan/Golden Boy (Patrick Schwarzenegger). The powerful supe, who was ranked #1 at Godolkin University and poised to join the Seven, dies at the end of the show's first episode and sets the entire series in motion.

Kripke explains that there were originally plans to bring Luke into season 2 via dream sequences. While Kripke does not

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