Spoilers below.
The second season of Gen V had the difficult task of connecting its universe to the wider world of The Boys , without regular appearances from the cast. Still, linking the two shows was important and inevitable: Co-creator Eric Kripke has already said The Boys ’ fifth and final season, which premieres next year, will begin chronologically about six months after the end of Gen V’ s season 2 finale. So, how exactly do the two series come together?
Homelander, the big bad of The Boys (and a sociopathic killer who happens to be the strongest being alive), has made some minimal cameos in Gen V . So have the “Starlighters,” people committed to The Resistance led by Starlight, who is otherwise known as Annie. While Homelander’s colleagues fear and hate him, h