I am one of the people who considers "The Boys" to be one of the greatest television shows running today. I obviously don't need to go into detail into how fantastic that show is not just in terms of its writing, acting, direction, etc etc but in terms of its social commentary and how it shines a harsh light on both sides of the political spectrum without it being "preachy", how it takes one of the most popular forms of media, flips it on its head and uses it as a mirror to reflect how dodgy and corrupt our own society operates. "The Boys" is a one in a million hit and so far has been fantastic all the way from the first season to now, so when I heard there was a spin-off about a supe college with all new characters I was cautiously optimistic.

To my knowledge "Gen V" isn't based of any pre-existing story or characters from the established "The Boys" comic or universe and with what I had seen about it before the show aired my first thought was that Amazon Prime saw how popular "The Boys" had become and decided to cash in with a spin-off, seening how popular teen drama shows are they must have thought about combining the two. The original show has strayed a bit away from the original comics story and in some ways has made some improvements so when this spin off was announced my personal thoughts were that it could go either way and to wait and see what they had in store.

The first 3 episodes dropped all at once and after watching them back to back I was extremely excited to see where this show would lead, all the characters were engaging, the story had set up some very interesting threads to follow and not only did it look like it was going to be amping up nicely but it also didnt shy away from all of the nastiness that "The Boys" has been supplying us with over the years. However week after week of new episodes and it started to feel like it was losing steam. By the time the finale came out I went from rushing to get the newest episode watched to remembering "oh yeah the new episode came out yesterday" because I saw a spoiler show up on YouTube the day after the release. Couldn't tell you what it was exactly but every episode seemed to get less and less interesting, all of the plotlines they set up seemed to thin out and become really obvious and even some of the twists and side plots that happened didn't grab me as much as I thought they would.

Don't get me wrong this show did have some excellent moments in it but typically every episode towards the end of the show felt like I was just waiting for those moments to happen and then pass by. The direction, acting, etc were all standard with what we have come to expect from the creators of "The Boys" and there weren't any major issues with the plot however I feel the story started getting a bit weak towards the end and lost the momentum in the last few episodes.

Despite what I've said this is still a good show and I would advise watching (especially if you're watching "The Boys") however don't expect this show to be as engaging as the show it is spinning off from. Maybe give it another season or 2 to develop and see where it goes however I do hope to see more life pumped into this one. Hopefully the next season can carry not only the same energy the first few episodes of season 1 had but build from that energy through til the finale instead of letting it simmer.