Spinoffs make me drop shows, and I can’t be the only one.
Like, I was fine with The Boys. But now I have to watch Gen V as well, and this is actually the first I’m hearing of the other spinoffs.
I quit watching Arrow when they added Flash, and eventually a third one (I forget which) and the watch order got convoluted.
I’m fine if they show ends and it gets a spinoff. Like what’s happening with Dexter. Granted that show has dragged since season 4, but I like Hall’s acting and the character/premise are interesting. So there was one spinoff, and now there’s a new one and it’s getting a second season. There was going to be a third spinoff (which would have coincided with the second one and thus got me to drop it) but apparently it’s not happening now? So I’m still on board.
It’s also fine if the spinoffs are separate. Like Yellowstone, 1883, 19-whatever, and so on. They’re all different eras. You don’t have to watch them in release order at all. But Yellowstone stopped being interesting when [REDACTED] left the show. Not trying to spoil anything but it was a big deal and the show immediately suffered (and then ended).
I lost interest in The Boys a couple of episodes into season 4. It just went nowhere and had done so for too long, so it just got stale to me. I have absolutely no interest in any spin-offs, which only makes the show become what it satirised.
I hate the persistent idea in US entertainment than everything has to be a franchise.
Gen V season 1 worked well since it felt like it fit into what felt like a The Boys season 4 series finale.
When The Boys didn’t have their finale in season 4, jumping back to Gen V felt weird. Gen V season 1 was all about the virus, but season 2 hasn’t mentioned it at all. The virus storyline is largely part of The Boys now, but it was weird to just drop it from Gen V.
I’m enjoying Gen V season 2, but in some ways it feels like it’s retreading season 1 in order to setup the new way to defeat Homelander.
Spoilers for Gen V season 2, episode 7
Now we have Godolkin revived. I don’t see him being defeated in one episode. So is he going to be part of The Boys season 5?
I like both existing in the same universe, but they need to be able to tell their own stories, or work together much more closely to ensure they don’t step on each others toes.
So a Gen V set after The Boys season 5, which is the finale, where it is free to tell whatever story they want. That would be good.
Yeah, there was one throw away line by Cipher about the last person in charge “creating a virus to wipe us all out” and then they just moved on from it. The tone of the statement gave more of a “it’s done, we’re moving on” feeling.
Its possible:
spoiler
Godolkin finds out about the virus and adjusts it to kill off large number of weaker supes and possibly humans in a single hit; he can hardly force each supe individually to commit suicide, he would be there for another ten seasons. As he is a gifted scientist it would not be beyond his characters boundaries for him to be able to rework the virus significantly. This would setup a brand new antagonist to keep the virus in play, Homelander is hardly smart enough to do it himself.
Dang, I really liked Diabolical.
