Gen V

TV show · 2023

Gen V is a TV-MA superhero college drama and spin-off of The Boys, rated for adults 17 and up by multiple parental guidance services. This report covers the full series (Seasons 1 and 2), which consistently carries the highest levels of graphic violence and gore, explicit sexual content, strong language, and heavy substance use throughout every episode.

Adults only; this series is not appropriate for children or teenagers under 17.

Scary imageryPeril & tensionViolenceLoss & griefBig emotionsLanguageBehavior modeledLoud or startling soundsFlashing lightsRomance & innuendoDrinking, drugs & smokingOld-school gender roles

Episodes to know about

ViolenceS1E1Strong

The very first episode opens with a slit throat and an impaled body within the first 30 seconds, and culminates in the top-ranked student killing a mentor and then dying by suicide.

Loss & griefS1E1Strong

Flashback sequences throughout the season show the lead character accidentally killing her parents as a child, depicted with blood and graphic injury.

Drinking, drugs & smokingS1E1Strong

First episode establishes casual teen drug and alcohol use, including marijuana; subsequent episodes escalate to MDMA, cocaine, and mushrooms used at a club.

9 more moments are in the full report. See all of them, checked against your own family’s settings, in Little Longer.