Gen V Season 2 Episodes 1-3 Review: The Boys Spinoff Just Got Wild! | Mandalorian Grogu Trailer & Jimmy Kimmel News

Dive into the wildest moments from Gen V Season 2 Episodes 1-3 as Sarah Belmont and Will Polk break down all the chaos, twists, and connections to The Boys universe! 💥 From shocking reveals to brutal action, we cover everything you need to know about the explosive start to the new season.

PLUS: We react to the brand-new Mandalorian & Grogu movie trailer—is this the next big Star Wars hit? We’ll share our thoughts on Grogu’s big-screen debut and what it means for the galaxy far, far away. 🌌

And don’t miss our take on the latest Jimmy Kimmel news—from controversy to comeback, we unpack what’s really going on with late-night TV’s most talked-about host.

Timestamps

0:00 Welcome

1:00 James Gunn drops photo for Superman: Man of Tomorrow

3:00 Mandalorian and Grogu teaser trailer

6:40 Jimmy Kimmel Live returning to TV

13:50 Gen V Episodes 1-3

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Episode Transcript

>> Will (00:00):
Foreign.

>> Sarah (00:11):
Greetings Nerds. This is Scene N Nerd. I'm your
host, Sarah Belmont, and with me, as always, is
our Mr. Producer, will Will Polk How are you
doing tonight. Will.

>> Will (00:17):
Doing very well, Sarah How you doing this Tuesday,
Monday evening? Monday evening, yeah.

>> Sarah (00:21):
Monday, yeah.

>> Will (00:22):
Jumping ahead, thinking, you know, our usual time
on Tuesday, but, yeah, happy Monday. The way this
is to you and good, busy weekend and I guess I'm
just trying to catch up from it.

>> Sarah (00:36):
Okay. Okay. All right. yeah, and, you mentioned,
that you wanted to get everyone caught up on some
news items that occurred within the last week.

>> Will (00:51):
Yeah, yeah. Well, really, the last. Yeah, well,
today. And also, you know, and also just sort of
things that did start last week, but did get to
some resolution today. But, this is a real quick
hitter here. James Gunn, of course. You know, I
guess we had the news earlier when, we had the
teased art for the. With Lex and Clark is, from

(01:16):
various artists, including Jim Lee. this. Today,
James Gunn dropped this, photo that I just shared
here. If you're watching our show on YouTube, the
COVID of the script of man of Tomorrow, which will
be the, next movie in Superman's, story. And, you
know, the date on the. On the draft is 922 25,

(01:38):
draft number one. And of course, it's written by
James Gunn. But the notable thing about it, many
people, when we got the news earlier in the images
earlier of Superman and Lex fighting, you know,
there together, what. Could it be possible that
Superman, was going to be. They were going to be
teaming up to fight Brainiac. And then, of course,

(01:59):
with the script that we got today with the photo
of it, we did do have the sort, of anatomy, book
look of the human skull, with a little cutaway
with, you know, with the brains and speech and
the. Also the vocal, pieces, as well as far as the
cheek and stuff with the. With, you know, to sort

(02:19):
of give supporting. Visual supporting evidence
that it's indeed going to be Brainiac, that's
going to be the Big Bad and Man of Tomorrow, which
will be the Superman sequel. So that was the. Any.
Any thoughts on that before we move to the next
quick item?

>> Sarah (02:38):
Not really.

>> Will (02:39):
Yeah. Yeah. Well, I just figured before moving on,
I just wanted to give you. Give you an opportunity
to. To share your thoughts. but, the next item,
is, we did get our first teaser trailer today for
the Mandalorian and Grogu, and. And we also got a
very dope poster. You know, definitely giving the,
you know, Western vibes and spaghetti Western

(03:01):
vibes. for. For that series. that teaser, did drop
today. It was about a minute 40. What were your
thoughts of the trailer since, You did tell me
before we started recording that you actually did
watch it?

>> Sarah (03:12):
I didn't really like it. Yeah, just.

>> Will (03:18):
I'm not gonna leave. I'm not gonna leave it there.
You gotta tell me.

>> Sarah (03:21):
It's just, more of the same. It didn't. I guess it
didn't really do anything for me. And I was
grateful when it said coming, in May of next year.
I was like, I don't. I don't need this. Yeah, I, I
don't know. I. Anytime I think about Mandalorian,
I just get mad because of Boba Fett. So that's

(03:45):
where I'm at with this franchise.

>> Will (03:48):
Yeah, I, I know you have really fallen off on Star
wars here in the last book of Boba Fett. And then
also even the third season of the Mandalorian,
which I will say the third season of the
Mandalorian was. Was disappointing. I think, you
know, I think the first two were bangers, but,
but, the third season was not. Was not. But, you

(04:12):
know, as far as the trailer today, I liked it. I
mean, it was okay. It, you know, I think, you
know, for me it's. When we saw it and we did see
Sigourney Weaver there at the beginning, which is
really cool. Still don't know what her character
is. Really. Didn't. This really. This was just a
lot of. A lot of just scenes of cool things that,

(04:35):
you know, that is going to happen here. We, you
know, we do see that the Road to the Hut, which,
Jeremy Allen White's doing the voice work for
that, character. but. And we saw the cool at. So
this, you know, we got the member berries and you
know, reminding us that, oh, yeah, this is like
right after the time of the. You know, after the
Empire has fallen and at that. That period where,
there's clearly some, regiments of the Empire that

(04:58):
are still out there. But, But yeah, I mean, it
was. It was. It was okay. You know, like, I got
this, you know, hearing the score, thought it was.
Was, you know, you know, brought back some fond
memories of. Of the show. Ah. But And also just,
you know, the very fact that we're getting Star
wars on the big screen again, even though,
they're. They're almost going the Star Trek route

(05:20):
of, you know, taking a TV show and, and you know,
making A movie out of it. At least. At least in
the case of In the case of the Mandalorian. So. So
yeah, we'll see. And hopefully they'll have some
more practical effects this time since they do
have a feature film budget instead of relying on
the volume, which, you know, which I don't know
how that's going to hold up on a big screen,

(05:41):
especially given that we did see in the trailer
they're going to be filming in IMAX as well. So,
you know, so hopefully, we will definitely get you
know, both good special effect but also some good
practical effects since it is going to be a big
feature instead of a show on Disney plus.

(06:05):
Alrighty. and then the last thing, when I first
saw this trailer today, honestly my first thought
was leading it to our last little bit of news,
which was the whole fallout from the Jimmy Kimmel
suspension. Because I was like, ah, you know,
they're. They're taking. Taking a page out of the
out of the distractions. Well this, especially
after last week where Jimmy Kim Kimmel Live was

(06:29):
taken off the air due to some of his comments that
he had made, regarding people. you know, he didn't
say anything about Charlie Kirk's situation,
murder, but he really, you know, but he did say
some things that. How some people are trying to
exploit it and had some very, you know, you know,
for. For various political ends and that kind of

(06:50):
thing. So he commented on that, you know,
depending on where you fall on the spectrum, some
people probably was like, no big deal. Some people
are like the blasphemy. But in any event, things
really escalated when the head of the fcc,
basically, Brendan Carr basically was on a podcast
and basically, you know, basically threatened

(07:11):
Disney, you know, to do something, you know, you
know, again, it's the FCC term. It's not like, you
know, it's not like the Internet, you know, group
causing a lot of stereos. You know, the, the. The
very entity that regulates, broadcasting in, in
our country making comments like, you know, we can

(07:31):
do this the easy way, can do this the hard way.
And, and of course some affiliates, to in
particular who have business before the commission
wanted to, they basically, you know, you know,
suspended the show, pulled the show, and then
Disney of course, suspended Jimmy indefinitely.
and honestly, this was one of those situations

(07:51):
where you know, money, money talks, because Disney
was worried about the, you know, cost of not only
these affiliates, you know, getting you Know,
losing that revenue from, from, from the ads from
that. But also just the fact that Disney also has
business before the commission where they're

(08:13):
needing a deal approved to do their, you know,
ESPN and NFL Network it was, has business before
the commission and the affiliates in particular
also had business before the commission trying to
add more Another company and you know they have to
raise the cap. So there was a lot of, A lot of
politics, a lot of a lot of stuff happening and

(08:37):
you know people really took umbrage on this on
both sides of the political spectrum because you
know it was, it wasn't like it was the Internet
council culture, you know, coming out and like you
know, people getting up on arms on social media
about something. This was actually, you know,
government entity like saying something and then
you know, broadcaster taking action on it. Which

(08:59):
you know a lot of people felt that was really
crossing the line into, into censorship with, with
the actions that abc had taken. But but, but but
I, but, but from that today we did get news that
after yeah you know, after many people outcry, not
only from opinion makers, but also creatives and,

(09:22):
and a lot of people cancel their Disney plus
subscriptions and, and all ABC reverse course and
Jimmy's coming back on the air tomorrow. And you
know, I think this was you know, I think it was a
situation where you know, I think the people talk
with their pocketbooks. So again there were a lot
of things I think that were. It was a, a collision

(09:45):
of multiple things. I think a collision of free
speech, I think a collision of the economy, you
know, commercial economy. And you know, Disney
just, you know, also just weighed the balance of
equities and they're like, do we want to side on
free speech? And also way on the side of like
business and as far as like you know, big, long,

(10:06):
long term, you know, especially if a lot of
creatives aren't going to go want to work for this
company, then how they're going to be able to make
money if they can't create anything. So yeah, so
Jimmy's coming back and we'll just sort of see.
You know, apparently he has no restrictions on
what he can say. they don't know what he's going
to say. But but just you know, definitely wanted
to bring light to this, especially given our main
topic tonight because you know we definitely see

(10:29):
in, in. In our main topic of Gen B how media and
things, you know, and manipulate. Can be used to
further ends, for, for good or bad purposes. So
just wanted to, wanted to share that. Didn't know
if you had any thoughts on it. but definitely was
some big news from, from this week, especially for
folks who are very strong advocates for, for

(10:51):
speech and not, not having things censored, by, by
the government or pressure put on broadcasters to,
to regulate what they, what they put on their
airwaves. But didn't know if you had any thoughts.

>> Sarah (11:05):
So I think that, Wednesday night Jimmy Kimmel will
be like the most view he's ever had. Yeah, like,
like that's the, that's the thing that I keep
thinking about. is that, okay, you canceled your
subscriptions, now they've even reinstated him. So

(11:28):
you're gonna, are you gonna reward that and then
tune in for the broadcast? Especially considering
like, what you pointed out. We don't know what
he's gonna say how, how he's gonna go about that
first one back after this shit storm happened this
past week. But it'll, it'll be interesting. I

(11:50):
mean, I would be shocked if it's not a very highly
rated episode of late night television, with
everything that happened over the last week. But,
I, while all that was going on, I was too busy
watching three hours of genv. granted, I binged it

(12:13):
yesterday, so it just went straight through and I
was thinking about it, I was like, so, so just to
put in perspective, this is how long Dune 2 is.
Pretty much the same amount of time it took me to
get through these three episodes equates to Dune
2. Yeah, I don't, I don't know. What if that says

(12:33):
more about the length of Dune 2 or the, the length
of what happens when you kick off a season by
dropping three episodes? And we're not talking
like half hour episodes, we're talking hour, maybe
even a little bit more, maybe a little under. But
it's definitely not a 40 minute episode either. So

(12:56):
it just, it adds up. And so since Will just spent
so much time talking about all the different news
items, I will now enlighten Everybody with the
IMDb summaries of each of these episodes and, and
get ready for with your popcorn because you know,
I don't read these ahead of time, so I often

(13:18):
stumble. so Season two, episode one, New Year New
you. Welcome to a new year at God U. Check out all
the super security upgrades around campus. Hear
what our fearless leader, Dean Cypher, during a
special welcome assembly. Reunite with old friends

(13:41):
in a brand new Victoria Newman Student hall and
make new friends through our revitalized, robust
Greek life. This year will be way better than last
year. And we can't wait. Episode two, Justice
Never Forgets. Think you're a history buff? Think
again. Even a know it all will learn a thing or

(14:03):
two in, the God U archives. To book a six hour
educational adventure led by the world's best
archivists, contact kyle@, rememberforever.com and
finally, the third episode, H is for human. This
is a campus wide reminder. All student flyers must

(14:24):
be approved by God U administrators before they
are posted on community bulletin boards. Please
submit all text and graphics to the office of
Student Life at attention. Stacy, at least 24
hours before posting your flyer. Campus security
is actively monitoring all public areas for
unapproved signage and inappropriate content. And

(14:47):
that concludes the IMDb summaries of the season
two of Gen V first three episodes. And I have to
say, you know, the boys and Gen V continue to have
the best episode summaries. Yeah, the. The. The,

(15:11):
you know, the same writers who are writing the
scripts are writing these and it's. It's like,
it's the same all of the little details. It's one
of the things I look forward to when we're back in
this world and. And now that we're here our
sophomore year at God, you and, Yeah, it's. It.

(15:36):
It's. I. I will say this as just a starting
overall thought and it's good to be back. Yeah,
it's still. They had a lot of moments where I. I
just kept thinking to myself, I am so
desensitized. I am so desensitive. It. Like we

(15:57):
were at a point. These don't shock me. I get
nothing. I don't even, like, I don't find them
humorous. And it's not like back in the early days
of the boys, I did. But I think in the early days
of the boys, which I'm saying maybe season one and
two specifically there, it wasn't shocking. It was

(16:21):
still like, oh, you went there. Oh, that is an
interesting joke because of A, B and C. But now,
now, since the boys just finished their fourth
season and we're sophomore year here, it's like,
okay, can we. Can we do. Can we do something other
than butt and dick jokes? Can we. Can we do

(16:42):
something else rather than people going in and out
of each other's like, is that too much to ask?
Like, can we. Can we think beyond that a bit?

>> Will (16:53):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I would agree with. Let's
jump in real quick. I would agree with you on the
shock value at this point. you know, it. Yeah, it
doesn't. Doesn't surprise me much anymore. It's
just like. Oh, it's really par for the course.

>> Sarah (17:09):
Yeah. I feel like Emma. I. I mean, I feel if. If
we're thinking about Emma, especially in these
three episodes when she's at the frat party and
she suddenly shrinks and then she. She becomes the
hula girl and. And they use her as a human ping

(17:30):
pong or ping pong ball for beer pong. And she
just. She's like. It's part of the course. And
that's what she explains to polarity. I think in
the third episode when they're in the archives
because she gets big in the archive, which. That I

(17:51):
did. I was like, oh, my God, Emma, Emma, Emma. And
especially given he. Given the whole dynamic
between. That is Andre's father that is also now a
faculty member, and she's butt ass naked and she's
also now like 100ft tall. So. So it's just a nude.

(18:17):
And so I. I, think that the best way to describe
it is I just. I feel as if I'm Emma, where it's
just like this. This is the world we live in. You
know, this is the. You. You signed up for it.
Which just. That thought just brings me back to
when we were talking about episode one of

(18:38):
Peacemaker a few weeks ago. And there was the orgy
scene. And I said, that ain't the right universe.
Like, there's something off about it. And because
I. There. There could be an orgy going on. There
probably was. And I just missed it in one of these

(18:58):
scenes, like at the frat party. And it'd be like,
okay, there's the Deep. Clearly. Clearly going in
deep. But it's fits in that universe because we
have seen so many orgies already and we have seen
so many different things. And also, like, you have

(19:21):
characters like the Deep. You have characters. I'm
blanking on his name, but he's. I want to say he's
the one who goes. He. He was joining the
fraternity too, along with Sam, and he, They. They
always interact with him. I'm just blanking on
his. The character's name.

>> Will (19:39):
Yeah, the dick was. Dude. Yeah. Who tried to
assault Marie and, Yeah, she blew up his dad.

>> Sarah (19:44):
Yeah.

>> Will (19:44):
M. I know. Yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Sarah (19:47):
But we have. We have those characters who
participate in a lot of this. And for me, what
struck me about that scene in Peacemaker was more
of the almost lack of participation, whereas,
like. All right, I don't. Two things are not
adding up. But I will lay off that point because

(20:10):
we have, talked about that in depth before. If you
missed it, go back and listen to our review of
Peacemaker Season 2, Episode 1. Now we're back at
God University. And, you know, since I already
brought up Emma, I. I wanna. I wanna start with
Emma, because I will say she was the highlight for

(20:30):
me of all three episodes. Sense.

>> Will (20:33):
I agree. The same. I thought that she. Her arc
especially, given where she started in. In season
one. and as she's getting. She's getting more
control, getting a little bit figuring out how to
use her powers, but also still showing, like, how

(20:55):
she know she felt small. M. And. And. And of
course the physical manifestation of that is, you
know, of course what activates her powers and all.
But I think this episode, these three episodes
really, you know, and we haven't talked about
Andre and Chance Perdomo yet, but. But, you, know,
I think for me, her being the sort of.

>> Sarah (21:21):
I.

>> Will (21:21):
Guess, moral compass or team compass as far as
just like, you know, you know, getting. Yeah, we
got to come back to the university, base or it's
gonna. Or you, you know, or go back to Elmira.
Either way. Either way, these. All these kids are
imprisoned and some, you know, whether it's at the
campus.

>> Sarah (21:40):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Will (21:41):
Or Elmira, but you know, but her make. Trying to
make the best of the situation. Her, like you
said, you know, teaming up with. With Andre's
father, polarity, you know, and helping him, you
know, telling him how much his son meant to her
and helped her get on the path where even though
she was, you know, her. Her claim to fame was

(22:02):
Little Cricket before and you know, the most
popular on the whole social media scale, before
she got demonetized and. And all the things that
happen with the, With the fake. With the
influencer on campus. you know, I think that was
really, like, you know, really, really cool. And
then also just, you know, you know, anyone ever in

(22:22):
the third episode, whenever she, you know, really,
you know, she. She meets the other. The other
girl. You know, as far as the Start the
underground on campus, as far as the starlighters
and you know, and helping, you know, and carrying
that you. Andre's legacy forward as far as like,
look, you. You guys can be heroes too. And so that
was really something as far as her story that I
thought with Emma was really, really strong

(22:43):
throughout these three episodes.

>> Sarah (22:46):
So I disagree with you. I don't think she knows
how to use her powers at all. I think that she is
just, and, and that's what struck me in these
three episodes because it, I was surprised when
she got, I was just as surprised when she got so,
small all of a sudden as she was. And then, and

(23:07):
then they're, they're doing a good job, at least
in my opinion. About, about her powers. Yes, I
think you're right. Manifesting based on feeling,
Feeling big or small. But I don't know. It's,
it's, I, I, I find it interesting that they, they

(23:30):
are clearly showing her and her lack of control
over it. especially given in the first season
where we see the control over it and it's tied
into that eating disorder aspect, and body issues.
And now it's also, they're weaving in what you

(23:54):
brought up in terms of feeling smart, small,
especially as a female, and then feeling big and
strong and powerful and, and the difference of
that and that confidence spike. So it's more of a,
there's, it's more tied into just how she feels in

(24:14):
the world. And and I like how, we're seeing that.
And yet she is not in Cypher's class. She is where
Cypher is trying to push these students to their
limits to really get them to understand their

(24:37):
powers. Because if they figure it out under his
observation, then he knows how they work as well.
And more than that in a minute. But, and then for
me, with polarity, I think about how Emma was used
in the first season with Sam because Sam was

(24:58):
isolated a lot from especially Marie. Marie's the
protagonist. But, but Emma, both last season with
Sam and this season now we're seeing it with
polarity. We're also then in the third episode, as
you brought up, we see that she, inadvert,

(25:18):
suddenly discovers that there are a few other,
students who are like secret starlighter
followers. And, and, and then, and she's like, oh,
cool, cool. But you guys, you got, I can't. I, I,
I want to be with you, but we ain't doing this.

(25:41):
This is nothing. This is, this is child's play.
So, so you can see her, there, there, there. I
feel like they figured out how to use her in the
first season and they are doing that, but they are
being subtle enough where it doesn't feel like,

(26:04):
wash, rinse, repeat. It feels like, oh no, this
is, this is Emma. Like, yes, she is. She, they,
they very well carried forward that, that, her
connection with Andre and that allowed it to be a
seamless transition with her and, polarity. And

(26:27):
they, they, they are now shifting it where like,
she needed others to build her up. And now like
you said, she's building others up. And so it's,
it's good. And yet, and yet her and Sam have some.
Also some fascinating moments because we know how

(26:49):
powerful Sam is. And so when she's afraid, I'm
also like, I don't really know how this is going
to go.

>> Will (27:01):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (27:02):
Like, I'm thinking about that hallway scene when
he, when I was fearful. When he's like, I, I
figured out that Emma is involved with this whole
Kate attack. And I'm like, girl, you gotta go. You
gotta get out. Get out now. But I'm glad that the

(27:23):
writers did not. They didn't take Sam in the
direction I thought they were going to. Like, I, I
feel like they walked a very. And, and I, I am
subtly transitioning into Sam right now, but I
feel like they walked a fine line with him where
he, he was definitely in the background for

(27:46):
majority of the episodes. not, not really front
and center at all. But. And, and we know what's
going on. We know that there's been a dependency
build up between him and Kate because she's
manipulating his, his brain waves, his memories to
suppress all these negative thoughts and that's

(28:08):
allowing him to keep the puppets away. Okay, maybe
I should start writing the IMDb summaries. but in,
in those confrontations with, with Emma, you see
glimpses of. It's almost like, of like he, it's

(28:31):
not like she's a stranger and he's completely
wiped her from his mind. There, there's still the
affection there. And yet there is also more
overpowering. But you're my enemy. And we can't,
we can't go back. Like, I can't go back. And, and

(28:53):
that's why when Emma says. I think that line to
him m. Something along the lines of, one day
you'll own up to what you've done. Like, and, and
I think that's why he's, he's like very much
distanced himself from Emma up until now. Is that.

(29:13):
And, and been so cool. Is that he can't be back in
her life until he does admit what he did. and, and
the power dynamic, like there it. It's very
interesting to me and I'm, I'm very curious to see
how it goes. But, what, what are your thoughts

(29:34):
about Sam in these episodes?

>> Will (29:36):
Yeah, I agree with you and thanks for. Yeah and
thanks for clicking clarify my point about about
Emma just going back to real fast. yeah, I agree,
I agree with you. She's. Yeah, she, she maybe
like. Yeah, she had to have negative control and
something that Cipher told both Emma and Marie
too, about how they were tapping into their

(29:57):
powers, you know, really did speak to speak to.
What you were saying is they, they knew how to
control them first season, but it was in a very
negative way. and, and I think you know moving to
Sam you know these three episodes, you're right,
he, he was in the background. But you know I think

(30:18):
a lot of what was going on with Sam I felt like
was a couple things. One, it was tying back to
both his role and Kate's role in, in the, in the
previous season of the Boys, right where they,
they stepped in as the you know as to I guess
essentially Teen Titans in that universe. You know

(30:38):
working with the Guardians, with the Seven and And
so now you know he's dealing with the fallout of,
of all of that. You know, as far as what happened
with Frenchie and Kimiko. We saw at the end there
being the enforcers and he's you know coming to
grips with that and you know, especially after
Kate is you incapacitated, taken off. Literally

(31:00):
taken off the board at the end of the first
episode. he you know he's having to you know deal
with things and, and, and you know one of the
things that really stuck out with me with Sam was
the whole, you know, when he first started seeing
the puppets again on there with the influencer
girlfriend. Yeah. You know and, and again just how

(31:22):
brilliant this show is about how they weave in you
know, as far as like influencer culture and media
and, and and just how you're just, you know how
these people, you know how Vault just vought just
sees these people as assets, not people.

>> Sarah (31:41):
Well I, I think it's, I think it's also like it's
called Gen V and right now the right now people
this age that were seen on screen, college
attendees, they're part of Gen Gen Z. So, so it

(32:01):
makes sense that these college students would have
so much about influencer culture because Jen, Gen
V are all about. In our Gen Z are all about
influencer culture and like they've kick started
it. So I think to what you're getting at, it's
just it, it they. They do a good job about like

(32:26):
making this feel both nothing like the real world
and just like very deeply, like oh my God, this
hits way too close to home. But yeah, I, I, I, I
also thought, I don't know if you were going this
way, but that scene with Jordan, because I think
that I, I mean to your point about Sam's

(32:49):
involvement in, as the enforcer, but he's still
dealing with the trauma of his brother.

>> Will (32:59):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (32:59):
And, and, and I, I thought that was a brilliant
move to, to also to not only include Jordan in
that and have Jordan be that anchor point because
I think that was necessary that Sam needs to get
exposed more to characters that are not Emma and

(33:21):
Kate.

>> Will (33:22):
Yes.

>> Sarah (33:24):
He needs more of a connection. And so it made
sense, sense that those two would fight. But it's
also, Jordan was arguably other than Andre, his
brother's best friend, that we knew about and they
had a lot of history together that they finally
get to kind of, it felt good to see Sam kind of

(33:49):
have a connection with someone who knew his
brother and and he could like kind of put, be
brought back to that place where he felt most
safe. And that's why it was good to see them get
high while watching those cartoons which bleeds
into the puppets.

>> Will (34:08):
Yeah, yeah. No, I was, I was, I was, yeah, that
was where. Thanks for. Yeah, that's exactly where
I was going. Because that, that, that, that
bonding because that was, you know, now that Kate
is gone, I mean Sam needed something to, to like
as you were just saying, to really anchor him. and
you know, and he talked about, you know, and also

(34:30):
just I think with all of these kids, you know,
how, how, how, how broken they are in the trauma
that they are walking around with because in some
form or fashion their, their families fear them.

>> Sarah (34:46):
Yeah. Yeah.

>> Will (34:47):
And so, you know, you, so you hear Sam talk about,
you know, his mother fearing him. You know, we,
we, we, we, you know, we. Jordan, you know, his,
you know, his, his father, they're, I mean their
father because I mean they're, they're by their bi

(35:08):
gendered, you know, you know the whole shame that,
because whenever Jordan appears as, as a woman,
you know, dad, you know, prior to all this was
just ashamed of, of the girl version. Jordan.

>> Sarah (35:23):
Yep.

>> Will (35:24):
And so they're having to deal with that and of
course, you know, you know, we'll get into Marie
and you know, Emma of course, you know, with the
drama mom. And just, you know, at the beginning of
all, you know, beginning of the, of this season
when after, you know, they cut the deal to go back
to school instead of getting sent back to.

>> Sarah (35:40):
Yeah.

>> Will (35:40):
Amara. you know, the manipulation of. Of these
kids and, And. And how they're having to deal with
all this. So I agree with you. It is nice to see
Sam and Jordan have this bonding moment, to. So.
Because they. They. Because on a core level,
they're both broken for various reasons, and they

(36:01):
can help commiserate and help one another out. In
this case, like you said, sitting around getting
high, watching the Saturday morning cartoon that
they.

>> Sarah (36:10):
Right.

>> Will (36:10):
Yeah. And talk through these things.

>> Sarah (36:14):
Right. And. And I, I think that, the parental
manipulation was a small part of that
conversation. And there was a, more of an
emphasis, though, on the overall theme. And this
is also why, like, grief and death and Jordan at

(36:38):
one point is just like, enough is enough. Like,
there's been so much death. Like, this is really.
And these are young, early 20s people. And to
experience the amount of death and. And that's why
I thought it was nice to remind the viewers of
what happened to Sam's, brother. And then. Because

(37:03):
this. This season, rightfully so, starts off with
Andre's death, which we all know what happened,
unfortunately, to the actor Chance. this season is
dedicated to him. And. And you feel that. And I,
And I really do admire how the writers did it

(37:26):
because. Yeah, they. They didn't, They didn't beat
it over the head, but it was there. And anytime it
was talked about, you. There was so much

(37:48):
authenticity at, Play with all the performances.

>> Will (37:53):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (37:53):
So that it didn't feel. How do I put this? It felt
like the writers really were able to. To
articulate well all of the different emotions that
everyone in that cast was feeling about the

(38:15):
circumstance and also use it as a way to get these
characters into the arc for this season.

>> Will (38:24):
Yeah. Yeah. I was just going to say, while you
were thinking when you're articulating that. Yeah.
To me, whenever. Whenever the story required them
to talk about Andre, they did, and they wove it in
to the narrative of the episode. like you. As I
was mentioning earlier with, like, Emma, or, you
know, there were other instances of it, you know,

(38:45):
as well, as far as, you know, ah, Jordan.

>> Sarah (38:48):
Well, everything was Marie.

>> Will (38:50):
Yeah. Yeah. And. And so. So, you know, I was
wondering how they, were going to integrate, his,
you know, his tragic passing, you know, literally.
He was literally on the way to film this season.

>> Sarah (39:02):
Yep.

>> Will (39:03):
and. And so I was wondering how they were going to
integrate it, but I think the way that they did
it, you know, was. I'm glad it didn't recast. and,
And but they. They made a way to weave into the
story like you said. And it was really authentic
as far as then the performances that it was not
only for these characters but also for the actors

(39:25):
playing these characters. You know how they. They
woven into the story and. And did it in a non
exploitive way.

>> Sarah (39:32):
Yeah yeah. Because he. It was explained and and I
like how they didn't just come out and say was
somewhat of a mystery. And then the more
conversations and it was more in and they were
able to maintain that mystery and that tension for
the viewers because characters were finding out

(39:57):
Like it was clear characters have been separated
for extensions extended periods of time. And so
only Jordan and Emma M. Knew what happened to
Andre. And. And then we find out later polarity
found out from a friend through friends from
Vaught. but Andre tried to escape and during the

(40:18):
escape the The condition that his father had Or
still has that was revealed in the I think the
season finale of one. they explained so does Andre
had had it and he pushed himself too far and and
ultimately died through use of his powers. And.

(40:41):
And then I, I thought it was. I thought it was
interesting how they. They to also delve into the.
Everything that Jordan and arguably Emma but
really Jordan was the Overall about the guilt.

>> Will (41:00):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (41:02):
Because. And. And and you knew. I like how
initially you knew they were upset because Maria
did us. Marie diddix escape and that's explained
that Marie had escaped and then She didn't return
for anyone and she didn't wait for anyone to go

(41:23):
with her. She just took her chance and they did.
And I, and I also appreciate they don't really.
There's no flashback to the escape. We're not told
how she did it. We're not told any of those
details. We're just told she did it. And it was
before Andre tried and Andre saw it and heard

(41:43):
about it and said well if she can do it I can do
it too. But I'm taking y' all with me.

>> Will (41:49):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (41:50):
And. And Jordan couldn't stop him. And. And I. So
all of this aggression that we're feeling or
seeing Jordan exhibit there, it's a weird mix of
this person who I care deeply about just left me
behind to rot in jail. He should. They should be

(42:11):
upset about that. First of all. I would be.

>> Will (42:15):
I would be. Yeah yeah, yeah. Reaction. Yeah.

>> Sarah (42:18):
Yeah. And then. And then my other best friend
decides that they can do it too and they. They do
take me which ultimately leads to their own death.

>> Will (42:30):
So.

>> Sarah (42:31):
Wow. One Two punch.

>> Will (42:33):
Yeah. Yeah, and I like. Yeah, and I like how you
said, you know, you shared how, like, each
character, you know, like, like us, like the
audience, each character, people learned along the
way. Like, for example, Kate learned there when
they did, you know, whenever she did confront the.
Emma, Marie and Jordan, whenever she.

>> Sarah (42:53):
Well, Kate was trying to get them out, apparently,
which. Which we gotta get into Kate. But then Kate
has her reaction to it. But you know what's also
very smart of the writers in this whole thread is,
Like, we were just talking about Jordan and the
guilt that he. He suffered. Emma, who was also

(43:16):
there, completely different, like, emotion. She.
She used it. And it's something you touched on
earlier more as a motivating factor to like, no,
we gotta become the Avengers, y'.

>> Will (43:29):
All.

>> Sarah (43:29):
We gotta. We gotta do something about it. Like, we
gotta fix it, because that's what he would have
wanted. So a. very different. And then you have
Kate. Who. Who? Kate. Kate. And I. And I did say.
And I still stand by Emma was, the standout of
this episode. Episode. But Kate, through these

(43:51):
three episodes also reminded me of why. She is a
fascinating character.

>> Will (43:58):
She really is. Yeah.

>> Sarah (43:59):
And. And they write her so well because she's not
Homelander. That's a very different kind of
fascinating because Kate still has humanity and I.
So that's why the scene that you were just
telling. Touching on a few minutes ago, where she
finds out like a. Are we gonna get a flashback

(44:24):
about what happened to Kate? Because how does she
go from being, the info enforcer we see for
Homelander and friends to. To. To a few months
later making deals to get her. Her quote unquote
friends out of prison and then to find out that

(44:45):
Andre died and nobody will tell her. And ah, so.
So I don't know if she's still being manipulated.
I mean, I kind of suspect of it, but I also.
There's a part of her, she's so. She's so all over

(45:07):
the place, but not in a bad way, more in like a.
They. They are hiding some stuff about her. And,
And I can't. I can't completely not like her
because technically in these three episodes, she
didn't really do anything wrong.

>> Will (45:24):
No, no. I mean, yeah, I mean, you know, we do, you
know, we learned a few things. Like, for example,
her. Her movie, Flip Flipper, didn't do as well as
the Garfield movie. So, you know, her social
ranking definitely, like, got dropped a bit, but.
Yeah, but you're right. I mean, but she still has
enough, you Know, but they still, you know, and I

(45:46):
guess Cipher still is using her to, you know, she
has a skill set that, that is. To the larger,
well, agenda she had. She had prior. Well, at
least up to that point. Up until, up until the end
of episode one.

>> Sarah (46:04):
Yeah. Did you think, did, did you think she was
dead at the end of the episode? No, because I'll
be honest, I did. When you're bleeding from the
eyes, nose and ears, I still think that was kind
of a bit too much only to say, like, oh, it was a

(46:24):
head injury and, but I, the. And this is why I
can't not like Kate. It's because of that scene
later when she's talking to Cipher and Cipher puts
her in the place and says, girl, you don't, don't
worry about Jordan because you don't have your

(46:46):
powers and you need to get them back or else you
are of no value. And why that scene resonated so
much to me because it instantly reminded me of her
scene, with the former dean of students from last
season.

>> Will (47:03):
Yes.

>> Sarah (47:04):
And, and this is. And, and so what they've done
with Kate is they've, they've her power set wise.
But also some of her vulnerability comes from
like, she is this fascinating fusion between Jean
Grey and Rogue.

>> Will (47:25):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (47:25):
No good.

>> Will (47:27):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was going m. Yeah, I was
like, agreeing. Yeah, that's, that's a good, like
a good pull. Because all these do have analogs in
the X Men. And that's probably spot on.

>> Sarah (47:38):
Yeah. but, but it's not. Because it's a fusion.
It's not clearly like copy and paste. And also you
get more of the sense with the, the vulnerability.
Like, she's very much in her Jean Gray state with
the. I am of no use. Although I, if I, if I was, I

(48:03):
would be all powerful. Like, it's almost like the
Phoenix saga going on. And then Jean, Rogue with I
can't touch people. And we saw a lot of that in
the first season. And, and, and that whole
emphasis on. Because basically they've depowered
her, which I think is so necessary and such a

(48:27):
smart choice. Like, if you're not going to take
her off of the board game, then you have to
depower her. Because, because I couldn't. I
wouldn't be able to stand for another, full season
of Sam being able to, to like, go along his way
and just like get the juice from Kate. Okay. That

(48:49):
dependency needed to be broken so that a. He could
grow and so could she. but, but between that scene
and When Cypher almost put her hand in the
blender. Oh yeah, like, like I, I just. She's not
the both her and Sam. And this is probably why I,

(49:12):
I enjoy the writing specifically on Gen V is that
they have characters who are, who are walking fine
lines with being bad but also still have the
possibility for redemption. which I think in this
universe is needed as. And it makes sense with

(49:36):
like the, the age of the people we're talk. The
characters we're talking about like the quote
unquote, real adults. If they're bad, they're bad.
If they're good, they're good.

>> Will (49:48):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree with you. I mean I
think that is, you know, that is the good thing
about setting this up. And also to your point too
that the depowering Kate definitely avoids the
wash rinse repeat of. Of plot points from season
one. So Yeah, so. And you know, and also the

(50:11):
thing, the other thing that really stuck out with
me too, especially her conversation she had with
Cypher. and you know, it gets back to, you know,
it really gets into the larger theme of, of what
we've seen in these three episodes and you know,
and just the campus as far as you know, you know,
the human entrance and, and you know, make soup,
you know, make you know, make America super again

(50:33):
and all you know, all the, all the larger you
know, the things going on as far as just the soup
supremacy, agenda that that Homelander has
unleashed and, and and and and they're executing
here on this campus and they're you know, use you
know, molding these students. I mean when you look

(50:55):
at the trad wife in the, in the, in the class and
you know she talks. Talks about how to you know,
again manipulate the media and you see, you know,
with the, the cameos of Firecracker and you know,
we know how much of you know, wherever her, you
know, you know, her hypersexualized, you know,

(51:15):
cleavage showing. Yeah yeah, these things. I mean
all that is just like, you know, all these
elements are like working so well together in
these first three episodes. And you know, and so
of course you see some of the real world analogs,
but also just, but within this universe they, they
just make it you, they make it narratively.

>> Sarah (51:38):
They.

>> Will (51:38):
It's. It's where I, where I felt like season four
the boys sometimes went on the nose to the so much
that. To your point about you know, where, where
like, you know, the shock value got diluted
sometimes I felt like it was just so on the nose
in season four of the Boys that it just sort of
like, okay, yeah, I get it. You know, move on.

(52:02):
yeah, I feel like in this, in this show so far, in
these first three episodes, they're, they're
really showing the, you know, taking it to the
next step as far as, like, okay, we saw the
foundations and see, you know, leading up to this
moment. Now. Now what? And I feel like we're
getting the, the now what, at least with these
first three episodes.

>> Sarah (52:25):
what do you think Cypher's powers are?

>> Will (52:29):
Oh, boy. You know, he's like, so properly named.

>> Sarah (52:35):
Is there, is there a chance he is actually human?

>> Will (52:41):
I, I don't. It's a chance for sure. you know,
because he could be, you know, he could be a
human. You know, he could be a collaborator for
sure.

>> Sarah (52:52):
yeah.

>> Will (52:53):
but, you know, but I just don't. But I don't know
if Homelander would allow a collaborator to, like,
in this very critical.

>> Sarah (53:05):
Well, I see. Hold on, hold on.

>> Will (53:07):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (53:08):
If he's human, he is also smart enough to give the
impression or figure out a way to hide that from
everyone. Like, he, we learn through Odessa that
he. Okay, he's been involved with a lot of.

(53:30):
Because we learn that he was clearly seen by Emma
and Jordan at Elmar El Elmyra, where they were
held over the summer, and he was doing some sort
of research or something. Then later we learned
about Adessa, which brings, Marie to Aunt Pam's

(53:53):
house where she finds a photo of Mr. Cipher. And,
and we're told Cipher helped deliver.

>> Will (54:03):
Yeah, yeah, he's older.

>> Sarah (54:05):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He, so, so delivered
Marie. And, so he's a doctor and Marie was one of
25 every. The 24 other babies didn't come. Come to
fruition. So she, she, she's, she's connected. And

(54:27):
that's also why he's taken such interest in her,
and needed her to breathe back because they are
relaunching the Odessa project, whatever that is,
has to do with babies, obviously, and carrying on
the hue. The super gene.

>> Will (54:44):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (54:45):
But I, so I, what I, what I'm getting at is he's
been involved with so much, but there, there's
also part of me, like, they're doing a fake out
there. Like, to your point, his, his name, Cypher,
it's very on point. Like, like, I wouldn't, I

(55:09):
would, I wouldn't be surprised if, like, he does
have powers, but it's like, minimal. And really
his biggest strength is his brain. but but. And,
and his ability to live in that world without
people realizing, like, they don't need him. He's
made himself inexpendable somehow.

>> Will (55:30):
Yeah, well, he's like a blend of Xavier, You know.

>> Sarah (55:36):
Magneto.

>> Will (55:36):
Yeah, Magneto. And. And it, like you said, I mean,
to your point, I mean, would make sense that now
that you mention it, that he. That, you know, he.
He would be. He would be human. I mean, you know,
because maybe he's, you know, I know I've seen
some theories out there that, that he, you know,

(55:58):
that, you know, because his name is Dr. Gold, so
some folks are like, well, maybe he's the
descendant of, you know, Thomas. yeah, and, so
I've seen that theory out there. Or, you know, and
also given, you know, given Godolkins, whenever,
you know, when a season started in 1967, you know,

(56:18):
we, you know, we see the, the first go round with,
with this Odessa and, And Compound V and, you
know, we know all the effects of. Of of Compound V
on adults. And then, of course, with this Odessa
project, you know, you know, things end with the
fire. And, and so, you know, is he re. You know,
is he like a re. Branded person, you know, or. Son

(56:42):
of Godolkin? So, I mean, there's, you know, so
there's things. But I like, I like your theory
that he's actually human. That he's not. He's not.
He's not. He's not a soup. Superhuman.

>> Sarah (56:51):
Yeah.

>> Will (56:52):
that he is. He's. He is figured out a way to,
like, navigate this world and he truly, truly
believe it truly, like, has figured out how to
navigate this and, and, to manipulate things to
his own end. but I guess the only thing is if he

(57:12):
is that, you know, if he is such a true believer
in supes, it's even, you know, to. To, you know,
basically training him up to like, root out. Or
maybe. Or maybe his in game is to like. To that
point. To your point, given that he really is
trying to train Marie, you know, we m. You know,

(57:34):
Marie, unlike, Newman, you know, we saw at the end
of season one with, With Marie, she, you know, she
stood toe to toe with Homelander there at the end
of the end of that. End of that season.

>> Sarah (57:45):
Oh, he knows how powerful she is.

>> Will (57:48):
Yeah. So whereas he's like. Yeah, well, I was
gonna go with that. Worth Newman back down. Marie
might not to take out Homelander.

>> Sarah (57:59):
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah. I, I don't think that's how
Homelander is gonna go out I, I, I just, I don't,
I don't see it. I, I also kind of subscribe to the
theory that, Homelander dying is, is Homelander

(58:19):
being, being depowered is worse than death for
Homelanders. So, like. Yeah, yeah. But I don't, I
don't think, I think Cipher and the whole training
of the students, and, and his emphasis on Marie in
particular, is, there's, there's more. I don't

(58:44):
want to spiral too much about it just because
there is a lot to unpack about him and to learn
about him.

>> Will (58:51):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (58:53):
power is just one, but he's, he's been linked to
this history. and, and he was popping out, getting
people to pop out babies. So, so there it goes.
There, there's something, there's something. And
that is, yeah, what remains to be seen.

>> Will (59:14):
yeah, and it's great that he's an original
character to the show too. So he's not in the
comics. So we have, you know, so we're all, we're
all flying blind as far as trying to figure out
what, what, what, what.

>> Sarah (59:24):
Thank God. Because I swear, if somebody would
spoil what his power was for me, I would be so
pissed. But thank God. Thank you for telling me
that.

>> Will (59:33):
Yeah.

>> Sarah (59:34):
Marie, to, to, to, to kind of end it. I go back
and forth on Marie. I, I, I, I think the writers
did so well with a lot of the other characters
that she kind of just was there up until her

(59:57):
confrontation with, ah, Aunt Pam. because I, I, I
adore the, the monologue and the speech about my
parents did this. I did not do this. I was a girl
who got my period. every be. That scene stood out.
And it was in the third episode and so I was

(01:00:18):
waiting for it because Marie, because she had
escaped before everyone else because she was on
the run while Jordan and Emma were being set free,
she felt isolated a lot of these episodes on her
own thing. And then I do ship Marie and Jordan,

(01:00:41):
but the whole I love you and not saying it back, I
was like, really? With all this other going on,
we're gonna do this. I don't. That, that was kind
of like, oh, that's child's play, y'. All. Come
on. This isn't the summer I turned pretty. Come
on. This is Gen V. What we doing here?

>> Will (01:01:03):
So, you know, back in. Yeah, yeah. We all had
those awkward moments in college. I mean, we did.

>> Sarah (01:01:10):
I, I don't.

>> Will (01:01:12):
It wasn't, it wasn't daring. It felt real. I mean,
I will say it did feel.

>> Sarah (01:01:16):
Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. But. But I, It's not
something I would have expected within this first
three episodes to be a story point with all of
this other is going on.

>> Will (01:01:30):
I would agree with you. I agree with you up to a
point. I think they, I think they redeemed it with
the, with, Jordan's speech at the end.

>> Sarah (01:01:41):
yeah, I didn't, I didn't even like it. I didn't, I
didn't get. I know what you're talking about. And
so I can see how it can be perceived that way. For
me, it didn't get redeemed for that. I thought. I
thought was more interesting about the speech is,
the fact that a. They did. They did subtly, just

(01:02:05):
like, Just like with Emma and the whole not being
able to really have control over her powers and
this whole point that Cipher brings up in the, in
the first. In the second episode, it's like these
characters really don't. Because we've. I don't

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know why Jordan changes gender. Like, what is the
cause? It. Do they do it on purpose? do they have
a trigger? Why do they do that? Like, I have no
idea. I mean, and, and we see it very. I mean,
they are in bed with Marie, and one minute it's

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girl, and the next moment it's. It's the male
version of, Of Jordan kissing her. And it's just
like, okay, well, why? And so I, I, I feel like
they planted such a good seed with that that you
do start to subtly question why these characters

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are using the powers the way they are. the other
thing that stood out to me with the speaker speech
was, was that you have Kate in the audience, a
depowered Kate, which is also something nobody
else really knows is going on. I don't even think

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that Jordan and Marie know this, that through the
incident, Kate's lost her powers. The one of the
most. I m. Think she was ranked number one, and
now Jordan's ranked number one. And Jordan is
admitting, hey, you know those innocent. Those
people y' all killed because you thought they

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attacked K. Yeah, they didn't. Okay. It was me.

>> Will (01:03:54):
Y.

>> Sarah (01:03:55):
So I. And, And I like how that was shot because I
feel like they put, like, some space with Kate in
the audience and the vulnerability. And then to
have Jordan at the stage stadium, like, oh, it
was, it was so clever.

>> Will (01:04:13):
It was, it was. I love the, I love the framing of
that. It was. Whenever the episode cut the black,
I was like, no, I was just like, I'm ready for the
next One. Because. Yeah. The framing of that whole
sequence there was just so well done.

>> Sarah (01:04:28):
Yeah. And it. And it leaves you. It's such a good
point to kind of end, this. These three episodes
on. Because it's like, A, we're just gonna start
it, and B. Holy. What, Like, Cypher, like, just
walks away. But. But you're also like, what are

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the repercussions?

>> Will (01:04:54):
Right, right.

>> Sarah (01:04:55):
And. And all of the different angles on this.

>> Will (01:04:58):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, because you had, you know, you
had Sally, the, you know, the. The,

>> Sarah (01:05:03):
Is that the B lady?

>> Will (01:05:05):
The B lady, yeah. You know, she was taking a
western, names place, Ashley's place, You know,
who was the PR plaque. And. And, you know, she
was, You know, she born. You know, when. When
Jordan was like, you know, question like this.
This speech. She was like, look, you know, dude,
do you want to go back to Elmira? You know, so
they kept, you know, so, you know, to my point

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earlier, I mean, these kids are just in. They just
wish they just swapped out one cell for another.
It's just, you know, they say, the difference is
just basically settings.

>> Sarah (01:05:35):
But, well. But the irony is everyone who tells
them that this is the safest place for them, is
not wrong. That's what I kept thinking about every
time those conversations would happen. It's like.
And that's why there was so much more, which I

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didn't expect, of, the boys reminding you what
happened in season four of the Boys. Because if
you think about everything else that is happening
in that world outside, arguably that school is the
safest place. It's just such a mind where. Yes,
you're right. It is a prison cell, but it's also

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not the worst place they could be, in a weird way.
Yeah.

>> Will (01:06:25):
Ah, true. yeah. I mean, you know, you had the
virus. You know, you had potential virus out there
and so many other things that, that are going on.
And, you know, and even Cypher acknowledges. He's
like, look, there's only X number thousand of this
versus, like, if they. If the. If the humans got
organized, you know, we don't stand the chance.

>> Sarah (01:06:42):
Oh, such statistical manipulation.

>> Will (01:06:47):
It is.

>> Sarah (01:06:49):
So. Oh, my God.

>> Will (01:06:53):
Yeah, but it's just. So. But it's. Yeah, But, But
yeah, like I said, I mean, the. The. The, You
know, the other thing, as far as Marie, I did
like, like you said when she went to go see Pam.
And of course, you know, of course we m. You know,
we still want. Trying. She's still trying to find
her sister, and you know, really try to write
things to say, you know, with. With what happened

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as far as, you know. Like you said, the speech was
so powerful, the mom.

>> Sarah (01:07:19):
Yeah.

>> Will (01:07:19):
Ah.

>> Sarah (01:07:20):
Where do you think annabeth is?

>> Will (01:07:24):
she's. We're gonna get her this some point this
season, I think.

>> Sarah (01:07:28):
Will she have a power?

>> Will (01:07:31):
That. That's the big unknown for me. I don't know
if the parents also got her treated with compound
V or not.

>> Sarah (01:07:41):
yeah, because that line by Aunt Pam. No, annabeth
was their real miracle. I was like. Seems fishy.

>> Will (01:07:51):
Yeah. Whenever she said that, I was like, this
girl's got powers.

>> Sarah (01:07:57):
Why doesn't she want to be found?

>> Will (01:07:59):
Yeah, she's definitely not in Red. She's not in
Red river for sure. But, but she's out there
somewhere. And, Yeah. So, you know, we'll. We'll.
I think we'll learn, very, very soon about what's
going on there. but. But. But part of me was like,
I'm. I am hoping that she's normal, normal human.
And. And because I think that would. To me, that

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would make it a more challenging story instead of
the. The obvious, like, oh, yeah, they treated her
with compound B as well.

>> Sarah (01:08:26):
Yeah.

>> Will (01:08:26):
Because that seems too obvious to me.

>> Sarah (01:08:28):
Yeah. any other thoughts? Because I have. I have
said everything I've wanted to say.

>> Will (01:08:35):
no, I think we hit all the major, major points. I
mean, you know, in. In our discussion tonight,
with all. With all the characters. So I mean, only
last. I guess the last thing too is, you know,
we're just talking about the humans and, and just
again, why I thought Emma was the MVP was, just,
you know, how she. How she treated the barista,

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which again, just shows her humanity. you know,
trying to figure out what was, you know, you know,
who kept putting the. The Resist flyer up in the.
In the coffee shop there. And, you know, so. So
again, those are the. They're. Those are the
little moments in this show that, that I think

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just. Just make it work. So. So. So. Well, you
know, amongst all the, you know, like you said at
the beginning, you know, you have all the hijinks
and the, you know, the. The shock value things,
but I think where the show really excels is the
smaller moments. and it really shows the humanity
of these characters, as they deal with there as

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they, you know, on this campus. And, And I think
that's. I think they do. I think so far, you know,
that's what I think I liked about the boys early
on too with those smaller moments and, and, and
it's carried over into the show. and I think
they're actually doing it better right now. So.
But that's all I have for, for tonight.

>> Sarah (01:09:58):
Well, on that note, Will, why don't you tell our
listeners where they can find you?

>> Will (01:10:03):
Yes, you can find me on all the socials at ah
willmpolk M W I l l m m P o.

>> Sarah (01:10:09):
L k and you can find me there too at sjbelman S J
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