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Gen V – Season 2, Episode 1 New Year, New U

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Gen V – Season 2, Episode 1

New Year, New U

Aired Sep 17, 2025

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Welcome to a new year at God U; check out all the super security upgrades around campus; hear from our leader, Dean Cipher, during a special welcome assembly!

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Ben Rosenstock

New York Magazine/Vulture

Sep 20

4/5

Easily the best Andre tribute of the episode is the scene between his father and Emma.

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Kendall Myers

Collider

Nov 6

9/10

While the opening three episodes are almost overwhelming in terms of how much is going on, they offer all the bloody shocks and violent action sequences that fans could hope for.

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Jesse Schedeen

IGN Movies

Oct 30

7/10

Gen V’s fundamentals are as solid as ever, but the series does stumble a bit out of the gate in Season 2.

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Breeze Riley

Tell-Tale TV

Sep 24

4.5/5

Any fan worried that the Guardians of Godolkin are getting shortchanged to support the franchise’s main show shouldn’t be.

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Denis Kimathi

TV Fanatic

Sep 18

4.6/5

A step in the right direction as a new mystery gets underway while everyone tries to heal from the events of the past few months.

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Alan French

FandomWire

Sep 17

7/10

Most of the episode surrounds the death of Chance Perdomo, and in many ways, “New Year, New U” is a love letter to their friend.

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Synopsis

Welcome to a new year at God U; check out all the super security upgrades around campus; hear from our leader, Dean Cipher, during a special welcome assembly!

Creator: Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, Craig Rosenberg
Executive Producer: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Zak Schwartz, Erica Rosbe, Brant Englestein, Lisa Kussner, Gabriel Garcia, Judalina Neira
Network: Prime Video
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date: Sep 17, 2025