Gen V Season 2 Episode 7 Recap And Review: Hell Week Shatters Alliances And Raises The Stakes

Marie and Cate race toward Cipher, pinning their hopes on Godolkin, while Polarity unveils a plan to stop Cipher without her. As Gen V’s long-simmering tensions ignite in Hell Week, the countdown is on—who gets there first, and at what cost?

Gen V lined up a big campus showdown for Hell Week, and the episode finally cashes that check. Marie and Cate think Godolkin is the answer. Polarity thinks he can stop Cipher without Marie. Everyone sprints toward the same building. Full spoilers ahead.

Where everyone starts (and why they are already exhausted)

Annabelle (Keeya King) jolts awake from a nightmare of Marie (Jaz Sinclair) drenched in blood. She checks in with Jordan (played by London Thor and Derek Luh), but no one has eyes on Marie. Sam (Asa Germann) says Cate (Maddie Phillips) is missing too. Jordan pieces it together: Marie and Cate are heading to Cipher.

The rescue logistics are a little slapdash: Annabelle and Jordan drive, Sam will 'jump' with Emma.

Meanwhile, Marie parks outside Cipher's place. Cate asks Marie to 'fix' her again; Marie basically says no dice and also, she does not trust her, so wait in the car. Cate ignores that and goes in anyway. In the vault they find... not Cipher, not Godolkin. Instead it is a barely-holding-it-together Polarity (Sean Patrick Thomas), who swears he has a way to stop Cipher.

Down below: Cipher loses it, Sage calls a shot

In a bunker somewhere, Cipher is fuming that Polarity broke the connection. He takes it out on Godolkin with a belt and, in a very calm-and-rational move, considers caving in his skull with an oxygen tank. His phone saves the day: people are in his house. Cipher says Sage saw Marie coming, which means it is time to 'make a sacrifice.'

Polarity collapses, Marie intervenes

Polarity does not love any plan that ends with Godolkin unleashed; he thinks Godolkin might be even worse. He tries to stop Marie, seizes, and Marie grabs his hand to stabilize him with her powers. The tremors that have been chewing him up vanish. Side effects: Marie and Cate both get nosebleeds, and Polarity suddenly feels healthy for the first time in years.

Meanwhile on campus: frat nonsense and an aerial plus-one

Sam and Emma arrive. He hides her in a bush to get dressed, but Rufus (Alexander Calvert) catches him and strong-arms him into senior duties for Hell Week. The pledge Rufus hands Sam literally gets expelled out of another frat guy's rectum. Non-negotiable, apparently.

Greg (Stephen Thomas Kalyn) pops in, thrilled to see Emma. She tries to explain the situation; he volunteers anyway: he will take the skies while they sweep the ground.

The phone call that sends everyone to the seminar hall

Cipher calls the office line. He invites Marie to finish their lessons; she declines. He casually says he only slit Annabelle's throat to push Marie to her full potential. Then he hangs up, knowing she heard the seminar doors lock. Marie heads there with Polarity and Cate.

Annabelle and Jordan pull onto campus, and Annabelle has a vision of the room they need. With Jordan's help, they zero in on the seminar building. Side note: the episode toggles 'Annabelle' and 'Annabeth' by name at different points. Whether it is Cipher messing with them or a slip, the show uses both; I am sticking with Annabelle here.

Emma and Sam search the student union. Sam apologizes for being jealous of Greg. Greg arrives to say he saw Marie; Sam and Greg peacock for a second, Emma bolts toward Marie, and both guys chase.

Marie tries to go it alone

Outside the seminar hall, Marie senses Godolkin inside. Everyone else converges at the same time, which does not improve her mood. Annabelle tells Marie about her vision and, for the first time, admits she had a similar vision the day before their parents died. Marie still insists on going in solo. When Jordan tries to stop her, she blood-bends her friends into the air. Marie even offers to restore Cate's powers if Cate will use them to push everyone away. Cate refuses: she will not use her powers on her friends again. Marie drops them and heads inside with Polarity.

Upstairs brawl, downstairs Hail Mary

Cipher and Polarity immediately start sniping and flinging whatever is not bolted down. Cipher clocks where Marie is headed and sprints for the elevator; Polarity blocks him. Backup arrives: Sam, Jordan, Greg. Cipher pinballs through all of them except Polarity, and they smash themselves through walls as the fight escalates.

Emma, Cate, and Annabelle hunt for a route to the basement. Marie gets there first, finds Godolkin (Ethan Slater) alone, and strikes a deal: she will heal him if he helps. She burns herself out fixing his full-body burns and passes out. The women find Marie unconscious as Godolkin stands up, completely healed.

The reveals hit fast

Upstairs, Polarity ragdolls Cipher into a wall hard enough to break arms and back. He moves in for the kill when the guy on the floor starts pleading:

"I'm not him, I'm not him. My name is Doug. Cipher has been possessing my body. There is no Cipher, there is only him."

Downstairs, Cate puts the pieces together: Godolkin is Cipher. They grab Marie and run. Outside, Godolkin immediately hijacks the pledge's mind and kills him for ranking in the bottom 2% at God U. Then he heads off to finish whatever mission Cipher/Godolkin started.

Who is where when the seminar blows up

• Marie (Jaz Sinclair): Heals Godolkin, passes out; furious and running hot the entire episode
• Cate (Maddie Phillips): Powerless by choice; refuses to use her abilities on friends again; figures out Godolkin = Cipher
• Polarity (Sean Patrick Thomas): Stabilized by Marie; tremors gone; beats 'Cipher' half to death before Doug-confession reveal
• Godolkin (Ethan Slater): Tortured, then fully healed; actually Cipher's vessel; immediately kills a pledge and moves on
• Annabelle (Keeya King): Vision points everyone to the seminar; admits she had a similar vision right before their parents died
• Jordan (London Thor/Derek Luh): Tries to stop Marie; gets blood-bent for the trouble; joins the upstairs melee
• Sam (Asa Germann): Dragged into Hell Week by Rufus; joins the fight; still tangled in that frat subplot
• Emma: Runs ground support with Sam; finds Marie in the basement; watches Godolkin rise
• Rufus (Alexander Calvert): Forces Sam into Hell Week; hands him a pledge birthed out of a frat brother's rectum
• Greg (Stephen Thomas Kalyn): Flies recon; backs Marie's team upstairs; mildly feuds with Sam
• Sage: Offscreen, but her prediction about Marie returning drives Cipher's 'make a sacrifice' plan

Does Hell Week deliver?

Short answer: no. For a penultimate episode, this is one of the season's weakest hours, even with that final reveal. The twist is not shocking if you have been paying attention; the build-up undercuts any impact. Too much of the episode exists to tidy side plots, and you have to actually care about those threads for that to work. The whole Sam-in-a-frat angle has felt like window dressing all season, and it still does. Also, the idea that a guy who lived in an asylum most of his life gets fast-tracked into senior frat duties? Sure.

The bigger problem is Marie. The character is unhinged here, and basically no one holds her accountable. Even Polarity backs her play after she threatens everyone. There is minimal pushback on her logic, which is wild because if the group had compared notes for five minutes, the Godolkin reveal would not have blindsided them either.

Whether that is direction, writing, or something off in the performance, Marie is grating this week, and the reactions around her do not track. The episode never finds a rhythm, then collapses under its own weight. The last three minutes? Fantastic. The 35 before that? A slog.

Release details

Gen V drops new episodes Wednesdays on Prime Video. Hell Week aired October 15, 2025.