Gen V Season 2 Finally Solves Its Biggest Mystery — And The Terrifying Truth Changes Everything

Gen V season 2 episode 4 finally rips the mask off new dean Cipher — and the fallout could change everything. Spoilers ahead.

Gen V finally pulled back the curtain on Cipher in season 2, episode 4, and yeah, it is not good news for anyone at God U. Spoilers ahead.

Where we pick up

Godolkin University has a new Dean, Cipher (Hamish Linklater), and he has made Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair) his favorite chew toy. In episode 4, he levels up the mind games by forcing Marie and her not-quite-ex partner Jordan (played by London Thor and Derek Luh) into a high-profile boxing spectacle. It is exactly as gross and manipulative as it sounds.

The plan to stop him (and why it backfires)

Marie and Jordan pull in Cate, whose powers are finally back online, to try to take Cipher down. Cate goes to do what she does best — a 'push' (her touch-based mind control) — and nothing happens. Then comes the curveball: the crew discovers Cipher has no Compound V in his blood. Zero. Marie reads that and figures he is just a regular human playing power games.

He is not. Moments later, Cipher slips inside Jordan’s head without laying a finger on them and turns Jordan on Marie, forcing a brutal, not-by-choice fight. So all those fan theories were onto something: Cipher is essentially a puppetmaster, and he can work at a distance. No touch required.

The weird part that changes everything

Here is the inside-baseball wrinkle: Marie cannot sense any V in his blood, yet he is out here hijacking minds like it is Tuesday. If he is human, how is he doing this? Tech? Biology we have not seen before? Something else entirely? The show is clearly saving the how for later, but the what is already terrifying.

Why this is bad for everyone

• He can take over anyone, including Supes, and steer their bodies and powers like a rental car.
• That means people like Marie can be weaponized against their own friends — Emma, Cate, Sam, Jordan — with no warning.
• In theory, there is nothing stopping him from riding shotgun inside a heavy hitter like Homelander. Given Cipher’s pro-Supe agenda, they are aligned for now, but that alliance feels like a ticking clock.
• The unanswered question: why does Marie read no Compound V in his system if he can do all this? Until we know the source and the limits — range, duration, weaknesses — God U is basically an open playground for him.

What is next

Expect the show to spell out how Cipher’s power actually works (and hopefully how to shut it down) in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, the students are in real trouble.

Gen V season 2 continues on Prime Video on October 1, 2025. If you want to refresh the broader mess, The Boys seasons 1–4 are streaming now.