Gen V Showrunner Reveals the Heartfelt Season 2 Tribute to Chance Perdomo You Can't Miss
After Chance Perdomo’s tragic death last year, The Boys spinoff Gen V is turning grief into purpose, with the showrunner revealing how season 2 weaves a heartfelt tribute to the late star into its story.
Spoilers ahead for the Gen V season 2 premiere. The show had a tough, unavoidable task: write around the real-life loss of Chance Perdomo, who played Andre Anderson in season 1 and died in a motorcycle accident at just 27. Season 2 faces that head-on, and honestly, it does it with clarity and heart.
How the show handles Chance Perdomo's passing
The production said they would not recast Andre for season 2. Instead, the premiere begins with a quiet title card: "For Chance." No drama. No montage. Just a simple dedication that sets the tone for how they approach his absence.
Showrunner Michele Fazekas explained the thinking behind it:
"We wanted to honor him, and in order to honor the person that Chance was, we have to treat this like what it is, which is grieving someone who is gone. But knowing that you are doing a television show about superheroes at college, how do you fit that very real, very serious emotion into the world of this show? The answer is that you just fit it into the world of the show, like people fit grief into their lives. Sometimes people are inappropriate, sometimes people are cracking jokes and sometimes people are angry."
What happens to Andre in the premiere
Last time we saw Andre at the end of season 1, he and the other young Supes were hauled off to the Elmira Adult Rehabilitation Center. Season 2 picks up the thread and explains what became of him in a way that fits this universe without turning it into a Very Special Episode.
- Inside Elmira, Andre finds a maintenance pipe that could get him and Marie out.
- He refuses to ditch the others. He goes back for his friends.
- Andre tries to tear open a massive steel door using his powers.
- The strain is too much. He collapses and dies from the overexertion.
It is a straightforward, brutal turn that tracks with who Andre was. Fazekas says they aimed to make the loss feel as real as possible within this world, and the cast carries that weight. Lizze Broadway and Jaz Sinclair, in particular, let their characters wear that grief in complicated, messy ways.
The season 2 vibe (and early reactions)
As for the season around all this: it is an intense sophomore run that keeps building Gen V into its own beast, not just a sidecar to The Boys. In one published review, critic Alex Maidy says season 2 pushes forward the same themes while weaving in big plot threads from both shows. He rates this season higher than Gen V season 1 and even a notch above the most recent seasons of The Boys. He also teases that the Gen V finale drops a move that will have fans of both series counting the days until The Boys is back on the air.
Bottom line: Gen V chooses not to replace Chance Perdomo, and instead lets the story, the dedication, and the performances honor him. It is simple, sad, and the right call.