Gen V’s season 1 timeline has clues for The Boys season 4

Ah, Gen V, the most effective years of your life — oh wait, no, that’s school, the place Gen V is about. [Ed. note: The best years have no definitive age. Dream big, kids.] And Godolkin University is hardly all golden occasions. This is collegiate dwelling within the universe of The Boys, in any case, the place an evil Superman lasered a man’s head off on the finish of season 3. And that’s simply probably the most current factor we all know he did.

We don’t know precisely what Homelander has been as much as because the occasions of season 3, however Gen V is our greatest look but at what’s been taking place elsewhere on the earth of Vought nonsense (Voughnsense?). Here’s what we find out about how Gen V is dealing with its side-by-side timeline, and what it tells us about season 4 of The Boys.

When does Gen V happen in comparison with The Boys?

Gen V is definitely very clear about when it occurs: The current day occasions begin on June 22, 2022, when Marie hears again from Godolkin University about her utility. While there’s no 12 months on the calendar Marie has in her room, she has circled that day as a Wednesday, because it was in 2022. (But props on Godolkin dean Indira Shetty being voted VNN’s most trusted instructional skilled of 2023 already!)

By the time the college 12 months begins (Sept. 29, in response to that linked recruitment video), it’s clearly after the occasions of season 3 of The Boys: The Deep’s e-book, Deeper (“A memoir from the Deep”), is out and being auctioned off on the college’s fundraiser. We hear whispers about Queen Maeve truthers out on the earth. When flicking via the TV, we see commercials for Congresswoman Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) and her marketing campaign to be vice chairman, alongside a short flicker of a information section about whether or not Homelander will stand trial for killing a protester — the latter of which clearly locations Marie’s school years on the finish of The Boys season 3. Plus there’s the truth that The Boys social media account simply straight-up informed us:

That places Marie’s admission date a couple of weeks after the premiere of Dawn of the Seven, which was launched on June 3 — presumably of 2022.

So what does Gen V inform us about The Boys season 4?

Well, that’s a bit extra sophisticated. In the primary three episodes, not rather a lot. In truth, whereas the information section casts some doubt on the destiny of Homelander dealing with a authorized battle, a PSA “from” Vought International on its YouTube web page asks that folks stand by Homelander in his upcoming trial.

In-universe, 2022 additionally seems to be a presidential election 12 months, a slight shift from our world. (Who is aware of; possibly the introduction of real-life supes altered the election years in some unspecified time in the future!)

Beyond that, it’s considerably exhausting to know what’s occurring within the surrounding world. Everyone at God U is ingesting the Kool-Aid, or a minimum of swimming in it. What flashes we see of the skin world — a minimum of, thus far — are being filtered via the Vought industrial complicated. But trailers have proven another people we are able to count on from each worlds: Congresswoman Neuman, presumably sizzling on the marketing campaign path, and supe Tek Knight, who has been talked about a number of occasions in The Boys however has not proven up within the collection but. It appears like he’ll play a minor function in Gen V, and he’s anticipated to point out up in The Boys season 4 as nicely. That’s only one connection — there are positive to be many extra that we received’t know till the subsequent season of The Boys premieres.