This article contains spoilers through the first three episodes of "Gen V" season 2 — "New Year, New U," "Justice Never Forgets," and "H Is for Human."

As fun as "Gen V" season 1 was, it's time to admit that its villain game was noticeably subpar. Sure, Cate Dunlap's (Maddie Phillips) big villain reveal and the ensuing anti-villain zigzagging has been entertaining. Yes, it was a nice idea to make the Godolkin University dean Indira Shetty (Shelley Conn) the kind of wannabe mass supe murderer even Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) could begrudgingly respect, especially since she was radicalized when her family died in the Seven's infamous plane rescue failure. And the powerful Sam Riordan (Asa Germann) is also a menace due to his unstable nature and hatred of humans.

The problem is that none

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