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Warning: Spoilers for Gen V episode seven below.

In Gen V’s Season 1 penultimate episode, “Sick,” the Suped-up students of Godolkin University are most definitely not alright.

A plan to expose Dean Shetty (Shelley Conn) has a bloody, unexpected end that could tie into the upcoming season of Eric Kripke’s The Boys in interesting ways, but the possibility of Homeland standing trial and a supe-killing plague being weaponized by opportunistic politicians must wait because Cate Dunlap is about to wage war on campus and no human is safe.

We spoke with showrunner Michele Fazekas about Shetty’s brutal death at the hands of her former protégé, how Cate’s choice has caused a rift in the supe crew, and how what Victoria Neuman’s scheming could mean for season four of The Boys.

Cate made a choice there’s really no going back from when she killed Shetty at the end of the episode. What’s her state of mind at the moment?

Well, I think they broke her. They put her in a position and just sort of squeezed her and squeezed her. This whole season, she had all these plates spinning, “I want to protect my friends. The way I protect them is to keep them from finding out what happened, but they keep finding out. Okay, now I’m going to erase their memory.” So, the goalposts keep moving. She knows what it did to Luke. [They’ve] put Cate in a position where she’s either going to destroy or be destroyed. I don’t even blame Cate for the choices that she makes.

There seems to be a line being drawn between Cate and Same (and their hatred of humans) and the rest of the supe crew. How is that going to play out in the finale?

I think both Cate and Sam have been manipulated by humans. Sam has been tortured and abused. In the world of The Boys, there’s that sort of Supe supremacy that does pit superheroes against humans, and I think Cate and Sam are very susceptible to that mindset.

What does that mean for Sam’s relationship with Emma?

It’s going to be hard. It’s not the best setting for a great relationship. This is [Sam’s] first relationship. In some ways, superpowers or not, it’s the trials and tribulations of what it’s like to be in your first relationship. What is it like to be in love with someone at first? What is it like when they break your heart? So it’s going to happen at this age, whether you’re a superhero or not.

But with Supes, the fallout is a little bit more catastrophic.

Yeah, people don’t really end up dead or maimed.

What’s it been like to see the fan reaction to Marie and Jordan’s relationship, and what does their future look like at the moment?

I really am so happy because I think there may have been some trepidation about that relationship. Not on the writers’ part, but on other people’s part. Essentially, it’s a queer relationship. And even Marie’s kind of like, ‘What does this mean about me?’ And Emma’s like, ‘Who gives a fuck?’

I’m really glad that people are on board for it and invested in it because I am too, and I like how it makes those characters ask questions about themselves. I think as we’ve developed these characters, it’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, I understand even more why Marie and Jordan are drawn to each other.’ Even though they started out hating each other, there’s a similar [view of] the world as very black and white. There’s a good thing to do, and there’s a bad thing to do, and you know exactly what that is. They’re really similar in that way. So yeah, I’m happy that people are on board with it.

We see Neuman walk away with Shetty’s virus at the end of the episode. Is she the bridge to bringing this storyline into season four of The Boys?

I cannot answer that question. What I will say is Neuman probably suffers from the hubris that a lot of politicians suffer from, which is, ‘Well, if I have something, it’s fine. If other people have it, it’s terrible. I’m totally capable of handling this.’ I think a lot of politicians are like, ‘I’m the one who can fix everything.’ It’s like, can you really?

What’s her real interest in Marie?

Neuman knows that when there’s someone who she feels can help her, she needs to recruit them to her side. There is a reason she thinks Marie can help her, and it’s not just because they were both orphans at the same Vought-run orphanage.

Of the two, who is the more powerful?

I think Neuman has a better understanding of her powers and what she can do. I think Marie, maybe her only weakness is she doesn’t know the extent of her powers. That’s essentially what Neuman told her. ‘You don’t know what you could do.’ I think there’s even further that Marie could go.

The Boys loves its dick scenes and it seems Gen V does too. Is there a penis requirement for each season of these shows?

[Laughs] There is no penis requirement. One thing I learned coming into this universe is straight dudes love penises. They love penises. They love talking about them. They love seeing them. Eric says they’re the most hilarious thing. I don’t think I really understood that until I came onto the show. That being said, both of those scenes — the scene with Emma where she’s hanging off of a gigantic penis, the scene where Marie explodes a penis — they came out of real stories. Emma was basically coerced into having sex with that dude, which is something that I think a lot of women [can relate to]. And then Marie was basically almost sexually assaulted by Rufus and there’s no sweeter revenge on a would-be rapist than blowing his dick off.

The writer’s room is working on season two at the moment. Are there characters you want to spotlight next season?

It’s an interesting question. I’ll sort of answer it from a different way which is, what I like to do is once you’ve established a show, you look at your characters and ask, ‘Who haven’t I seen in a scene together? Who haven’t we seen interact that much? What happens when we put them in scenes?’ So I’ll give you an example. Jordan and Emma, we’re like, ‘I want to see them hang out more together. There’s something fun about that.’

So that’s kind of what we’re doing. Who do we want to put together and what would happen? We’re not fishing romantically at all. It’s just like, ‘What would their relationship be? Would they be sort of bickering with each other? Would they totally dig each other?’ That’s what we’re playing with.

Amazon’s ‘Gen V’ streams new episodes on Fridays.

Warning: Spoilers for Gen V episode seven below.

In Gen V’s Season 1 penultimate episode, “Sick,” the Suped-up students of Godolkin University are most definitely not alright.

A plan to expose Dean Shetty (Shelley Conn) has a bloody, unexpected end that could tie into the upcoming season of Eric Kripke’s The Boys in interesting ways, but the possibility of Homeland standing trial and a supe-killing plague being weaponized by opportunistic politicians must wait because Cate Dunlap is about to wage war on campus and no human is safe.

We spoke with showrunner Michele Fazekas about Shetty’s brutal death at the hands of her former protégé, how Cate’s choice has caused a rift in the supe crew, and how what Victoria Neuman’s scheming could mean for season four of The Boys.

Cate made a choice there’s really no going back from when she killed Shetty at the end of the episode. What’s her state of mind at the moment?

Well, I think they broke her. They put her in a position and just sort of squeezed her and squeezed her. This whole season, she had all these plates spinning, “I want to protect my friends. The way I protect them is to keep them from finding out what happened, but they keep finding out. Okay, now I’m going to erase their memory.” So, the goalposts keep moving. She knows what it did to Luke. [They’ve] put Cate in a position where she’s either going to destroy or be destroyed. I don’t even blame Cate for the choices that she makes.

There seems to be a line being drawn between Cate and Same (and their hatred of humans) and the rest of the supe crew. How is that going to play out in the finale?

I think both Cate and Sam have been manipulated by humans. Sam has been tortured and abused. In the world of The Boys, there’s that sort of Supe supremacy that does pit superheroes against humans, and I think Cate and Sam are very susceptible to that mindset.

What does that mean for Sam’s relationship with Emma?

It’s going to be hard. It’s not the best setting for a great relationship. This is [Sam’s] first relationship. In some ways, superpowers or not, it’s the trials and tribulations of what it’s like to be in your first relationship. What is it like to be in love with someone at first? What is it like when they break your heart? So it’s going to happen at this age, whether you’re a superhero or not.

But with Supes, the fallout is a little bit more catastrophic.

Yeah, people don’t really end up dead or maimed.

What’s it been like to see the fan reaction to Marie and Jordan’s relationship, and what does their future look like at the moment?

I really am so happy because I think there may have been some trepidation about that relationship. Not on the writers’ part, but on other people’s part. Essentially, it’s a queer relationship. And even Marie’s kind of like, ‘What does this mean about me?’ And Emma’s like, ‘Who gives a fuck?’

I’m really glad that people are on board for it and invested in it because I am too, and I like how it makes those characters ask questions about themselves. I think as we’ve developed these characters, it’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, I understand even more why Marie and Jordan are drawn to each other.’ Even though they started out hating each other, there’s a similar [view of] the world as very black and white. There’s a good thing to do, and there’s a bad thing to do, and you know exactly what that is. They’re really similar in that way. So yeah, I’m happy that people are on board with it.

We see Neuman walk away with Shetty’s virus at the end of the episode. Is she the bridge to bringing this storyline into season four of The Boys?

I cannot answer that question. What I will say is Neuman probably suffers from the hubris that a lot of politicians suffer from, which is, ‘Well, if I have something, it’s fine. If other people have it, it’s terrible. I’m totally capable of handling this.’ I think a lot of politicians are like, ‘I’m the one who can fix everything.’ It’s like, can you really?

What’s her real interest in Marie?

Neuman knows that when there’s someone who she feels can help her, she needs to recruit them to her side. There is a reason she thinks Marie can help her, and it’s not just because they were both orphans at the same Vought-run orphanage.

Of the two, who is the more powerful?

I think Neuman has a better understanding of her powers and what she can do. I think Marie, maybe her only weakness is she doesn’t know the extent of her powers. That’s essentially what Neuman told her. ‘You don’t know what you could do.’ I think there’s even further that Marie could go.

The Boys loves its dick scenes and it seems Gen V does too. Is there a penis requirement for each season of these shows?

[Laughs] There is no penis requirement. One thing I learned coming into this universe is straight dudes love penises. They love penises. They love talking about them. They love seeing them. Eric says they’re the most hilarious thing. I don’t think I really understood that until I came onto the show. That being said, both of those scenes — the scene with Emma where she’s hanging off of a gigantic penis, the scene where Marie explodes a penis — they came out of real stories. Emma was basically coerced into having sex with that dude, which is something that I think a lot of women [can relate to]. And then Marie was basically almost sexually assaulted by Rufus and there’s no sweeter revenge on a would-be rapist than blowing his dick off.

The writer’s room is working on season two at the moment. Are there characters you want to spotlight next season?

It’s an interesting question. I’ll sort of answer it from a different way which is, what I like to do is once you’ve established a show, you look at your characters and ask, ‘Who haven’t I seen in a scene together? Who haven’t we seen interact that much? What happens when we put them in scenes?’ So I’ll give you an example. Jordan and Emma, we’re like, ‘I want to see them hang out more together. There’s something fun about that.’

So that’s kind of what we’re doing. Who do we want to put together and what would happen? We’re not fishing romantically at all. It’s just like, ‘What would their relationship be? Would they be sort of bickering with each other? Would they totally dig each other?’ That’s what we’re playing with.

Amazon’s ‘Gen V’ streams new episodes on Fridays.

The second part of Jay-Z’s CBS Mornings interview with Gayle King has arrived. In the first part, he revealed what it would take for him to release a new album, addressed memes about his “awkward” dancing, and why he won’t be selling his masters anytime soon.

In today’s second part, Jay tells King where his daughter Blue Ivy’s name came from, and that it was originally supposed to be something else entirely.

“Her name was meant to be Brooklyn,” Jay said. “That was the name we had in theory, but when we got the sonogram, it was super small and we was calling her Blueberry. Like, ‘Look at the little blueberry!’ It was a nickname. For nine months, we were like, ‘Look at the little blueberry,’ so it was natural. We just took the ‘berry’ off and called her Blue.”

In regards to Blue Ivy joining Beyoncé onstage on her Renaissance World Tour, Jay said, “I still get goosebumps seeing her walk on stage ’cause Blue’s been born into a life she didn’t ask for. Since she was born, she’s been in scrutiny, in public eye, and having an opinion of even a little girl how she keeps her hair, so for her to be on that stage to reclaim her power and the song is called ‘My Power,’ you can’t write a better script.”

You can watch the full interview above.

The second part of Jay-Z’s CBS Mornings interview with Gayle King has arrived. In the first part, he revealed what it would take for him to release a new album, addressed memes about his “awkward” dancing, and why he won’t be selling his masters anytime soon.

In today’s second part, Jay tells King where his daughter Blue Ivy’s name came from, and that it was originally supposed to be something else entirely.

“Her name was meant to be Brooklyn,” Jay said. “That was the name we had in theory, but when we got the sonogram, it was super small and we was calling her Blueberry. Like, ‘Look at the little blueberry!’ It was a nickname. For nine months, we were like, ‘Look at the little blueberry,’ so it was natural. We just took the ‘berry’ off and called her Blue.”

In regards to Blue Ivy joining Beyoncé onstage on her Renaissance World Tour, Jay said, “I still get goosebumps seeing her walk on stage ’cause Blue’s been born into a life she didn’t ask for. Since she was born, she’s been in scrutiny, in public eye, and having an opinion of even a little girl how she keeps her hair, so for her to be on that stage to reclaim her power and the song is called ‘My Power,’ you can’t write a better script.”

You can watch the full interview above.

Lil Baby played a home game at One Musicfest 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia, but this year, artists are flying in from all over to stake their claim to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. One Musicfest 2023 is scheduled for this Saturday, October 28, and Sunday, October 29, with headliners such as Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson, Brent Faiyaz, and Megan Thee Stallion. The full lineup was revealed in July, and now, all set times have been confirmed within the One Musicfest app.

The two-day festival will feature three stages, including one dedicated to celebrating 50 years of hip-hop. Check out set times for each stage below.

Here Are The Set Times For One Musicfest 2023

One Musicfest Stage

Saturday, October 28: DJ Fudge (12 p.m. – 1 p.m. local time), Danielle Ponder (1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.), DJ Fudge (1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.), Tink (2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.), DJ Omezy (3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.), Fabolous (4 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.), Jadakiss (4 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.), DJ Omezy (4:50 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.), Kodak Black (5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.), DJ Princess Cut (6:15 p.m. – 7 p.m.), Lil’ Kim (7 p.m. – 8 p.m.), DJ Loui Vee (8 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.), Janet Jackson (9:15 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.)

Sunday, October 29: DJ New Era (12 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.), Libianca (12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.), DJ New Era (1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.), El DeBarge (2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.), DJ Sean Falyon (2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.), Smino (3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.), DJ Sean Falyon (4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.), Key Glock (5 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.), DJ Stormy Monroe (5:45 p.m. – 7 p.m.), Tems (7 p.m. – 8 p.m.), DJ Skillz (8 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.), Kendrick Lamar (8:45 p.m. – 10 p.m.).

P&G Stage

Saturday, October 28: DJ Majestik (12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.), Ben Reilly (12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m.), DJ Boogie Lov (1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.), Jozzy (1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.), DJ Boogie Lov (2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.), Coco Jones (3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.), DJ Misses (4 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.), Mariah The Scientist (4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.), DJ Misses (5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.), Bryson Tiller (6:15 p.m. – 7 p.m.), DJ Mix Master David (7 p.m. – 8 p.m.), Megan Thee Stallion (8 p.m. – 9 p.m.)

Sunday, October 29: DJ Majestik (12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.), Durand Bernarr (1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m.), DJ Suga Shae (2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.), Boosie (2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.), DJ Suga Shae (3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.), The-Dream (4:15 p.m. – 5 p.m.), DJ Era (5 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.), Chief Keef (5:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.), DJ Era (7 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.), Brent Faiyaz (7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)

Sprite 50 Hip Hop Stage

Saturday, October 28: DJ Knotts (12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.), ATL Legends (12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.), DJ Jah Prince (1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.), Big Daddy Kane (1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.), DJ Moetown Lee (2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.), DJ Quik (3:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.), DJ Moetown Lee (4 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.), DJ Rasta Root (4:20 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.), Ed Lover Set (4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.), DJ JayTek (5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.), KRS-1 (6:15 p.m. – 7 p.m.), DJ JayTek (7 p.m. – 8 p.m.), T-Pain (8 p.m. – 9 p.m.)

Sunday, October 29: OK Surf (12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.), Nola Adé (12:35 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.), Kid Capri (1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.), DJ Aasha Adore (2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.), Ladies First (2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.), DJ Knotts (3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.), Goodie Mobb (4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.), DJ Devin Steel (5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.), Greg Street Set (5:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.), DJ Devin Steel (6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.), DJ Drama & Friends (7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

When Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney purchased a football (also known as soccer) team in 2021, it seemed like it was going to be a “just for fun” thing, but then they made a whole TV show about it and now it’s almost their entire personalities. And sure enough, the people love it! So they had to come back for more, we all know Reynolds isn’t one to say “no” to a sequel. Most of the time.

Welcome to Wrexham is now in its second season of these two actors with no experience whatsoever running an entire Welsh sports team. It seems to be working for them! The show follows the two celebrities as they band together with the small Welsh town to support the long-running football team.

The series airs new episodes every Tuesday on FX. After airing on FX, the episodes become available to stream the next day on Hulu. It’s similar to how The Golden Bachelor does it. Every show should be The Golden Bachelor.

As of writing, the first eleven episodes are currently available on Hulu in the U.S. (non-U.S. folks can watch on Disney+). The next two episodes will air on Tuesday and hit Hulu by Wednesday until the season ends on November 14th. There has been no announcement about the future of the show, but it seems like Reynolds and McElhenney are having a lot of fun, so we might see a third season after all.

Today (October 27) is another historic day for frequent chart-topper Taylor Swift. The “Slut!” singer has snatched back the masters of her album 1989, thanks to the rerecorded Taylor’s Version. The project features the breakout songs “Welcome To New York,” “Blank Space,” “All You Had To Do Was Stay,” “Shake It Off,” “Wildest Dreams,” and who could forget “Bad Blood?” Each of the songs has been spruced up in the Taylor Version. What about the “Bad Blood” remix featuring Kendrick Lamar?

Due to the legal loophole surrounding Swift’s ownership stake, fans wonder if she had Kendrick re-record his verse. The answer is yes. She confirmed the news in a post shared on Swift’s official X (formerly Twitter) page with a touching note. “The reality that Kendrick would go back in and re-record ‘Bad Blood’ so that I could reclaim and own this work I’m so proud of is surreal and bewildering to me,” wrote Swift.

During a 2017 interview with Howard Stern, Kendrick discussed what it was like working with Swift, saying, “We both were in Los Angeles, so I came to her studio session. She had the music up, and I started writing and jumped in the booth, and we laid it down. With this particular record, I was just vibing and catching her lyrics. I didn’t want to get into her head too crazy. I just wanted to have my own inspiration and see where it took it… Fortunately, the vibe was right, and it didn’t take too many takes, and we were really locked in on the chemistry, and we really felt what was going on when I was in the booth.”

1989 (Taylor’s Version) is out now via Republic Records. Find more information here.

It’s easy to forget how long Kristen Stewart has been starring in movies. The Crimes of the Future actress made her on-screen debut 23 years ago in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, the prequel to The Flintstones that replaced John Goodman and Rick Moranis as Fred and Barney with Mark Addy and one of the Baldwins. But her breakthrough performance two years later with David Fincher’s Panic Room. She was 12 years old. Like many child actors, she had a lot of “firsts” on screen, including her first kiss.

Stewart revealed on Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live that her first kiss was with Jamie Bell in the forgotten 2004 movie Undertow. When host Andy Cohen acted with surprise, she replied, “Yeah, but it’s not like we were literally making out. “It was a bit of a peck, but I was 13 or 14.”

Stewart was “so nervous” and “freaking out,” but Bell was a little gentleman. “And then the director [David Gordon Green],” she continued, “he could tell I was just red and f*cking non-responsive. And he was like, ‘It’s just little butterfly kisses.’ And I was like, ‘That didn’t help! Whatever that means, I don’t understand it!’” Hopefully Stewart worked out her feelings at the Blink-182 / Green Day / Jimmy Eat World show, her first concert.

You can watch the Watch What Happens Live interview above.

Taylor Swift is up to her old Midnights tricks. Her 10th studio album celebrated its one-year anniversary last weekend, and if you look at 1989 (Taylor’s Version) and squint really hard, you can see the roundabout, Easter egg way in which Swift honored it.

Last October, only three hours elapsed between Swift’s Midnights and Midnights (3am Edition). And Swift only let eight-ish hours pass after the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) release before dropping 1989 (Taylor’s Version) [Deluxe] on Friday morning, October 27. This time, the deluxe tracklist includes only one new song: “Bad Blood (Remix) (Taylor’s Version)” featuring Kendrick Lamar.

“Watching @kendricklamar create and record his verses on the Bad Blood remix was one of the most inspiring experiences of my life,” Swift captioned photos posted across her social channels. “I still look back on this collaboration with so much pride and gratitude, for the ways Kendrick elevated the song and the way he treats everyone around him.”

Swift continued, “Every time the crowds on The Eras Tour would chant his line ‘you forgive, you forget, but you never let it… go!,’ I smiled. The reality that Kendrick would go back in and re-record Bad Blood so that I could reclaim and own this work I’m so proud of is surreal and bewildering to me. I’m overjoyed to say that the Bad Blood Remix (featuring Kendrick Lamar) is available everywhere on the 1989 Deluxe Edition.”

See Swift’s posts as well as the full 1989 (Taylor’s Version) [Deluxe] tracklist below.

1. “Welcome To New York (Taylor’s Version)”
2. “Blank Space (Taylor’s Version)”
3. “Style (Taylor’s Version)”
4. “Out Of The Woods (Taylor’s Version)”
5. “All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor’s Version)”
6. “Shake It Off (Taylor’s Version)”
7. “I Wish You Would (Taylor’s Version)”
8. “Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version)”
9. “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)”
10. “How You Get The Girl (Taylor’s Version)”
11. “This Love (Taylor’s Version)”
12. “I Know Places (Taylor’s Version)”
13. “Clean (Taylor’s Version)”
14. “Wonderland (Taylor’s Version)”
15. “You Are In Love (Taylor’s Version)”
16. “New Romantics (Taylor’s Version)”
17. “‘Slut!’ (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]”
18. “Say Don’t Go (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]”
19. “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]”
20. “Suburban Legends (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]”
21. “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault]”
22. “Bad Blood (Remix) (Taylor’s Version)” Feat. Kendrick Lamar

In Gen V’s penultimate episode, a sickness is spreading across Godolkin University’s campus, but it might not be the one Dean Shetty intended.

Episode seven’s “Sick” answers season-lingering questions we’ve had about the purpose of The Woods, Marie’s mysterious benefactor, and Indira Shetty’s masterplan when it comes to controlling the suped-up student body. The truth behind all the lies, betrayals, and child torture is fairly terrifying for anyone with Compound V in their blood: Shetty wants to wipe the super-abled community off the map and she’s not afraid to use a genetically-engineered plague to do it. While the group tries to stop her, they run into some familiar faces from The Boys universe — both friend and foe — eventually coming to the inevitable conclusion that if the world’s going to be saved, they’ll have to be the ones to do it.

Here are the wildest moments from Gen V episode seven, “Sick.”

Marie’s Discovery

While Cate lounges in Shetty’s personal residence, waiting to spring their well-planned trap on her former mentor, Marie and Jordan break into her office at school. What they’re hoping to find is concrete proof related to the experiments Shetty has been carrying out in the bowels of campus. Instead, Marie stumbles upon the tragic reason why such a brilliant and capable woman has decided supe genocide is her life’s work. Apparently, Shetty’s husband and daughter were on the flight that Homelander and Maeve brought down all those seasons ago on The Boys, and, naturally, Shetty’s just not over it. In fact, her loss has convinced her that all supes are dangerous and in need of dealing with — specifically, by infecting them with a virus that leaves them covered in boils and spitting up blood. Homelander’s hubris strikes again.

Shetty’s Endgame

Shetty’s past trauma might explain why she’s wary of supes, but her insistence on turning Cardosa’s plague airborne so that it can spread across the globe like wildfire is so extreme, that even Grace Mallory isn’t interested in her elevator pitch. When the lady whose favorite hobby just happens to be bird watching tells you you’re crazy, you might want to listen.

Polarity’s Seizure

Even more shocking than the fact that Andre hasn’t hit his dad up with a text after learning what he knew about The Woods is what happens to Polarity on-air during an interview to promote Victoria Neuman’s upcoming town hall. Seizures are bad, but seizures that trigger your telekinesis, destroying buildings, crushing ambulances, and knocking out paramedics with their own oxygen tanks definitely qualify as a pre-existing condition.

Marie’s Benefactor

Early in the season, Cardosa mentioned wanting to use Marie’s blood to help create his supe-killing virus, something Shetty denied, claiming the girl had a mysterious benefactor who made her future as a lab rat all but impossible. When Neuman finally reveals that she shares a similar power to Marie’s blood-wielding whips, just who sponsored her tuition becomes clear. Even more surprising? Neuman seems to bond with Marie over their shared past — both were orphans at Red River before Neuman was adopted and both have dealt with the stigma of their abilities. Neuman knowing so much about Marie is more than a bit concerning, especially because this woman has never met another human being she didn’t immediately want to manipulate for her own gain.

The Truth About Godolkin

After Cate holds Dean Shetty’s will hostage, she forces her pseudo-mom to come clean about a lot of things — the first being the real reason God U was created. Established by a behavioral scientist (Thomas Godolkin), the school was the perfect front for testing supes as they came into their powers. Instead of the students studying, Marie and her friends are the ones that have been studied — at least enough to where Vought knows their weaknesses and how to leverage them for its own gain.

Cardosa’s Death

Despite being a brilliant scientist, Cardosa was not a very bright man. Once he realizes Shetty’s plan could get him killed, he makes a deal with Neuman, delivering the virus to her in the hopes that she’ll provide protection for him and his family. Of course, anytime a high-powered politician wants to meet you in a dark carport to hand off a species-decimating plague, you might want to bring some insurance. His meeting with Neuman, like so many others, ended with his head blown off.

Cate’s Revenge

Weirdly, death by cranial explosion wasn’t the most shocking murder in this episode. That title went to Dean Shetty’s demise at the hands of her protege. After realizing Shetty wanted her to push one last time in order to kill the rest of the kids in The Woods, Cate had a mental breakdown. She waited until the group arrived at the Dean’s home, forced her to confess her sins, and then watched as she carried out orders Cate had planted in her head. Making your caretaker slit their own throat is one thing, preventing your friend from saving her life is another, but staging a campus rebellion and unleashing infectious, damaged supes on the greater population is just nuts — even for this show.