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Are there people watchingGen Vwho havent watchedThe Boys?
I expect there are some.
Like Ashley Barrett at Vought, Neuman is a threat from somewhere higher up, above Godolkin.
Dean Shetty may control the university, but Neuman could control thecountry.
But at the beginning of Sick, the stakes are already high.
Admittedly, its pretty silly how Marie and Jordan learn about Shettys plans for an airborne supe-killing virus.
When Shetty meets with Grace Mallory, we get our second bigBoyscameo of the episode.
(Mallory technicallyfoundedthe Boys.)
Theres a thin line between anti-hero and villain.
Neuman is on campus for a town-hall discussion with Cameron Coleman (a.k.a.
Voughts Tucker Carlson), at which she gets booed by students.
Now Im not sure the political parallels completely hold together here.
Neuman was introduced inThe Boysas a progressive AOC stand-in, only for the reveal that shes in with Vought.
Still, it takes a little squinting to see what the satirical aim is here.
Do the students want more protectionfromsupes or more protectionforsupes?
Are we making fun of young activists at liberal-arts colleges or campus Republicans?
(Both, probably.)
Id just like a little more clarification about whether the show itself views supes that way.
After the protests threaten to get violent, Marie sneaks in and meets Neuman backstage.
Brink served a similar role for Jordan and Luke.
As for Cate, the temptation comes from Dean Shetty.
But maybe the real villain ofGen Visnt any single easily dispatched administrator or bureaucrat.
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Marie and Jordan kiss, so I guess things are going well between them.
Curious to see how the two of them move forward.
Apparently, the whole school was invented as a way to study supes, which makes sense.
JemisinsBroken Earthtrilogy, which I am currently very much enjoying.
