Warning: This article contains spoilers fromGen V’s premiere episode.
Then the final minutes of the premiere pulled the rug out from under viewers.
“It’s that great first thing to happen that indicates, ‘Oh!
Patrick Schwarzenegger smolders (literally) as Luke Riordan, a.k.a. Golden Boy, on ‘Gen V’.Prime Video
“We referencedLA Confidentiala lot.
It’s like, there’s the Nite Owl Massacre.
Why did it happen?
It gives you a great first layer to peel back.”
Then once he blows himself up, you create this incredible power vacuum.
It’s just good for drama, right?
Everyone’s rushing into, ‘Oh s—!
The one person we were all counting on to carry the show forward is now gone.’
Now who’s going to step into that place?”
The reason for Luke’s demise that they ultimately landed on was his sibling Sam (Asa Germann).
What is it like for superheroes who are coming into adulthood?
We didn’t have a handle on, what is the mystery?
So we had to build that out.
The mystery continues asGen Vseason 1 continues to stream on Prime Video every Friday.
