Gen V
Season 2 – Episode 5
Episode title: The Kids Are Not All Right
Original release date: October 1, 2025
Plot: A month earlier, Cipher was looking after his father, when Sister Sage arrived and they had sex in front of him. After the fight, Cipher forces Marie to continue training by threatening to take her and her friends back to Elmira with Cate, whom he had imprisoned. Marie convinces Jordan and Emma to rescue Cate; Emma unsuccessfully asks Sam to join them, who is visiting his parents. When he discovers that they handed him over to Vought because they couldn’t control him, he accidentally injures his father. He later reconciles with his mother after accepting that his mental instability wasn’t caused by his Compound V but something he was born with. Polarity confronts Cipher about Andre, learning that he died when Cipher tried to enhance his powers; he later suffers a seizure. Marie, Jordan, and Emma enter Elmira but are captured. Cipher shows Marie that he is holding her sister, Annabeth. The group escape their cells thanks to Cate, but when they go to Annabeth’s cell, they find her dead. In her grief, Marie’s powers develop further, successfully manipulating Annabeth’s cells to revive her.
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Gen V – S02E05 – The Kids Are Not All Right | Full transcript
Don’t burst the bag.
[bleats hoarsely]
[tense music playing]
[Sam] This makes me miss home.
Why don’t you go?
My mom, she’s scared of me.
Annabeth. Why is she here with you?
Why didn’t you tell me?
She didn’t want to see you.
[Cate] In his house, Cipher’s got this big, weird locked door inside. He’s hiding something.
[Cipher] The people want to see your ass kicked, and you will oblige.
If we do this, you agree not to send anyone back to Elmira.
[Marie] Cipher isn’t a Supe. I can sense it.
You get him to talk.
I’ll handle the rest.
[Cate] Are you okay? No, I am fucking not.
Low angle? Oh, shit.
This is sloppy work. Watch this.
[crowd jeering]
Cipher?
Like a meat puppet.
With no strings.
Fight back!
Get off!
[Cipher] I knew she had it in her.
[straining] Marie, please?
[♪ “Tempo di Menuetto” from Mozart’s Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 21 plays]
♪ ♪
[sniffs]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[Sage] You have the most clichéd taste in music.
This is one of Einstein’s favorite pieces.
He considered it a revelation in Mozart’s oeuvre.
Einstein was a racist.
Racist?
Mmhmm.
He was under surveillance by the FBI for his civil rights activities.
He hated Chinese people.
Just ’cause he fought for my team doesn’t make him not a racist.
I bought you a present for the new house.
Uh, I have clichéd taste in music.
You have atrocious taste in housewarming presents.
It’s kitsch. It’s supposed to be bad.
That’s the point.
Mm.
Harder.
♪ ♪
[grunting]
[chuckles]
[sighs]
[moaning]
[crowd chattering]
Marie, how does it feel to be God U’s new number one?
Um, it feels…
Jordan clearly had a biological advantage until he switched to female.
Do you agree trans athletes should be banned
from competition?
I’m sorry, I have to go.
Marie, will there be a rematch?
[reporter] Marie, just a few more questions.
Fuck! Fucking asshole!
[Jordan panting]
Jordan, it’s okay.
Marie, he fucking had me.
I know, but it-it wasn’t you…
It was me!
I was there the whole fucking time.
It was like I was in the backseat of a car.
I could feel everything, I could see everything, but Cipher was driving.
He was switching me. I had no control.
I have never felt like that before.
I was fucking helpless.
I thought I was going to kill you, Marie.
It’s over now.
We’re okay.
Over?
[scoffs]
Marie, I thought you were going to rip me apart.
What you did to me…
Cipher was right.
About you, about your powers.
He’s not. He’s not.
Marie!
He’s not right.
[Cipher] Uh, I beg to differ.
I’m pretty right.
So, what was that like for you?
Your powers heightened, stronger than they’ve ever been?
Terrifying, I’m sure, but also exhilarating, yeah?
Exciting, stimulating, thrilling? Just throw together a few synonyms and humor me.
All these mind games, this fucked-up show in front of all these people, and for what?
Well, isn’t it obvious?
The pressure pushed you farther than you could have ever gone on your own.
Fuck you.
[sighs] It’s just the tip of the iceberg.
There’s still so much further for you to go, so tomorrow you and me, back to your training.
I’m not doing anything with you.
No, I get it. Adrenaline’s running high.
You almost gave your boyfriend/girlfriend a full-body phlebectomy on national television.
There isn’t a fucking world where I train for anything with you.
You’re gonna change your mind ’cause you’re curious about what comes next, what heights you can reach.
She said no.
God, I am so sorry. You must want my hand back up your pooper, like the puppet that you are.
No? Eh, I didn’t think so.
‘Cause you just showed me and the whole damn world how weak you really are.
Okay, look, unless you want, uh, you and your friends to join Cate, you’re gonna reconsider this conversation.
Join Cate? Join Cate where?
Elmira.
Your little fishing expedition, trying to record me?
“Oh, I’m so human.”
Come on, you know better than that, Marie.
Someone has to be punished, otherwise I start looking real weak.
I can’t let that happen.
Besides, it’s got to feel kinda good.
A little payback, right?
[scoffs]
[tense music playing]
[female guard] Stand here.
[male guard] Chains off.
Strip down.
Can you at least turn around?
Shut the fuck up.
Strip down.
[female guard] Lay both hands on the table.
[male guard] Don’t fucking move.
[female guard] Squat.
[male guard] Bring her over.
Get on your knees.
No.
Get on your fucking knees!
[hyperventilating]
Let me go, then kill all these motherfuckers.
[guard groaning]
[both groaning]
[lock buzzes]
[hyperventilating]
[yells]
Use your powers again, get fried.
Get the fuck up!
[lock buzzes, latch clicks]
[door beeps]
[exhales slowly]
[emotional music playing]
[chuckles]
[Ted] I’m calling 911.
Wait.
Sam?
Hey, Dad.
Hi, Mom.
So, no one was home when I got here.
I just let myself in.
Sorry about the… door.
Maybe I should have called.
Hey, Sammy.
Do you still give the best hugs?
[pats back]
[laughs]
There’s an old Meyer family tradition…
dating back to my cousin Eli’s Transformers-themed bar mitzvah, to help get through times like these, and that tradition, my friends…
is to get mind-numbingly shitfaced.
Keep ’em coming.
Okay.
You don’t want to at least pour one out for Ms. Cate?
No.
Okay.
Guys, this is so fucked.
Karma is a bitch.
We can’t leave her there.
She might not even be there.
Cipher could be lying.
I saw the Elmira van.
Mmkay. Then it’s definitely a trap.
Cipher wants us to try and rescue her so he can fuck us over again. Duh.
She stuck her neck out for us, and now she’s paying the price.
Cate’s the reason we got locked up in the first place.
And we know, better than anyone, what a nightmare it is.
I thought about cutting myself every fucking day.
Deep enough to make it all stop.
Emma, you didn’t leave your cell, even when they let you, because you were so scared.
Jordan, you’re the strongest person I’ve ever met, and you cried yourself to sleep every night. I heard you.
We have to get her out because it’s the right thing to do.
There’s a reason you didn’t rescue us, Marie.
It was a suicide mission.
And I regret it every day that I left you guys behind.
Cipher believes I’m this powerful weapon.
Let’s at least use it to do something good.
I get it…
if you don’t want to do this.
Because I’m so weak?
Don’t.
I didn’t say that.
Cipher did.
I can’t even begin to understand…
what he did to you.
But it’s okay if you need…
I don’t need shit.
Fuck him.
Let’s get her.
What is wrong with you two?
Why in the fuck would we go back to that hellhole?
Trap or not, if we get word that Cate died in there and we did nothing, are you gonna be able to live with that?
Yes.
No.
Fuck. Fine.
I’m in.
So…
what the fuck do we do?
[Marie] My cell was here, corner block.
That guard that always smelled like chocolate was taking me to solitary here.
Hershey Harry?
I remember him.
I mean, he kinda disappeared around the same time you…
Oh.
Yeah.
He must have nicked himself shaving.
R.I.P.
Clearly, Hershey didn’t have nuts.
Emma.
I found an air duct pointing up and just fucking booked it.
Even if we find a way in, find Cate…
there’s no way we can get out the same way.
The guards will be all over us.
[Emma] Yeah, after you peaced, they added more guards, reinforced doors, and all that shit.
Including right here.
It’s, um, where Andre died.
There’s no way through.
[Emma] Okay, so, if we’re actually gonna pull this off, and let me be very clear, this plan is crazy and I hate it…
but I love you guys more.
We’re gonna need help from someone really strong. And crazy.
[Puppet Deep] As a little minnow, I was so scared of the water, I wouldn’t even go in the bathtub.
[Ted and Sam laugh]
Yo, hey, Mom, this is where it gets funny.
You want to come watch this?
Here I come.
Hey, he was in my frat, you know.
The real guy, not the puppet.
What was he like?
He was really, really into frat rituals.
Oh.
I talked to Mommy Deep.
[buzzing]
Oh, sorry… excuse me. Sorry.
Hello?
[Emma] Hi. Uh, I kinda need a big favor.
Wait, not the sexual kind.
This favor does not entail us getting back together in any way, shape, or form.
Okay.
Cate’s in Elmira, so me, Jordan and Marie are gonna go rescue her.
There’s a bigass metal security door that we don’t know if we can get past.
We need your help.
I can hear you breathing.
[Sam scoffs] Wait, can you not hear me? Hello?
No, no. Yeah, I’m just, uh… just… thinking.
Well, this is kind of an urgent yes or no situation, Sam.
No.
Really?
Yeah, really.
Uh…
I don’t really give a fuck about Cate.
You were right about her, Emma.
She’s a bad person, and now she’s where she deserves to be. But you shouldn’t do this.
It’s not worth the risk.
You’re definitely not wrong. In fact, I was right there with you.
But if we don’t do something, then we’re just as fuckedup as she is, you know?
I’m already as fucked-up as she is anyway.
Slightly less so if you help us, right?
I’m sorry.
Good luck.
Be careful.
Bye, Sam.
[sighs]
What?
Number one.
You earned it.
I never got my license.
Okay, never mind.
Bad news.
Sam isn’t coming.
Fuck.
Look, I didn’t have you guys last time.
We can do this. Together.
This is still insane.
As much as I wanted to deny it, Cipher’s right.
I am stronger than I’ve ever been, I can feel it.
When you…
when he was attacking me, I felt like I could have destroyed the whole arena.
We have to at least try.
[Greg] Emma?
Oh, he’s fine.
He’s Greg. He’s-he’s fine.
Nice fit.
It’s giving Reputation era, I like it.
Where are you going?
We’re rescuing Cate.
From Elmira.
Oh, shit.
Shh.
Let me come with. II can help.
If you don’t hear from me in a day or two, go to Polarity.
He’s a friend.
So, is this goodbye?
I mean, hopefully it’s not goodbye forever.
Well, um…
[chuckles]
Okay, bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
Well, well, well…
Shut up.
Let’s go rescue this bitch.
The usual for you, Dean Cipher.
And the Wagyu steak, medium rare, for you, Professor.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Negin. Door closed, please.
[door closes]
Hey, do you want an assistant?
They’re human, but they bring you shit all the time.
It’s like their job, you know?
What a world.
Nah, I’m good, thanks.
Yeah, suit yourself.
Oh, thank you for agreeing to see me on such short notice.
What’s on your mind?
Well, like everybody else, I saw the fight last night.
Wasn’t that something?
It was. Since I know you’ve been working with Marie Moreau, how did you get so much out of her?
What’s your background?
Like, how did you come to whatever method that you’re using?
Hey, why don’t you tell me?
I mean, uh, you’ve been asking around about me.
People at Vought, down in the archives.
What have you found out?
[scoffs] All right, what can I tell you?
My work is the cumulation of years and years of research, mostly observing Supes accepting their powers as they are, not reaching through to what might be.
Disappointing, really.
So much wasted potential.
And what about Marie Moreau?
Seems you’ve pushed her to her potential.
Do you really want to know?
[whispers] She’s gonna change the world.
How so?
We’ll just have to tune in next week to find out, won’t we?
And what about her friends?
The ones that you watched for months at Elmira.
[stammers]
Why don’t you ask what you really want to ask?
What really happened to my son?
There you go.
That’s freeing, isn’t it?
Look… your boy’s death was the result of an experiment.
I tried to push him to his full potential, and, unfortunately, his little body wouldn’t allow it.
It’s a shame, really, isn’t it?
Go on.
Do it.
You got nothing left to lose.
Do it.
You really have no idea what you’re dealing with.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a Zoom with Dana White.
Hey, that’s how big that fight really was.
You can finish your food.
It won’t bother me.
[introspective music playing]
I think this is everything.
You were really into garbage trucks.
[Sam] This is not very good.
Well, it was a masterpiece back then.
Looks like Maeve’s seen better days.
Oh, I wouldn’t touch that.
She became an exploratory tool when I got a little bit older.
[laughs]
Hey, did you meet Queen Maeve in real life?
No.
She was dead by then.
Is this all you have?
Just my little…
baby shit?
Is that all that’s in there?
You forgot about me, and you just
went on living.
Sam, what were we supposed to do?
Buy a fucking Peloton, I guess.
We thought you were dead.
Vought convinced us. We had a funeral.
God knows whose remains we buried.
Your mom didn’t speak for a year.
Not a damn word.
And then we lost your brother…
The fact that we managed this level of mediocrity is a goddamn miracle.
And then we saw you on the news.
And you were alive.
I mean…
how is that even possible?
Vought just said something about a “misidentification error,” but we called, emailed, we drove all the way to the campus.
They said you didn’t want to see us.
Look, Sammy…
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry we lost so much time.
I really am.
[quiet, emotional music playing]
Measure me.
What?
I’m serious.
Those measurements, they’re…
way out of date.
♪ ♪
I didn’t, um…
I didn’t know that you, uh, tried to… see me.
[disorienting music playing]
Who are you talking to?
Sam…
Give me the phone.
What? Sam…
Was that Vought?
No.
You want them to come take me away again?
Give me the fucking phone!
I was ordering pizza from Tony Cicero’s.
You’re a fucking puppet for them! Geez…
Okay, Sam…
You gave me an experimental drug that broke my fucking brain!
You were supposed to protect me!
Sammy…
Oh.
[Ted groaning]
Are you okay?
Mom… Mom, Dad, I’m-I’m-I’m-I’m sorry.
No! Stay away.
[suspenseful music playing]
Ow.
[Jordan grunts]
[grunting]
What the fuck?
Trap, trap, trap, trap. Trapper Keeper.
Fucking told you. Fuck.
[object clatters]
Oh, fuck. Hold your br…
[explodes]
[panting]
[guard strains]
[Marie straining]
[Jordan grunts]
[Marie] Get the fuck off me!
[shouts]
[gasping]
[door beeps]
Home fucked home.
[Cate] Emma?
Cate. Oh, my God, oh, my God.
Jesus, I barely even recognized you.
You look like Weird Barbie.
They grabbed you, too?
Actually, this is your rescue.
Surprise.
You… came to get me?
[Emma] Yeah, that was stupid, ’cause now we’re all here.
Marie and Jordan?
Got caught, too.
I hope.
Emma, I…
I can’t believe that after everything, you would do that for me.
Well, believe it or not, doesn’t fucking matter.
‘Cause we’re all gonna die here.
Emma.
Thank you.
[knock at door]
[door opens]
[door closes]
Madame Vought CEO.
To what do we owe the pleasure?
Fuck you.
I was pretty surprised when you accepted that position.
I never took you for the corporate type, TBH.
Ashley Barrett certainly can’t, not in her state.
[dramatic music playing]
You got what you wanted.
Yeah. I’m gonna miss our on-campus training sessions, but nothing compares with this environment.
Under intense pressure, 247, that’s where the miracles happen.
Maybe, but you can’t expect different results doing the same thing again.
So…
brought you a present.
You did?
Mmhmm.
Well, where the fuck is it?
Arriving… momentarily.
You didn’t have to do that.
I wanted to.
It’ll speed up the process, because you’re running out of time.
You know, if I succeed with Marie, Homelander is going to have feelings about how powerful she really is.
Do not worry about him.
We are gonna get everything we want.
Everything.
[Emma] Hi, this is Emma. Just text me. No one makes fucking calls anymore. Oh, unless it’s important, then leave a massage.
[line ringing]
[automated voice] The mailbox is full and cannot accept any messages at this time.
Goodbye.
[disconnect tone]
[sighs]
[somber music playing]
[sighs]
That’s my baby.
[disorienting music playing]
[grunts] I thought, uh, you might be chilly.
Is Dad okay?
He’s fine.
He’s in his happy place doing little projects around the house.
He’s fixed the door and the bird clock already.
Oh, this is where you came that time you ran away.
So angry that Pocahontas wasn’t your mom.
[both chuckle softly]
I thought that maybe I… could go back to how it was when I was a kid.
When we were a family.
Just skip over everything in between, but… you can’t go back, you… can’t forget.
Sam.
I love you so much.
You do?
I never wanted to send you to Sage Grove.
I… we-we didn’t have any choice.
We didn’t know what to do.
Like, it’s one thing having aa violent kid with mental health issues.
It’s another having a Supe kid with them.
Why’d you give me Compound V?
Sam.
The V didn’t make you sick.
How can you say that? It fucking broke me.
We were actually hoping it would protect you.
From what?
Do you remember your Uncle Rick?
Kinda. He moved to Vermont, right?
When you were maybe nine, he walked into a grocery store… and pulled out a pistol.
Why?
Because…
he had delusions.
And hallucinations.
And-and bouts of anger.
Thank God the cops got him before he could really do anything.
So he’s not in Vermont.
Is he?
No.
So I’m just like this?
It’s not… the V.
It’s not… you and Dad.
You were born with it.
It’s just a shitty luck of the genetic draw, Sam.
I was always gonna be a fucking lunatic.
Don’t say that.
That’s great. It’s true.
Nothing’s ever gonna fix me.
I would do anything for you, Sam.
But no one can stop you, no one can fix you, no one can change anything but you.
If you take responsibility for yourself, then maybe…
Look, if-if you want…
Someone to blame…
[laughs] you can blame my garbage DNA.
I’ll take the hit for that.
[contemplative music playing]
It’s not your fault, Mom.
It’s one of our ancestors’ faults, but it’s not yours.
I saw my first vagina here.
Okay.
Thanks for that.
You’re welcome.
[Cate wincing]
[Emma retching]
Emma?
[Emma] What?
[Cate] Don’t.
Why are you doing that?
Trying to have a moment to myself if that’s all right with you.
Emma, don’t let them kill you, too.
I thought as soon as I could grow and shrink all by myself, get all that shit under control, I, I wouldn’t want to puke anymore.
Everybody kept saying I needed help, that I had a disorder, and I kept saying I was fine.
It’s just my powers.
I’m never gonna be able to stop.
Hey.
We’re gonna get out of here.
[somber music playing]
No one is gonna save us, Cate.
[disorienting music playing]
[intense music playing]
It’s not…
Fuck!
I can’t control it.
Marie, they’re watching us.
If they see…
I’m not gonna do nothing.
They gave me some kind of shot.
What the fuck was it?
Heparin.
It’s an anticoagulant.
So I wouldn’t make that cut worse.
Although I do understand how self-mutilation gives you comfort in trying times.
Uh, no, no.
Eyes off my booboo, unless you want me back in Jordan and then to watch them die.
What do you want?
Marie, the same thing I’ve been asking for all along.
Work with me.
We could have done this on campus, now we have do it the hard way.
So this is the pitch.
You want to get out of here, you do exactly what I say.
No pushback, no bullshit.
I’m not gonna be your weapon.
My what?
My weapon?
Marie, III don’t want you to be a weapon.
You are salvation.
My life, your life, all our lives will be better once you have ascended to your full potential.
Can I get an amen?
Anyone?
Oh, suck a dick, you fucking asshole.
Not what I was looking for.
Would you just tell her what this is all about?
You were here, fucking with us, the last time we were locked up, for what?
We all know that you were there when Marie was born, your Odessa fucking Project.
Just tell her what the fuck you want!
Well…
where did this backbone come from?
Hey, you want to know why I picked you to fight with Marie?
Because I knew I could just climb inside you so easily, and you would give up like…
Just so weak.
[sighs]
You did fit me like a glove, though.
It felt wonderful being in your body.
You’re a liar.
What? Beg, beg your pardon?
It didn’t feel great for you.
You were in pain.
I may be weak.
But you’re in pain.
All the time.
I felt it.
Okay.
Uh, you come with me, I’ve got something to show you.
[door beeps]
[suspenseful music playing]
Um, I just thought you’d want to pay your respects.
To Andre.
His final moments were spent here.
Don’t ever think you’re not an inspiration to people, Marie.
[lock buzzes, latch clicks]
[gasping]
Annabeth?
Marie?
What’s happening?
Why am I here?
[Cipher] Your sister has a choice.
Both of you can walk out of here right now.
Today.
If she can be reasonable.
Can you, Marie?
[screaming]
[grunting]
Marie! Marie!
Please stop! Just stop!
[grunting]
Marie, please! Stop!
Marie!
[groans]
Well, sleep on it.
Marie! Marie!
[sobs]
[thud]
[Jordan] Marie?
Marie.
Marie, what happened?
[door beeps]
He has Annabeth.
What?
He fucking has her in a cell.
Oh, my God.
Marie, I…
He wants me to ascend to my full potential.
Fine.
[exhales]
[intense music playing]
‘Cause I’m gonna fucking kill him.
The fuck happened to her?
She’s bleeding.
Who fucking knows?
[door beeps]
Get up.
[grunts]
What the fuck did you do to your collar?
[Cate] Unlock me and give me the keys.
Sure thing.
[screams]
[thrilling music playing]
Well, that sort of worked.
Got it.
[door beeps]
[grunts]
Oh.
Got it, got it, got it, yeah, got it.
Go, go.
Let’s go! Let’s go!
Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go! Let’s go!
[door beeps]
We got to go.
You got out? How?
It was all Cate.
Frankencunt for the win.
Oh, my bad.
Jesus, Cate.
[door beeps]
This doesn’t make any sense.
What?
What, you guys got out, ran here, no guards, no alarms?
Nothing? This is weird as fuck.
They want us to escape.
No, they want us to try.
Like Andre.
We don’t have a choice.
Let’s split up.
You guys go.
I’ll get Annabeth.
Sorry, Anna fucking what?
No. You’re not doing this alone.
Nobody left behind this time.
[alarm sounding]
Come on.
[Emma] Wait, where is everyone?
I’m telling you, this is what they want.
[Marie] Keep going.
II think it’s this way.
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
[Emma] This is so slow.
[panting]
[Jordan] Emma.
[Emma mutters]
[door beeps]
[gasps]
Annabeth, no.
She’s fucking dead?
[stammers] What do we do?
I mean, this is pure fucking evil.
Guys, we have to go.
[Jordan] Marie, I’m so, I’m so sorry.
Marie, come on.
[low whooshing]
[sighs]
[Jordan groans]
[Cate screams]
[Emma gasping]
[Cate] Please stop.
[Jordan] Marie.
[gasps]
[gasping]
[guards shouting indistinctly]
[Jordan] They’re coming!
[♪ Danielle Ponder sings “Roll
the Credits”]
♪ I could feel it ♪
♪ I won’t come down ♪
♪ Found myself above the sky ♪
♪ Tell my mama, tell my daddy ♪
♪ that love is falling from the sky ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Give them love ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Give them love ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Whoa, I could feel it ♪
♪ I could feel it ♪
♪ I could feel the love ♪
♪ And I’m thankful and I’m thankful ♪
♪ Whoa, I can feel it ♪
♪ I can feel it ♪
♪ I can feel the love ♪
♪ And I’m thankful and I’m thankful ♪
♪ Whoo… whoo… ♪
♪ Good God Almighty ♪
♪ I done opened my mind ♪
♪ These holy waters
left a chill down my spine ♪♪
[song ends]
