A fresh piece of Gen V season 2 casting has just been announced, and it answers one unsolved question from the show’s first season ending. The Gen V season 1 finale ended on a cliffhanger, leaving plenty of mysteries to be explored in season 2 of the popular The Boys spinoff series. However, one of these major mysteries may have just been revealed ahead of the premiere of Gen V season 2, as one new actor’s addition to the spinoff program covertly reveals the fate of one of the most key Gen V season 1 plotlines.

Gen V season 2 is in the works, marking the much anticipated continuation of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys offshoot series. Gen V season 1 was an unexpected hit, expanding the world of The Boys by concentrating on a new generation of supers who attend Godolkin University, a supe college. Gen V season 1’s finale established how the crossover will connect with The Boys season 4, as well as interesting new storylines for Gen V season 2, which may have been spoiled by this casting announcement.

Hamish Linklater’s Casting Reveals The Fate Of Godolkin After Gen V Season 1

His Character Is Names Cipher

Hamish Linklater has joined the cast of Gen V season 2, with the Midnight Mass actor’s addition to the show being one of the most exciting season 2 casting announcements. While there are still a lot of questions surrounding the actor’s casting, it has been announced that Linklater will be playing the new dean of Godolkin University, with him being a charismatic new character named Cipher. Cipher is an original character, with him not having appeared in The Boys comics, but he will undoubtedly play a big role in season 2.

The fate of Godolkin University was left up in the air after Gen V season 1, as the conspiracy surrounding Godolkin’s the Woods facility and the violent finale caused some fans to wonder if the university would get shut down. Gen V ended with a mass supe riot that involved many of the escaped prisoners of the Woods, with things getting so bad that Homelander had to step in. However, the addition of a new dean means that Godolkin University will undoubtedly continue operating, with Hamish Linklater’s character heading the school.

Hamish Linklater’s Dean Cipher will be following in the footsteps of another Gen V season 1 character, with that being Shelley Conn’s Indira Shetty. Shett was the former dean of Godolkin University and the main antagonist of Gen V, with her being behind the goings-on in the Woods facility. Dean Shetty died at the end of Gen V season 1 after her confrontation with Cate, and now that the role of dean is empty, it seems that Hamish Linklater’s new character will be the former villain’s replacement.

Gen V Season 2’s Cipher Is Likely A Major Homelander Ally

He Makes Godolkin Even Scarier

It is possible that Hamish Linklater’s new Gen V season 2 character is even scarier than Dean Shetty, as Cipher is likely a major Homelander ally. Godolkin University is run by Vought International, and with Homelander seizing complete control of the company, it only makes sense that they would put a pro-Homelander dean in at the school. The Boys season 4 is setting Homelander up to grab for power in a way that hasn’t been seen yet, and these major changes will undoubtedly affect how the school is run.

Dean Cipher’s role in Gen V season 2 may involve covering up Homelander’s brutality and nationalist language during the Godolkin University riot at the end of season 1. He has the potential to shift the university’s student population away from Starlight and The Boys and towards pro-Homelander, which is a terrible prospect.

Dean Shetty was already a terrifying villain because to her involvement in the Woods program, but Cipher will certainly be more worse. Dean Shetty may have been evil, but she was at least opposed to superpowers, with Homelander’s role in The Boys season 1’s plane tragedy fueling her anger for him. Putting a pro-Homelander dean in charge of Godolkin means that the entire Vought campus will most likely be working together, making the university an even bigger threat to Marie and the group in Gen V season 2.