- Gen V season 2 just confirmed a big fan theory about Marie Moreau
- Its fifth episode reveals the full scale of her superhuman abilities
- The show also teases something significant about her estranged sister Annabeth
Gen V season 2 episode 5 has landed on Prime Video, and it just confirmed a major fan theory about Marie Moreau’s superpowers.
The Amazon TV Original’s latest chapter, titled ‘The Kids Are Not Alright’, is full of surprises, but none come close to the shock reveal about what Marie is fully capable of.
Full spoilers immediately follow for season 2’s latest entry. Turn back now if you haven’t seen it yet.
Since Gen V returned to our screens, viewers have held the view that the full extent of Marie’s superhuman abilities would be revealed at some point.
The prevailing fan theory was that she wasn’t simply someone with blood manipulation powers, but a biokinetic. That’s a person who can manipulate the biological aspects of any living organism, including the ability to modify another person’s body, heal their injuries, or even cure illnesses.
Throughout Gen V season 2, Cipher, the nefarious and enigmatic new head of Godolkin University (God U), has tried to push Marie to unlock her full potential. After season 2 episode 4 revealed two huge details about Cipher, it seemed he wanted Marie to increase her power levels in order to heal the heavily scarred body of his apparent father, Thomas Godolkin. That’s God U’s founder and the Vought scientist who helped to create Compound V, aka the serum that gives superpowers to anyone it’s injected into.
However, while ‘The Kids Are Not Alright’ heavily implies Marie’s primary ability is biokinesis and can therefore potentially heal Thomas Godolkin, it also confirms another game-changing skill of hers: she can bring people back from the dead.
In the final scene of the Prime Video show’s latest chapter, Marie, Jordan, Emma, and Cate – all of whom were sent back to the Supe prison known as Elmira – manage to escape their cells. Before embarking on another prison break attempt, though, Marie informs them that her estranged sister Annabeth is being held in the facility.
Marie refuses to leave without her, so the gang races to Annabeth’s holding cell. However, upon arrival, the crew sees that someone has murdered her; Annabeth’s lifeless body is lying on the floor after having her neck slashed.
Believing there’s nothing they can do, the group pleads with a devastated Marie to leave before the guards come. However, just as Cipher instructed her in episode 4, Marie focuses her energy on a single thing – this time around, that’s Annabeth. Lo and behold, Marie telepathically heals the wound on her sister’s neck and resuscitates her.
Admittedly, it would’ve been handy for Marie to possess this ability sooner. She could’ve brought her parents back to life after accidentally killing them when her powers first manifested, or saved Cate from a near-fatal end in Gen V season 2 episode 1.
Nonetheless, Marie’s capacity to revive people could have huge implications for The Boys universe.
Sure, she has the ability to heal Thomas Godolkin in one of the best Prime Video shows‘ sophomore season. She could do likewise with Billy Butcher in The Boys season 5, who has terminal cancer following his overuse of Temp V in that series’ third season.
It’s Marie’s newfound knack for bringing people back from the dead, though, that could prove crucial. Can she revive people who have been dead for a long time, or only those who died hours earlier? Is it a temporary or permanent reprieve for those she resuscitates? And does she even possess the capacity to make someone immortal? I’m sure someone like Homelander would jump at the chance to live for eternity…
Marie’s nascent death-defying powers raise further questions. Jordan, Emma, and Cate were all affected by Marie pushing her abilities to the limits – the trio suffered nosebleeds and headaches when Marie did so. Does Marie use the Compound V in nearby Supes’ blood to heighten her own abilities, then? And could she kill them if she pushes herself too hard?
That’s not all. In a teaser for this season’s sixth episode, which airs exclusively on Prime Video, aka one of the world’s best streaming services, on October 8, it’s heavily implied that Annabeth also has superhuman abilities.
At the 0:14 mark of the 20-second-long teaser, which primarily shows the group trying to escape Elmira, Annabeth picks up on someone approaching them off-camera before saying “he’s almost here”. Cue Marie shooting a stunned look at her younger sister before the teaser ends.
Does this mean Annabeth has clairvoyance powers? It would be huge if she did. After all, in this season’s third episode, Pam, a family friend of the Moreau family, tells Marie that, unlike Marie, Annabeth was conceived naturally by her seemingly infertile parents. That made Annabeth the “real miracle” because no medical intervention was needed to conceive her.
So, did Marie and Annabeth’s parents inject the latter with Compound V when she was a kid? Did Vought do it in Elmira? Or, if the Moreaus were given Compound V before they conceived Marie, did they pass it onto Annabeth when their mom became pregnant with her, therefore making Annabeth the first baby born with Compound V written into her genes? Hopefully, we’ll learn more about this and how powerful Marie truly is in episode 6.
