According to Sanders, it's the latter, and the spinoff will continue to work in conjunction with the mothership series. A writers' room reportedly opened in January for Gen V season 2, with Fazekas as sole showrunner. "We think that if fans respond the way we've responded to Gen V we will have many more seasons of the show," says Sanders. "In the master plan between Eric and Michele and Tara, I think these shows will continue to talk to each other in fun ways."

　　该剧故事发生在《黑袍纠察队》的世界中，一部分是大学生活，一部分如同《饥饿游戏》。 在「Vought International」运营的全美唯一一所针对少年超级英雄的大学里，学生并非天生就有超能力，他们是第一批知道V化合物并通过注射获得力量的超级英雄。这些满脑子都是荷尔蒙、搞竞争的年轻英雄，为了争夺学校梦寐以求的最高排名，会挑战自己身体和道德上的底线。他们很快意识到，野心伴随着牺牲，是非之分并不像他们曾经认为的那样清晰。当大学的黑暗秘密曝光时，学生们必须弄清楚自己要成为什么样的英雄。