Sean Patrick Thomas (Polarity) in 'Gen V.' Prime Video Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text [This story contains major spoilers from the Gen V season two finale, "The Guardians of Godolkin."] In the finale of Gen V, Polarity literally blows the doors off Goldokin's master plan. It's a significant way to close out the season for the character played by Sean Patrick Thomas, who began season two's eight episodes shrouded in anger and grief over the death of his son Andre (Chance Perdomo). That on top of his struggle with the increasing loss of control over his powers, which was first introduced at the end of season one. Related Stories TV 'Gen V' Bosses Breakdown That Season 2 Finale and Set Up for 'The Boys' Season 5 TV 'Gen V' Star Keeya King on Annabeth's Big Reveal and Potential of Marie "Turning Dark" With some nudging and accountability by Emma (Lizze Broadway), Polarity not only becomes a key component of the small resistance Andre's friends mount at Cipher's (Hamish Linklater) God U, but he also helps uphold the values and heroism Andre sought to embody in that final battle against Ethan Slater's egotistical and evil Godolkin. Though the term "Guardians of Godolkin" can have a pejorative undertone with its link to performative acts, manipulation and school surveillance, Polarity - particularly in season two's finale - becomes a sort of real guardian for Marie (Jaz Sinclair), Emma, Jordan (London Thor, Derek Luh), Cate (Maddie Phillips), Sam (Asa Germann) and Annabeth (Keeya King). After the gang successfully takes down Godolkin by embracing supe differences and leaning on their collective power, Polarity ultimately makes the choice to stay behind, charging himself with taking care of the rest of the school's young supes. In light of how the season began with a sacrifice, that moment - like a few others in season two - feels like a nod to Andre's love for his friends and how they each carry his spirit through battles, both emotional and physical. It's a meaningful journey and something Polarity acknowledges by the end of the finale. Taking on aspects of Andre's - and Chance's - presence in the gang's storyline this season wasn't something Thomas had an awareness of, particularly in scenes that were maybe rewritten for him. He also "didn't really feel like I was stepping into his literal position. That's impossible. Chance is so unique and an incredible performer." Instead, he tells The Hollywood Reporter, "The only thing I thought was, 'I have to do everything I can to make sure we do justice to this young man and make sure he's honored and respected and elevated in the way he should be." In the conversation below, Thomas details how he accomplished that across all eight episodes, as well as Polarity's reckoning, redemption and revolution alongside Andre's friends. *** Polarity discusses the racialized realities of Andre's death in Elmira early on in the season. But if Polarity knows Andre is fighting an uphill battle - whether in the school's halls or the walls of that prison - what about his own experience as a Black man made him choose pushing Andre through at any cost over shielding his son from Vought? I had a whole set of thoughts about that in season one. That Polarity feels like, in a just world, he would have been in The Seven. But when he was younger, he got relegated to being a rap star or a movie star, and he didn't get to be elevated into what he felt was his rightful place in the Vought [ecosystem]. So Polarity was using Andre to compensate for the fact that, in his mind, his race kept him from being properly respected when he was younger, and this is his chance to make up for that with his own son. I think he looks at the Black people in The Seven now - somebody like A-Train, for example - and thinks, "That guy is a lightweight. They didn't want a real, multi-dimensional Black guy in The Seven, and that's why I got rejected." He feels that if there's going to be a Black guy in The Seven, it needs to be somebody who's a true, formidable force, and that's going to be my son. That was my thought about Polarity's bitterness from his own past and his relationship with his son in season one. Cipher at one point recounts Andre's seizures in Elmira, but later, Doug reveals how Andre persisted inside that prison. It's a moment that honors Andre's spirit and avoids reducing him to his torture and death. How important was that to Polarity to know his son found his own ways to survive and resist? And is there a positive memory you have of Chance that you feel like exemplifies his spirit on set? That was just a wonderful thing to do because the story that Doug tells in the car, that's the type of person Chance was. He was the type of guy whose wheels were always turning, and if he was getting taken advantage of or some