Who is Doug Brightbill? 'Gen V' star Hamish Linklater dishes on Dean Cipher's "scrumptious" plot twist

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Gen V simply pulled the rug out from underneath its viewers.

Gen V Season 2, Episode 7, aptly titled “Hell Week,” reveals the precise fact behind Dean Cipher’s (Hamish Linklater) motives. It seems that there isn't any Dean Cipher. Nicely, truly, the actual fact is that Thomas Godolkin (Ethan Slater) has secretly been possessing a random man’s physique to change into Dean Cipher as a result of he was too severely injured after the Elmira hearth.

The large reveal occurs close to the top of Episode 7 when Polarity is lastly able to actual his revenge on Dean Cipher for Andre’s (Likelihood Perdomo) dying. However, unbeknownst to Polarity, Marie (Jaz Sinclair) was downstairs therapeutic Godolkin so he may assist take Cipher down, which implies he not had any want for Doug Brightbill.

Linklater praised the plot twist, saying switching from Dean Cipher to Doug’s character was like “actor haute delicacies.”

“It was scrumptious. It was delicious. And it was very, very yummy,” he gushed throughout a current chat with DECIDER. “I've to say, it was simply superior. You realize, that’s actor haute delicacies. You need to get to do this type of stuff.”

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Poor Doug! Whereas begging Polarity to spare his life, Doug reveals his true identification, amongst different relatively pathetic particulars that paints a tragic image about his life earlier than Godolkin: He owns a cat named Buster who he lived out of his automotive with after he misplaced his job at Blockbuster.

“I don’t need to fucking die, please. He’s out of my head now, I simply need to stay as a result of he’s lastly out of my head,” he begs Polarity.

The large reveal clarifies fairly a bit about Dean Cipher’s questionable relationship with the injured man he claimed to be his father. Now, it’s clear why he swung so dramatically from taking meticulous care of him to bodily punishing the person. It was coming from a spot of self hatred.

Cipher was even making ready to destroy Godolkin’s physique simply minutes earlier than Marie arrived. Now, she’s by chance unleashed a monster a lot stronger than she may have imagined.

However may this be the final we see of Linklater as Doug? Proper now, Doug is the one one who is aware of Godolkin greatest – besides, possibly, Sister Sage.

It looks as if Linklater is worked up to stay round, nevertheless. The actor advised DECIDER that he was “thrilled” to affix the present this season.

“I can’t imagine I started working with these actors as such an enormous fan of the primary season and such an enormous fan of the universe and and the way up to date it's,” he mentioned. “[I’m] identical to, so stoked to be a part of a present that’s having a dialog with the nation.”