Showrunner Michele Fazekas explains how the spinoff expanded Claudia Doumit’s role.

Warning: This article contains spoilers fromGen Vseason 1, episode 7, “Sick.”

The penultimate episode ofGen V’s freshman season gave fans the biggest connection to the mothership show yet.

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Claudia Doumit as Congresswoman Victoria Neuman and Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau on ‘Gen V’.Brooke Palmer/Prime Video (2)

“It’s just how everything converged.”

That would happen," she notes of how political candidates often speak at universities.

We’d always wanted to do something with Shetty and Mallory, and I adore that scene.

Heading into next week’s finale, the campus feels more volatile than ever.

“Anger is so much easier to go to than if you’re sad or depressed.

It’s a lot more fun to be yelling at somebody than to be home crying.

It’s why Sam is susceptible to people like that.

Gen V’s season 1 finale will stream on Prime Video starting Friday, Nov. 3.