S1.E1 ∙ God U.
Eight years ago, Mary Moreau first manifested her blood-based powers during her first menstrual period, accidentally killing her parents in the process and straining her relationship with her sister, Annabeth. Now, Mary has been accepted into Godolkin University, an institution that educates future superheroes. On her first day, she meets her roommate Emma Meyer and becomes acquainted with upperclassmen Andre Anderson, Luke Riordan, Jordan Li, and Kate Dunlap. At a party, Andre accidentally injures a woman with his magnetic manipulation, and Mary saves her from bleeding to death. Despite Mary's sudden popularity on social media, Professor Richard Brinkhoff expels her to protect the reputation of the upperclassmen. Later, she returns to Brink's office to confront him, only to find that he has been killed by Luke. In his attempt to kill Mary, Luke goes on a rampage but is stopped by Jordan and Andre. As he calms down, Luke whispers something to Andre before using his fire powers to commit suicide.
S1.E2 ∙ First Day
Vought International covers up the deaths of Luke and Brink, while Mary takes sole credit for stopping Luke and becomes the first freshman to break into Godolkin University's Top 10 ranking. Dean Indira Shetty offers advice to Emma, who then befriends classmate Justine Garcia. An angry Emma confronts Justine. Meanwhile, Andre and Kate investigate Luke's death and discover a secret recording revealing that Luke's younger brother, Sam, is being held in a hidden facility called "The Woods," secretly managed by Shetty. Andre finds information in Brink's office. Mary learns that Vought contacted Annabeth, who wants nothing to do with her, so she omits Jordan's involvement in Luke's suicide during a televised interview. Andre manages to locate The Woods but is nearly caught by campus security after Kate intervenes.
S1.E3 ∙ #ThinkBrink
Three years ago, Luke and Kate visited Sam, who learned that their powers came from Compound V and killed a security guard. Luke and Kate calmed him down. In the present, Andre and Kate discuss their findings, and she convinces him not to risk his life; the two then sleep together. Meanwhile, Mary returns to the dorm to find an exhausted Emma. She tries to comfort her, but they end up arguing. The next day, Shetty invites Mary to a fundraising gala for Brink. Emma's mother tries to persuade her to join a reality show, but she refuses. Later, Emma reconciles with Mary. Andre persuades Emma to infiltrate The Woods for him. She successfully finds and speaks with Sam, but security raises the alert, incapacitating Sam while Emma uses her powers to hide.
S1.E4 ∙ The Whole Truth
After recovering, Sam kills the guards and escapes with Emma. Hiding in an abandoned drive-in, Sam hallucinates and declares his intent to kill Dr. Edison Cardosa, a psychologist who previously worked with him. Emma returns to Godolkin to warn the others. Meanwhile, Mary asks psychic student Rufus for help finding Emma but wakes up unconscious in his bedroom. With Jordan's intervention, Mary causes Rufus's penis to explode. Meanwhile, the famous superhero Tek-Knight arrives at Godolkin to film his Vought+ series, The Whole Truth, and secretly frames an innocent student under Vought's orders for causing Luke's suicide. Using his observational skills, he aggressively interrogates the students, forcing Mary to reveal Jordan's involvement in Luke's death. After learning that Sam escaped The Woods under Shetty's watch, Tek-Knight attempts to frame her, but she threatens to expose his unnatural sexual urges. Mary, Emma, Andre, Jordan, and Kate eventually subdue Sam, but Mary passes out again and wakes up in bed with Jordan.
S1.E5 ∙ Welcome to the Monster Club
Mary and her friends wake up at a party with no memory of how they got there. While evading capture, Sam finds Emma and Mary, but they don't recognize him. Cardosa meets with Shetty to discuss a virus he created to suppress powers and his desire to test it on Mary, but Shetty refuses to involve her. Kate claims Rufus is responsible for their memory loss and leads Jordan, Andre, and Mary to confront him, but they lose track of him when Andre faints. Emma realizes that she and Mary already knew Sam but were forced to forget him. While searching for Sam, Mary removes her tracking device and tells Kate she suspects Shetty and Rufus are behind the memory loss. Kate apologizes and uses her tactile mind-control ability to make Mary change the subject. Jordan realizes Mary has forgotten their recent conversation and confronts Rufus again. Emma finds Sam, who reveals that Kate used her powers to make Luke forget Sam's existence. Emma calls Mary and Jordan with the truth. Andre nearly kills Rufus before a tearful Kate arrives, exposes her deception, and restores Andre's memory.
S1.E6 ∙ Jumanji
After restoring everyone's memories, Kate has a seizure and unknowingly traps Mary, Jordan, and Andre in her mind. Kate's imaginary friend, "Soldier Boy," warns them to escape before she falls into a vegetative state. While exploring Kate's memories, Luke reveals that Andre had Kate manipulate him while he was alive. During their escape, they enter one of Jordan's memories where they save Brink from an angry Luke and secure a tutoring assistant position. After witnessing memories of the Riordan brothers being experimented on in The Woods and Kate forcing Luke to forget, they enter Mary's memory of her parents' death, where Annabeth accuses her of killing them intentionally. Finally, they confront Kate and convince her to take responsibility for her actions, waking everyone up. Sam arrives to confront Kate, but Emma calms him down and reveals that Shetty used him to enhance Luke's abilities and is experimenting on other children. Meanwhile, Cardosa tests his virus on an electric-powered girl named Bets, causing her to fall ill, weakening her powers until she dies. Shetty is initially shocked but then orders Cardosa to make the virus contagious.
S1.E7 ∙ Sick
Mary and Jordan break into Shetty's office to gather evidence and deliver it to politician Victoria Neuman, who is visiting Godolkin for a town hall meeting. They learn that Shetty's family died in a plane crash caused by Homelander. A drunk Cardosa bursts into Shetty's office, rambling about his virus, unaware that Mary and Jordan are hiding under the desk. Shetty asks Colonel Grace Mallory for help spreading the virus globally to kill all Supes, but Mallory refuses and secretly places Shetty under surveillance. Andre's father, Polarity, has a seizure, and Andre accompanies him to the hospital. During the meeting, student protesters incite a riot and launch a "Supes Lives Matter" movement. During the evacuation, Neuman meets Mary and discovers they share similar powers and upbringings. Mary tries to persuade Neuman to expose The Woods, but Neuman convinces her to pursue a position of political or cultural influence instead. Kate forces Shetty to reveal the truth about The Woods and its creator, Thomas Godolkin, as well as her motivation for creating the virus, then kills her. Cardosa meets with Neuman and gives her a virus sample before she kills him to prevent his work from spreading.
S1.E8 ∙ Guardians of Godolkin
While Vought CEO Ashley Barrett consults with Godolkin's board about handling Luke's suicide, Kate and Sam return to The Woods, release the remaining captives, and lead them on a rampage across campus, killing non-Supes. Mary, Jordan, and Emma try to contain the chaos, with Mary gaining greater control over her powers. Sam experiences hallucinations of Luke, who tells him to stop and reveals the truth about his death, but Sam ignores him and has Kate destroy his ability to feel emotions. Andre learns that Polarity's seizures are due to brain damage from his powers before he accepts the mantle of Polarity to help fight the rampaging Supes. Kate attempts to brainwash Jordan, but Mary detonates Kate's arm just before Homelander arrives. Homelander attacks Mary, accusing her of "attacking her own kind." Sometime later, Mary, Jordan, Emma, and Andre wake up in a sealed ward at an unknown location. Unbeknownst to them, Vought has framed them for Sam and Kate's attack, while the two are hailed as "Guardians of Godolkin." In a post-credits scene, Billy Butcher investigates the ruins of The Woods.
