Umbrella Academy season 2 ending explained

Surprise, very few people are surprised. The Umbrella AcademyIt is setting itself up again in season 3.

Two seasons have been released so far. Season 1 was set in 2019. It featured siblings who were misfit superheroes coming together to save the world from the end of the apocalypse. Season 2 saw them travel back in time, where they had to also stop the apocalypse.

If that’s about the limit of your memory of Umbrella Academy season 2, give or take a musical number, we’re here to remind you of the big stuff that happened to each character — including things that might be useful to remember for certain season 3 plot points.

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If season 1 was the introduction to the Hargreeves siblings — their trauma, and the secrets that kept them from really bonding with each other — then season 2 seemed more straightforward: the Dallas 1963 season!

After stopping the accidental apocalypse caused by Viktor’s powers, the siblings used Five’s powers to jump through time. They all ended up in Texas in 1960s, with different points. They got there in Umbrella Academy fashion. Things became complicated.

Season 2’s journeys:

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Five almost immediately sets out to prevent the next doomsday scenario, because he arrives in 1963 right in the middle of it — “it” being nuclear missiles in the sky, which Five surmises are a result of JFK Not being killed.

Slowly he rallies his siblings to the cause, and tries to work with the 1963 version of their dad, Reginald, and the Handler, who enlists him to kill the Commission’s board in exchange for sending the Academy back to 2019. Five is a hit but he and his family are not on the same page. The Classic Hargreeves.

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Allison, having lost her voice at the end of season 1, lands in 1961 fairly defenseless — and among the most vulnerable, as a Black woman in 1960s Texas. She eventually regains her voice and joins Civil Rights and marries Ray. She tells Ray her entire story after she has used her power to stop Ray from being beaten by a police officer.

Although the two briefly flirt with the idea that he could come with her to 2019, ultimately he stays in the past, and she writes him a letter stating that she’ll always love him. And though that’s certainly a bittersweet note to end on, she’s excited to return to her own time, if only to see her daughter.

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Luther Hargreeves, who landed in 1962, was third of the three to appear in the past. By the time Five finds him, he’s already been through a lot, including mourning his inability to find Allison (who, in case you forgot, he’s in love with) and getting turned away by 1960s Reginald. He’s further disappointed when he finds out Allison is married. He nevertheless perseveres. DoesReginald is refusing to support their mission, and Reginald gets to defend his son. It was not for nothing but the best. The Umbrella AcademyIn season 2, Luther was recognized for his major contribution to the team as the dumb muscle.

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Klaus Ben (who’s a ghost only Klaus can see) arrive first in the past, all the way back in 1960. With his head start, Klaus has started a cult called “Destiny’s Children” on a farm outside the city. He makes the attempt to stop Dave — the man he met, served with, fell in love with, and lost when he briefly time-traveled to Vietnam during season 1 — from enlisting. Klaus soon begins drinking again after failing to stop Dave from enlisting.

However, Ben discovers Klaus is capable of seeing dead people and can be controlled by them. Ben is also the only sibling to get through to Viktor as he’s about to go nuclear again, ultimately helping him calm down and avert the apocalyptic scenario Five saw. Ben’s actions cost him his soul, so he finally dies.

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DiegoHe arrives in New York just three months before Kennedy assassination. In the asylum, Lila meets him, and he escapes together. After Reginald’s scuffle, she continues to rescue him and their romance blossoms. Lila, who happens to be a Commission employee, is also the Handler’s adopted daughter. All of this eventually leads to Lila being excommunicated.

Eventually, the Handler manipulates Lila into thinking that Diego was involved in her parents’ death. (The hit was actually organized by the Handler because Lila is — surprise! — one of the 43 superpowered children, just like the rest of the Academy. It was carried out by old-Five during his Commission years, but only because he didn’t know the Handler wanted the parents dead so she could have Lila for herself.)

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Viktor Hargreeves arrived in October 1963 looking great in his white suit. However, he is hit by an automobile. Viktor suffers amnesia after the accident. However, Sissy the driver of the car was actually a Sissy the housewife who took Hargreeves in and allowed him to live with her family while he recovered. Viktor also nannies Sissy’s son Harlan, who bonds with him very closely; at one point Harlan almost drowns, and Viktor uses his powers to rescue him, accidentally imprinting some of his powers onto Harlan.

Viktor forms a deep romantic relationship with Sissy. This eventually leads to Carl being unable to take Harlan with him. Carl, trying to get Harlan away, turns Viktor over to them, and they torture him, and then start to activate his powers. Though Ben talks him down, Viktor’s link with Harlan leads the kid to experience his distress and unleash his own powers.

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Five is the victim of an attack by the Handler, leading the Commission to assault Five. Five left the Commission after she took the blame for taking down the Board. This is, of course, all happening as the Academy has convened on Sissy’s farm in an attempt to save Harlan and prevent him from hurting anyone.

Thanks to Five’s ability to hop through time (within reason), the Hargreeves ultimately come out on top, with the Handler being shot by an assassin. Though Lila does confront her mom in the original timeline, she never gets the chance to once Five jumps them back in time; she grabs the Handler’s briefcase and hops through time, still pretty hurt from the betrayal of her mother (and the fact that she kidnapped Diego and he didn’t want to join the Commission with her). Viktor manages to regain some of the power that he had with Harlan and helps him avoid self-destruct. Sissy opts to stay in the ’60s and give Harlan a normal life, thus leaving Viktor to join his siblings in the future.

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They were able to save enough money to buy a time machine to go back in the future. But upon arrival at Haus Hargreeves, they find things look different — not only is their dad alive, but there are seven new kids in their place, all aligned under the name the “Sparrow Academy.” Then Ben comes out and says, “Dad, who are these assholes?”

Ah, but Reginald, when JFK dies, goes to his shadowy circle and denounces the group’s role in the assassination. The group tells him to calm down and remember his “interests on the dark side of the moon,” and then threaten to reveal who he “really is” to the world. Reginald calmly removes his mask, revealing himself as an alien before killing all.