The Umbrella Academy

Elliot Page's "Umbrella Academy" character Vanya transitioned to trans man Viktor in Season 3 parallel to the actor after he came out in 2020.

To me, it would be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we all are." The actor added: "I feel like it's so unfortunate because we're all on the same team here, you know? I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time," Page said. The crew also brought trans author and journalist Thomas Page McBee on set where he "helped out" with bringing Viktor's story to fruition. "You don’t even notice the box that you’re in until someone comes along and lets you out," Sissy says. "But last time I checked, you don’t speak for this family."

Umbrella Academy's Season 3 finale was full of surprises. What happened to Allison, Luther, Diego, Viktor, Five, Sloane, Ben, and Klaus in the final ...

The sigil features seven stars, and Reginald instructs seven of the Hargreeves children to stand on the markers. After all, Klaus suggests earlier in the episode that heaven looks different for everyone, and Allison has made it clear that her life is nothing without Claire and Ray. Only time will tell what has really happened to Allison, though, as anything can happen in The Umbrella Academy. Then her husband from the 1960s, Ray, appears in the doorway and says, "It's where you were always meant to be." Justifying the fact that "he's killing them," Reginald tells Allison, "Everything in life has a price." A red button appears on the screen, and despite her family begging her not to, Allison presses it. Seeing his anatomy, it's revealed that Reginald isn't human (something viewers already knew), and he falls to the floor dead. Luther tries to convince Klaus to return to save the rest of their family. Ghost Luther berates his father for leaving him on the moon for so long, and then killing him. In this timeline, Reginald adopted a completely different group of children, with Ben being the only member of both groups. Here's what happened in The Umbrella Academy's season 3 finale. Much of the drama takes place inside Hotel Obsidian, where the original Hargreeves siblings stay after finding themselves in a timeline in which they don't exist. Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy includes a plethora of WTF moments, but the finale really takes the cake.

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However reluctantly, Diego seems to be finding some purpose in being a dad to Stan (whose ability to throw knives so well probably doesn’t hurt). And Luther finds hope in his ongoing bond with Sloane, who — barring the possibility of a long-con honeypot scheme — seems to adore him and his stories about visiting the moon as much as she dislikes being a Sparrow. When they kiss at the end of the episode, it feels like the start of something they both desperately need. Is there a future for the Umbrellas in this specifically Umbrella-less world? But after following that arc for much of the first season, the TV show has gone on to suggest a vastly more hopeful path — one in which Viktor finally gets to define his life on his own terms. And as the rest of the world finds out who he is, too, it’s nice to see a pop-cultural trans story that is not characterized by prejudice, tragedy, or both. At a diner with Viktor, Allison flashes back to the racist diner owner from 1963. It’s interesting that this wasn’t the show’s original plan for the character — season three’s scripts were already finished when Page released his statement, which necessitated some rewrites — because, in many ways, it feels like Umbrella Academy has always been building up to this.

Elliot Page Says 'Umbrella Academy' Showrunner Steve Blackman Was Excited About Incorporating The Actor's Transition Into The Show.

“What I want to focus on right now, and [it] has been so extraordinary,” Page told the Late Night host, “is the degree of joy that I feel. Thomas came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see it.” Page told Meyers that they brought on “an incredible writer, journalist, author Thomas Page McBee, who I met doing a miniseries called Tales of the City. He wrote an extraordinary book called Amateur, which I highly recommend everybody to read.

Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy ends on a massive cliffhanger. Here's what happened—and what it means for the Hargreeves kids.

“I left you to guard the most precious thing in the universe.” But Reg never tells him what—or, rather, who—that was. As a boy, I heard the legend of the seven bells.” If the bells are rung, “all will be restored just as it was.” Basically, “whoever or whatever” made the universe left a safeguard in place—a literal reset button—should the universe become a threat to itself. But if you’d rather not spend the next several hours tapping the rewind button, here’s a quick rundown of what seems to have just happened. Allison presses her palm to the button, and the universe powers down like a 1970s-era television set. Allison is the only one left sitting on the bench, and she’s forced to watch as this power—whatever it is—seems to eat her siblings alive, sucking up their insides and turning their skin dull and grey. We don’t know much about these guardians except that the “creator of the universe” put them in place to protect the reset button from those with nefarious intentions. Their tormenter is dead, but the kids are still in agony, and a Big Red Button has popped up on Reg’s screen. Instead, he calls the remaining family together to hunt for a “sigil,” one that will unlock the mythical “seven bells” that can reset the universe. Reg himself built the Hotel Obsidian around a portal that transports visitors to “the other side,” where it would seem the aforementioned seven bells reside. After finally believing he’d developed a trusting relationship with his abusive father, Klaus is devastated by Reg’s betrayal and impales himself on the horn of a taxidermic white buffalo in the Hotel Obsidian, ostensibly so as to preserve his physical form and return to life, pronto. After all, why return to the family that’s repeatedly rebuffed him, or the father who called him “more trouble than you’re worth”? But Luther appeals to Klaus’s intense need for validation—“I believe in you, brother”—and Klaus agrees to try reincarnating them, despite Luther’s motivational skills lacking Braveheart-level finesse. Episode 10 opens shortly after Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) plunges his tentacle-sword-arm into Luther’s (Tom Hopper) chest, then whips around and abandons Klaus (Robert Sheehan) to the devouring Kügelblitz, a black hole-like entity created by the impossibility of the Umbrella Academy’s existence in a reality where their mothers were killed before they were born.

Elliot Page said the showrunner of 'Umbrella Academy' was 'excited' to make his character, Viktor Hargreeves, trans after he came out in real life.

“That’s obviously a big component and part of my life and a beautiful thing to experience now,” Page said. [Transitioning has] improved my life drastically, and I hope maybe people who do have an issue with me could maybe try and hear that or embrace that on some level.” Since issuing a powerful statement about their transition in December 2020, Page has been showered with love and support from friends and colleagues, as well as the larger trans community. "[McBee’s] book and his work in general are so much about masculinity and what it means and exploring that,” Page said. Additionally, the show tapped journalist and author Thomas Page McBee — the first trans man to box at New York City’s Madison Square Garden — to consult on Viktor’s character arc. “It’s so unfortunate because it’s like, we’re all on the same team here.

The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page has credited his transition for "drastically" improving his life.

It's improved my life drastically, and I hope that people who do have an issue with me could try and hear that and embrace that on some level." "As a person, as a friend, and in relationships... The actor came out as transgender in December 2020, and in an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday (June 21), he discussed his coming out journey and the impact it's had on his life ever since.

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"Steve Blackman, the showrunner of Umbrella, is just incredible and such a wonderful person. Page came out as transgender in December 2020. In March 2022, he announced his character in The Umbrella Academy would also transition in Season 3, changing his name to Viktor Hargreeves and going by he/him/his pronouns.

Page stars in The Umbrella Academy as Viktor Hargreeves, and their transition was built into their character's Season 3 storyline. While chatting with host Seth ...

“I feel like it’s one of those things where it’s so unfortunate, because it’s like, we’re all on the same team here, you know? The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page says he was lucky to be embraced by his family both on and and offscreen while transitioning. “When we first talked about it, he seemed really excited about incorporating it into the show,” Page said.

Elliot Page and Emmy Raver-Lampman on what fans can expect on "The Umbrella Academy" season 3.

She also gushed about her friendship with Page, whom she called "just the best." Page said working with showrunner Steve Blackman and Thomas Page McBee -- a writer with whom Page previously worked on "Tales of the City" -- on Viktor's storyline and trans identity was "such an incredible experience." Actor Elliot Page told "Good Morning America" he's "really proud" of his character's trans storyline on "The Umbrella Academy" season 3, which premiered on Netflix Wednesday.

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Something important happened in between the 2020 release of season 2 of The Umbrella Academy and the debut of season 3 on Netflix this week: Series star Elliot Page came out as transgender. He was the first trans man to box in Madison Square Garden. His book and his work in general are so much about masculinity and what it means, and exploring that. Blackman continues, "crafting Viktor's storyline, it was important that it be authentic.

'Umbrella Academy' creator Steve Blackman discusses Viktor's transition in Season 3 of the Netflix series.

I talked with Elliot and Thomas through the whole thing, and I’m really proud of how we did it. Equally crucial was the reaction from Viktor’s siblings upon hearing the news. According to series creator Steve Blackman, The Umbrella Academy‘s Season 3 scripts were complete when Page called him to share the news of his transition, and Blackman felt it was “very important” that he and Page collaborated on how to incorporate Viktor’s transition into already-written scripts.

Elliot Page is “proud” and “excited” that their real-life gender transition will be represented through their “Umbrella Academy” character.

Page said “Umbrella Academy” showrunner Steve Blackman was “really excited” to incorporate trans identity into the show. “That’s obviously a big component and part of my life and a beautiful thing to experience now,” they said. “So Thomas came on board and helped out, and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see.”

Of all the superhero franchises Netflix has attempted to launch, “The Umbrella Academy” is easily its biggest hit. Three seasons in, the series is trying to do ...

Of all the superhero franchises Netflix has attempted to launch, “The Umbrella Academy” is easily its biggest hit. Viktor Hargreeves’ coming out is one of the best-handled storylines of the season, and provides a masterful “how to” guide in handling a transitioning family member. It may be an accident of fate that “The Umbrella Academy’s” best plotline came from something the universe threw at it. Since its first season, “The Umbrella Academy” has thrived on chaotic storylines, throwing around time traveling tales and multiverses like ping pong balls, and delighting in whichever way they landed. Most only lasted a season (“ Jupiter’s Legacy,” anyone?) or have flown under the radar, like “ Locke & Key.” It is also one of the few (if not the only) of Netflix’s superhero franchise legitimately able to challenge Marvel’s supremacy, at least more than certain DC films can claim. Three seasons in, the series is trying to do too much, and some of the show’s best moments are the ones it never saw coming.

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And that’s when one of those external forces lingering in the background of The Umbrella Academy’s third season finally comes to the forefront. Back in the present, things are starting to come to a boil. In the end, Luther settles for complimenting his new haircut, which seems like a nice middle ground. In the absence of internal battles, external ones will need to do, and “Pocket Full of Lightning” offers more than a few. Allison suggests that they conduct the exchange at the Hotel Obsidian, revealing the Umbrellas’ home base, which not even lovestruck Luther was reckless enough to do without catching himself first. There’s no conflict The Umbrella Academy has ever introduced that’s as interesting as when the family itself is at odds.

The actor talked with Seth Meyers about the new season of the Netflix series, which will have Page's character coming out as trans.

Transitioning “has improved my life drastically,” Page said, and enhanced his acting. … It’d be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys.” “I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time.”

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Umbrella Academy was picked up for Season 2 about two months after Season 1 debuted, while there was a gap of about four months between the release of Season 2 and the Season 3 renewal. Based on all that, and production returning to a relative new normal, it’s possible a new season of The Umbrella Academy could debut about a year and a half from now, i.e. November or December of 2023. Still, there are a few promising signs that would indicate there will be a Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy. The first, and this might seem a little counter-intuitive for how shows get canceled, but Netflix did not announce Season 3 of Umbrella Academy as the final season. But will there be an Umbrella Academy Season 4 on Netflix? When could it premiere, if so? And now, you’re probably wondering when you can move on and watch The Umbrella Academy Season 4, particularly after that wild ending. Great news: you’ve finished The Umbrella Academy Season 3 on Netflix. You did it!

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• This show has always known how to do a good montage, and the rapid-fire opening, depicting Sissy and Harlan moving whenever his powers cause problems, is another showstopper. That kugelblitz happens to be in the basement of the Sparrow Academy. And just when you can see Five’s wheels turning about what to do next, his older self uses his dying breath to mutter a strange warning that runs counter to every instinct we’ve seen Five exercise over the course of the series: “Whatever you do, don’t save the world.” Their conversation leads to the horrifying revelation that — because of his uncontrollable powers — Harlan is (inadvertently) responsible for sparking the aneurysms that killed the Umbrellas’ mothers. At the same time, Viktor and Harlan catch up on the intervening time (days for Viktor, decades for Harlan) in a quieter part of the hotel. Viktor is, understandably, most concerned about protecting Harlan. Luther is, understandably, most concerned about his budding relationship with Sloane. Diego is, understandably, surprised and touched when his tough-acting son responds to the violence by seeking comfort from his dad. (It’s possible that there’s also some latent jealousy from her own quasi-romance with Luther, but it seems like the show is pretty eager to sweep that subplot under the rug.)

Ben, Klaus, Allison, and Lila (Ritu Arya) want to try, while Viktor, Luther, Sloane, and Diego (David Castenada) are against. The vote comes down to Five (Aidan ...

The rest of the siblings and Ben wind up in the hotel’s garden, standing in front of a monument to Reginald. Five, who had lost his arm during the fight, has gotten it back. But even then, he could’ve just rung the bell and had everyone stand in the lobby, then had them all stand on the stars. He blames it on the monsters from the other side, called “Guardians,” since Luther dies in the White Buffalo Suite. And just like that, the rest of the group is ready to take on the end of the world. After that, Five realizes that the random star pattern on the tiles isn’t so random at all—it’s a sigil, which will trigger something that allows Reginald to restore the universe. Everything goes sideways fast when Reginald rings the bell to summon the Guardians. Suddenly, all the teams are fighting for their lives, and they’re winding up separated from each other as a result of mysterious portals. After the rest of the team has crossed over via the tunnel behind the picture, Reginald pushes Klaus out into the dissolving universe and slams the passage shut. Whatever happened, he’s back up and ready to go for the final push.) That deal only holds if everyone’s participating—as Reg says, “We need seven.” And seven they end up getting in the end, because Reginald kills Luther to motivate the team. There are also some “typical Umbrella Academy” moments, like when Allison ( Emmy Raver-Lampman) fights viciously with Viktor at the afterparty or when Reginald shows up and kind of wrecks the festive air. The vote comes down to Five (Aidan Gallagher), who, heeding the words of his past self, decides not to save the world. Aside from the wedding, it’s all about saving the world (again) in “Seven Bells” and “Oblivion.” Or…is it? There are a few moving moments, like when Luther asks Viktor ( Elliot Page) to be his best man, or when Klaus ( Robert Sheehan) starts to bond with the new Ben, having realized the guy is lonely and just wants Reginald to love him.

Page shared that showrunner Steve Blackman “​​seemed really excited about incorporating [Page's transition] into the show.” Page also brought the writer Thomas ...

“The times in my life where I was the most uncomfortable, where I was the most unwell — those were the times when I was the most angry and I was the most unkind to myself.” Page emphasized again that transition has “improved his life drastically,” and expressed a hope that those who “have an issue” with him “could maybe try and hear that and embrace that as well.” “What I want to focus on right now — and it's been so extraordinary — is the degree of joy that I feel, the degree of presence that I feel,” Page said. “So Thomas came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see it.”

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But as all these interpersonal dramas play out, it’s hard not to revisit a question that the Umbrellas themselves periodically pose: Does any of this really matter in the face of the apocalypse? • On the strength of his performance as a “sexy dad,” Lila and Diego hook up again. After some back-and-forth, Viktor goes from threatening Harlan to understanding him, mixed in with a fair amount of guilt, and decides to renege on his promise to his family and smuggle Harlan away before the Sparrows can get their hands on him. After a brief fight, Viktor confronts Harlan over the deaths of their mothers — an intriguing paradox in itself — and learns that Harlan killed them accidentally, unleashing the powers he acquired from Viktor in a failed attempt to connect with others like him. This is a genuinely startling violation of consent, and while she ultimately orders him to stop after a lengthy kiss, it’s clear things could have gone much, much further if she had willed it. But this odd little subplot is a useful microcosm for one of my biggest recurring frustrations with this series: Far too often, it feels as though even matters of life and death have no actual stakes.

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Stan's around for the rest of the season, as Diego and some of the other Umbrellas look after him while trying to solve another apocalypse. He does get to help out Diego when the two run into some trouble. He also said that he's logged over 80 fights and hopes to go pro when he turns eighteen. He added that he got the role after only one audition, saying "I was the only kid pronouncing the drug names right." Javon "Wanna" Walton joined The Umbrella Academy in a secret role earlier this year, soon after his fan-favorite character Ashtray met a tragic fate in Euphoria's season 2 finale. Based on the comic book series by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the show follows a dysfunctional family of heroes as they stop the end of the world (after usually bringing it about themselves) in a new setting every season.

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To depict time travel without showing a contradiction (and, therefore, an impossibility), most fictional accounts show that (1) is false; they prevent the time traveler from changing events. (1) is true because if he was facing his grandfather with a gun, he could (in that he has the physical ability to pull the trigger) kill him. It appears as if the time traveler can kill Grandfather, but perhaps the time traveler fails. How they’re able to do this without making time travel itself impossible ... well, that’s the paradox. If one of these events occurs, then the time traveler is prevented from doing the impossible: killing his Grandfather. If he’s prevented from doing the impossible, then there is no contradiction. Therefore: backwards time travel is impossible. Again, this book assumes that the time traveler can in fact kill his grandfather. The video shows a boy, Elmer, who invents a time machine in order to go back in time and kill his grandfather, ridding the family of his current wrath. And like both Russian Dolls and Loki, the series wants to change the timeline; it wants to go back in time to remake the future. Therefore: time travel must not allow this situation to be possible. (An actual paradox has no solution; that's why it is a paradox.) (See: Russian Doll and Loki). The Umbrella Academy, which spent Season 2 in the 1960s, returns with an even more ambitious use of time travel in Season 3.

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We meet Ben’s mother immediately before her immaculate conception on a similar subway in Korea. But we also probably shouldn’t sleep on the fact that the version of Ben we see on the train looks pretty different from the Sparrow version we spent Season 3 with. But, like all things in The Umbrella Academy, there’s a lot more to this moment than meets the eye. Why is Viktor so ready to forgive his sister for murdering a man who’s only crime was getting saved by the Umbrella Academy as a child? But why is everyone so willing to roll with the unforgivable things that she did in her grief? It’s just strange that Viktor and Luther are so willing to let bygones be bygones after two pretty unforgivable actions from their sister (and in one case, ex). Because of his connection to Viktor and the Umbrella Academy, it targeted all of their mothers before the Umbrellas could be born. Harlan (the young boy that Viktor saved in Season 2, accidentally giving him a piece of his powers, played by Callum Keith Rennie) returns this season much older and much more broken than we remember him. Most of the Sparrow Academy met pretty untimely ends (their Number One played by Justin Cornwell was done dirty, if you ask me) in Season 3. Season 3 put Allison and Viktor through the ringer. The Sparrow’s version of Ben, however, remains alive and well with the rest of his dysfunctional family. Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) snaps out of her loss-induced rage long enough to save her siblings, and Viktor (Elliot Page) decides not to wipe his sister out in favor of trusting her and hopefully repairing their incredibly damaged relationship. Giving the Hargreeves children the opportunity to explore and reflect on their own emotions and intentions rather than sniping at each other constantly gives the audience the opportunity to empathize more than they may have in the past.

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She kills Harlan, tosses him into the trunk of her car, and delivers his corpse straight to the Sparrow Academy. I guess that’s the danger of trying out another version of yourself: Sometimes, it’s going to be a worse one. The two make it back to the Obsidian just in time to watch the kugelblitz absorb the real Stan. And while Diego might not technically be his father, it’s a safe bet he and Lila will do whatever they need to do to rescue their surrogate son. Now, after a lifetime of isolation, maybe he can enjoy the rest of his life as a regular human — a final gift from Viktor, honoring his love for Sissy by taking care of her son even after all these years. And while it’s clearly yet another one of Ben’s manipulations, he also offers Luther an irresistible chance to redefine himself as a Sparrow, stepping into the slot that Marcus vacated when he got sucked into the kugelblitz. Much of the fun of an alternate-universe story is seeing what might happen to a familiar character if they’d made a radically different series of choices. Pogo’s biker makeover is the most literal version of a theme that most of these characters are confronting: If you’re not yourself, who else could you be?

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And I still suspect we’ll learn that Viktor is more powerful now that he has reabsorbed the energy he passed to Harlan back in 1963. • While in Ben’s room, Viktor spots a drawing labeled Jennifer — yet another reference to the mysterious Jennifer Incident that led to Ben’s death in the original timeline. This very painful break between Viktor and Allison — probably the Hargreeves siblings with the healthiest relationship, despite everything that has happened — is the kind of thing you can only earn after several seasons of character development, when it’s clear to the audience just how high the stakes are. But while it’s nice to have Umbrella Academy filling in these gaps in the plot, the scene that will stick with me is silent: a long take of Lila playing the drums, unleashing all her accumulated emotion after the events of season two. The episode begins with a Lila flashback, revealing that when the Commission offered to send her to any time and place, she chose West Berlin in 1989. Early on, the Umbrellas and Sparrows team up to take on the kugelblitz, winning what turns out to be a pyrrhic victory.

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We're reminded of that in the current arc's climax, where the fate of everything comes down to a matter of trusting oneself and each other. "You know, I always hated mirrors," he says while looking at his reflection in a shop's window. But on her trip, she discovers her daughter never came to be in this timeline and returns to a confidante who is a man. What breaks their bond is a secret Viktor holds back – for a noble reason that still isn't enough to satisfy the person to whom he was once closest. Diego, Klaus, and Five are the first of his family to whom Viktor comes out, but in the previous scene, we see him getting a haircut, freeing himself of the curtain that partially defined his old mousiness. Only this one differs from the previous, in that it doesn't fundamentally spell simple disaster but a possible reset of life and time as everyone previously knew it. Then again, it's also typical for a band of adopted siblings raised by a father who cared about them only for their abilities instead of accepting them for who they are. In the past, Viktor had transferred a portion of his power to Harlan while saving his life. At the same time, I appreciate the ways that genre fiction like "The Umbrella Academy" strives to do through Viktor's subplot. Season 3 does this on many levels, first by acknowledging the ways Viktor's relationship with Sissy, long dead in 2019, begins the process of unlocking who he really is. Adventuring in 1963 changed each of them as well, most significantly Allison and Viktor, who was known by his previous name at that time. Each explores forgiveness and the wages of emotional damage, and incorporates those psychological trials into stories fueled in some way by an all-consuming desire to realize one of life's impossibilities: a do-over.

The Hargreeves siblings faced the end of the world once again, but did they save it or just make things worse?

This time, to save the world, all it takes is for one of the siblings to hit a literal reset button. What a jam-packed season, with plenty of cliffhangers to propel us into the next. In a Tony Stark-like tower, marked by huge "H E" letters (or "H" and three horizontal lines floating parallel over one another), old Reg overlooks the city with the same ethereal woman revealed to be living on the moon at the same time Luther was. Luther desperately runs off to find his love Sloane, who could still potentially exist out in the reset world somewhere, just not as part of the Sparrow Academy. The rest of the siblings go their separate ways. Another Ben! This one looks super suave, wearing a trim suit and reading a book as he travels to Yeouido Station in Seoul. So in this reset universe, not one, but two Bens exist. She takes another step out of character by striking a deal with Reginald to do whatever it takes to bring Claire (and potentially Raymond) back. In the penultimate episode of season 3, we see that this alien possesses a sharp-as-a-blade arm, which he uses to stab Luther to death. This is part of a tactic he's used before to bring the siblings together. Only later does Lila reveal that Stanley isn't in fact his son, but her mate Trudy's (unfortunately, Stan ends up Kugelblitzed). She "borrowed" him to test Diego on whether he'd be up for the job of looking after his real son. This resulted in a Grandfather Paradox -- in this altered timeline, the siblings were never born. This black hole is the universe's response to a Grandfather Paradox created by Harlan, Sissy's superpowered son. Superhero life is always busy when it comes to the Hargreeves siblings.

Acot Elliot Page appeared on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' to promote season 3 of 'The Umbrella Academy' and discuss how his character's transition aligns ...

So that’s really what I’m focusing on and embracing the most.” Page describes transphobia as “unfortunate” because “whether you’re trans, gender nonconforming, cis, we all have these expectations and limits and constraints because of people’s obsession with the binary and how we’re all supposed to live our lives. The June 21 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers welcomed Elliot Page to promote season three of The Umbrella Academy, out today on Netflix. The actor spoke about his character’s transition this season, which corresponds with his own. So to me it’d be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys.”

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So I was very much on Viktor’s side when he decides to be the bigger person and apologize for his role in everything that went wrong. Even Reginald Hargreeves shows up, albeit uninvited, and delivers a lovely toast to all his children: The ones he raised in this timeline and the ones he has accepted he raised in another one. Allison had every reason to be angry that Viktor lied to her — but in the end, she made an active and calculated choice to murder Harlan. The episode is structured around an event that promises a kind of defiant joy: the wedding of Luther and Sloane, who want to be formally bound together as they stare down the apocalypse. Or in other words: This is a hangout episode, designed mostly to give us a heavy dose of these characters before the plot inevitably overwhelms them in the one-two punch of the last two episodes. No one knows how to stop it (or, in Five’s case, if it should be stopped). Assuming we’re at the end of the line: How best to spend the time they have left?

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In addition to that, this might be the show’s way of slowly turning the Sparrow Academy Ben into our Ben. This Ben smiles, meaning that either the Sparrow Academy Ben is learning to chill out or that this really is the Ben of old. And if that is true, that might mean that Five’s prophecy has finally come to pass and there might be extra versions of all the Umbrellas out there in the world. The real interesting angle to consider here is how much of the events of The Umbrella Academy did Reginald Hargreeves foresee? By killing himself prior to the beginning of the series, did Reginald know it would set forward a series of events that would find his children: blowing up the Earth, going to 1963 Dallas, returning to a Sparrow-ified universe, and finally accessing Oblivion? Or did the old alien just kill himself because he could no longer take the pain? Ultimately Klaus, Ben (Justin H. Min), Sloane, Viktor (Elliot Page), Lila (Ritu Arya), Diego (David Castañeda), and Five fulfill the role of the Seven Bells. Reginald tells Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) to hold back because he knows the experience will kill her and he promised that she could be reunited with her daughter. By standing on certain locations in Oblivion previously revealed by a map, the children’s powers will be accessed and consolidated to open up a sort of computer terminal that can “reset” reality. Part of the reason why Reggie believes in the concept of Oblivion is because of an ancient prophecy referring to “The Seven Bells.” In fact, there are all sorts of prophecies from around the world that refer to a need of seven something. Earlier this season, Klaus recently discovered that not only does he have the power to communicate with the dead but to return from the dead as well. Now the TV series seems to imply that he only ever needed seven in the first place. At the tail end of season 3’s penultimate episode, “Seven Bells,” Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) fatally stabs his “Number One” son Luther (Tom Hopper) in the chest with one of his sharp alien fingers. Reginald Hargreeves seemingly achieves one of his biggest goals and his “children” get the opportunity to start their lives over, albeit without the crutch of their powers. Season 2 then brought the Hargreeves children back to the “present” only to discovery that something had gone horribly wrong as “The Sparrow Academy” were unwelcome intruders in their own home.

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When Viktor comes out to Allison, she scolds herself for not knowing sooner—a display of self-flagellation that Viktor waves off gently, albeit with barely suppressed amusement. “I am,” he says. Although Marcus bluffs like he has the upper hand—and perhaps even believes that he does—Viktor cooly calls his foe “meat in spandex,” before reminding him which of them had already ended the world twice. As he peruses old news stories in the library, Viktor comes across one that reveals that Sissy, whom he left behind in a different timeline, has died in this one. After he leaves the library, Viktor finds himself staring at a poster of men’s haircuts on a barbershop window. “I’m not ready to give that up.” When they part, Allison calls Viktor a “good sister,” at which point the camera lingers on his pensive expression.

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It is his lack of control over his powers, in fact, that leads to the alternate timeline. After his mother dies of cancer in 1989, Harlan emits energy in his grief that is strong enough to kill many of the mothers of the superpowered children all born on the same day. The Umbrella Academy Season 3 poses some big questions in its early episodes.

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• Reginald’s holdings in the new future include real estate, a financial institution, and a really big tower. And I definitely don’t buy that she’d be anything but furious with Diego for patronizingly locking her up instead of letting her join the fight (even if she slaps him before she kisses him once she gets out). The idea of hallways and rooms that reconfigure themselves is unnerving, but Umbrella Academy doesn’t really take the idea of an infinite maze to its full potential, and it doesn’t turn out to be much of an obstacle. If you scan it and get a different result, let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. But the button is still there and active, and Viktor opts to stand down, trusting Allison that pushing it is the right move. The season two finale was a little confounding too, and the third season it teed up was probably the show’s strongest overall.

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But in the grand scheme of things, with the timeline once again reset? But in the park where they ended up in the new reality, Five’s arm is returned. “I originally just wrote the character to be dead, that was his function. The show may still answer it, especially since it’s never been particularly loyal to its source material and there’s already been a few clues strewn about the show, like Viktor noticing a Jennifer sketch in Ben’s room. It stands to reason (at least as much as anything else Umbrella Academy) that in this new world where Reginald commands much more capital, maybe he was able to save Alice in some way? whatever that machine was he had at the end of the season. He was, at least at one time, well-connected enough to run in the same circles as the shadowy group that ordered the hit on JFK. In the season 3 timeline, Pogo feared what he was capable of so much that he instructed the kids to dose him with some sort of pill every day. He was intensely interested in adopting the kids magically(?) born to 43 women on the 12th hour of October 1, 1989. As of the end of season 3, we also know it was vital to him to have seven children for… So what does all that mean in the grand scheme of the Umbrella Academy? That’s a complicated question, really. Even so, she at least has come out on the other side with not only Claire by her side but Ray, a choice that actress Emmy Raver-Lampman tells Polygon will probably haunt her: “I think there’s bound to be an immense amount of guilt that’s going to affect her at some point. In this new world Reginald is seemingly even more a captain of industry.

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And I love that I am queer. “I love that I am trans. It's not just that there are LGBTQ+ characters like Klaus and Viktor – played by Elliott Page – but that the Umbrella Academy itself is a band of misfits who, for better or worse, have to seek family in one another as they grapple with issues ranging from their father's death to saving the world from impending apocalypse.

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It’s a heartwarming moment — until Reginald breaks their conciliatory hug by turning his hand into a spiked tentacle and killing Luther on the spot. (This “death” might have more impact if we hadn’t already seen Klaus die and come back like a dozen times a couple of episodes ago, but still: Pretty cold, Reginald.) By majority vote, the surviving children of Reginald Hargreeves (from two different timelines) have chosen the oblivion of an apocalyptic death over the mystery of Hotel Oblivion. “Centuries wasted, all because a different me was unkind to his children,” mourns Reginald. Everything we know about Reginald’s ruthlessness pays off in a devastating fashion when he goes to confront Luther. The episode opens with a flashback montage set during the years Luther spent exiled on the moon at his father’s behest. After any good night of drinking comes the hangover — and after the low-key fun of “ Wedding at the End of the World,” this episode is a particularly nasty comedown. At last, it’s Reginald who assembles everyone and makes one last-ditch pitch to save the world: Head through the special to the Hotel Oblivion, ring seven bells, and trigger a vaguely defined fail-safe that will put the whole universe back in order.

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Season 3 pulled some of its materials from series 3 of the comic, The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion (which actually ends with the introduction of the Sparrows instead of beginning with it), and there is a yet-to-be-released fourth series of the comic that could provide additional storylines if there’s a Season 4 of the Netflix series—but it looks more and more like the series would be moving past the source material and coming up with its own storylines. There’s still yet to be an announcement from either the creative team behind The Umbrella Academy or Netflix about an official season four pickup, however, there have been rumors swirling around that this is already a done deal. Season 3 of Netflix’s dysfunctional superhero siblings series The Umbrella Academy has arrived, and with it yet another apocalypse to attend to.

In the season's second episode, Page's character is reintroduced as Viktor, who tells his siblings: “It's who I've always been.”

“You couldn’t have known,” Viktor says, “because, I mean, I didn’t fully.” He says that Sissy “opened something in me. I guess that’s not true.” When asked what he sees in his reflection now, Viktor replies: “Me. Just me.” Instead, his becoming would need to happen within the first episodes, and without the hand-holding usually provided for cisgender audiences. But when Diego (David Castañeda) calls him “Vanya,” he corrects them: “It’s Viktor.” “Love the haircut,” Klaus (Robert Sheehan) says, as Five (Aidan Gallagher) offers a smile and nod. I’m not ready to give that up.” When Allison calls Viktor a “good sister,” he appears to grapple with that label.

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Jayme's attitude is as bitter as her spit, and the range of the hallucinations she causes depends on her mood. Not unlike the fictionalized version of the Dilophosaurus in "Jurassic Park," Jayme has the ability to spit venom at her enemies and cause them to hallucinate. He also possesses the ability to induce fear into the minds of his enemies, sometimes with such severity that he can trigger fear-induced paralysis. Fei can see everything, as she possess the ability to manifest a murder of crows to spy on her behalf, or destroy her enemies. Sloane has one of the biggest storylines in season 3, so be sure to pay attention to her from the very start. Marcus is a natural born leader, and is well loved by the world as a celebrity superhero.

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However, the typical gap between TUA seasons is about 18 months (when not beset by outside delays), so fans can hope for a new season in 2024. When The Umbrella Academy Season 3 reached its final episode, out of Hargreeves’ experiment, there were seven members left: four from TUA (Diego, Allison, Five, and Viktor), two from TSA (Ben and Sloane), and Lila from the Commission. However, Klaus’ resurrection ability brought him back, and Luther, though only long enough to say goodbye. When the universe reset at the end of Season 3, Allison woke up at home to find her daughter, Claire, and her true love, Ray, waiting for her. The Umbrella Academy’s latest season brought an apocalypse different from the first two seasons. Warning: Spoilers for The Umbrella Academy Season 3 follow. That gives the show favorable odds of further renewals post Season 3, and the current season’s cliffhanger ending certainly has fans hoping The Umbrella Academy Season 4 will happen.

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The integration of Viktor’s transition is much more straightforward and thoughtful, and done in a way that future shows can look to as a rough template when one of their actors has the same experience. By quickly presenting Viktor’s transition as a fact of life, allowing him a brief moment to describe his feelings, and then getting back to silly business as usual, the show takes its star’s transition seriously without getting in the way of its usual narrative or tonal choices. Viktor asks why Allison would have, since he himself never truly understood who he was until he met Sissy. He then looks at his reflection in a window and — echoing language Page himself has used in discussing his transition — admits he used to hate seeing himself in the mirror. A member of the Sparrow Academy (whose powers hadn’t been defined when they were glimpsed in shadow at the end of Season Two) could have been given the ability to transform Viktor. Almost any fantastical explanation was on the table. A few scenes later, now sporting a short haircut, he approaches three of his brothers and explains to them that he reached out to the Sparrow Academy on his own to negotiate peace. Because of all the supernatural forces at play, many more options were open to the Umbrella Academy creative team for the new season than there would have been if, say, Page were in the Yellowstone ensemble.

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“The worst scene to shoot together was the scene where we’re all screaming in agony for 12 hours,” Min said. It wasn’t all fun and games (and sweets) for the cast, with some quite difficult scenes to film as well. “It was like 3 in the morning. In the moment, it was quite amazing.” It was a rare opportunity for sentimentality among the chaos of an apocalypse (not to mention everything else going on in the season). “We shot in this very, very beautiful building in Toronto called the Liberty Grand Ballroom, where Torontonians like to go and have their wedding reception.

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However, when he was a child, Reginald locked him in a crypt with a bunch of ghosts, so he has always been more hesitant to use his abilities due to fearing the undead. In the third season, the new, alternate-timeline version of Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) opts to assist his son with learning how to control his powers, namely his immortality. In The Umbrella Academy season 3, Klaus finally starts to learn more about his abilities with some surprising assistance from an unlikely source.

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While some may fear a Game of Thrones situation for the upcoming seasons, showrunner Steve Blackmon told Newsweek (opens in new tab) that he has a plan for upcoming seasons, and that he's already consulted with writers Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá about his plans. The biggest setup in the season 3 finale is a showdown between the Umbrellas and Hargreeves, who now owns what looks like every skyscraper in New York and probably has the political power to match. Allison and Hargreeves were the only ones who were involved in powering the machine, and it looks like they both have their hearts' desire in this new universe. Other's who are pretty much set are Ritu Arya (Lila), Yusuf Gatewood (Ray), and Claire (Coco Assad). Plus we'll need Colm Feore (Reginald Hargreeves) as the Big Bad, as well as the addition of Liisa Repo-Martell as his partner Abigail. He always needed seven warriors to defeat the machine's guardian (a multi-formed spinoff of the minotaur guarding the maze in Greek mythology) and act as keys to power the machine, killing them in the process. The next thing we see is Allison arriving to her LA home to find Claire and Ray, who's her husband again and the father of her daughter. The Umbrella Academy is known for its cliffhanger season finales, so there's a wealth of possibilities for where next season could go. (There's also a final-final post-credits scene where a version of Ben is alive in South Korea, maybe the kind Ben we knew and loved.) Other fan-favorite cast members who could return are Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane and Jordan Claire Robbins as Grace, since the post-credit scene sets up the possibility of people who died in previous timelines coming back. He always saw his adopted kids as tools to be sacrificed, confirming that he's the ultimate villain of the series and the absolute worst. After two long years, Netflix's irreverent superhero show The Umbrella Academy has returned with a new apocalypse and double the amount of heroes. When the group travelled back to 2019, it created the Grandfather paradox that created the Kugelblitz that wipes out the universe.

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Luther enters the main hall at The Sparrow Academy where Ben explains to him that they are letting him go as a gesture of goodwill. Audiences then see a raven flying down to the basement, retrieving the Commission briefcase, and flying upstairs. Five gathers everyone around, sans Luther, and informs them they created a massive time paradox that Five calls the grandfather paradox. Outside, she sees the man from the last episode who was on the bus listening to bee-themed white noise, staring at her. Klaus tracks down the woman he spoke to in town since he knew she had some information that could help him. Before Klaus gets in the car, Sarah-Beth gives him a journal filled with notes. Klaus and Five arrive at the address from the check stub and it turns out to be an Amish community. The security camera behind Luther turns so Sloane explains how she wants to leave and see the world. This enables Five to see a field of cows disappear in an instant. The camera turns back however, and Sloane’s demeanor becomes less warm so Luther thinks this whole thing was a trap. Luther wakes up at The Sparrow Academy in Grace’s care. At the hotel’s dining area, Klaus, Diego, and Five are figuring out what to do next.