The Umbrella Academy
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So its come to this.
And since this is a superhero show, the solution mostly involves a lot of punching and kicking.
At first, it looks like Vanya might need to handle it solo.
(Honestly, Im amazed the series resisted the impulse to cue up We Are Family.)
The Hargreeves children arrive at the farm to find Harlan caught in some kind of horrifying energy cyclone.
And when Five plays the old You and what army?
But the Handler has one last trick up her puffy sleeve.
She unleashes Lila, who has been harboring a secret all along: She has a superpower too.
This twist retroactively explains some of the Handlers more puzzling decisions throughout the season.
But Harlan is something different: a kid who was infused with superpowers when Vanya saved him from drowning.
(Hey, its notthatdifferent thanThe Mandalorian.)
But this is, of course, another fake-out.
And so the world is saved.
Which means the rest of the episode is spent on loose ends and teases for a third season.
With everything more or less resolved, its time for the Hargreeves children to return to 2019.
And an ungenerous viewer might wonder what the point of all of this was.
The shows answer to that question comes in a letter that Allison leaves for Ray.
The timeline is back to normal, she says, but her time in it has changed her.
And we have to live with the consequences before we find the right way home.
As they wander around the old familiar mansion, they notice that some things seem out of place.
Almost like they havent returned home after all.
Dad, who are these assholes?
Ben asks as the Umbrella Academy stand awkwardly in the center of the living room.
Nowthatsgoing to be a long story.
The episode opens with a prologue set in 2006, as the 17-year-old Hargreeves children assemble for Bens funeral.
Luther saves Allison from suffocating with mouth-to-mouth, which inevitably turns into a kiss.
that Diego might be nursing a crush on her).
Maybe hell pop up in another timeline.
