THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY Full Series Recap | How Does It End? | Season 1-4 Ending Explained

[@meeshelly25]

I am definitely glad I watched this and not wasted several hours of my life watching the last season. I always appreciate channels that save me so much time. Time to go rewatch something I’ve probably watched 100 times already before. 😂

[@journeysands2622]

yeah, like fringe or the first 5 seasons of Supernatural!

[@meeshelly25]

@@journeysands2622 I didn't even watch supernatural but love watching the stars at convetions on YT or TT with fans. That's more entertainng for me.

[@emptyfueltank]

Watch Trailer Park Boys, 10/10 acting directing and story unlike this shit final season

[@surfntrucks]

I started to watch the final season then went back to the 1st season just to check if it was as self indulgent. Then I searched for this video and saved a lot of time. I like the production value of Umbrella Academy but It's not a fulfilling series.

[@mickcrump7799]

The Jennifer Incident has been hinted at for seasons. In season 3, you can see drawings of a woman all over Sparrow Ben’s bedroom with the name Jennifer written on them. In the original timeline from season one, Ben’s ghost practically lived alongside Klaus following his death. With that being the case, how in the world did Ben NEVER discuss his father MURDERING him with Klaus?! Especially when all the siblings return to mourn and discuss how awful their childhood was and how the family fell apart after Ben’s death! I cannot believe that ghost Ben never mentioned this to Klaus in all their years together. It makes no sense at all and turns Ben into the most important character in the entire story even though he was never really hinted as being more important than the rest of his siblings. The final season felt like a completely different show! The unnecessary time jump erased tons of narrative tension I was hoping to see addressed after the season 3 finale. What were the “terms” of Allison’s deal with Reginald and what exactly did she do when she stole the controls to reset the universe? How did she lose her fame and her relationship with Ray after literally moving heaven and earth to have him reinserted into her life and timeline? Did he know he wasn’t Claire’s biological father? When did Allison and Klaus become so close as siblings? Allison’s MAJOR betrayal of her family in season 3 is so glossed over that it was hard to ignore and she never earned her redemption. Diego and Lila joined in to save the universe to be a family, but then they are ruined by living a suburban lifestyle that they’ve always wanted?! Klaus went from being clean and in control of his powers to being a whiny mess who immediately began using drugs again for no real reason! He was Ben’s biggest supporter and advocate for three seasons and then he is paired with Allison and Claire while Luther is somehow the closest person to Ben in season 4. The manner in which they pretty much erased Sloane from the story was jarring and made it difficult to like Luther or care about his current situation. Sloane was used to help reset the universe, was Sparrow Ben’s only remaining sibling, Luther’s WIFE, and more of a member of the family than Lila was at that point in the story, but she get two small references and we learn absolutely nothing about how Luther handled her loss or why she could not be present in the new timeline. The Five and Lila romance is such a mess and completely unnecessary for a final shortened season that needed the time to wrap up three seasons of complicated time traveling storylines. The new powers made no sense, and if Jennifer having the anti marigold particles in her body in the previous timeline, why did Reginald not delete her when he rest the universe? Why present this new world order run by Reginald just shown as ominous at the end of the previous season but is not addressed in season 4. And Abigail Hargreaves is a let down after seasons of buildup. Her husband reshaped the universe to bring her back to life and she does nothing! She feels no remorse or guilt for what her husband did to these people and the universe in her name and to give her a second chance. Victor can suck the marigold out of others and Abigail created the marigold particles, so why were these things not options to solving the problem? The absence of the commission and the separation of the characters for most of the season made it feel small in scope and boring to watch as they engaged in stupid behaviors like Klaus’ entire storyline and Luther and Diego’s stint at the CIA! I adored this show and loved how fun it was but this last season felt very disjointed and completely different from the first three seasons.

[@Mrcjcbs]

Sameeeeeeeee the last 3 eps of s3 make zero sense it was like random shit happening that was never explained and when I get to s4 the commission is gone there’s no humor it was like they kept changing the plot of the first 3 seasons every minute and then they writers spent all of s4 doing bs js for the family to all die at the end made zero sense which is crazy cs s2 was peak

[@8thgod769]

Ngl I don’t know what bro said but he’s right

[@lavishmisfittink3214]

The ray leaving plot doesn’t make sense he was a family man but then again nothing did this season the ending blew me

[@clerbie]

i think they couldn't afford the actor for this season lol (all the budget went into the nasty ben/jen cleanse monster) so they wrote him out basically

[@lavishmisfittink3214]

@@clerbie a plot they should’ve left alone we all wanted a live ben but all the extra stuff made no sense either i would’ve been satisfied with him being linked to the subway 5 kept getting on none of it made sense or was connected hargreeves was evil but him killing ben then and there made no sense either if he knew .her and ben being together would end the world why even send ben on the mission at all nothing added up

[@charliegraham2789]

Ray was in season 3, right? He also left Alison then because of her powers? I'd assume it happened the same way in season 4's timeline really. She did seem to be controlling and go overboard with her powers when it came down to it. If not that? I'd assume he didn't like the stress of his family having to look after Klaus all the time.

[@lavishmisfittink3214]

@@charliegraham2789 ray didn’t leave her that was her other husband she brought ray with her in her timeline as claire’s dad instead of her real dad

[@hendrix8675]

The ending somewhat made sense, I kind of had the feeling them being alive would be the cause of the world ending but I wish they dealt with it differently. They weren't the only ones with the marigold or at least to our knowledge. Also how they led up to the end I didn't like.

[@Kangarookrazy]

This finale sucked

[@captainadi7375]

Shit beyong a shit that turns into nuclear waste

[@melxb]

probably left if they ever care to revive it with a new season one day...or it's really done for good and it's just not meant to have a happy ending where everyone always lives, but anyways yeah that's most shows when they drag on with one too many seasons, can get lackluster compared to the 1st season or 2 losing the plot point

[@captainadi7375]

@@melxbIt's not about "happy ending" but the season 4 storyline really is just horseshit.

[@melxb]

​​​@@captainadi7375 i know it's why i said they dragged it for too many seasons focusing on other aspects, they could have condensed and focused on just building up to the main plot/twist who caused the apocalypse and not veered off too much would have faired better

[@deluxe800]

yes the finale sucked, and the worst thing is diego and five died knowing they weren't on good terms.

[@fypd88]

I always avoided this show and I didn't know why. Now that i have watched this, I am glad. Thank you for your work!

[@honigbienenblob]

The last season had two big mistakes: 1) This weird shit with five and lila (they would have been absolutely *fine* without the romance) and 2) that it was only 6 Episodes. Ofc a lot mor has irked me, but i just felt like it was so fast and there was so much more potential to show the different relationships Also: what powers does the last special child have. 16 children were born. We've seen the OG 7, Lila, 6 more in season 3 and this fire dude now

[@OTR0412]

43 children were born actually the 16 children were from the sparrow timeline

[@name-gu5os]

I have 2 questions wasn't there supposed to be 2 Ben's and 1 of them was teased at the end of season 3. Question 2: Did they ever explain what happened to Sloan?

[@nahaight1373]

@@name-gu5osthey d mentioned her once I believe😂 just did what this show does best and left it up to your own imaginations at the end..

[@charliegraham2789]

I'd assume that none were born with powers in this timeline. It wasn't until Ben spiked the sake did they actually have powers, we don't know about the Hayward boys and the phoenix academy was in a seperate timeline.

[@charliegraham2789]

​@@name-gu5osWatch season 3's finale again, Sloane was dead and in the same containment cell that Abigail was originally in. It basically follows the "life for a life" thing.

[@DudesEatFoods195]

they did klaus so wrong in the last season he literally did nothing but fly luther up for a second in the last episode

[@ST-tf4sq]

Not only him, luther, allison, diego, had 0 importance this season. It was moslty 5 and lila, ben and viktor and thats it, wow how they managed to fu*k this up

[@raymondsims7042]

@@ST-tf4sqI thought at least Allison was in character this season. The rest of them either regressed or were completely out of character

[@ST-tf4sq]

One of my favorite shows EVER. It was so weird and f****d up, and I loved it, something totally different, yet they managed to f**k it up...

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

I loved this show, the chaotic energy all the cast had, but it gone through a downward spiral way back during the middle half of season 3, and Season 4 was so devoid of logic I suspect it was written with Chat GPT

[@BayconAddict]

I’m disappointed, I’ll admit. - Luther mentions Sloane maybe twice. He isn’t shown looking for her or mourning - just his usual, cheerful self. - Why couldn’t Viktor just take everyone’s marigold and sacrifice himself? Then only one person has to die instead of everyone. Or Five could’ve gone back in time and stop Ben from ever giving everyone else the marigold, that way the cleanse never would’ve even happened. - So….Diego and Five just die hating each other? With no resolution whatsoever to the love triangle? - Has Klaus just forgotten three seasons of character development or something? - Why did Ray leave? Did the actor just not want to come back for another season? - Weren’t there supposed to be two versions of Ben in that timeline? Why tease it, then not use it? - Also, way to totally waste Ben all season - According to the final shot, there’s still marigold in the world somehow anyway, so in theory, it’ll just start again? Either that, or it’s symbolic, which imo is naff. - so if Claire and the other kids still exist, but Alison, Diego, and Lila never existed, then how does that not create a paradox? - 6 episodes? Seriously?? - Rushed ass season I will concede that Luther in a thong was hilarious, but that’s it.

[@clerbie]

i'm also disappointed but i have some maybe answers for you? -agreed Luther would have been distraught over Sloan but maybe thats why they skipped 6 yrs? so he already "got over it'? - even if Viktor took all the marigold, they were already in the wrong timeline so i dont think it would have changed anything if the others stayed? -same goes for if they never took the marigold shots? cause the time lines were bleeding together already (hence Jean and Gene finding all the artifacts) but i do think they could have lived out their lives in this timeline, had they never found Jennifer. -yea diego and five and that whole mess was just.. a mess -klaus aka the best character, was so underutilized in these last 2 seasons? but i do think it is realistic? for someone with addiction, who is clean for yrs, having a relapse and being almost worse than b4? cause they are just going back to an old version of themselves? also it seemed like klaus was giving up and had a "f*ck it" attitude? but yea hate it all anyway -i think the actor who played Ray was prolly too expensive lol they prolly put all the budget into the original cast and the graphics -i think the marigolds at the end are symbolic? but if anyone picked them up or sniffed them etc then who knows? powers for the offspring? -yea the kids surviving is for sure a paradox -maybe thats why the marigolds show up anyway? to show its not over still? Maybe the train works outside of the timelines ergo saving them all. Cause also Five being in a room with dozens of other Fives? without it causing any issues also felt odd when they made a point to avoid that in season 2/3? how is that not a paradox too? unless again the train and the stations exist outside of the timelines or outside of the universe -yea this whole lets make shows with only 6-8 episodes seasons and try to cram everything in, that netflix and most streaming have adopted needs to change! bring back 18-25 episode shows!

[@lavishmisfittink3214]

5 couldn’t go back in time every time he jumped he ended up in the train station with no ability to know where the train would end up that’s how him and lila got stuck and victor did try to take it all it took all of them which 5 says at the end the only way to end it they have to cease to exist

[@kevinhunt1937]

@@clerbie why so many question marks holy shit

[@BayconAddict]

@@clerbie now that I think about the viktor taking all their marigold thing, Viktor could just take everyone’s marigold except for fives’s, Five blink’s everyone to the original timeline, he blinks back to the wrong timeline, and then viktor and Five would have to die

[@Hessed3712]

I totally forgot about the second Ben! I agree with what you said above, but that made me extra ticked off!

[@Kyleeeeee03_]

Again, big thanks for this channel to recap this series so I am not wasting my time watching the final season. I've watched the season 1-3, but season 4 yet. Reading the comment and judgement about the final season made me a little bit lazy to watch it full. So here I am😃 I admitted that the final season is really weird and cliffhangers at the end😅

[@terpyvs1]

Anyone else really enjoy The Comission and think it should’ve been in season 4?

[@Andyd33]

they mention it was created by the fives from the deli

[@andrewhoyer4269]

​@@Andyd33that's it tho

[@terpyvs1]

@@andrewhoyer4269 exactly.. just mentioned it then brushed over it. But I understand that all the fives in the deli collectively gave up. Could’ve at least shown a back door in the deli to the commission or something.

[@andrewhoyer4269]

@@terpyvs1 or some other lore to give to 5, the deli seems like cheap excuse to end his story line and find a way to stop ending the world

[@maxcatmur-hill4239]

I never understood if the commission workers were human? The handler had powers etc. are they all part of the marigold children?

[@kelseypeavyhouse9584]

I can’t call the creature at the end The Cleanse. It will always be Bennifer to me.

[@martialartist467]

So um. We all agree this is isn't good right?

[@skatedurr]

s4 had moments but that's cuz we love the actors the plot wasn't great but with only 6 episodes to wrap, not easy

[@avaritia6766]

yep glad this recap exist so we dont have to watch this trash show

[@revdrianinvian1841]

God, season 1 and season 2 was peak Aiden❤

[@nygmla]

I heard a rumour season 4 was the best. .. ... Oh shit my powers didn't work

[@andrewhoyer4269]

Lol good one

[@martini668]

Thanks for the recap, now I'm ready to watch

[@user-sz2ud5xq3t]

Where is the gold jar/mystery juice coming from?!Are there any informations about it in the last season? I am a little bit confused about it. Can anybody help me to unterstand this mystery juice which gives them the superpower back. Or is the answer in the next episodes?Thx

[@marsangelica7007]

The gold substance in the jar from the last season is called marigold, which gives The Umbrella Academy their powers.

[@brodie112]

It was created by Reggie’s wife grace. It’s basically a brand new element of the world but something went wrong and caused the world to and her to die so Reggie released it in hopes of finding a way to bring her back to life . They are from a different world than the one we see

[@alanporter4372]

@@brodie112Abigail not Grace. Grace was the robot mom.

[@brodie112]

@@alanporter4372 oh yeah I always confuse the names . Grace was modeled after the woman he met when he came to the world

[@devourthegalaxy7646]

Artifacts from alternate realities had begun bleeding into the timeline they were in. The jar of marigold was from an alternate timeline that made its way over.

[@lavishmisfittink3214]

Lila irked me this season and last Diego shoulda known she would try to leave like she did season 3 until 5 turned the time back he shoulda left her where she was at 😂

[@charliegraham2789]

Right? Like one thing Lilah is gonna do? Is leave her man.

[@_Anni_xx]

I thought that the series got litlle too random in s3 so I was really sceptic about s4 and I was right...A LOT didnt really add up...people dissapearing without an explanations or affect to the main characters, whole plot lines being abandoned and unfinished, what happaned to the commission, whats up with the additional superpowers and the random romance between five and layla was just a cherry on top of the absolute chaos. Honestly I think noone really knew how the series would end so they just made stuff up on the go but that just doesnt work for a series which is build on time travel and alternative timelines :/ also this might be just me missing it in the last season but did they explain what happaned to reggies wife who invented the marigold in the og timeline?

[@clerbie]

i think she died from the cleanse in their world? when they are on the bench at the end she kinda says this? and thats why Reggie hides jennifer so cleanse cant happen again and strives to bring Abigail back to life? but now Im questioning my memory lol

[@nahaight1373]

I got an answer for you: BUDGET😂 the 6 episodes rather than 10 should’ve been the red flag.

[@thepop-culturediscussion6495]

Im so glad I never finished this show with how terrible the ending looked. Ive only seen the first 2 seasons which were pretty decent but the final of the whole show looks so disappointing. Thank you for this recap so I didn’t waste my time watching it properly.

[@wanibenedith5757]

Yeah. I also quit the show, but it was for a slightly different reason. When I started season three, it looked like another apocalypse was gonna happen, and it just felt repetitive, so I quit. Watching this video, I think I made the right decision. I don’t mean any disrespect to the actors or the creators, just my opinion.

[@ProPhile]

Can someone explain this seeming plot hole…? When they reset everything after season 3 nobody had powers because they no longer had marigold in their systems… so if Ben had not tricked them into drinking the marigold then none of this would have happened…? Right? If that is not the case, and their mere existence was enough to splinter the timelines, then why at the end didn’t all 43 of the babies that spontaneously were born as a result of the marigold being released need to be there to fix everything?

[@kingofcomics5951]

The cleanse would have gotten everyone on earth. The umbrellas were the only ones with a way out. They just choose not to take it. That was there sacrifice. The other children probably died as well.

[@SS-mk2yp]

The final season was such a let down. So half assed. Everything about it was off, the story was rushed and made zero sense, and no one felt like themselves. These characters deserved so much more than that.

[@fudanshi9406]

Well, thank you for this! At least now I know to not waste my time!

[@_7galaxies371]

Szn 3 five is all I have😭💔

[@enzi87]

I've always considered this show about the dynamics of a dysfunctional family, particularly one of children of narcissistic parents; the superpowers and apocalypses all being analogies for different sort of chaotic issues in those dynamics. I interpret this last season being about different sort of toxic relationships (Ben and Jennifer being kind of codependent and trauma bonding, for example) and I felt that ending satisfying as it shows that sometimes the healthy thing to do is to stop trying to control a situation, let go, let it happen and rely on those around you. With this I'm not looking to invalidate anybody's feelings of unsatisfaction with the ending, but giving perhaps another perspective

[@8thgod769]

That’s crazy I would’ve sat down for hours watching a show where the main characters aren’t happy they are dead and they exist for no reason how stupid

[@cam7543]

You should do a murder drones recap Once the finale comes out

[@kasiasobb1056]

I was so disappointed in the ending… like they could have had them live in an alternate universe and then there family does not remember them and live a happy life.. instead of killing them!!!

[@kalisaiyan]

Lol so they basically robbed the ending of akira but made it into a Groupon

[@SirJenti]

22:36 So Ian Hawke is canon in Umbrella Academy?

[@dissipatedcloud]

Season 1 was so damn good

[@xorkat]

It SUCKED! So many questions unanswered and the story made no sense. So DISAPPOINTED! that thing with no 5 and Lila so unnecessary.

[@aZebruh]

12:25 wtf lol

[@SanchayitaDas]

it's similar to the ending of DARK in a way

[@corndog7813]

please i would not associate that masterpiece to whatever this vile shit is

[@mickcrump7799]

@@SanchayitaDas This is exactly what I thought while watching the finale. From what I can gather, the graphic novels that the show is adapted from are not finished. The story is not complete and season 3 used the remaining bit of source material with the hotel obsidian/oblivion and the Sparrow Academy that had not already been used in earlier seasons. They expanded upon the sparrows from the source material, but season 4 was a combination of what happened when game of thrones ran out of material to adapt for the screen and also chose to use less episodes to wrap up a massively complicated story instead of the usual number of episodes of with a few extra to help it breathe a bit. I think Dark’s final season was shorter as well from the first two and the finale was pretty much the same, down to a final twist during the apocalypse which was meant to end it all being revealed as unable to stop the cycle of destruction and the time traveling intelligent character revealing a new “perfect” timeline has to be restored to make it all end, which means the only way to do so is to kill the main cast bc they are somehow responsible for breaking time and space and shouldn’t exist. The marigolds popping up at the end were even similar to Hannah seeing the yellow raincoat and remembering Jonas’ name. This show had no planned ending and it did nothing to make the finale they created a cohesive or even remotely satisfying ending for the characters, the story, and the viewers.

[@MaryJane-zw5pv]

been meaning to watch that show. thanks for ruining it, asshole. 😒

[@joshs4441]

Bad Boys full series recap next? But can you make it a bit longer?

[@Niehaus723]

What about the marigold in the other 35ish kids that were born with it?

[@sterlingward874]

Please do a recap on “The Americans”

[@Sarita52105]

The last season was SO disappointing 😢

[@trillination]

Did they ever address the second ben in the season 4 timeliness. I feel like they forgot him

[@AstralProjectress]

Can you do interview with the vampire recap?

[@ProPhile]

What happened to Slone…?

[@fergie42069]

seasons 1 & 2 were so good such a disappointing ending to what was initially a great show. Robert Sheehan forever.

[@StraightToTheAve]

The finale sucked but for them to realize that they had to be deleted from history made sense they tried to save the world 4 times it’s clear them being alive causes death sadly they didn’t get to live a life being normal and they destroyed 5s character he died depressed and being envy of his brother smh

[@OnyxSaid]

it's a Shortened Version, Ofcourse not everything can be explained.

[@imtail1290]

If Abigail want to erase the world by marigold interact with durango... Why give it to the hargreeves? She can literally go to Jennifer in some way ( ya know... Multibillionaire hudband) and give it to her. This conclusione with the clense have no reason to exist

[@sevi9]

I should've stopped watching after season 2

[@nselekemet7090]

thanks God I never watched this show! what a silly nonsensical mess was that ! lmao thanks for the recap your videos help a lot

[@Lonerskivibesss]

Finale was so bad

[@TexasBulldog74]

I liked the show until season 3, just found it disgusting and stopped watching... only watched this to see how bad it crashed.

[@vjizzzle1]

Why was Ben’s ghost an adult?

[@juanlianardorodriguez393]

ily

[@sanrio1222]

I love this show to bits, I know a lot of people weren’t happy with the ending but I agree with the cast, I agree it was a perfect way to end it, they were never meant to fit into society, and it showed throughout the show

[@noeldavila966]

This series dropped the ball after season 1. Terrible ending.

[@DudesEatFoods195]

the ending is good and makes sense but most of the season sucked ngl

[@greywarden1261]

SO glad I didn't watch bennifer enter this world - show did my boy so dirty

[@scottieman2]

Should have been 10 episodes. Or one plot.

[@KarenJohnson-m8o]

Lewis Mark Gonzalez Paul Taylor Donna

[@jaimelowe4246]

How does it end? Poorly.

[@Taails21]

I woulda been so mad if I watched this last season lmfao what a dud

[@rajivrathod132]

Bro you and man of recap post the same videos...can you diverge and do different series please.. at this point there is no way i am subscribing to both of you as the content is exact duplicate...

[@AustinMugo]

I really hate this season 😡😡😡

[@Razzvi]

Maaan, this story is confusing

[@gerryfegan3608]

I don't know why everyone hated the fourth season so much I actually enjoyed it and it was definitely better than season 3 that's for sure

[@RocketBrosW]

The end is ass

[@xKrazySkill]

Worst final season of anything since GoT

[@billholler2418]

I LOVE Ellens character!

[@paulgiandinoto7722]

*Elliot's

[@billholler2418]

@@paulgiandinoto7722 Ellen's

[@captainadi7375]

​@@billholler2418seriously??? Are you talking about season 4, because with all due respect, it sucked.

[@captainadi7375]

I don't care about elliot or ellie but the season 4 performance sucked

[@billholler2418]

@@captainadi7375 Ya hell no was I talking about S4. It WAS trash.

[@somestupidbrian]

i just feel like the finale lacked of budget, to be completely honest. that's the only way i can explain the disappearance of sloane with not only no explanation, but also with no mentioning of her. and of course the amount of episodes. it for sure was not enough, especially considering that all 3 seasons had 10 episodes exactly. i am not even mentioning the fact that there were (probably) supposed to be 2 Bens (otherwise what was that scene in the end of season 3), or that alison and regie deal, also in the end of the 3rd season. or the fact that Klaus for no reason at all became drug addict again (i mean, he gained his powers, but he didnt even think about staying sober after that, as if there was no wuch option, he could've just tried). those are just a few examples cus im tired and can't think of more right now, but there are just so many many more things that were hinted before and not mentioned now, as well as there are some things simply unexplainable. i understand that they probably spent all of their budget on that monster at the end, but well, a good moster doesn't mean we don't deserfe a good final season, innit? but i have to admit, i liked the finale itself. not the season, just the final scenes, or maybe just the idea of the finale. because in my opinion, this is a great way to end the show, and i loved the comebacks of some actors we'd seen along the way. but the road, the way to that final scenes is quite bad and unfinished, imho

[@AustinMugo]

I really hate this season 😡😡😡