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One last time through the apocalypse as Chris and Derek reach The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 6 "The End of the Beginning" the final ever episode of the show.

As always we'll discuss our favourite moments from this episode in full spoiler filled detail.

• Created for TV by Steve Blackman
• Developed by Jeremy Slater
• Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• Directed by: Paco Cabezas
• Teleplay by : Jesse McKeown and Robert Askins & Christopher High and Steve Blackman
• Story by : Jesse McKeown

The Keepers set a blockade around Ben and Jennifer’s building, where their bodies have been severely mutated as a result of them interacting with each other. Viktor tries purging the durango now inside Ben, but fails and Ben and Jennifer merge to become the Cleanse. 

Abigail, hidden inside the body of Gene Thibedeau, kills his wife Jean when she begins to get suspicious. With both Thibedeau’s dead, Abigail tells Reginald that she brought about the Cleanse because she shouldn’t have been brought back to life, and the timeline should be reset again. 

Meanwhile the Umbrella Academy team up to try but fail to stop the Bennifer creature as the combined powers of Durango and Marigold inside them is overwhelming. 

Five, dejected at failing to stop the Cleanse, rides the timeline subway alone, until he meets Fives from other timelines. They tell him that there is only supposed to be one timeline, and the splitting and merging of timelines, as well as the constant threat of apocalypses, is due to the existence of the marigold and their families. 

When Reginald first released the marigold in 1989, a side effect of women getting pregnant was also the creation of multiple timelines. Five goes back to his siblings, and tells them they need to let the Cleanse absorb them and their marigold. In doing so, they will cease to exist, but will also create only one singular timeline without any apocalypses. Lila saves her family and Allison’s daughter Claire, then joins the siblings as they all get absorbed, destroying all but one timeline.

In the one timeline, with the Marigold and Durango destroyed, friends and foes of the past live out their normal lives on a typical day where nothing exceptional happens. Finally the Umbrella Academy saved the day.

• Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper
• Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda
• Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman
• Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan
• Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher
• Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page
• Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min
• Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore
• Abigail Hargreeves played by Liisa Repo-Martell
• Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya
• Quinn played by George Tchortov
• Dr Jean Thibodeau played by Megan Mullally
• Dr Gene Thibodeau played by Nick Offerman
• Jennifer played by Allison Brennan
• Sy Grossman played by David Cross

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Thanks for joining us fellow Academy Alumni and Brolly Dollies for the last four seasons and our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy. We've really enjoyed all your feedback, thoughts, and theories over the years. We hope you'll join us over on TV podcast Industries for another show.

Keep watching, Keep Listening and Keep away from the apocalypse.

John, Derek and Chris

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After a bit of a delay Chris and Derek are back for the penultimate episode of The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 5 "Six Years, Five Months, and Two Days".

• Created for TV by Steve Blackman
• Developed by Jeremy Slater
• Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• Directed by: Neville Kidd
• Teleplay by : Jesse McKeown and Andrew Raab
• Story by : Robert Askins & Christopher High and Jesse McKeown & Andrew Raab

Five and Lila get lost for over six years while traveling through the timeline subway system. Viktor and Reginald contact Ben and try to warn him about interacting with Jennifer, but he ignores their warnings. However, Jennifer starts feeling sick. Sy informs the Keepers about Ben’s role with Jennifer, and recommends keeping Ben’s siblings away from him. 

The Keepers set a trap that kills Reginald’s men and injures Viktor. At the CIA headquarters, Luther realizes Five’s boss, Ribbons, is a member of the Keepers, leading to Luther and Diego fighting their way out of the CIA. Gene distrusts Sy, and tells him to leave. Sy, revealed to be Abigail in disguise, kills Gene and disguises herself as him, just as the Keepers are informed of Ben and Jennifer’s current whereabouts. 

Five and Lila decide to take a break from traveling and stay in one of the timelines, and fall in love with each other. While scavenging, Five finds notes written by himself, which will lead them back to their home timeline, but hides them from Lila for a few months. Five is hesitant to return, but Lila wants to go back immediately. Meanwhile, Allison and Claire find and rescue Klaus from the grave.

• Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper
• Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda
• Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman
• Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan
• Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher
• Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page
• Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min
• Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore
• Abigail Hargreeves played by Liisa Repo-Martell
• Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya
• Quinn played by George Tchortov
• Dr Jean Thibodeau played by Megan Mullally
• Dr Gene Thibodeau played by Nick Offerman
• Jennifer played by Allison Brennan
• Sy Grossman played by David Cross

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Thanks for joining us for our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 5 "Six Years, Five Months, and Two Days". We'll return next time with The Umbrella Academy finale "The End of The Beginning".

Thanks so much for joining us fellow Academy Alumni and Brolly Dollies. John, Derek and Chris

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Derek and Chris chat all about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 4 "The Cleanse" as we're go spoiler filled detail on the new potential apocalypse.

• Created for TV by Steve Blackman
• Developed by Jeremy Slater
• Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• Directed by: Paco Cabezas
• Written by : Lauren Otero and Thomas Page McBee

In Reginald’s memory recovering machine the siblings learn that on October 14, 2006, in the original timeline, the Umbrella Academy (minus Five and Vanya) were sent to destroy a container in Moldova. Despite Reggie warning the team against any interaction with the container, Ben hears a tapping inside. He sees Jennifer inside and lets her out. But Reginald arrives and kills both Ben and Jennifer in front of the others. 

After regaining their memories of the incident, Reginald’s wife Abigail reveals that she was responsible for Ben and Jennifers deaths. Years ago, she created a new element, marigold. However, a second element was unknowingly created, durango, which is currently inside Jennifer. If the two interact, it would cause “The Cleanse”, which would destroy the world. 

To prevent The Cleanse, Reginald wants to kill Ben, but Viktor instead wants to remove Ben’s marigold. 

Five and Lila try to find the original timeline to prevent the original Ben’s death, but get lost in the timeline traveling subway system. 

Meanwhile, Klaus is forced to become a medium and prostitute for Quinn in order to pay off his debts. He manages to escape Quinn’s building and finds a bag of money in the grave of one of his clients. When she comes to retrieve it, Quinn and his Biker Gang also come to claim the money. But a standoff between the two groups leaves everyone but Quinn and Klaus dead. He steals the money and buries the immortal Klaus in a sealed coffin. 

Elsewhere, Ben and Jennifer have potentially apocalyptic sex in a motel, releasing an energy surge that damages their surroundings and kills the motel’s clerk.

• Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper
• Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda
• Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman
• Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan
• Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher
• Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page
• Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min
• Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore
• Abigail Hargreeves played by Liisa Repo-Martell
• Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya
• Quinn played by George Tchortov
• Dr Jean Thibodeau played by Megan Mullally
• Dr Gene Thibodeau played by Nick Offerman
• Jennifer played by Allison Brennan
• Sy Grossman played by David Cross

TV Podcast Industries is made possible by our supporters on Patreon. You can follow and support us here: https://www.patreon.com/tvpodcastindustries

Thanks for joining us for our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 4 "The Cleanse". We'll return next time with The Umbrella Academy 405 "Six Years, Five Months, and Two Days".

Thanks so much for joining us fellow Academy Alumni and Brolly Dollies. John, Derek and Chris

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Chris and Derek are back again to chat about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 3 "The Squid and The Girl" and learn more information about The Cleanse.

• Created for TV by Steve Blackman
• Developed by Jeremy Slater
• Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• Directed by: Paco Cabezas
• Written by : Aeryn Michelle Williams and Elizabeth Padden.

In October 2006, fishermen caught a giant squid off the coast of the US with a young girl inside. When asked what happened, the young girl responded with "The Cleanse". 

Shortly after, Reginald built a town in Maine for the young girl, Jennifer, to live a normal life, yet stay protected. 

In the present day, Ben’s body has changed after colliding with the now grown Jennifer during her kidnapping by Doctors Jean and Gene Thibodeau. 

Klaus gets his drug dealer, Quinn to kill him but after he discovers Klaus’ immortality he kidnaps him with a plan for Klaus to pay back his debts. 

Five, Diego and Lila go to the Keepers' HQ. Five reveals to Lila that his powers now allow him to navigate between timelines via subway station, to the same place but in a different timeline. He has no control over where they travel to and when they find themselves in Five’s original apocalypse he quickly returns them to Diego. Diego finds files from the original timeline, which list Ben's cause of death as "The Jennifer Incident", a mission from the Umbrella Academy’s past that none of the family can quite remember.

Allison, Viktor, and Luther go to Hargreeves' manor, where they meet Abigail and Reginald. When Diego, Five and Lila arrive they realise that the original Reginald Hargreeves erased their memories of how Ben died, and reuniting they attempt to restore their memory. 

Meanwhile, Jean and Gene show Jennifer mementos of the original timeline, as well as the giant squid. They reveal she is the key to destroying all timelines and restoring the original one. 

On his own solo quest, Ben is told by Sy Grossman to use the wounds he got from Jennifer and listen to his body to find her. He arrives at Jean and Gene’s hideout and unleashes his inner horror to free Jennifer, unaware the Thibodeau's intentionally let them escape to carry out their plan.

• Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper
• Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda
• Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman
• Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan
• Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher
• Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page
• Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min
• Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore
• Abigail Hargreeves played by Liisa Repo-Martell
• Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya
• Dr Jean Thibodeau played by Megan Mullally
• Dr Gene Thibodeau played by Nick Offerman
• Jennifer played by Allison Brennan
• Sy Grossman played by David Cross

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Thanks for joining us for our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 3 "The Squid and the Girl". We'll return next time with The Umbrella Academy 404 "The Cleanse".

Thanks so much for joining us fellow Academy Alumni and Brolly Dollies. John, Derek and Chris

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We're back to chat about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 2 "Jean and Gene" and it's time for Christmas town.

• Created for TV by Steve Blackman
• Developed by Jeremy Slater
• Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• Directed by: Jeremy Webb
• Teleplay by : Molly Nussbaum & Robert Askins
• Story by : Molly Nussbaum & Robert Askins and Jesse McKeown

With a version of their powers restored following Ben’s intervention, the unhappy Hargreaves take a road trip to New Grumpton Maine to find Sy Grossman’s missing daughter. This Christmas celebrating town has a nasty underbelly. 

From antiques dealers to Santa’s elves, everyone is gunning for the family. They narrowly escape after finding Jennifer, but she has no idea who Sy Grossman is. Before they leave, an imposter from town shoots Klaus. As he’s at death’s door the family force him to take Marigold against his wishes. Just as he recovers, cult leaders Jean and Gene crash into the Hargreeves van. As it tumbles through the air Jennifer and Ben’s hands clash with explosive power. 

While the family are unconscious, the Thibodeau’s take Jennifer with them and learn that Lila had infiltrated their group.

• Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper
• Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda
• Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman
• Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan
• Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher
• Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page
• Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min
• Featuring Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore
• Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya

TV Podcast Industries is made possible by our supporters on Patreon. You can follow and support us here: https://www.patreon.com/tvpodcastindustries

Thanks for joining us for our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 2 "Jean and Gene". We'll return next time with The Umbrella Academy 403 "The Squid and the Girl".

Thanks so much for joining us fellow Academy Alumni and Brolly Dollies. John, Derek and Chris

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We're finally back to discuss the shorted final season of The Umbrella Academy. This episode we're chatting about Season 4 Episode 1 "The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want".

• Created for TV by Steve Blackman
• Developed by Jeremy Slater
• Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
• Directed by: Jeremy Webb
• Written by: Steve Blackman & Jesse McKeown

Six years after defeating the last apocalypse, the now depowered Hargreeve family have separated from each other. Luther is working as a lunch time stripper and is having trouble reuniting the rest of his siblings for a family get together.

While Five is working undercover for the CIA investigating a cult called The Keepers, its leaders Jean and Gene Thibedeau are gathering evidence of other timelines that they believe were wiped out. Along with the rest of their group, they await “The Cleanse” which they believe will resolve these anomalies. 

Also on the trail of The Keepers is Lila. With her suburban life with Diego not panning out like she planned she covers her investigation into the cult but Diego believes she’s cheating on him.

On his way to the family gathering Victor is kidnapped by a stranger, who enlists the former Umbrella Academy to find his daughter Jennifer who he believes was kidnapped by The Keepers.

Meanwhile as Ben is released from prison after 4 years Luther tries to reunite him with the Hargreeves. But, still angry at the loss of his real family, Ben surreptitiously feeds the siblings a shot of the alien syrup “marigold” hoping to restore his and their powers.

• Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper
• Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda
• Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman
• Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan
• Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher
• Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page
• Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min
• Featuring Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore
• Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya

TV Podcast Industries is made possible by our supporters on Patreon. You can follow and support us here: https://www.patreon.com/tvpodcastindustries

Thanks for joining us for our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode 1 "The Unbearable Tragedy of Getting What You Want". We'll return next time with The Umbrella Academy 402 "Jean and Gene"

Thanks so much for joining us fellow Academy Alumni and Brolly Dollies. John, Derek and Chris

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It is our final time discussing all of the Hargreaves family as we discuss the Umbrella Academy Season 3 Finale "Oblivion" as we chat all about the end of the season in spoiler filled detail.

Umbrella Academy Season 3 Episode 10 Podcast "Oblivion" Details

Episode Directed by Jeff King

Teleplay for this episode written by Steve Blackman and Robert Askins

Synopsis via Wikipedia

Reginald, Five, Allison, Viktor, Diego, Lila, Sloane, and Ben arrive at the Hotel Oblivion, where Five tells Viktor what he remembered about Allison. Reginald summons Guardians to attack the group while they search for a seven-fold symbol. Five's arm is severed, but the Guardians are defeated. In the afterlife, Luther convinces Klaus to return to the living world, where he exposes Reginald's treachery. Allison tells Viktor that she made a deal with Reginald but that it had nothing to do with their brothers' deaths. Five spots a seven-star symbol on the lobby floor. All except Allison step on the stars, which activates the reset button but drains their powers. Realizing the process is killing them, Allison kills Reginald and hits the reset button. In the rebuilt universe, Allison is reunited with Claire and Ray, the Hotel Obsidian is gone, Luther is alive and no longer an ape-man, Five and Diego's lost limbs are restored, Sloane is missing, and everyone has lost their powers. As the siblings separate, a restored Reginald observes the city, now under his control, alongside his wife Abigail, who is alive again. In a mid-credits scene, Ben rides a Seoul subway, similar to the one on which he was born.

Umbrella Academy Season 3 Cast

Umbrella Academy

Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper

Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda

Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman

Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan

Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher

Number 6 - Ben/The Horror removed from this timeline

Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page

Sparrow Academy

Number 1 - Marcus played by Justin Cornwell

Number 2 - Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min

Number 3 - Fei played by Britne Oldford

Number 4 - Alphonso played by Jake Epstein

Number 5 - Sloane played by Genesis Rodriguez

Number 6 - Jayme played by Cazzie David

Number 7 - Christopher played by Existential Dread Inducing Psykronium Cube

Featuring Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore

Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya

Harlan played by Callum Keith Rennie

Chet (Hotel Obsidian Manager) played by Julian Richings

Stan played by Javon 'Wanna' Walton

Umbrella Academy Creators

Created for Television by Steve Blackman

Developed by Jeremy Slater

Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá

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Thanks for joining us for our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Finale Episode 10 "Oblivion". We'll return in August 2024 with our coverage of the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy.

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We return with our chat about the penultimate episode of Umbrella Academy Season 3 Episode 9 "Seven Bells". We discuss the episode in spoiler filled detail.

Episode Directed by Paco Cabezas

Teleplay for this episode written by Robert Askins

Synopsis via wikipedia

A hungover Five desperately tries to recall who was making a deal with Reginald the previous night. Reginald calls a meeting and explains that he built the Hotel Obsidian around a portal to the universe's "reset button", which requires seven people to pass through the secret tunnel and ring seven bells protected by a Guardian. Allison, Lila, Klaus, and Ben agree to the plan, but Diego, Viktor, Luther, Sloane, and Five outvote them and choose to stay. Allison apologizes to Luther and Viktor, but Luther believes she is manipulating him. Reginald murders Luther and blames it on the Guardian in order to motivate the group. Five remembers that Allison was the one with whom Reginald made a deal. The group flees through the tunnel as the Kugelblitz consumes the Hotel. Klaus tries to follow but Reginald pushes him back, thanking him for his help but telling him he is too much of a liability. To ensure he goes to the afterlife, Klaus throws himself onto the horn of the white buffalo and dies.

Umbrella Academy Season 3 Cast

Umbrella Academy

Number 1 - Space/Luther played by Tom Hopper

Number 2 - Diego played by David Castañeda

Number 3 - Rumour/Allison - Emmy Raver-Lampman

Number 4 - Klaus Played by Robert Sheehan

Number 5 - Five Played by Aidan Gallagher

Number 6 - Ben/The Horror removed from this timeline

Number 7 - Viktor played by Elliot Page

Sparrow Academy

Number 1 - Marcus played by Justin Cornwell

Number 2 - Ben/The Horror played by Justin H. Min

Number 3 - Fei played by Britne Oldford

Number 4 - Alphonso played by Jake Epstein

Number 5 - Sloane played by Genesis Rodriguez

Number 6 - Jayme played by Cazzie David

Number 7 - Christopher played by Existential Dread Inducing Psykronium Cube

Featuring Reginald Hargreaves played by Colm Feore

Lila Pitts played by Ritu Arya

Harlan played by Callum Keith Rennie

Chet (Hotel Obsidian Manager) played by Julian Richings

Stan played by Javon 'Wanna' Walton

Umbrella Academy Creators

Created for Television by Steve Blackman

Developed by Jeremy Slater

Based on the comic series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá

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Next Time On TV Podcast Industries... Thanks for joining us for our podcast all about The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Episode 9 "Seven Bells". We'll be back next time with our discussions about The Umbrella Academy Season 3 penultimate Episode 10 "Oblivion".

Thanks so much for joining us fellow Academy Alumni and Brolly Dollies. John, Derek and Chris

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