Here's Why The Umbrella Academy Ended With Season 4 (2024)

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Is season 4 the end of Umbrella Academy? ›

The time has come Brellies: it's officially time to say goodbye to The Umbrella Academy. After four seasons, several timelines, so many apocalypses, and lots of dead baddies, our favourite group of super-powered humans are off one one last mission to save the world and their brother one last time.

Why is The Umbrella Academy ending with season 4? According to Blackman, it was always his plan to end The Umbrella Academy with season four. In a previous 2022 interview with TVLine, he said: "I don't know how many seasons [Netflix] wants to go.

If you've just finished the fourth and final season then chances are you know that the finale episode was pretty…final, but if you're wondering why the decision was made to end things, here we explain why Umbrella Academy season 5 isn't on the cards, as well as everything we know about a potential spin-off series.

So I wanted an ending where I didn't want them to “die” because they don't technically die. But they will cease to exist in a way that no one will ever know that they ever were in any timeline, in any place. So there'll be no memory of these people.

The final season is on its way." Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy was confirmed in August 2022, with showrunner Blackman saying: "I'm so excited that the incredibly loyal fans of The Umbrella Academy will be able to experience the fitting end to the Hargreeves siblings' journey we began five years ago.

Umbrella Academy's final season doesn't quite stick the landing. Content collapsed. The fourth season of Umbrella Academy is an unfair trap for a series that became a phenomenon by dint of having a big heart.

It's a controversial ending, but not just because of how shocking it was — the ending felt abrupt, unsatisfying, and left a lot of us wanting. And ultimately, the finale basically undermined everything the show tried to do and what made it appealing to fans in the first place.

But it forgot that earlier seasons also had heart. At its core, the show was about a group of deeply traumatized people, reckoning with their childhoods and complex feelings toward each other. The final season lost the plot and its heart, utterly failing the story. Rating: 3 out of 10.

Dr. Spencer decided it was time to clear house and had Umbrella's Africa facility shut down in November to avoid the Progenitor Virus being discovered, and its employees, including Brandon Bailey, killed soon after.

Previously the cisgender woman Vanya Hargreeves in Seasons 1 and 2, Page's character — whose superpower involves unleashing force through the use of sound — will transition in the upcoming third season, which debuts on June 22. Page's character will now be known as Viktor Hargreeves and use he/him/his pronouns.

Will there be a Umbrella Academy spin off? ›

Future Prospects: Hints of a Spin-Off

"Absolutely," Blackman said when asked about the possibility of a spin-off. "At the end of the day, it's up to Netflix.

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But we live in the timeline in which The Umbrella Academy is ending after a mere four seasons.

The writers chose to change Vanya's gender identity after the actor came out as transgender and nonbinary in December 2020. “Viktor always resonated so deeply from the get-go,” he said in the interview. “I think one of the most special things about this is how it's handled.

The Jennifer Incident is the name attributed to the tragedy that led to the death of number 6 (Ben), as it is revealed in the show's 4th season. This 'incident' occured when the team was on a mission, and Sir Reginald Hargreeves had to come and kill Ben by himself in order to avoid the world's annihilation.

It's shaping up to be the biggest one yet, and I can't imagine them fitting it all into 6 episodes?

“Well, for starters, there's no graphic novel for what we would call Season 4,” Blackman explained. “And while our series is coming to a close, Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba are actually working on their next volume, and they have a pretty good roadmap of where the story is going for many years to come.”

The Umbrella Academy's fourth season has finally arrived, bringing the offbeat superhero show to a close.