The series has become an instant top series on Netflix and it did not disappoint in its second round. Of course, the worldwide audience is now expecting to hear that the series will be renewed for a third season, even if we might have to wait longer for them to shoot and release it due to the ongoing COVID restrictions.

On the bright side, this gives us more time to get hyped up and see how the series may continue, and if there is a chance to pick something from the graphic novels or if the show will do its own thing from now on.

Before we focus on the potential plot of season 3, let’s do a little refresher of what has happened in the first two seasons.

On October 1^st, 1989, 43 children have been born to mothers who at the beginning of this day haven not been pregnant. Fascinated by that, Sir Reginald Hargreeves has traveled around the world to adopt these children, but only seven mothers agreed. Not bothering to give them names, Hargreeves calls them by the numbers one to seven and trains them to use their superhuman powers to become The Umbrella Academy. After one brother died and another disappeared, the eventually go in different directions, losing contact with each other at some point.

That is, until one day, they received the information that their father has died and they all meet again to bury his ashes. Followed by being reunited with the brother who disappeared years ago, he informs them that he time travelled to the future and has only a couple of days left to find out what has caused the nearing apocalypse. Fast forward 10 episodes, we know the who and we know the how. Unfortunately, that did not help and Five has to save his siblings by time travelling into the past.

This is where season two picks up. Instead of only travelling back a couple of days, the siblings get split up during the time jump and find themselves in different years within the 1960s and unfortunately, the apocalypse has travelled back with them. Once again they have only a handful of days left to not only try to save the world again, but while they are at it, save the President of the United States, J.F. Kennedy.

If you are interested in a more detailed recap of the first two seasons, check out our episodic Season 1 and Season 2 recaps.

So, now that we are all up to date, let’s break down what kind of plot season 3 could give us.

I think it is safe to say that at least a bit of the third graphic novel, Hotel Oblivion, will be brought into the series. Not only has showrunner Steve Blackman revealed that he has hidden 43 sparrows during the second season, but we saw the Sparrow Academy at the end of season two as well.

Keeping in mind that firstly, we have a new timeline, which could be because of Harlan who has a bit of Vanya’s powers within him. Second, there has always been 36 other children across the globe who have been born the same day as the original seven and have supernatural powers themselves, so it is quite obvious that we had to meet some more of them (points to Lila). Taking a look at the graphic novel, robo mother Claire brought Vanya to her “real family” at the end of it, which turned out to be the Sparrow Academy.

The showrunners decided to give Justin Min’s character Ben a second chance to be alive and turned him from number 6 to 1.  Keeping in mind that Ben was the one who saved Vanya while sacrificing his ghost self, it could be possible that he might be the reason why she would turn her back on the Umbrellas and join the Sparrows.

Besides the two academies, what could be the main plot of season three? Of course, fixing the timeline should be priority one. It would be great if the show could pick up the story of the super hidden prison, Hotel Oblivion, for the world most crazy villains with superpowers, maybe showing what has happened with some of those gifted children that went down the wrong path.

But what they must focus on is to tell us more about Hargreeves! If you have read the graphic novels, you know what he his and know how he is connected to the 43 gifted children. At the end of season one, there is even a short scene hinting at it. Now with another short scene in season two, it is quite obvious that Hargreeves is what we call an alien and that the 43 children are some kind of alienish too. This alone could fill half of a season if you ask me.

Despite the general plot, we want to see some character developments as well. To quote the blurb of the first issue of the third graphic novel: “Number Five is a hired gun, Kraken stalks big game, Rumor is dealing with the wreckage of her marriage, a rotund Spaceboy runs around the streets of Tokyo, Vanya continues her physical therapy after being shot in the head‚ and no one wants to even mention Seance until issue #2.“

Well, when it come to Luther two things are possible for him. One is to follow his graphic novel path and leave everyone behind, not giving two cents about anything and anyone, or to stay because of the chance to have Ben back in his live and to deal with his clearly still not resolved daddy issues. Personally, I think that Luther has to change drastically because otherwise he will turn out to be very unimportant to the family and the story.

Diego had quite the impressive character development in season two. Do not get me wrong, I still think that Luther and Diego are more alike than they would ever consider possible, mainly when it comes to Reggie, but for me, Diego has the chance to become the new number 1 of the Umbrella Academy. I mean, have you picked up how he used his powers in the battle against the company?! He literally stopped a ton of bullets! Only Vanya was able to impress me with her power, but we will come to that soon enough.

In the graphic novel, Allison takes care of Vanya while she recovers from the shot in the head whilst also trying to see her daughter again. In the show, she started a political revolution and was able to do that for most of the time without rumouring anyone. She clearly has a strong persona and found some new confidence, but when it comes to her heart, I am not sure how she will keep coping with loss. She fell for Luther as a child, but married someone else later and became a mother. She gets divorced and is not allowed to see her daughter. In the 1960s, she marries once more and loses her husband again. When she returns to their time, there could be a possibility that her daughter may have never been born. I have no idea how her story could continue, but I wish for her to see Claire again, make peace with herself, and put her powers to good use.

Dear Klaus, what will you do now after you had your last goodbye from Dave and continue living without having Ben on your side? We do know what a sober Klaus looks like and it is nice to see that he does not need alcohol or drugs to be awesome or to cope with his powers. I still believe that we have not seen all that Klaus is capable to do. In the first episode of the second season, we see how he commands an army of ghosts to fight and I really want to see more of that.

I can see Five becoming bonkers after realising that he has messed up again, and turning into a hitman for one episode, followed by getting back on track and fixing the mess he has made. Yes, I blame it on Five. The little know-it-all should learn to work together with his siblings. I want to see a vulnerable Five, one that does not hide behind the thick walls he has surrounded himself during his time in a post-apocalyptic world.

Ben, Ben, Ben. Oh, how much I wish for Umbrella Ben to be alive and well. I think it is possible, because in this show everything is possible, right? But now that the Hargreeves siblings have to face an alternative version of their late brother, we may get to know more about the original timeline Ben’s death. Needless to say, that Ben has evolved his powers as his ghost persona, being the only one who could get near Vanya and save her. It would be interesting to see how much Sparrow Ben is different from Umbrella Ben and if their might share some things, like their love for books and their power, because it was clear in that one second we saw him at the end of season two that their might not share the same empathy.

Last, but never least, what about Vanya? Just like her graphic novel counterpart, she had to recover from amnesia and get to know herself once again. With no negative emotions of her childhood, Vanya was able to channel her powers and use them better this time around. She seems to be in control of them. Now that she remembers her past, what is her role in this new family? She is by far the strongest one of them. She may be even responsible for the new timeline if I interpret the hint correctly that a bit of her power stayed in Harlan, after she gained them back.

I can’t forget to mention Lila because we definitely need more of her and I want to see Diego happy again. After all, she is one of those other 36 children born on October 1^st and something tells me that she would make season three so much more fun.

I am positive that we will get to see a third season even if we have to wait for quite some time, but I cannot imagine that Netflix would cancel this show as it has done with others due to the ongoing pandemic restrictions. Who knows, maybe we will be blessed by an even longer season with more episodes to binge watch through.

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On The Run

In 2006, younger versions of the siblings exit the mansion to surround the coffin of their fallen brother, Ben, along with Pogo (voiced by Adam Godley), Grace (Jordan Claire Robbins), and Reginald (Colm Feore). In a terribly harsh speech directed towards the children, Reginald blames the death on the siblings. After they all leave, Ben speaks with Klaus about there being a light he can walk towards. However, Klaus says he can go at anytime, so Ben sticks around.

In the present, the siblings are back at Elliott’s and they’re all wanted with their ‘stories’ broadcasted: Vanya (Ellen Page) for killing FBI agents; Diego (David Castañeda) and escaping from the mental institution; Luther (Tom Hopper) with his mafia ties and fighting under the alias ‘King Kong’; Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) as a “Negro radical responsible for instigating and organising the riots”; Klaus (Robert Sheehan), the cult leader and tax evader; and lastly, a young boy who is likely being held hostage.

Diego tells of being offered a job at the Commission, which Five (Aidan Gallagher) is incredibly shocked by. Vanya tries calling Sissy when she sees visions of Harlan (Justin Paul Kelly) begging for help, alongside recalling what happened when she saved him. She tells them she needs to go help Harlan and about how she brought him back to life, but she also needs their help. However, Diego says they have other priorities and they all agree. As she leaves, Klaus jumps in the car with her and asks about Ben, to which she tells him how Ben was scared to go to the light and Klaus didn’t make him stay. Diego and Allison also hop in the car, followed by Five and Luther in the trunk, which heavily weighs down the car. As they leave, Axel (Kris Holden-Ried) follows.

The Big Battle

Arriving at the farm, it’s covered in snow and Sissy (Marin Ireland) runs out with a gun. Vanya tells her she’s here to help and Vanya steps towards Harlan to talk him down. The Handler (Kate Walsh) and Lila (Ritu Arya) then appear and Five and Diego find out that The Handler is there to assassinate the ‘criminals responsible for killing the Commission’s board members’. Lila begins to bring up her parents, but The Handler interrupts her and then hundreds of the Commission’s agents appear and charge forth.

The siblings are being shot at when Vanya manages to talk Harlan down, but then their powers flare and they are flung backwards. Five is unable to zap them to the house, so Diego uses his powers to slow the bullets and fling them aside, which allows Five to make it there safely.

Vanya exits the barn with her powers and she knocks all of the agents out, except for The Handler and Lila as they are protected by an energy bubble. Lila then rises into the air in the exact same manner as Vanya and sends her own energy wave towards the siblings, knocking them all down. The Handler then sends her to go kill them all.

She bests Luther with his strength and then faces Allison and the two begin fighting. Allison begins to say ‘I heard a rumour’, but Lila finishes it and Allison becomes unable to breathe. Luther encourages Allison to fight it and gives her mouth to mouth, while Five and Lila fight one another. Meanwhile, The Handler finds Sissy and knocks her out so she can be Harlan’s new mother.

Welcome To The Family

Diego calls for help as his leg is stuck under the tractor and they race to help him. They realise that Lila is one of them and likely there’s more of them out there.

Lila plans on making Five suffer and tells him of her parents, but counters by informing her that The Handler faked the kill order and now it seems that The Handler was looking for her since she’s one of them. Diego manages to talk Lila down and makes her see reason, but The Handler then walks in and shoots all of the Hargreeves children. Lila goes to kill her, but she gets shot first. Somehow, Five is still alive and The Handler goes to end him, but Axel arrives and kills her first.

With Axel hovering over him, Five recalls what his father said about going back seconds, so he time jumps. Five then stops The Handler from killing them all, but Axel still kills The Handler. Seeing this, Lila runs for the briefcase and disappears while Axel and Five decide enough is enough and Axel leaves.

Sissy calls for Vanya and she goes to Harlan and takes back what she gave him while her siblings look on proud and impressed.

Umbrella Academy No More

Herb (Ken Hall) and Dot (Patrice Goodman) arrive to find all of the agents dead and The Handler dead for real this time. Herb tells Diego and Five that the Commission will be electing a new board, but for now, he’s running the joint and they have their pick of briefcases.

Back in the house, Sissy sits next to Harlan and tells Vanya they can’t go with them to the future as she knows they’ll never be able to have a normal life with Vanya’s powers before the pair kiss goodbye.

Meanwhile, we see Raymond (Yusuf Gatewood) finding the book he gave Allison with a letter inside saying goodbye to him and how their time in the 1960’s has changed all of them. Dave (Calem MacDonald) is seen leaving for the army, while Axel gets on the Destiny’s Children bus with Keechie (Dov Tiefenbach). Sissy and Harlan are seen leaving Texas, but it seems Harlan still has his abilities.

The siblings gather around the briefcase and travel back to 2019. Arriving back in the mansion on April 2nd 2019, Diego notices a difference…there’s a framed painting of Ben over the mantelpiece instead of Five. A very much alive Reginald knew they would be coming. However, they are not at the Umbrella Academy, but rather the Sparrow Academy and five shadowed members appear on the balcony. Ben then appears with a very emo-esque haircut asking Reginald “who the hell are these assholes?” To which the siblings all collectively reply with “shit”.

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Vanya’s (Ellen Page) powers continue to flare and Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) tries to go towards her, but she’s knocked back and hits her head. Diego goes next, but not before Klaus (Robert Sheehan) tells him he looks like Antonio Banderas with the long hair. He then uses his knives to help him go against Vanya’s powers, but realises he won’t make it and it’s up to Klaus now. Klaus manages to get to the door and opens it, which flings open and sends him flying. But there’s a fourth Hargreeves sibling there! Ben (Justin H. Min) appears and he walks towards Vanya and then goes into her body.

Meanwhile, Sissy (Marin Ireland) finds Harlan (Justin Paul Kelly) and his colouring begins to turn to normal and he speaks for the first time, asking for Vanya. Naturally, Carl (Stephen Bogaert) is enraged and picks up Harlan to take him to an institution. However, Sissy holds up a gun and stands her ground.

Ben is in Vanya’s mind and finds her white violin on the dining table, which houses Vanya inside and she now remembers everything. She’s terrified of what she’s doing and that she lacks control. Ben says that she never had the chance to learn to control it and how her siblings are trying to help her. He begins to fade away and he won’t be able to leave with her, so the pair embrace and he whispers something for her to tell Klaus.

With Ben gone, Vanya wakes and her powers stop, which also sees Harlan return to normal. Sissy tells Carl that she does love Vanya and Carl is angered because he did everything right by her. Carl grabs the gun and it fires with the bullet heading towards Harlan, but a surge of power sends the bullet flying back towards Carl and kills him.

The Fives Face Off

Luther (Tom Hopper) plans to go with Older Five (Sean Sullivan), all the while Five (Aidan Gallagher) is suffering from a terrible case of paradoxical psychosis.

Older Five prepares his gun for his last mission, while Five eyes of the briefcase in a very Gollum-esque manner.  Luther talks the two Fives down, which is then followed by Five kicking Luther in the balls and the Fives begin zapping in and out and fighting one another. Luther picks up the gun and aims for Five, but then knocks out Older Five.

Five opens the vortex, which shows the scene from Season 1, Episode 1, and Five gives Older Five the correct math. However, Season1-Klaus knocks out Luther with the fire extinguisher he throws through the vortex, so Older Five runs for the briefcase. The two Fives wrestle over the briefcase, but with the vortex shrinking, Luther kicks Older Five through. Unfortunately, the briefcase gets chopped in half.

Case 743

The Handler (Kate Walsh) is trying on a new outfit and she’s aware Diego has gone missing already. Herb (Ken Hall) enters and tells Lila (Ritu Arya) that Diego took control of the Infinite Switchboard and stole a briefcase. Whilst all of this has been happening, AJ has been moving rocks around in his fishbowl and when Herb peers in, he sees the numbers ‘743’. Lila wants Diego to live, but The Handler won’t allow it.

In a filing room, Herb finds case 743 and removes a page from the folder. Later on, Lila finds Herb and asks where Diego went and he tells her about the escape. He then gives her a page from case 743, which leaves her upset.

Lila then confronts The Handler as her parents were executed by Five and that AJ gave the order, but in a flashback, The Handler is seen approving the kill order. The Handler then manipulates Lila into believing that Diego knew and it’s now time to solve their problem. Once Lila leaves, The Handler confronts AJ before she swallows the fish whole.

History Repeating

Vanya awakens and finds her siblings with Diego still on the mission to save JFK, while their father arrives on the scene with his umbrella. The siblings watch on, spying their father when they see Diego run towards him and tackle him, but it’s not their father. The shots are fired and the man gives Diego a note saying ‘told you so’.

The Majestic 12 are in the same restaurant the siblings visited when Reginald (Colm Feore) arrives. One of the members says JFK had to go and it seems Reginald was lied to. Reginald supplied them with the rocket technology to help beat the Russians to the moon and now he asks to never contact him again. However, they still want his technology, otherwise they will tell the world who he really is.

Taking off his jacket, Reginald raises his arms behind his head and removes the skin on his head and we see the back of an alien-like head. Putting down his Reginald-mask, he then walks towards the members and proceeds to kill them all.

Meanwhile, The Handler rehearses her speech when she’s interrupted and pays a visit to the Infinite Switchboard. She asks the operator if he has shown the issues to anyone else, which she hasn’t, so she kills him. She then recalls all their personnel and announces they’re going to war.

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A Visit To The FBI

Vanya (Ellen Page) is being interviewed by Special Agent Willy Gibbs (Morgan Kelly) of the FBI and he informs her that Sissy and Harlan have been released back into Carl’s care. With no identification and amnesia, the FBI believes she could be a KGB agent and when he speaks to her in Russian, she replies back. Vanya becomes agitated and her powers flare, but a nurse chloroforms her. Vanya then wakes to find herself strapped to an electric chair and they dose her with LSD. She begins hallucinating and sees herself and her siblings in their uniforms at the mansion for dinner with their father.

At the farm, Carl (Stephen Bogaert) gets off the phone to his brother and tells Sissy (Marin Ireland) that Vanya may be an agent. She seems unsure of what to believe and he suggests she talks to the Reverend and then they’ll take a trip away.

Still in the alleyway, Luther (Tom Hopper) asks Klaus (Robert Sheehan) to check on Allison, while he deals with Five. At Allison’s, Raymond (Yusuf Gatewood) is freaking out because they have a dead white man on their couch when Klaus turns up and finds a very dead Otto on the couch. As for Axel (Kris Holden-Ried), he looks at a photo of his brothers and recalls killing Otto, so he goes to chop his hand off when he sees that the Diego mission canister is a fake and that The Handler is behind it.

Two Fives

Grace (Jordan Claire Robbins) visits Reginald’s office and discovers a hidden door, which contains many files and plans including JFK’s visit. Reginald (Colm Feore) catches her and he asks her why, so she mentions that Diego spoke with her. He tells her that there’s many things he can’t share with her yet and hopes she can trust him for now, but she can’t wait for that.

Five (Aidan Gallagher) is guzzling liquids and dousing himself with baby powder when Luther realises that Five has some kind of plan, which is to find himself. In 1963, he was sent on a mission by the Commission to ensure JFK was assassinated, so he’s going to intercept an older version of himself who has a briefcase. However, being in close proximity to one’s self can have some issues: denial, itching, extreme thirst and urination, excessive gas, acute paranoia, uncontrolled perspiration, and homicidal rage. Five is taking Luther with him so he can help Five stay on track.

Luther and Five find Older Five (Sean Sullivan) at a pub and Five is already exhibiting symptoms, so instead, Luther decides to approach Older Five  first and introduces him to his younger self. Over pints of Guinness, they want Older Five to jump to 2019 and they’ll give him the right math so he can remain the age he is, and then they’ll take the briefcase. However, Older Five tries to convince Luther to travel 2019 with him and also to kill Five.

The Infinite Switchboard

Lila (Ritu Arya) wants to hire Diego (David Castañeda) and pleads her case by saying they need fresh blood that is loyal to them. The Handler (Kate Walsh) agrees, but if he steps out of line, Lila must kill him.

Lila takes Diego to his orientation and he learns about what the Commission does, including keeping the correct timeline, and he sneaks out. Diego finds the Infinite Switchboard and begins plugging things when Herb (Ken Hall) catches him. Diego gets Herb to look up the day JFK was assassinated, but it sounds like Herb doesn’t know about that. When they watch the footage, they instead see the FBI building blow up in the background, so the Frankel footage they saw was an actually an explosion and JFK lives. This then leads to JFK accusing the Soviets and a war ensues. In another clip, they see Vanya emerge from the building as she caused the explosion. Needing help, Herb takes him to a group of Commission workers and they have a briefcase. Later on, Lila returns to the classroom to find Diego isn’t there.

Allison and Reginald wrap up and begin moving Otto’s body when Herb and Diego zap into the house. Diego informs them that it’s Vanya that starts it all and they must stop her. Allison says her goodbyes to Raymond and the siblings leave in search of Vanya.

A Twist!

Returning to Vanya, Reginald says she’s chooses not to remember and they family are served brains for dinner, all the while Agent Gibbs keeps asking her questions. She sees flashes of memories, so Gibbs ups the voltage and we see Harlan (Justin Paul Kelly) also reacting as if he’s been electrocuted too.

All of Vanya’s memories return, but she continues to shake from the electricity even after they’ve turned it off. Her powers flare and energy begins pulsing from her just as Klaus, Diego, and Allison exit the lift. It seems she’s unable to stop and her eyes flare open with her pupils white…and the same happens to Harlan.

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A Little Bloody Mess

Five (Aidan Gallagher) arrives in 1982 Wisconsin and asks where the Midwest Soybean Society is meeting and loses his cool at one point trying to get a chocolate out of a vending machine. Grabbing an axe, Five goes into the boardroom and kills all of the board members. He then races after AJ and smashes his fish bowl head in. The Handler (Kate Walsh) meets with Five, giving her AJ in a plastic bag and tells her he’s done with the killing. She gives one of the Commission’s briefcases to Five and says he has 90 minutes to use it, but he needs more time since his siblings are scattered across the city.

At the Commission, its workers are called together and The Handler informs them that the board members have been assassinated, so she’ll be taking control.

Back at Elliott’s Diego (David Castañeda) thinks Elliott was getting too close to the truth and wonders what ‘Oga Foroga’ means, and Luther (Tom Hopper) wonders if it’s a name. Looking in the directory, he finds an Olga Foroga so they call her and Diego threatens her. However, Five arrives, sees Elliott dead, and tells them it’s Swedish for ‘eye for an eye’. Seeing the blood on Five, the brothers wonder what Five has done now. He tells the pair to get the rest of their siblings as they have a way home, but Diego is focused on JFK until he decides he needs to say goodbye to Lila. With that, Five says she’s part of the Commission.

Meanwhile at the farm, Carl (Stephen Bogaert) wants Vanya (Ellen Page) to give him a lift. When they get there, Carl begins telling a story and essentially says Vanya is a disease and unnatural. He says he won’t allow it and then threatens Harlan by saying he’ll send him to a facility if Vanya doesn’t leave. Driving back to the farm, Five finds Vanya and says they have to leave, but she wants to bring Sissy and Harlan except Five can’t take the risk.

A Little Possession

Ben (Justin H. Min) is eyeing off Klaus (Robert Sheehan), who has been trying to stay awake so Ben doesn’t take over his body. Ben tells Klaus that he wants to talk to Jill, the young woman he’s been crushing on since Mexico.

Klaus gives Ben some rules including not to cut his hair, hands off the lower extremities, and that he’s dairy free. Ben then jumps into his body and relishes in every sensation now that he can feel. Jill finds him and the pair make dirt angels and realises that Klaus is ‘dorkier’ at the moment. Ben-Klaus begins telling her things he’s noticed about her and asks if he can smell her hair. Jill then counters by asking if he wants to have sex, but sadly Ben learns Klaus had a threesome with Keechie and Jill the week prior. Diego then interrupts and says they have to go. Ben is able to convince Diego that he’s in Klaus’s body and Diego suggests he remains in control since Klaus isn’t responsible and before he leaves, Diego tells Ben-Klaus to meet in the alley in 30 minutes.

It seems the protest got some attention as Robert Kennedy’s people wants to meet with Raymond (Yusuf Gatewood) and the group. Later on, Allison arrives home to find Luther there and he tells her she has 42 minutes until they leave. Allison immediately wonders about seeing Claire, her daughter, again, but she also doesn’t know if she can return home. Raymond walks in to find her hugging Luther.

A Little Betrayal

Vanya tells Sissy they have to leave as Carl knows about them, so she agrees and Sissy runs back to get the money she’s stashed away. The three are driving when they see a police roadblock ahead and Vanya learns Sissy left a note. Sissy’s brother Jerry is one of the officers and demands Vanya gets out of the car when Vanya uses her abilities to take them all down, but Jerry gets back up and knocks her out.

As for Allison, she tells Raymond everything and asks if he’ll come, but he can’t leave the movement behind. She offers to make him forget her, but he says no and she starts to leave until she opens the door to Axel (Kris Holden-Ried) and Otto (Jason Bryden) who immediately punch her in the throat. Axel and Raymond face off while Allison tries to get her voice back and stabs Otto in the eye.

Raymond then stabs Axel in the leg and Allison manages to tell him ‘I heard a rumour that you killed your brother’. Although Axel tries to fight it, he strangles Otto to death and leaves. 

Meanwhile, The Handler pops AJ into a fish bowl and shows Lila (Ritu Arya) some new uniforms, but she’s not interested so The Handler says she’ll be the Commission’s head of security. Lila later finds Diego and he confronts her about her lies whilst he keepings digging a hole to bury Elliott. She pulls out a flask and toasts to Elliott before taking a sip, and Diego follows, but he’s been dosed. At the Commission, Lila introduces Diego to her mother and then Diego as her boyfriend.

Klaus continues to try and regain control and Ben leaves Keechie (Dov Tiefenbach) with some parting words of wisdom—”Oh, my god, we’re back again. Brothers, sisters, everybody sing! We’re gonna bring you the flavour. We’re gonna show you how.” On the way to the alley, Klaus and Ben face off.

Five and Luther are in the alley with Ben-Klaus arriving, but Ben is shortly evicted from Klaus’s body. With only half the siblings there, they’ve lost their chance to go back to 2019.

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A Deal Is Offered

The episode begins with a flashback to when Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) first arrived in Dallas 1961 and she’s kicked out of a ‘whites only diner’ and then chased by three men. After running into the hair salon, the women raise their scissors and hair wands to protect her. Still unable to speak, we next see Allison working at the salon and in another scene, a meeting begins and she first sees Raymond (Yusuf Gatewood). At Christmas time, Ray sticks around and Allison gives him some notes about his pamphlets and he invites her to dinner.

Back in the present, Raymond asks Allison again about the Black President in the future, followed by him asking to prove her powers. The pair head to a suit store and when they’re told coloured people can’t try on the merchandise, she uses her abilities which leads to a fashion montage to the sound of Sam & Dave’s ‘Hold On, I’m Comin’. He exits looking very dapper and Allison also dons a new dress when they walk past the diner and she decides to go in. She uses her powers to get a coffee, but she keeps telling him to pour until he’s left with a significant burn and they rush out. At home, Raymond wonders if Allison used her powers on him and discovers an invitation from her father.

As for Five (Aidan Gallagher), he learns Lila (Ritu Arya) is The Handler’s (Kate Walsh) daughter and he’s soon offered a deal—kill the Commission’s board members  so she can be in charge and she’ll help get him and his siblings back to 2019. She knows where and when the board will be meeting, but he’s pursuing other options first.

A Heartbroken Klaus

Klaus (Robert Sheehan) wants to tell his cult that the world is going to end, but Ben (Justin H. Min) thinks it is a bad idea. So instead, Klaus tries to tell them that he’s a fraud, but Keechie (Dov Tiefenbach) quotes his ‘scripture’—”as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive”. This leads to all of the members saying they are also frauds.

Later on, Klaus taunts Ben who then charges and Ben goes into Klaus’s body briefly. Just after this, Dave (Calem MacDonald) turns up to apologise to him. Klaus continues to say things he knows about Dave to convince him not to enlist, and shows him his dog tags. However, Dave tells him that he’s already enlisted since he’s uncle made him enlist after their incident. After Dave leaves, Klaus receives the invitation from his father.

Meanwhile, The Handler and Lila are enjoying a game of bingo and Lila wants to know why she can’t kill the Board, along with asking about Diego and denying she’s fallen for him. Later on, the Swedes (Kris Holden-Ried and Jason Bryden) are in the sauna when The Handler walks in. Speaking in Swedish, she says she’ll give them the location of Diego so they can get their revenge as she’s not happy about Lila and Diego.

A Family Dinner

Diego (David Castañeda) and Vanya (Ellen Page) want to go to the ‘light supper’ with their father, but Luther (Tom Hopper) doesn’t want to and he informs her of why she should hate Reginald.

However, all of siblings arrive at their father’s ‘light supper’ when Reginald (Colm Feore) storms in demanding questions, so Five begins explaining who they are and their abilities. Reginald wants proof, so Diego throws a knife, Five jumps, Allison makes Diego punch himself in the face, and Vanya makes the fruit platter explode.

Diego tries to tell Reginald about the President, and Reginald’s words about his ‘delusions’ only hurt Diego. Next thing we know, Ben jumps into Klaus’s body and manages to gasp out ‘I’m Ben’ when Reginald decides he has had enough. Luther rips open his shirt to show his ape body, and Reginald asks for a private word with Five. The pair speak briefly of Five quoting Homer, followed by Five asking for some time travel advice and Reginald suggests trying seconds and working his way up.

Diego finds Grace (Jordan Claire Robbins) in a car outside and shows her the photograph of Reginald in hopes she can help stop it, while Sissy (Marin Ireland) turns up with Reginald’s invite. Sissy clearly wants to be with Vanya, but they can’t have that life until Vanya says they can run away and she agrees. However, Carl (Stephen Bogaert) lingers in the distance and watches Vanya and Sissy in the car kissing.

Elliott (Kevin Rankin) returns home and finds a cat inside when Axel and Oscar attack him and they begin extracting his teeth in order to find where Diego is. When Diego and Luther arrive back at Elliott’s, they find him heavily wounded and dead in the dental chair. Diego then looks over the balcony to find ‘Öga for Öga’ (eye for an eye) written in blood.

At the end of the episode, Five goes to The Handler and agrees to her deal and she gives him the details of the meeting: Wisconsin, 1982.

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A Brief History of Pogo

In 1962 Cape Canaveral, a box labelled ‘Primates of Congo’ is opened with Grace (Jordan Claire Robbins) reaching out to hold Pogo’s hand. A group of scientists, along with Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore), watch on as Pogo conducts an array of tests. Later on, they watch as Pogo is launched into space, but the mission fails and he’s brought in on a gurney. Reginald then injects him with a red liquid, which revives and heals him. We then see Reginald reciting the same Ancient Greek words of Homer that Five said to him in the previous episode.

Returning to the present, Lila (Ritu Arya) wants to leave and both Five (Aidan Gallagher) and Diego (David Castañeda) are querying her, so the pair leave. Back at Elliott’s, Diego and Luther (Tom Hopper) are blaming everything on Five and Luther tells them of when he first arrived as he saw Reginald. He travelled from Dallas back to their real home, only to find it filled with people, along with his father. Luther tried to tell him, but Reginald informs him of his strong dislike for children so he’s lying. With that, Five says it’s time for a family meeting.

Meanwhile, Klaus (Robert Sheehan) awakens to find himself on the floor of Allison’s (Emmy Raver-Lampman) kitchen and tells her why he’s in that state. As for Vanya (Ellen Page), she wakes up naked in bed with Sissy (Marin Ireland) and talks of them leaving together again when Carl drives in. Carl (Stephen Bogaert) is being somewhat overbearing towards Sissy, and this causes Vanya to get upset and she cracks a window and Harlan (Justin Paul Kelly) holds her hand to calm her.

Lila isn’t happy her mother has been lying and The Handler (Kate Walsh) says The Commission has no idea her and Lila are there. The Swedes are surrounded by the insane amount of cats when Lila drops a canister down the chimney, pretending to be The Commission and giving the target of Diego.

A Family Meeting

Elliott (Kevin Rankin) is talking about jello to Diego, Luther, and Vanya, and the crazy family drama is slowly unfolding. Allison, Five, and Klaus arrive with all of the Hargreeves siblings together again and Klaus wonders if they all got sexier… Vanya’s excited to have a sister and they hug, which was incredibly sweet after what transpired between them. Five wonders if Ben (Justin H. Min) is there, but Klaus lies and says no.

The siblings discuss the apocalypse and Diego wants to kill Reginald, whilst Five wants to find him. Vanya wonders if it’s them since they’re not supposed to be there. Let’s recap, shall we? Diego has been stalking Lee Harvey Oswald, Luther is working for Jack Ruby, Allison is involved in politics, and Klaus started a cult… Luther’s not having it about their father and tries to leave and when Five tries to stop him, Luther throws him over the railing. Now outside, Five sees Lila and chases after her.

Telling The Truth

Vanya, Klaus, and Allison decide to go get some tacos, but end up getting drunk at the salon talking about all of their issues and love before they have a little dance moment together. The trio then go their separate ways to speak the truth: Klaus enters the mansion, which is filled with his followers, while Allison returns home and has decided to tell Raymond (Yusuf Gatewood) everything. Vanya returns to the farm and she tries to tell Sissy she loves her, but she’s just spent the night with Carl. After Sissy says she can’t be with Vanya, we see Vanya leave the farm.

As for the other siblings, Diego goes after Luther and it seems a car has been following the pair. The driver steps out and gives them an invitation from Reginald inviting them for a meal.

Meanwhile, the Swedes are in a forest in search of Diego when they spy one of his knives, but Oscar (Tom Sinclair) is blown to bits when he steps on a bomb. Later on, the Swedes fire an arrow into the boat with the remnants of their brother.

As for Lila, she breaks into a building with Five still following and she taunts him, so the pair fight until Five bests her and The Handler reveals herself.

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In 1993 London, a man and a woman are shot dead when The Handler walks in and she discovers a young Lila hidden in the walls. When then see a pre-teen Lila being trained by The Handler (Kate Walsh) and then as a teenager, followed by Lila (Ritu Arya) on a kill. Returning to the present, The Handler informs Lila that she is to protect Five. Lila brings up The Swedes, which have supposedly been sent by The Handler.

Luther (Tom Hopper) awakes to find Vanya (Ellen Page) and he tells her exactly what happened during the apocalypse when Mr. Ruby (John Kapelos) storms in. Angry about him losing the fight, Mr. Ruby says they’re through, which leaves Luther mad. Vanya leaves and plans to go back to the farm with Five (Aidan Gallagher) not happy about her knowing everything. Vanya then returns to the farm and Sissy (Marin Ireland) embraces her.

Klaus (Robert Sheehan) wakes up in Allison’s (Emmy Raver-Lampman) house and she’s panicking as Raymond (Yusuf Gatewood) didn’t come home. Later on at the diner, Klaus approaches Dave (Calem MacDonald) and he tries to convince Dave not to enlist. Dave’s Uncle Brian returns and refers to Klaus as ‘queer’ and promptly throws him from the seat. Klaus keeps trying to talk to Dave, all the while Brian yells at Dave to hit him and sadly, he does. The look shared between them is honestly heartbreaking. After being sober for three years, Klaus throws it out the window. In a drunken state, he returns to the mansion and his followers have arrived and are so excited The Holy Wanderer is there.

Allison finds that Raymond and the others are having a meeting without her. The couple head outside to talk and he thinks she was paid by the police and she tries to explain it all, but he wouldn’t believe her if she tried and now that’s the end of them.

Luther’s enjoying several plates of food when Allison walks towards him and she hugs him. He congratulates her and he’s happy she wasn’t alone, and she explains she never gave up on them. Luther then tells Allison that another apocalypse will be happening in seven days time.

Lila tends to Diego’s (David Castañeda) wound with Five saying he has his suspicions about who sent The Swedes, but first priority is finding their father. Apparently Sir Reginald has been invited to the Mexican Consulate by Hoyt Hillenkoetter and according to Elliott (Kevin Rankin), Hoyt is one of the Majestic 12, which is a secret committee or shadow government. The photo shows eleven men and it seems their father is likely the twelfth member.

Diego, Lila, and Five sneak into the Consulate to find Reginald, but Five doesn’t trust Lila at all. Five goes upstairs to search, while Diego and Lila dance before he spies his mother, Grace (Jordan Claire Robbins), with a very Texan accent. She’s there as ‘Reggie’s’ date, who’s in a quick meeting and the Swedes arrive as waiters for the event.

Vanya tells Sissy about everything that has happened and Sissy says they can hide together. Harlan overhears that Vanya might be leaving and he runs away. Searching for him, Vanya hears a splash and sees his toy in the water so she uses her powers to push the water away and rescues him from the bottom. She tries to resuscitate him and it seems it isn’t working until a red light fills him and brings him back, which somewhat looked reminiscent of when Reginald released an energy after his wife passed away. Afterwards, Vanya comforts Sissy, which leads to Sissy kissing Vanya.

Luther arrives at Elliott’s and Elliott soon realises Luther has had a bad day and offers him some nitrous. The pair inhale the gas and then are giggling and having a merry old time together.

Five pops into a cupboard where the Majestic 12 are having their meeting and they’re discussing JFK’s visit. However, Reginald (Colm Feore) overhears Five in the cupboard, but he escapes in time…only to land right in front of Otto and they start fighting. With his ability running low, Five can no longer jump and the Majestic 12 begin dispersing when Diego comes across the pair fighting. Axel and Oscar attack him when Lila sees the two being attacked and must choose to protect Five. She attacks Otto and Five pushes him out the window and she doesn’t help Diego. He’s left alone with Axel and manages to take him down. 

At the end of the episode, Five goes after Reginald and yells out to him in Ancient Greek as he is quoting Homer, but he still leaves with Grace.

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The Story of Klaus

It’s 1960 and Klaus (Robert Sheehan) is being kicked out of a diner when a woman wearing Chanel shoes and a big diamond ring helps him. Next thing we know, Klaus is levitating in front of a group of people…but really it’s just Ben (Justin H. Min) holding him in the air, Dirty Dancing-style. Jump forward to 1961 in Baja, Mexico, Klaus has gone full hippie, whilst Ben can be seen crushing on a girl. The following year, Klaus is in Varanasi, India, and being adorned with flowers and garlands. Then, in 1963 San Francisco, Klaus isn’t loving the adoring cult-like members or ‘Destiny’s Children’.

Back to the present, Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) arrives at Klaus’s mansion and finds him in the pool, which she promptly gets into and hugs him. He briefly mentions his ‘alternative spiritual community’, whilst Allison has been working as a civil rights organiser and he’s shocked to learn she’s married. Allison also says she hasn’t used her powers since, especially given she wasn’t able to speak for a year.

Later on, Klaus visits a hardware store and he finds a young Dave (Calem MacDonald), whom is the soldier he fell for when he went back in time during season one. He tells Ben that Dave enlisted the same day that JFK was murdered and hopes to stop him.

Finding Vanya

Vanya (Ellen Page) stops for a milkman, but it’s actually Oscar (Tom Sinclair) and he’s approaching with a gun. She sees Axel (Kris Holden-Ried) and Otto (Jason Bryden) and escapes into a cornfield. Nothing ever good happens in a cornfield! With bullets coming at all angles, Vanya’s powers flare and she knocks out all three of them.

At Elliot’s, Lila (Ritu Arya) followed Diego (David Castañeda) and Five (Aidan Gallagher), and now she’s tending to his wound. Elliott (Kevin Rankin) picked up an atmospheric radar, which blares as Five knew it would help him find Vanya if she used her powers. He then finds Vanya alone in the cornfield.

Five informs Vanya briefly about her past as well as the impending apocalypse. Meanwhile, Harlan (Justin Paul Kelly) is listening to a record when it stops working and he becomes distressed, which leads him to throwing several records and biting Sissy (Marin Ireland) on the arm. Vanya then calls to explain what happened, but Five says they need to go and find the others.

Meanwhile, Diego tries to go find his father, but Lila convinces him to stay and tells him of finding her parents murdered during a home invasion at the age of four. Diego then kisses her, but he’s promptly slapped by Lila until she returns the kiss and the clothes come off.

Sad Little Luther

Luther (Tom Hopper) goes for a run and thinks he sees Allison, which causes him to trip, but it was another woman. When he returns to the Carousel Club, Mr. Ruby (John Kapelos) is sewing a costume and Luther asks if he can get some help to find Allison.

At the salon, Allison meets with everyone about the sit-in to decide whether it goes ahead without Raymond. In the end after voting, she wins and it will be going ahead. Meanwhile, at the police station, an officer becomes spooked by a flying sandwich and the message ‘free Chestnut or die’ appears on a typewriter, all thanks to Ben. Raymond Chestnut (Yusuf Gatewood) is then released and is confused to meet his brother-in-law that he’s never heard of.

Back at the club, Luther is given Allison’s home address and both him and Raymond arrive at the same time where he learns Allison is married. Sitting at their dining table, Luther begins eating the chocolate he brought and looks incredibly sad.

We also see that The Handler (Kate Walsh) is now in the 1960’s and she whispers something to a young boy in a fish shop, which causes him to wet himself and we later see her in a bathtub, looking over some files, which contains a photo of Five.

Taking A Stand

Allison arrives at the ‘whites only’ diner and promptly takes her seat, while the others follow and demand to be served. The sit-in gradually escalates and a man is seen pouring salt on them when Raymond arrives to sit next to Allison. Raymond brings up Klaus, followed by mentioning Luther. Their conversation is cut short when a waiter pushes coffee across the bench and it spills into Allison’s lap, which causes her to jump and run into a police officer. The officers beat Raymond and begin arresting the others. Allison runs after Raymond who is still being beaten and she uses her ability in front of him to make the officer go away, but Raymond is terrified of her. Klaus then arrives and takes her away from the chaos.

As for Luther, he is back in the ring when Five and Vanya arrive, and at the same time, Luther gets the nod from Mr. Ruby to win the fight. However, he becomes distracted by thoughts of Allison and lets his opponent win. Knocked to the ground, Luther stares at the moon.

After sleeping together, Lila sneaks out and visits the same pet store that The Handler visited earlier in the episode and finds a set of keys in the fish tank. Upon entering the hotel room, it’s revealed The Handler is Lila’s mother.

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She’s Alive! He’s Back!

The second episode kicks off with a replay of Hazel (Cameron Britton) shooting The Handler (Kate Walsh) in the head. She’s then seen being wheeled through a corridor, headed for the incinerator, but she’s alive! Three months later, she’s back at The Commission headquarters, but she’s informed by AJ (whom has the body of a man and a fish tank with a fish for a head) that she’s been demoted. She promises to make it right, but she will now be supervised by Herb (Ken Hall), and has Five’s old desk.

Five (Aidan Gallagher) learns that Luther (Tom Hopper) is the ‘bodyman’ to Mr. Ruby, whom is the gangster that killed Oswald. Five apologises for everything to Luther and needs his help, but Luther won’t have it and goes to take care of Carl (Stephen Bogaert), who is still making a nuisance. Five then finds the tape that Hazel stashed in his pocket before he was killed, which says ‘Frankel Footage, 11/22/63’.

Diego (David Castañeda) and Lila (Ritu Arya) continue their escape and he steals some clothes and says they need to split up. However, Lila steals a car and they leave together. Meanwhile, Five is back at Elliott’s (Kevin Rankin) asking if he can develop the Frankel Footage tape when he overhears about Diego being on the run. Diego tells Lila about his plan to cut off Oswald’s trigger finger when Five appears in the backseat. Reluctantly, Diego agrees to go with Five and he’ll be bringing Lila with him.

Diego, Lila, and Five return to Elliot’s and Elliot is holding a gun and asking about the Frankel Footage, but Diego and Five disarm him. They then watch the tape, which shows Dan and Edna Frankel (George Wyner and Mindy Sterling) during the moment that JFK was shot. However, they notice a certain someone…Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore).

Siblings Reunited…and Siblings Almost Reunited

Vanya (Ellen Page) looks over all of the missing person ads while Sissy (Marin Ireland) searches for her keys as she needs to go pick Carl up. However, Harlan (Justin Paul Kelly) comes in and becomes distressed when his mother won’t read to him, so Vanya offers to pick up Carl. She finds a very drunk Carl outside, whilst Luther finds Carl’s wallet and sees Vanya leaving.

Harlan gestures to Vanya that he wants to play hide-and-seek when Luther pulls up at the house, whilst recalling all the events that have occurred and holding a gun. Searching for Harlan, Luther thinks Vanya is lying about her memory loss and he’s completely torn up about what happened before he apologises. Sissy approaches Luther with a gun and he returns Carl’s wallet that he left at the Carousel Club.

The Swedish assassin triplets (Kris Holden-Ried as Axel, Jason Bryden as Otto, and Tom Sinclair as Oscar) arrive at Allison’s (Emmy Raver-Lampman) house and she’s asleep on the couch with Raymond Chestnut (Yusuf Gatewood). However, the police arrive guns pointed and accuse him of assault and battery. She goes to use her powers, but Raymond convinces her that it’ll be okay. The Swedes watch on, whilst Oscar drinks a pearlescent milky substance.

At the police station, Allison has been waiting for two hours and she sees another man, Keechie (Dov Tiefenbach), taken into lock up. Keechie is thrilled when he happens upon Klaus (Robert Sheehan) who apparently changed his life. Next thing we know, Klaus is telling the man to “don’t go chasing waterfalls, stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to…”, sounds just a tad familiar? Raymond and Klaus then end up talking to one another before Klaus is freed.

A Mission, A Memory, and A Reunion

In his tighty-whities, Axel is cooking, whilst his siblings throw a knife at various body parts on each other. A new mission for The Swedes arrives from The Commission, and it contains a picture of Vanya.

Allison finally speaks with Raymond and he asks her about why she was saying ‘I heard a rumour’, which throws her off. As she’s leaving, she sees that Keechie has ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ tattoos on the palm of his hands, and apparently all of the ‘children of the prophet’ have them.

At night, Klaus breaks into a mansion where all of the furniture is covered with sheets and there’s a painting of himself on the wall. Meanwhile, Vanya tells Sissy about what happened with Luther and the pair share a brief moment while she looks at Vanya’s hands. Later on, Vanya recalls some memories and drives off.

Back at Elliot’s, Diego is assuming their father killed JFK, so they decide to find him, but how? Ah, a telephone book. Before they leave, Diego checks on Lila who is worrying that she’s going crazy again, so he reassures her.

Five and Diego arrive at the building and they think it’s a front since the furniture is covered in dust. The pair split up, but Diego hears footsteps and follows a man walking away. Meanwhile, Five comes across a young Pogo who attacks him. Diego is then attacked by the man and an epic fight ensues to the sound of ‘I’m A Man’ by The Spencer. Diego then realises it’s a young version of his father and Reginald stabs Diego. He then watches as his father and a young Pogo walk away.

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