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

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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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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

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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

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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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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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You are cordially invited to our chat about Umbrella Academy Season 3 Episode 8 Wedding At The End Of The World where we chat all about a big Hargreaves family knees up.

Episode Directed by Paco Cabezas

Teleplay for this episode written by Jesse McKeown and Aeryn Michelle Williams

In 1918, Reginald Hargreaves starts construction of the Hotel Obsidian. At its grand opening he attends the event with several mercenaries, who he sends to their death down the secret tunnel in the White Buffalo Suite as they are all slaughtered in Oblivion. In the present, with the universe collapsing around them, the remaining members of the Umbrella and Sparrow Academies take shelter at the Hotel Obsidian for a day of romance, awkwardness and debauchery. As Luther and Sloane announce their wedding, a reinvigorated Klaus and Reginald arrive at the hotel, but none of the other siblings, except for Klaus who has made a new connection with Reggie, are interested in the man they used to call father. Luther asks Viktor to be his best man, and leaves a bitter Ben out of his bachelor party, who is called out for his sullen attitude by Sloane as she tells him to lose control and stop being the leader.

Elsewhere and undeterred by the views of his brothers and sisters, Klaus coaches Reginald to be more fatherly at the wedding reception, where to the shock of everyone, including Klaus, Reggie delivers a moving speech. As the wedding reception progresses, Viktor, at the request of Luther, tries to reconcile with Allison, who refuses to forgive him. Klaus and a drunken Ben begin to bond. As the evening and universe draws to a close, the families, in the absence of Allison, sit drunkenly in the courtyard as the Kugelblitz consumes the city around them.

But ever the optimist, Luther remarks that he finally has the family he has always dreamed of.As the party goers begin to disperse back to their rooms after the wedding, Five drunkenly overhears Reginald making a deal with an unidentified person in the White Buffalo Suite.

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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We are off to Berlin for Umbrella Academy Season 3 Episode 7 Auf Wiedersehen as we chat all about it in spoiler filled detail.

Episode Directed by Kate Woods

Teleplay for this episode written by Michelle Lovretta

In 1953 Lila digs up her Mother, The Handler’s, secrets and takes her frustration out on the other members of the Commision. To get her out of the way, commission leaders Herb and Dot send Lila to West Berlin in 1989 where she retrieves a hidden briefcase planted by the Handler. She meets rocker musician Trudy and her son Stanley, before she invites Stanley along on a fun trip to terrorise an old friend. In the present, Reginald wants to be a better father by helping Klaus hone his powers over death, by repeatedly killing Klaus in road accidents in order to train him to reanimate more quickly and less like a wet noodle.

As Klaus gets his reanimation down to under a minute, Reggie takes Klaus to a graveyard to confront his fears over The Dead, where he successfully exorcises the ghosts of his past. Back at the Sparrow Academy, both families join forces to fight the ever expanding Klugelblitz. But all is not peace and harmony as Allison is remorseless about murdering Harlan and blames Viktor for her losses, which causes sulks and tensions amongst the Umbrella siblings.

But Viktor, along with Lila, Sloane, and Christopher are essential in constraining the Kugelblitz. They combine their powers and manage to trap the Kugelblitz inside Christopher. But robot mother Grace is killed by Five when she attacks them with a flamethrower to protect her God. They learn their plan was successful as, the Kugelblitz’s next energy pulse is contained inside Christopher as it fizzles out with a whimpering fart. At the Academy, the group celebrates saving the world and on top of the Academy Luther proposes to Sloane, who accepts.

Meanwhile Lila reveals to Diego that she is pregnant with their child, explaining that her trick with Stan was to test Diego's parenting abilities; while Five assures a grieving Viktor that saving Harlan would not have fixed their past failures. As Fei toasts Christopher’s role, the clink of glass on Christopher causes him to suddenly explode releasing the Kugelblitz which kills Fei and consumes the Academy. Before it claims another victim, Five saves Ben from the Kugelblast as the group escapes.

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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