Umbrella Academy

Each of the Umbrellas is decompressing after Dallas by taking a little time to figure out who they really are. A recap of 'The World's Biggest Ball of Twine ...

However reluctantly, Diego seems to be finding some purpose in being a dad to Stan (whose ability to throw knives so well probably doesn’t hurt). And Luther finds hope in his ongoing bond with Sloane, who — barring the possibility of a long-con honeypot scheme — seems to adore him and his stories about visiting the moon as much as she dislikes being a Sparrow. When they kiss at the end of the episode, it feels like the start of something they both desperately need. Is there a future for the Umbrellas in this specifically Umbrella-less world? But after following that arc for much of the first season, the TV show has gone on to suggest a vastly more hopeful path — one in which Viktor finally gets to define his life on his own terms. And as the rest of the world finds out who he is, too, it’s nice to see a pop-cultural trans story that is not characterized by prejudice, tragedy, or both. At a diner with Viktor, Allison flashes back to the racist diner owner from 1963. It’s interesting that this wasn’t the show’s original plan for the character — season three’s scripts were already finished when Page released his statement, which necessitated some rewrites — because, in many ways, it feels like Umbrella Academy has always been building up to this.

Elliot Page said the showrunner of 'Umbrella Academy' was 'excited' to make his character, Viktor Hargreeves, trans after he came out in real life.

“That’s obviously a big component and part of my life and a beautiful thing to experience now,” Page said. [Transitioning has] improved my life drastically, and I hope maybe people who do have an issue with me could maybe try and hear that or embrace that on some level.” Since issuing a powerful statement about their transition in December 2020, Page has been showered with love and support from friends and colleagues, as well as the larger trans community. "[McBee’s] book and his work in general are so much about masculinity and what it means and exploring that,” Page said. Additionally, the show tapped journalist and author Thomas Page McBee — the first trans man to box at New York City’s Madison Square Garden — to consult on Viktor’s character arc. “It’s so unfortunate because it’s like, we’re all on the same team here.

The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page has credited his transition for "drastically" improving his life.

It's improved my life drastically, and I hope that people who do have an issue with me could try and hear that and embrace that on some level." "As a person, as a friend, and in relationships... The actor came out as transgender in December 2020, and in an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday (June 21), he discussed his coming out journey and the impact it's had on his life ever since.

Elliot Page Says 'Umbrella Academy' Showrunner Steve Blackman Was Excited About Incorporating The Actor's Transition Into The Show.

“What I want to focus on right now, and [it] has been so extraordinary,” Page told the Late Night host, “is the degree of joy that I feel. Thomas came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see it.” Page told Meyers that they brought on “an incredible writer, journalist, author Thomas Page McBee, who I met doing a miniseries called Tales of the City. He wrote an extraordinary book called Amateur, which I highly recommend everybody to read.

Elliot Page is “proud” and “excited” that their real-life gender transition will be represented through their “Umbrella Academy” character.

Page said “Umbrella Academy” showrunner Steve Blackman was “really excited” to incorporate trans identity into the show. “That’s obviously a big component and part of my life and a beautiful thing to experience now,” they said. “So Thomas came on board and helped out, and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see.”

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Three more finalists will be selected Wednesday night, when all seven will face off for the coveted best in show prize. Canada is not among them, but that's about to change. Wade, saying there has historically been a spike when the issue of abortion gets widespread public attention, such as after a state approves new restrictions. Facing multiple questions, Blair came to the defence of Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who is at the centre of the controversy, which has generated calls for emergency parliamentary hearings. Experts, however, say this is unlikely to happen anytime soon. A Canadian soldier charged for speaking out against COVID-19 vaccine requirements was warmly welcomed on Wednesday to Parliament Hill, where Conservative MPs posed with him for pictures before sitting through a lecture on the purported dangers of inoculations. Facing multiple questions, Blair came to the defence of Commissioner Brenda Lucki, who is at the centre of the controversy, which has generated calls for emergency parliamentary hearings. Experts, however, say this is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Because when an ambitious show like "Umbrella Academy" starts looking as if its best days are behind it, well, when it rains, it pours. Like almost any genre show, "Umbrella Academy" will continue to have its avid fans, which is a powerful asset in streaming. The disoriented members of the original team essentially engage in a season-long dance with their alternate-timeline brothers and sisters on a variety of fronts, including an actual dance sequence that underscores the show's playful tone. Page is reintroduced as Vanya before taking the name Viktor, and the reaction from siblings is woven into that subplot.

Of all the superhero franchises Netflix has attempted to launch, “The Umbrella Academy” is easily its biggest hit. Three seasons in, the series is trying to do ...

Of all the superhero franchises Netflix has attempted to launch, “The Umbrella Academy” is easily its biggest hit. Viktor Hargreeves’ coming out is one of the best-handled storylines of the season, and provides a masterful “how to” guide in handling a transitioning family member. It may be an accident of fate that “The Umbrella Academy’s” best plotline came from something the universe threw at it. Since its first season, “The Umbrella Academy” has thrived on chaotic storylines, throwing around time traveling tales and multiverses like ping pong balls, and delighting in whichever way they landed. Most only lasted a season (“ Jupiter’s Legacy,” anyone?) or have flown under the radar, like “ Locke & Key.” It is also one of the few (if not the only) of Netflix’s superhero franchise legitimately able to challenge Marvel’s supremacy, at least more than certain DC films can claim. Three seasons in, the series is trying to do too much, and some of the show’s best moments are the ones it never saw coming.

The actor talked with Seth Meyers about the new season of the Netflix series, which will have Page's character coming out as trans.

Transitioning “has improved my life drastically,” Page said, and enhanced his acting. … It’d be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys.” “I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time.”

The third season of Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" may be the show's best outing yet, but it falls into the patterns of its predecessors.

Despite this, the third season of The Umbrella Academy is a winner, one that Brellies everywhere will enjoy. Don't get me wrong, those are still engaging tropes (and I love a good dance party), but after three seasons, it makes you wonder about the direction of the show — especially when we don't have closure on questions that were raised in Season 2 and even Season 1. This Ben is a far cry from the one we grew to know and love. Lucky for us, Season 3 avoids that pitfall (for the most part), keeping the Hargreeves' adventures feeling fresh with powerful new character developments and a fun set of villains to face off against. Among the season's biggest developments is Viktor's (Elliot Page) transition, which the show addresses early on and treats with an immense amount of care. The Umbrella Academy is back, reuniting us with the superpowered Hargreeves siblings and their super-sized daddy issues.

'Umbrella Academy' creator Steve Blackman discusses Viktor's transition in Season 3 of the Netflix series.

I talked with Elliot and Thomas through the whole thing, and I’m really proud of how we did it. Equally crucial was the reaction from Viktor’s siblings upon hearing the news. According to series creator Steve Blackman, The Umbrella Academy‘s Season 3 scripts were complete when Page called him to share the news of his transition, and Blackman felt it was “very important” that he and Page collaborated on how to incorporate Viktor’s transition into already-written scripts.

The 35-year-old Canadian actor stars as Alphonso Hargreeves/Sparrow Number Four in season 3 of the hit Netflix series. Fans may not have realized that Jake is ...

He played Tony Elliott in Billy Elliot the Musical and then acted as a alternate for the lead role in Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which was shut down after less than three years. She’s written fiction and con-fiction children stories about the Holocaust, as well as one adult fiction book. He reprised the role in two episodes of the sequel series Degrassi: Next Class. She also speaks to children and educators about the Holocaust. Jake Epstein is an exciting new addition to The Umbrella Academy. The 35-year-old Canadian actor stars as Alphonso Hargreeves/Sparrow Number Four in season 3 of the hit Netflix series. Jake starred on Degrassi: The Next Generation for five seasons and won the Gemini Award. His character Craig Manning is a musician who deals with bipolar disorder and parental abuse.

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But as all these interpersonal dramas play out, it’s hard not to revisit a question that the Umbrellas themselves periodically pose: Does any of this really matter in the face of the apocalypse? • On the strength of his performance as a “sexy dad,” Lila and Diego hook up again. After some back-and-forth, Viktor goes from threatening Harlan to understanding him, mixed in with a fair amount of guilt, and decides to renege on his promise to his family and smuggle Harlan away before the Sparrows can get their hands on him. After a brief fight, Viktor confronts Harlan over the deaths of their mothers — an intriguing paradox in itself — and learns that Harlan killed them accidentally, unleashing the powers he acquired from Viktor in a failed attempt to connect with others like him. This is a genuinely startling violation of consent, and while she ultimately orders him to stop after a lengthy kiss, it’s clear things could have gone much, much further if she had willed it. But this odd little subplot is a useful microcosm for one of my biggest recurring frustrations with this series: Far too often, it feels as though even matters of life and death have no actual stakes.

You may known Javon "Wanna" Walton as Ashtray from 'Euphoria,' but Walton has a surprising new role on season 3 of 'Umbrella Academy.'

Stan's around for the rest of the season, as Diego and some of the other Umbrellas look after him while trying to solve another apocalypse. He does get to help out Diego when the two run into some trouble. He also said that he's logged over 80 fights and hopes to go pro when he turns eighteen. He added that he got the role after only one audition, saying "I was the only kid pronouncing the drug names right." Javon "Wanna" Walton joined The Umbrella Academy in a secret role earlier this year, soon after his fan-favorite character Ashtray met a tragic fate in Euphoria's season 2 finale. Based on the comic book series by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the show follows a dysfunctional family of heroes as they stop the end of the world (after usually bringing it about themselves) in a new setting every season.

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And I still suspect we’ll learn that Viktor is more powerful now that he has reabsorbed the energy he passed to Harlan back in 1963. • While in Ben’s room, Viktor spots a drawing labeled Jennifer — yet another reference to the mysterious Jennifer Incident that led to Ben’s death in the original timeline. This very painful break between Viktor and Allison — probably the Hargreeves siblings with the healthiest relationship, despite everything that has happened — is the kind of thing you can only earn after several seasons of character development, when it’s clear to the audience just how high the stakes are. But while it’s nice to have Umbrella Academy filling in these gaps in the plot, the scene that will stick with me is silent: a long take of Lila playing the drums, unleashing all her accumulated emotion after the events of season two. The episode begins with a Lila flashback, revealing that when the Commission offered to send her to any time and place, she chose West Berlin in 1989. Early on, the Umbrellas and Sparrows team up to take on the kugelblitz, winning what turns out to be a pyrrhic victory.

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We're reminded of that in the current arc's climax, where the fate of everything comes down to a matter of trusting oneself and each other. "You know, I always hated mirrors," he says while looking at his reflection in a shop's window. But on her trip, she discovers her daughter never came to be in this timeline and returns to a confidante who is a man. What breaks their bond is a secret Viktor holds back – for a noble reason that still isn't enough to satisfy the person to whom he was once closest. Diego, Klaus, and Five are the first of his family to whom Viktor comes out, but in the previous scene, we see him getting a haircut, freeing himself of the curtain that partially defined his old mousiness. Only this one differs from the previous, in that it doesn't fundamentally spell simple disaster but a possible reset of life and time as everyone previously knew it. Then again, it's also typical for a band of adopted siblings raised by a father who cared about them only for their abilities instead of accepting them for who they are. In the past, Viktor had transferred a portion of his power to Harlan while saving his life. At the same time, I appreciate the ways that genre fiction like "The Umbrella Academy" strives to do through Viktor's subplot. Season 3 does this on many levels, first by acknowledging the ways Viktor's relationship with Sissy, long dead in 2019, begins the process of unlocking who he really is. Adventuring in 1963 changed each of them as well, most significantly Allison and Viktor, who was known by his previous name at that time. Each explores forgiveness and the wages of emotional damage, and incorporates those psychological trials into stories fueled in some way by an all-consuming desire to realize one of life's impossibilities: a do-over.

A new season of "The Umbrella Academy" means many things to the series' diehard fans, but it may have also meant over $200 million in econeomic benefits for ...

“The data released today demonstrates the significant local impact of global production, with just one season of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ creating over 1,120 jobs and support for more than 980 businesses in communities across Ontario,” MPA-Canada president Wendy Noss says. In its estimation, production of that season entailed costs of $77.3 million in Ontario alone. Oxford Economics, which undertook the study, focused on the filming of the series’ second season.

Page shared that showrunner Steve Blackman “​​seemed really excited about incorporating [Page's transition] into the show.” Page also brought the writer Thomas ...

“The times in my life where I was the most uncomfortable, where I was the most unwell — those were the times when I was the most angry and I was the most unkind to myself.” Page emphasized again that transition has “improved his life drastically,” and expressed a hope that those who “have an issue” with him “could maybe try and hear that and embrace that as well.” “What I want to focus on right now — and it's been so extraordinary — is the degree of joy that I feel, the degree of presence that I feel,” Page said. “So Thomas came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see it.”

Acot Elliot Page appeared on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' to promote season 3 of 'The Umbrella Academy' and discuss how his character's transition aligns ...

So that’s really what I’m focusing on and embracing the most.” Page describes transphobia as “unfortunate” because “whether you’re trans, gender nonconforming, cis, we all have these expectations and limits and constraints because of people’s obsession with the binary and how we’re all supposed to live our lives. The June 21 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers welcomed Elliot Page to promote season three of The Umbrella Academy, out today on Netflix. The actor spoke about his character’s transition this season, which corresponds with his own. So to me it’d be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys.”

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So I was very much on Viktor’s side when he decides to be the bigger person and apologize for his role in everything that went wrong. Even Reginald Hargreeves shows up, albeit uninvited, and delivers a lovely toast to all his children: The ones he raised in this timeline and the ones he has accepted he raised in another one. Allison had every reason to be angry that Viktor lied to her — but in the end, she made an active and calculated choice to murder Harlan. The episode is structured around an event that promises a kind of defiant joy: the wedding of Luther and Sloane, who want to be formally bound together as they stare down the apocalypse. Or in other words: This is a hangout episode, designed mostly to give us a heavy dose of these characters before the plot inevitably overwhelms them in the one-two punch of the last two episodes. No one knows how to stop it (or, in Five’s case, if it should be stopped). Assuming we’re at the end of the line: How best to spend the time they have left?

An unusually conclusive Umbrella Academy season 3 finale delves into Reginald Hargreeves' motivations but does it get things back to "normal?"

In addition to that, this might be the show’s way of slowly turning the Sparrow Academy Ben into our Ben. This Ben smiles, meaning that either the Sparrow Academy Ben is learning to chill out or that this really is the Ben of old. And if that is true, that might mean that Five’s prophecy has finally come to pass and there might be extra versions of all the Umbrellas out there in the world. The real interesting angle to consider here is how much of the events of The Umbrella Academy did Reginald Hargreeves foresee? By killing himself prior to the beginning of the series, did Reginald know it would set forward a series of events that would find his children: blowing up the Earth, going to 1963 Dallas, returning to a Sparrow-ified universe, and finally accessing Oblivion? Or did the old alien just kill himself because he could no longer take the pain? Ultimately Klaus, Ben (Justin H. Min), Sloane, Viktor (Elliot Page), Lila (Ritu Arya), Diego (David Castañeda), and Five fulfill the role of the Seven Bells. Reginald tells Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) to hold back because he knows the experience will kill her and he promised that she could be reunited with her daughter. By standing on certain locations in Oblivion previously revealed by a map, the children’s powers will be accessed and consolidated to open up a sort of computer terminal that can “reset” reality. Part of the reason why Reggie believes in the concept of Oblivion is because of an ancient prophecy referring to “The Seven Bells.” In fact, there are all sorts of prophecies from around the world that refer to a need of seven something. Earlier this season, Klaus recently discovered that not only does he have the power to communicate with the dead but to return from the dead as well. Now the TV series seems to imply that he only ever needed seven in the first place. At the tail end of season 3’s penultimate episode, “Seven Bells,” Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) fatally stabs his “Number One” son Luther (Tom Hopper) in the chest with one of his sharp alien fingers. Reginald Hargreeves seemingly achieves one of his biggest goals and his “children” get the opportunity to start their lives over, albeit without the crutch of their powers. Season 2 then brought the Hargreeves children back to the “present” only to discovery that something had gone horribly wrong as “The Sparrow Academy” were unwelcome intruders in their own home.

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• Reginald’s holdings in the new future include real estate, a financial institution, and a really big tower. And I definitely don’t buy that she’d be anything but furious with Diego for patronizingly locking her up instead of letting her join the fight (even if she slaps him before she kisses him once she gets out). The idea of hallways and rooms that reconfigure themselves is unnerving, but Umbrella Academy doesn’t really take the idea of an infinite maze to its full potential, and it doesn’t turn out to be much of an obstacle. If you scan it and get a different result, let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. But the button is still there and active, and Viktor opts to stand down, trusting Allison that pushing it is the right move. The season two finale was a little confounding too, and the third season it teed up was probably the show’s strongest overall.

The Umbrella Academy season 3 ending opens up a new world and a lot of questions for Viktor Hargreeves and his siblings. Here's the questions we have for ...

But in the grand scheme of things, with the timeline once again reset? But in the park where they ended up in the new reality, Five’s arm is returned. “I originally just wrote the character to be dead, that was his function. The show may still answer it, especially since it’s never been particularly loyal to its source material and there’s already been a few clues strewn about the show, like Viktor noticing a Jennifer sketch in Ben’s room. It stands to reason (at least as much as anything else Umbrella Academy) that in this new world where Reginald commands much more capital, maybe he was able to save Alice in some way? whatever that machine was he had at the end of the season. He was, at least at one time, well-connected enough to run in the same circles as the shadowy group that ordered the hit on JFK. In the season 3 timeline, Pogo feared what he was capable of so much that he instructed the kids to dose him with some sort of pill every day. He was intensely interested in adopting the kids magically(?) born to 43 women on the 12th hour of October 1, 1989. As of the end of season 3, we also know it was vital to him to have seven children for… So what does all that mean in the grand scheme of the Umbrella Academy? That’s a complicated question, really. Even so, she at least has come out on the other side with not only Claire by her side but Ray, a choice that actress Emmy Raver-Lampman tells Polygon will probably haunt her: “I think there’s bound to be an immense amount of guilt that’s going to affect her at some point. In this new world Reginald is seemingly even more a captain of industry.

Umbrella Academy, the Netflix series where imagination has no limits, is reminding viewers that identity is not a prison.

And I love that I am queer. “I love that I am trans. It's not just that there are LGBTQ+ characters like Klaus and Viktor – played by Elliott Page – but that the Umbrella Academy itself is a band of misfits who, for better or worse, have to seek family in one another as they grapple with issues ranging from their father's death to saving the world from impending apocalypse.

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It’s a heartwarming moment — until Reginald breaks their conciliatory hug by turning his hand into a spiked tentacle and killing Luther on the spot. (This “death” might have more impact if we hadn’t already seen Klaus die and come back like a dozen times a couple of episodes ago, but still: Pretty cold, Reginald.) By majority vote, the surviving children of Reginald Hargreeves (from two different timelines) have chosen the oblivion of an apocalyptic death over the mystery of Hotel Oblivion. “Centuries wasted, all because a different me was unkind to his children,” mourns Reginald. Everything we know about Reginald’s ruthlessness pays off in a devastating fashion when he goes to confront Luther. The episode opens with a flashback montage set during the years Luther spent exiled on the moon at his father’s behest. After any good night of drinking comes the hangover — and after the low-key fun of “ Wedding at the End of the World,” this episode is a particularly nasty comedown. At last, it’s Reginald who assembles everyone and makes one last-ditch pitch to save the world: Head through the special to the Hotel Oblivion, ring seven bells, and trigger a vaguely defined fail-safe that will put the whole universe back in order.