My thoughts on Umbrella Academy season 4 !!!!! FULL SPOILERS !!!!!
I'm going to preface this by saying both that this will be a complete ramble and that I enjoyed the season as a whole.
Ep 1- I really love where everyone is without their powers it literally makes so much sense in all ways. I think Luther being a bad stripper is both hilarious and so accurate -also the comic accurate name makes this 100 times better. Viktor running a bar is also something I didn't realise I needed. Klaus being a germaphobe has my heartt!!! It also set up the show nicely.
The plot seems, to me, has seemed to get bigger and bigger every season but it's kind of mixed feelings on that but I did like the conspiracy theory element. Also, the fact that the timelines were bleeding into each other is a really cool concept.
Ben- I thought his characterisation was alright this season. I thought seeing him as more of a main character was a great addition and that alternate ben was - to be honest- a more complex and interesting character than original ben (but that doesn't stop me from missing him). I loved seeing how much of his self worth and view of the umbrellas self worth is tied to his powers. Also I'm a sucker for characters who are doomed by the plot™ as he is to fall for jennifer. I'm soso happy we got to see how and why he died and reginald killing was actually so in character. However, WHY DIDN'T GHOST BEN TELL KLAUS HOW HE DIED!?!?!?!
Time to address the elephant in the room- Five and Lila. I hated it. Although, that is mainly in relation to their ages and relationships to diego. Imo Lila would never cheat and ,more importantly, five would never do that to his brother. Also, unless I did the maths wrong five IS 70 MENTALLY and Lila is 41 after the six years in the subway. Especially given the age difference physically I just feel like it's weird. I also wish that writers could just let people BE FRIEND FOR GOD'S SAKE. However, I do think that if it weren't for Diego they could be more of a right person wrong time. Either way I wish is didn't happen.
Viktor- I feel like he took a lot more of a backseat this season and it was refreshing to see him bond with Reggie with no backstabbing. One thing is that he seemed way more aggressive than in previous seasons and his character just generally feels different from seasons 1, 2, and 3. It's not necessarily bad just weird.
I enjoyed meeting Claire properly and her and Klaus' relationship is everything to me. Klaus is such a fun uncle.
The ending- honestly it kind of makes sense that the umbrellas are always the cause of the doomsday and always will be so I don't know why everyone hates it so much. I was devastated though at the time. Despite this there are several plotholes, like why didn't the other 43 children also have to give their marigold to the cleanse. But tbh I can kind of see that they did anyway given that they were on Earth and were consumed.
I'm in love with seeing loads of the old cast just chilling in the original timeline and the swedes playing frisbee is everything. I also thought that the Marigolds in the end credit scene was a lovely touch.
I probably missed so much and it also may have some errors but I hope you enjoyed my ramble :). Overall, the season was still quite fun and vibey (if you ignore five and lila) and I don't think it deserves all the hate. I'm just going to miss this series but still look back on it warmly.
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