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With the second season of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy right around the corner, let's look back at how the show handles the death of Ben Hargreeves.

Early last year, Netflix released The Umbrella Academy, based on the comics written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá. The story follows six adopted siblings who were raised to be superheroes by eccentric billionaire inventor Sir Reginald Hargreeves. When the team was formed, there were seven siblings, but one met an unfortunate fate at a young age.

While the Netflix adaptation deviates from the comic book source material, there are some plot points that were translated directly, including the death of Ben Hargreeves (played as an adult by Justin H. Min), about whom viewers are told little. So, let's breakdown what happened to Ben, and why it remains such a mystery.

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With the ability to summon a tentacle monster from within his body, Ben was shown to be one of the most powerful of the siblings, yet he was the only one to die as a child. From context within both the comics and the show, audiences are told that Ben's death was gruesome. Aside from the "disappearance" of time-traveling Number 5, the death of Ben impacted the family more than anything, confirmed by the statue erected in his honor.

From what little is known about Ben's death, audiences can estimate it has something to do with Luther Hargreeves, the leader of the Umbrella Academy. At several points throughout the first season, it's clear Luther holds a lot of guilt about what happened to Ben. That could be because he's the leader of the team and feels the most pressure, but there's also the possibility he was directly involved. Given the severity of the missions the team would go on, there's a chance that Luther pushed his brother too far.

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With little else to go on, fans have theorized that Ben might have lost his life to suicide. Some have noted that Klaus' ghosts have a visible indication of how they died, and because Ben appears unharmed, it's possible he took his own life. That could be due, in part, to his ability which was depicted on the Netflix series as something he despises. While thwarting a bank robbery, the other Hargreeves children are having fun and playing around with their abilities to take down the criminals, but Ben had to be forced to use his power. Ben could have taken his own life due to his family repeatedly forcing him to use his ability to kill.

While all of these are nothing more than theories, it's been hinted that Season 2 might give a definitive answer to what happened to Ben. If that's the case, it would come as a welcome addition for fans of the series because Min's portrayal of the character was a standout for many.
Starring Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin Min, The Umbrella Academy's second season begins streaming on July 31, 2020. Steve Blackman will continue to act as showrunner and executive producer, with Sylvain White serving as a new director. Season 1 of The Umbrella Academy is currently available on Netflix.
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The Umbrella Academy: Ben Hargreeves' Death, Explained

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With the second season of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy right around the corner, let's look back at how the show handles the death of Ben Hargreeves. Early last year, Netflix released The Umbrella Academy, based on the comics written by Gerard Way and illustrated by Gabriel Bá.

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The Umbrella Academy focuses on a group of siblings thrust together into a world of superpowers. Based on the Dark Horse comic book created by Gerard Way, this Netflix series has risen in popularity and become one of the most talked-about series on the streaming service.

The story goes like this: On October 1, 43 women around the world gave birth at the same time. These women had not known or shown signs that they were pregnant. Of those 43 babies born, seven were adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves and trained to be the tiny vigilantes that make up the Umbrella Academy. The children were numbered from one to seven, and given a name as an afterthought by the robot designed to be their mother. Number Two in the line of siblings is Diego Hargreeves.

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Diego Hargreeves is the broody, mysterious sibling in the Umbrella Academy. He's not the deadliest or the smartest, but he's a force in the family. Diego is one of the children who left the academy and went out on his own to separate himself from the family image. When the show begins, he is living in a boxing club in exchange for working there from time to time. He's also reluctant to have anything to do with the death of his father. Altogether, he's one of the most interesting characters and worth taking a deeper look at.
Updated August 5, 2020, by Shawn S. Lealos: With the second season of Umbrella Academy hitting Netflix, the heroes went back to the '60s and realized they had to stop another apocalypse, as bad luck follows them everywhere they go. This change also threw the heroes into a world they never experienced and allowed viewers to see a completely different side of this dysfunctional family. One of the characters that got the most development in Season 2 was Diego Hargreeves, and it gave fans another chance to learn more about him. Here are a few more things you need to know about Diego Hargreeves from Umbrella Academy and what makes him tick.
15 HIS POWERS ARE DEFENSIVE AS WELL

There was a scene toward the end of Umbrella Academy Season 2 where tons of Commission assassins showed up to kill the Hargreeves, and it was time for them to use their powers to go on the defensive. With that said, not many of them have defensive based capabilities against significant odds. That all changed when Diego showed his ability to manipulate objects was not just things he threw. Diego stopped all the bullets coming at him and his family and redirected them as well, something that shows how powerful he is.

14 HE HAS A HERO COMPLEX DUE TO DADDY ISSUES

When Season 2 of Umbrella Academy started, Diego was already back in time, and he was in a tight spot. Diego was arrested when he decided to try to stop the Kennedy assassination by stopping Lee Harvey Oswald before he could kill the President. As his psychiatrist said in the asylum, Diego suffered from a hero complex, and it all stemmed from his daddy issues. The family pointed it out later when they even told him that all he wanted to do was prove to Hargreeves that he was a real hero.

13 HE PUT FAMILY ABOVE HIS DREAMS

Diego always wanted to be a hero, and he did everything he could to become that hero in his life. However, all he ended up doing was becoming a low-rent Batman, which is how Number Five described his brother. He finally got a chance to do something big when The Commission offered him a job, but he betrayed them and went back to help his family, proving that he wanted to be a hero but knew he had to protect those he loved for that to happen.

12 HE HAS FORGIVEN VANYA

When it comes to family, out of all the children that grew up in the Umbrella Academy, it seems that Diego is the one that has the most room in his heart for his brothers and sisters. It seems almost strange that the one that claims to be a loner and wants no one around him is the one that is quickest to forgive and stand by his siblings. That was proven in Season 2 when he faced Vanya for the first time since the first apocalypse, and when she said she was sorry if that mattered, Diego simply said "it does," and things were okay between them again.

11 HIS LOVE MIGHT HAVE RUINED THE FUTURE

Diego might have caused more problems in Season 2 than anyone knows at this time. He has always had a strong love for his mother, even though the mother who helped raise him was a robot. In Season 2, it turned out robot Grace was based on a real person, a doctor that Reginald Hargreeves loved. In Season 2, Diego told Grace to look into what Reginald was doing. His love for her was so strong that he was willing to push her away from Reginald, which is what he accomplished, possibly changing the future for the worse.

10 HE WAS KICKED OUT OF THE POLICE ACADEMY

This isn't a secret. It's how he met his ex-girlfriend, Detective Patch. And it's also how he transitioned into being a vigilante hiding in the shadows long after the Umbrella Academy disbanded. The show never really reveals the real reason as to why Diego was kicked out, but we can only assume it had something to do with his rage issues and being hard-headed.

It's mentioned many times that Diego doesn't really like doing things by the book. He would rather sneak around like a vigilante instead of doing things according to the law and how the police do them. So, it's safe to assume he didn't really mesh with police training.

9 HE'S HIGHLY TRAINED IN MARTIAL ARTS

He does live in a boxing club, so he has that advantage. But before that, Diego made sure that his powers and capabilities were more than just throwing things. In order to ensure he was a complete fighting machine, he made sure that he was trained in a variety of martial arts and physical combat techniques.

That's why he can go up against Luther and still pose a challenge to him. He doesn't really look that massive, especially compared to Luther. However, he has the discipline and training to be a total threat in melee combat to all of his enemies.

8 WHEN HE WAS A CHILD, HE HAD SPEECH ISSUES

As a young boy, Diego had a few speaking issues. One of his biggest was stuttering. They caused him a great deal of pain because they seemed to keep impacting his life. Grace helped him get through those issues and always told him to picture the word in his head. This was a huge help for him and was a big factor in his overcoming his stutter.

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As a result, Diego has a very special and close bond with her. She seemed to be the only one that he really trusted. In fact, it's arguable that Diego cares the most about Grace out of all of his siblings, and he's the most visibly upset when she dies. He even starts to stutter again after her death.

7 HE'S HOSTILE

Diego is still resentful of their father, Sir Reginald Hargreeves, for the way that he treated the children when they were young. It's no secret that he felt abandoned and mistreated. He's also resentful and angry toward Vanya because he doesn't approve of her book.

This relationship between Vanya and Diego is one of the tensest and strained relationships on the entire show. Despite the fact that he is committed to fighting for justice, he still holds grudges and resentments against the people who he believes have wronged him. Just take a look at his dedication to going after Cha-Cha and Hazel for killing Detective Patch.

6 HIS POWERS OF OBJECT MANIPULATION

You may have noticed that Diego is really, really good at throwing things. He's able to manipulate the trajectory of objects as they're thrown through the air. That's why his knives never miss.

It comes in really handy when he has to beat his enemies from afar. However, it's also been used against him in the past. It's easy to blame someone who is known for throwing knives when there are stabbings occurring. So, he gets mixed up on the wrong side of the law a lot and needs to be more careful.

5 HE CAN HOLD HIS BREATH INDEFINITELY

Diego does have a secondary power in addition to his ability to manipulate thrown objects. He is able to hold his breath for as long as he wants. However, this power hasn't really been all that useful so far. In the comics, he's known as "The Kraken," but they haven't really explored any of his underwater abilities in the show as of yet.

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There is always a chance this will become more prominent in the second season, but you never know. He really has the potential to be some kind of alternate type of underseas vigilante killer (kind of like a certain other DC comic book hero we know).

4 THERE IS A LOT OF TENSION BETWEEN DIEGO AND LUTHER

Since Luther is the leader of the group and Number One, he and Diego have always been a little bit at odds. Diego resents Luther because he's always second to him. He is Number Two to Luther's Number One. This has sparked a lot of his resentment and has created a competitive streak within him. Diego thinks that he should be the leader, even know as they band together to fight Vanya's apocalypse.

In a Facebook post, the show's creator Gerard Way admitted that it was Diego's resentment toward Luther that pushed him to become better. So, in a way, Diego can thank Luther for being his inspiration. That's at least something.

3 CONCRETE INFO ABOUT RELATIONSHIP WITH DETECTIVE PATCH

We don't really know that much about his connection with Detective Patch and the past that they have together. But we do know that he genuinely cared for her. She seems to have genuinely cared for him as well but knew that being with him would be a conflict with her job as a police detective.

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They don't really say much about why they broke up but that's the only thing they really mention. Sadly, Diego's chances of reuniting with her are ruined since Cha-Cha and Hazel killed her. This is also something Deigo kind of blames himself for because she was killed while taking a page out of his book and "going rogue" instead of sticking with the rules.

2 HE HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR KLAUS

You can tell that Diego really does love his brother, Klaus, and worries about him and his drug addiction. He tolerates him even though he clearly gets annoyed. Diego is someone who treats his own body like a temple, ensuring that he doesn't corrupt it with alcohol or drugs.

It's part of his pristine martial arts training and his dedication to living the vigilante life. Therefore, he has an urge in him to protect Klaus from the destruction he's causing to his own body. They shared some really precious brother-to-brother moments in this first season, so we're really excited to see where the next season takes them.

1 HE KILLS GRACE

Diego is technically the one who kills their mother. While the rest of the group believes that she was a victim of the assault by Cha-Cha and Hazel, it was actually Deigo that "turned her off" because it was time.

It was a mercy killing, though, and if anyone was going to do it, Diego was the best option because of her close relationship with him. Clearly, it hurt him to make that choice. However, someone had to do it. We're not sure at this point if the other characters have figured out it was him. But this could be something that comes into play in future seasons.

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Luther Hargreeves

Date of death

April 1, 2019 (original timeline)
November 25, 1963 (1963 Apocalypse and Handler Victorious timelines)[1]

Powers

Super strength
Ape-like physiology

Luther Hargreeves, originally labeled as Number One, is one of the forty-three children who were all born on the same day in 1989 to a mother without any previous signs of pregnancy. The baby was one of seven adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves with the intention of training them to save the world. Ranked by their individual usefulness, Luther was Hargreeves' Number One and the leader of The Umbrella Academy. He possesses superhuman strength and durability.

Luther was the only member of the Academy who did not leave, and continued to serve Sir Reginald. Sent on a mission to stop a biochemical threat, Luther is critically injured and Sir Reginald is forced to use a serum to save his life. The serum gives Luther an ape-like physiology, greatly increasing his muscle mass and strength. In an effort to give him focus, Sir Reginald sends him to the moon to watch out for threats, and Luther send regular reports back to his father.

Following Sir Reginald's death, Luther comes to believe he was murdered. As events unfold, Luther finds out that Sir Reginald never read any of the reports he sent back and believes that he was sent away for not being a good enough Number One.

Having been caught up in Five's failed attempt at dodging Vanya's apocalypse, Luther finds himself in Dallas, 1962. It is here he works as a driver for the owner of a burlesque bar and on occasion, uses his super strength to win fights in underground boxing rings.

Luther is played by Tom Hopper in the Netflix adaptation of The Umbrella Academy.

As the rest of the Umbrella Academy members "number one" was born on October 1st 1989, somehow he ended up in Sir Reginald Hargreeves' hands, where was raised by him and Grace - who he called dad and mom.

Reginald's secret

Luther had been sent away to the moon by his father, Reginald, at a young age. During his time on the moon, in which he was alone, he sent numerous reports back to his father on Earth, but received no response.

When Luther returned back to Earth upon his father's death, he was shocked to find that Reginald had been ignoring all of the reports that Luther had sent back to Earth; he was especially disappointed when Pogo shows him the research and he believes to have been sent to the moon simply for not being a good enough "Number One".

Relationship with Allison

It becomes visibly clear that there is a connection between Allison and Luther, and neither one of them can deny it. Nevertheless, the two bury the connection due to their siblingship.

After their father's death, however, and their reunion, neither one of them is able to deny it any further and when Allison finds Luther distraught over his recent discovery surrounding his father, she comforts him. The two later dance and in the midst of the moment, begin kissing. Despite this, Allison plans to leave but asks Luther to catch the flight with her. Luther dismisses Allision, however, and his descent into turmoil begins.

Reuniting with his siblings

After Five fails to protect the Umbrella Academy from the apocalypse, Luther finds himself transported to Dallas, 1962, where he builds up a life under the guise of Jack Ruby. He fights regularly for him in an underground boxing-ring in exchange for mentoring and a father figure.

Luther quickly becomes dissatisfied with his life, however, when he bumps into Vanya and realizes that all of his family are not dead as he had initially believed. He asks Jack to find Allison for him, and he successfully does so. This doesn't end well for Luther, however, as when he visits Allison's house he bumps into Raymond Chestnut, Allison's husband, and learns all about the life she has built for herself without him.

Luther later bumps into Number Five, who tells him about the second apocalypse they have caused by encroching on the timeline in which they do not belong - as a result, they need to find a way back home. Luther is initially reluctant to go along with Five's plans to reunite his family after finding out about Allison, and believes that he is best placed where he is and where he has built a life for himself.

Luther's mind is changed, however, when he bumps into Allison on the street and the two get talking about the lives they've built for themselves. Luther tells Allison about the apocalypse and the two agree that they must try and help Five restore the timeline; Luther begins struggling with his feelings for Allison again, however.

After a while, Luther is able to reunite his family with Five's help, and the Umbrella Academy agree to return to their own time and restore the timeline. When he arrives back in 2019 with the rest of his family, however, he is faced with a shocking discovery: he is no longer "Number One".

Personality

Luther is a loving, protective and righteous individual. He is shown to immediately throw himself in harm's way and act as a shield in dangerous situations and is shown to have a firm belief in right and wrong. He was the only of his siblings to stay at the academy and continue his work as a superhero, trusting his father's commands implicitly. Luther is shown to define himself as the leader of the Umbrella Academy and as his father's "Number 1" taking his role very seriously and devoting his life to his father's cause. As a result, he never left the Umbrella Academy or developed a life outside of it, becoming isolated and sheltered. He notable mentions that he never even had friends due to his devotion. As a result, he has a somewhat naive, almost childlike aspect to him. When he discovers his father has never read his reports from the moon, he is devastated and lost, feeling he wasted his life and causing him to spiral out of control and lash out by going to a rave, taking drugs and getting drunk.

Superhuman Strength: Luther possesses immense strength, which was further amplified by his new ape-like physiology. As a child, he could easily lift and throw a fully grown adult across a room and through a window. His strength is enough to lift up slightly a farm truck off for Diego trapped leg as a results of at least 1,000lbs he can lift up.

Enhanced Resilience: Luther possesses an extremely resilience body, which was further amplified by his new ape-like physiology. He is able to shrug off most physical impacts during combat, and could even take the full weight of a falling chandelier without injury. Luther is not invulnerable, however, as Diego managed to cut him with a knife and draw blood, and he is shown to hide from bullets. Though his body was enough to survive a missile from 1963 without much injury.

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Allison Hargreeves

Aliases

Number Three

The Rumor

Allison Chestnut

Bella Topolona

Date of death

April 1, 2019 (original timeline)
November 25, 1963 (1963 Apocalypse and Handler Victorious timelines)[2][3]

Powers

Influencing reality and the minds of others by lying

"When something seems too good to be true, it's usually anything but."

-Allison Hargreeves

Allison Hargreeves, originally designated as Number Three, is one of the forty-three children born on the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989 to mothers without any previous signs of pregnancy. She was one of seven adopted as a baby by Sir Reginald Hargreeves whose intention was training them to save the world. Ranked by their individual usefulness, Allison was Hargreeves' Number Three with the ability to influence events by prefacing any statement with "I heard a rumor."

After Five fails to prevent the apocalypse half caused by Vanya , she finds herself in Dallas, 1961 during the height of the American Civil Rights Movement. Separated from her siblings and coping with the loss of her voice, Allison navigates a segregated and racist southern society.

Allison is played by Emmy Raver-Lampman in the Netflix adaptation of The Umbrella Academy.

As a child, she was used by her father for her powers. He forced her to use her ability to make Vanya forget she also had powers and placed a psychological block on her mind that made her believe she was only normal. This is a major plot point in the series. She had a romantic relationship with Luther throughout her life, beginning at young age, but continuing after they met again at Reginald Hargreeves's funeral (Episode 1).

Prior to the series, she married Patrick, on whom it is implied she used her powers to initiate their relationship: 'I heard a rumor that you love me'. She has a daughter named Claire with Patrick.

Her marriage broke down after Patrick witnessed Allison using her powers on their daughter, after which he gained full custody of Claire. In this way especially it is clear that Allison began abusing her powers for personal gain and ease of life, her awareness of which acts as a motivator for her behaviour, particularly towards Vanya, throughout the season.

Civil Rights Movement

When Five transports all of the Umbrella Academy back in time to avert the apocalypse, Allison finds herself in Dallas, 1961, at the height of the American Civil Rights Movement. She quickly stumbles upon Odessa's salon, where she begins working shortly after.

She quickly becomes an integral part of the movement, and years later in 1963, Allison is an integral part of the sit-in before the arrival of JFK in an attempt to gauge the attention of the media. The sit in is initially a failure, and Allison, along with her husband, Raymond Chestnut, are escorted off the premises by the police.

Relationship with Raymond

Allison initially enjoys a close and stable relationship with Raymond, who she met during her time at the civil rights movement. Things begin to go south for the two when other members of the Umbrella Academy, particularly Luther begin showing up in Dallas.

Raymond becomes confused over Allison's history and, when she is reluctant to explain, he leaves their house together and refuses to talk with her. As a result, Allison realises that her only chance to salvage the relationship with Raymond is to explain about her past and her involvement with the Umbrella Academy. Raymond is initially reluctant to believe her, but when she shows him her abilities, he believes her.

Their relationship comes to a head when Allison is ready to return to her rightful place within the timeline with the other members of the Umbrella Academy. Allison asks Raymond to return with her, but he is reluctant, citing that 2019 is not like 1963, and his duties are not finished. Nonetheless, Raymond tells her that the years they spent together have been the best of his life.

Personality

Allison is a determined woman with a kind heart and strong values. She has displayed her kind-heartedness on many occasions, particularly with her sister Vanya. She welcomed Vanya home, despite the book she wrote and even stated that she was glad Vanya had come.

Allison is a thoughtful and reflective person, particularly since losing custody of her daughter. After being caught using her powers on her daughter, she seemed to swear off using it, refusing to do it even during a confrontation with Cha-Cha, a highly skilled assassin. She puts a lot of energy into her own personal growth and relationships, although she sometimes reverts to old patterns around her siblings.

Allison seemed to abuse her power of suggestion in her childhood and as a young adult, using it to advance her career, manipulate those around her, and even force someone to love her. This shows a deep insecurity in her, and her actions seem to haunt her consistently. She is strongly against using her power, even when her life is endangered. As seen where she shed tears when Vanya began to lose control, begging her not to make her use her power.

Despite everything, Allison has a deep love for her siblings. She goes especially out of her way to show love toward Vanya, seemingly as a way to make up for the cruel way she treated her as a child. She even forgives Vanya instantly after she almost kills her, and smiles warmly at her during her concert.

Powers and Abilities

Vocal Reality Manipulation: Allison can control people and reality with the power of her voice.

Mental Manipulation: By prefacing a statement with "I heard a rumor," Allison can compel people do whatever she desires. Although she initially abused her power by using it for personal gain, her ex-husband, Patrick caught her using the ability on her daughter, Claire and she realized her use had been exploitative and stopped using it unless she had to. However, in order for her power to have effect she must be close enough to a subject that they can hear her.

Reality Manipulation: As seen during her childhood, where her father had her use her powers to suppress her sister, Vanya's own powers. Allison's ability to mentally affect others using her voice can also to a certain degree at the time, manipulate and influence reality. Later as seen during the second season, Allison can now cause spontaneous phenomenon to happen to whenever she uses her voice on others, as seen where she had caused the heads of three men to explode after she used her mental suggestion on them.

Skilled Combatant: Like many of her siblings, Allison possesses extensive physical and combative training, making her a capable athlete and martial artist.

Relationships

Allison was married to Patrick, and they have a daughter named Claire. After Patrick witnessed Allison using her power on Claire, he filed for divorce. Patrick received full custody of Claire.

It was later revealed that Allison had used her powers on Patrick to start their relationship, hinting that he may have not had any actual romantic feelings for her.

Vanya Hargreeves

Vanya is the closest and most loyal sibling Allison has. Vanya and Allison reunite after long years spent apart in We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals. Even though. her other siblings ignore Vanya, Allison is the first one to. welcome her with open arms. But the loving attitude that was shown to Vanya soon changes when they interact again during a call with Patrick. Vanya asks if Allison is okay and Allison says that Vanya is the last person she would go to for advice, and storms off on Vanya. In later episodes, they are shown to have a more sisterly relationship. Allison apologizes to Vanya for her rude behavior and they go out more often and frequently, though Allison remains skeptical of Leanord and Vanya's relationship with him. This starts to anger Vanya, because she says that Allison can't be happy for her once in her life. Later in I Heard a Rumor, Allison finally fessed up to Vanya about brainwashing her into thinking she was normal. Vanya got very upset, balming Allison for her problems, unintentionally making her Vanya's scapegoat. Allison tried to tell Vanya that she was young, but Vanya's powers escalated in the moment. Thinking Mental Manipulation is the only solution, Allison began to say "I heard a rumor.." but was slashed in the throat by Vanya. In that moment, Vanya became scared, realizing what she had done to the person she cared about. In The White Violin Allison watches as Vanya plays beautifully during the concert, and they share a beautiful moment together, realizing how close they are. After Allison and Vanya reunite in 1963, Allison says that she missed her, to which Vanya replies "Thank god someone did," and they put their differences aside and go on have a genuine sisterly relationship.

Luther Hargreeves

As well as being adopted siblings, there is also a strongly-implied romantic attraction between Luther and Alison Hargreeves, who are portrayed as childhood sweethearts who never got over one another.

Raymond Chestnut

Raymond is Allison's husband during the time jump to the 1960's. They were married almost a year before Allison returned to 2019. Raymond saw Allison rumour a cop and that caused ripples in their relationship.

Differences Between Comics

In the show, Allison's powers can influence peoples thoughts, feelings and actions and thus chooses to (unlike the comics) become an actor. In the comics, she can slightly alter reality; when she visits a store that's out of a desired item, she uses her powers and it appears. However, like many of her siblings in the show, she has yet to discover the full potential of her abilities.

The show depicts Allison's romance with Luther as a long-standing legitimate attraction, while the comic implies she is using her powers to manipulate Luther in order to cope with her divorce. Contrary to the comics, she is portrayed in the show as much more compassionate and far less deliberately manipulative.

Allison's appearance also differs from her comic book counterpart. Allison is african american and has black hair and brown eyes, while in the comics, she has lighter skin, shoulder-length purple hair, and blue eyes.

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Klaus Hargreeves

Aliases

Number Four

Stoner Boy

Séance

Prophet

Mamie Pink

Fraud

Fruit (Derogatory)

Date of death

April 1, 2019 (original timeline)
November 25, 1963 (1963 Apocalypse and Handler Victorious timelines)[2][3]

Gender

Genderfluid Male (uses he/they pronouns[citation needed]

Powers

Ability to interact with the dead

"Where has it gotten me? Nowhere. I can't talk to the person I love. People still don't take me seriously. I wanna be numb again."

-Klaus Hargreeves[src]

Klaus Hargreeves, originally designated as Number Four, is one of the forty-three children who were all born on the same day in 1989 to mothers without any previous signs of pregnancy. The baby was one of seven adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves with the intention of training them to save the world. Ranked by their individual usefulness, Klaus was Hargreeves' Number Four with the ability to speak to the dead. His tendency to speak German, and his name, suggest he was possibly born to a woman in Germany.

Klaus finds himself transported to Dallas, February 11, 1960 when Five fails to avert the apocalypse. Klaus becomes the leader of a spiritual cult and despite the fame associated, he struggles more and more with his inner demons. He and Ben struggle with their relationship but begin experimenting more with their combined abilities.

Klaus is played by Robert Sheehan in the Netflix adaptation of The Umbrella Academy.

Klaus Hargreeves was born on 1 October 1989 at 12PM to a mother who had not been pregnant when the day began. He was adopted by the eccentric (yet reclusive) billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves. He starts doing drugs at 13 after finding out they repress his powers shortly after being locked in a mausoleum as a child (this had occurred since he was at least 8; it is currently unknown how old he was when it started). He suffered much abuse in his childhood.

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Throughout the Series

At the beginning of the series, Klaus is released from rehab. He immediately buys drugs upon his release, and learns of his adoptive father's death after being resuscitated in an ambulance. He arrives at the Umbrella Academy and immediately raids his father's office for anything of value. He is caught by his sister Allison, although she does not force him to put anything back. Luther, however, does. He takes a box which contains papers belonging to his late father. He throws the papers into a dumpster and takes the box to a pawn shop. Using the money, he buys more drugs.

Later on, during the family meeting, Klaus has stolen Allison's skirt. He isn't happy with Luther's assumption that perhaps he or another sibling killed their father. He is asked by Luther to contact the spirit of Sir Reginald. While he tries, Klaus is unsuccessful. During the funeral of Sir Reginald, Klaus smokes, and agrees with Diego that his father was a monster. When Number Five opens a portal to travel back to his time, Klaus throws a fire extinguisher through. Afterwards, he leaves with Diego, and it is revealed that although he is high, he is still able to talk with the spirit of his dead brother, Ben.

During Run Boy Run, it is shown that while he sleeps, Klaus is tormented by the voices of the dead, or perhaps simply has nightmares of them. He awakens, hungover, and begins to talk with the spirit of Ben, who admonishes him for his drug use. He is asked by Pogo about the box that went missing from Sir Reginald's office the day before, but he feigns innocence.

He later hides in Number Five's closet and listens in on his and Vanya's conversation about the apocalypse. He climbs out after Vanya leaves and it is revealed that Number Five wants Klaus to pretend to be his father. They go to the company that produced the prosthetic eye that Five is fixated on, but the technician in charge once again refuses to disclose patient information to Five. This changes when Klaus changes tactics. First, he punches Five and insinuates that he will pretend that it was the technician who gave Five the swollen lip. Then, he smashes a snow globe into his head, and when the technician attempts to call security, Klaus threatens to tell them that the technician had assaulted them.

After Klaus insinuates that the technician would be assaulted if put into prison, the technician finally gives in and looks up the serial number from the eye. The eye, however, has not yet been manufactured, according to his records. When they get back outside and Five yells at him, Klaus comes to the conclusion that Five is so wound up because he's horny. At this point, Klaus also reveals that his longest relationship lasted three weeks, although that was only because he "was so tired of looking for a place to sleep. He did make the most fantastic osso buco, though." At this point, Five teleports away.

In Extra Ordinary, Klaus searches through the dumpster he dumped his father's papers into. He cannot find them, though, which aggravates him. He attemps to convince Five that he was simply looking for a donut.

Klaus and Luther show up in the van that Five stole. After Klaus tells them about the time he "waxed [his] ass with chocolate pudding", they kick him out of the van. It's at this point Klaus decided to steal as much as he can from a nearby corner store. When Luther shows the family the surveillance footage of their father's death, Klaus eats a pack of chips and he gets a drink as Diego reveals that he took Sir Reginald's monocle from Grace. The family argues over what they should do with Grace; Klaus sides with Diego.

Soon after, during Hazel and Cha-Cha's break-in, Klaus is in the bath. Although he seems initially peaceful, he begins to visibly experience a similar spiritual onslaught to his nightmare. Agitated, he sits up, puts on a pair of headphones, and lights a joint. He then is completely oblivious to the attack on the Academy, and is seen dancing as his siblings fight Hazel and Cha-Cha. However, he is kidnapped by Hazel.

At the Academy, no one has noticed that Klaus has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, Hazel and Cha-Cha torture Klaus for information. They strangle, beat, and waterboard him. These methods prove ineffective. As he begins to go through withdrawal, Klaus starts seeing and hearing spirits around him, specifically, a Russian woman.

Hazel and Cha-Cha, growing frustrated, go through Klaus' coat, finding pills and a bar of chocolate laced with marijuana. Hazel crushes the pills, and Klaus chooses not to tell Hazel and Cha-Cha that the chocolate is "special". He eventually tells them everything that he knows about Number Five's plans, after being bribed with what was left of his pills. As Hazel and Cha-Cha burn down Meritech Prosthetics, Klaus is left in a closet, giving him flashbacks to being locked in a tomb as a child. A mix of these flashbacks and withdrawal cause him to scream in anguish, but Ben attempts to calm him down. As a cleaner vacuums, Klaus screams for help, but she doesn't hear him, as his mouth is covered in duct tape and she is listening to music.

Ben tells Klaus how disappointed and hurt he is by Klaus' life choices. Hazel and Cha-Cha return, dragging him out of the closet. Klaus takes this as an opportunity to inform them that they are "scarier without the masks". He also begs to be let go but is informed by Hazel and Cha-Cha that he is now being used as bait to lure Five to their motel room. He begins seeing and hearing spirits again, but this time, he talks to them. He uses what they tell him as ammunition against Hazel and Cha-Cha, mainly the name Zoya Popova and the story of Jan Mueller. Cha-Cha eventually has enough and shuts him up with some duct tape over his mouth. Klaus sees Detective Patch through the blinds and starts banging his head on the table. She hears and gets the door open. She realizes that he is Diego's brother and cuts him free of his restraints.

Hazel comes out of the bathroom and told Patch to not shoot at him. Hazel drops his weapon and got down on his knees. Cha-Cha somehow got out and shot Patch in the back. Before Patch got shot, Klaus dives behind the bed, and grabbing his coat, crawls through the air vent, taking Hazel and Cha-Cha's case with him. He prays it is money for drugs. He gets onto a bus, where he opens the case and is transported away to another, at the time unknown, time and place.

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When Klaus is transported to Dallas, 1960, he finds himself alone with only his ghost brother, Ben, with him. After stumbling upon a wealthy woman, he becomes somewhat famous and ammases a large cult following momentarily. This leads Klaus to turning away from drugs and alcohol - a feat which he is able to maintain for three years, up until 1963.

Klaus' cult following affords him great luxuries in the 1960s, ensuring his life is greately different than it had previously been during 2019. Things quickly change, however, when he learns that his siblings are, infact, still alive. Allison learns that her brother, Klaus, is still alive and visits him, explaining that she survived the transport, therefore their other siblings must've survived too.[4]

Back in Dallas, 1963, Klaus realises that he has a chance to prevent his younger lover, Dave, from joining the military and being killed. Klaus tries to explain to Dave in a diner - where hye is eating with his conservatively homophobic uncle - that he shouldn't sign up despite thinking about it. Klaus tries to convince him not to enlist, but Dave is forced to punch him in the face.[5]

As a result, Klaus turns to alcohol as a coping mechanism for the first time in three years. Ben tries unsuccessfully to try and convince him not to, however he isn't able to, and Klaus' begins turning back into his previous self.

After he accepts that he and his family are responsible for the second apocalypse, Klaus agrees to help Five restore the timeline and prevent the second apocalypse. Ben is able to save Vanya from destroying the FBI building and thus, triggering the apocalypse, but is severly injured in the process. Ben tells Vanya to pass a message on to Klaus: he was never holding him back, Ben was simply too scared to pass on.[3]

Klaus is a fun-loving person who enjoys a hedonistic lifestyle, and has rebelled against his father by refusing to be the hero he wanted him to be. As an unreliable, unrepentant drug addict, and leech, his opinion is often dismissed by his siblings. However, he is shown to have a deeper insight than assumed, and has even shown to be a voice of reason to his family's impulsive decisions. At the same time, he seems to have a better, healthier mindset of their childhood. He acknowledges and accepts that their childhood was traumatic and moves forward without dwelling on it too much. It is revealed that the primary reason for his addiction is because powers cause him to be plagued by horrific, frightening visions of dead people who constantly call out to him. The drugs and alcohol are the only things that are able to subdue his powers and make the visions stop. His loyalty to his siblings, especially Diego and Luther, is shown through his actions, though he does act like any sibling would by teasing and arguing with all six of the other Hargreeves children.

He is very sarcastic, making jokes to deal with his trauma, much to the annoyance of those around him.

Mediumship: Klaus (while sober) has the ability to communicate with spirits/ those who are in the afterlife. Ironically, he is afraid of the dead, so he uses alcohol and drugs to self-medicate and keep his powers dampened. Although, often throughout the series, Klaus is shown talking with his deceased brother, Ben, who seems to be the only spirit he is not afraid of. When speaking with Sir Reginald in the afterlife, Klaus was told that he has barely scratched the surface of his power's potential.

Evocation: Klaus is also able to conjure spirits and manifest them into the real world. In his first attempt, when trying to summon Sir Reginald at the funeral, Klaus states he couldn't do it because he was high. Also because Reginald was too stubborn to get a hold of. With his newfound attempts to remain sober, Klaus was able to physically interact with Ben's spirit for the first time. This later further evolved where he was able to manifest Ben's spirit into the real world, though temporarily. In an alternate 1963, he was able to conjure deceased American soldiers into fighting Soviet soldiers. After he was blasted back by Lila's energy wave, Klaus was also able to conjure two ghosts into catching him in their arms just before he hit the ground.

Immortality: In the episode 'The Day That Was' Klaus follows his drunken, desperate brother Luther in an attempt to stop him from getting high. He finds him at a rave high anyway and dancing with a woman which leaves an angry boyfriend. Klaus jumps on the mans back but gets thrown off and hits his head. He is shown to wake up to a girl/God apparently in the afterlife and she claims that 'he doesn't run her the right way' and so she doesn't like him. She tricks him into meeting Reginald where his dad then confirms that he's 'already dead' but later on he wakes up on the dance floor after being sent back to life. Does this mean he is immortal if God keeps sending him back?

Skilled Combatant: Like many of his siblings, Klaus possesses a level of physical and combative training, but is among the weakest in terms of fighting skills.

During 'Run Boy Run', Klaus mentions that his longest relationship lasted three weeks, although that was only because he "was so tired of looking for a place to sleep. He did make the most fantastic osso buco, though."

Klaus was in a relationship with a man named Dave when the former was transported via Hazel and Cha-Cha's briefcase to the Vietnam War. He only returned to the present after Dave's death. He was there for 10 months. He said Dave was "the only person I have ever truly loved more than myself". It is insinuated most of his other relationships were most likely about sex or finding somewhere to sleep, but this relationship was clearly much deeper. The only reason he actually attempted sobriety was to be able to conjure Dave.

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