Another high-profile failure?
Although the creators of The Umbrella Academy put their heart and soul into the finale, many viewers were outraged by the fate of the Hargreeves siblings.
“So we all came to the collective decision to pretend that season 4 never existed. It was just a collective nightmare!” — complained one of the fans on social networks.
Do the screenwriters deserve the blame though? First things first.
In the last episodes, one of the plot mysteries was revealed: the cause of Ben’s death. It turned out that during the mission he found the same Jennifer and died with her at Reginald’s hands.
This is because the bodies of both characters contain particles called Marigold and Durango, upon contact with which the process of purification is launched, that is, the destruction of everything.
And if in the past the head of the family managed to stop the end of the world, in the new timeline everything happened according to a different scenario.
In a conversation with an alternate version of himself, Five discovered that the cause of the endless alternate cycles was the heroes themselves, and that is why they must undergo the Purge and erase themselves from history.
The Hargreeves sacrificed themselves, destroying the other timelines and correcting all errors.
Yes, devastating and heartbreaking for all the fans who have grown attached to Luther, Diego, Allison, Five, Ben, Klaus, Victor and Lyla over the years.
But the story didn’t end there!
The creators paid tribute to the characters, both in the post-credits scene and before.
First, the audience was shown several behind-the-scenes photos of Talking Heads’ song This Must Be the Place.
And then they showed eight marigolds with a hint that the siblings are not gone – they are still with us.
Source: Popcorn News
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