Not Cool: The Umbrella Academy Skipped Over Its Biggest Season 3 Twist
Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy
One of the biggest twists of The Umbrella Academy season 3 was revealed, then promptly skipped over and made irrelevant. Umbrella Academyseason 3 has more Easter eggs, references, and reveals than ever, finally giving answers to many lingering questions left over from seasons 1 and 2. Despite this, the Netflix series' highly anticipated return still wasted the huge time travel reveal that Five is the founder of The Commission.
In Umbrella Academy season 3 episode 3, «Pocketful of Lightning», it's found that both the known briefcases in the new timeline aren't working, leading Five (Aiden Gallagher) and Lila (Ritu Arya) to come to the conclusion that something is deeply wrong with The Commission. They find the compound surrounded by a terrible winter and abandoned by everyone they used to know there. Something awful has indeed happened: a Grandfather Paradox is causing the universe to eat itself. Following the instructions in a manual they find, the two end up at a paradox-proof bunker and find the founder of The Commission inside; an old, one-armed Five who warns young Five to not save the world before promptly dying.
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This reveal comes in Umbrella Academy season 3 episode 4, «Kugelblitz.» It largely shapes the way Five interacts with the world for the rest of the season—particularly with Reginald, whom he doesn't trust—and it leads him to Pogo, from whom he gains some important insights. It is an otherwise empty reveal. Five having founded The Commission answers a lingering mystery about the organization from seasons 1 and 2, but doesn't land as heavily as it should given The
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