This article reveals spoilers for The Umbrella Academy Season 4.
Who would have thought the end of the world could be this simple? Umbrella AcademyNetflix's beloved series about a dysfunctional family of outcasts with superpowers has reached its final destination: a wild ride. The show's final season left some fans with a bad taste in their mouths as they tried to make sense of the strange choices, shortened episode count, and confusing ending. The six-episode arc attempts to bring everything back to square one, revealing that the Hargreeves siblings were never meant to exist in the first place, and ultimately, they didn't. If you were hoping for a happy ending, you might want to look elsewhere.
When season four begins, the Hargreeves siblings find themselves in a world that is eerily normal. After averting the third apocalypse, they are sent into a reset world where none of them have their powers and life is depressingly normal. Allison is no longer the star of detergent commercials, Luther has taken a job as a nightclub dancer, and Victor is running a bar in Canada. The once-powerful heroes are now stuck in the kind of mediocrity they’ve always managed to avoid, and it only gets weirder from there. Fan reactions are quickly piling up, with The Independent compiling these two heartbreaking posts:
Another added:
So awful, I wish I didn't bother watching it. Complete character murder.
About characters I've loved for years. I'm disgusted and disappointed. One fan said the final season will be “forgettable.”
One of the most disappointing show endings in history.
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What do fans say?
The season has had its ups and downs, but if the series had been able to hold together at the end, fans might have ignored it. The final episode comes and it comes to a close… Do the siblings just fade away? They sacrifice themselves to save the world and it's over. Fans expressed their disappointment, with some saying,
Meanwhile, @docniner wrote on X, “I always thought Dexter season 8 was the worst ending on TV, but I just finished watching the Umbrella Academy ending, oh my god.” While Umbrella Academy The film managed to get a 59% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but the audience rating dropped to an embarrassing 17%, reflecting the reception to the actual ending after everyone watched it.
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The shortened final seasons have plenty of creative dishes, but guest stars Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are one of the bright spots.
The Umbrella Academy team is proud of Season 4.
Gerard Way, co-creator of the comics on which the show is based, seems proud of what the Netflix team has delivered over the years, saying in an interview with Tudum,
“Honestly, I really loved their enthusiasm. They're a great group of people and they're having a good time. And because I never stood in their way – intentionally, it was a choice – they became a beautiful thing apart.”
As an experiment for this comedic adaptation of Umbrella Academy Ultimately, the show will clearly be remembered for its wild adventures and great story, as well as for its unpopular ending, just like game of thronesbefore that.
