Spoilers ahead for The Umbrella Academy Season 4!
The Umbrella Academy cast members, including Justin H. Min (who plays Ben Hargreeves) and Emmy Raver-Lampman (who plays Alison Hargreeves), spoke to PEOPLE about their characters’ sacrifice in the Season 4 finale.
The superhero siblings found themselves swallowed by The Cleanse in order to get rid of the overlapping and twisted timelines. The moment they were swallowed by the entity, the Hargreeves siblings were erased from all of history, making it seem like they never existed. It’s a bittersweet ending for fans who loved those characters!
However, anything is possible in the Umbrella Academy universe, so will these characters ever return, or was this the end of any possibility? As Min explains, “It’s a closed chapter, a closed loop. This was the sacrifice that the Umbrella Academy had to make to make the world normal.”
He remained tight-lipped about any potential spinoffs for the show, but he did say that some characters have the potential to sustain their own individual storylines. “There are already spinoff comics for the Klaus character. I think Robbie (Sheehan) would have a lot of fun with that. I think Aiden would have a great time with Five,” Min said.
The actor confirmed that no matter what the future holds for the characters, he would watch any spinoff films in the superhero universe.
Meanwhile, Lampman described the ending as a settlement for peace that the world desperately needed. However, she hinted that there is a possibility that the characters survived their destruction and ended up in a different world. She said, “Anything is possible. It’s closing a chapter, but it’s not completely over because the magic of our show is that it leaves you guessing.”
He suggested that if people questioned the show’s forgettable ending two or three years later, it would mean the sacrifices made by these characters were not in vain.
The Umbrella Academy is about 7 superhumans misfits for the world who are adopted and raised as siblings by cunning businessman and so-called “father” Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who ruthlessly trains them to control their powers. When a great threat befalls the world, the now estranged siblings reunite to defeat it.
All seasons of The Umbrella Academy are available to stream on Netflix.
