10 Small Details You Only Notice Rewatching The Umbrella Academy

If you’re still scratching your head over who exactly The Sparrow Academy is, and where these imposters came from, then you needn’t look any further than everyone’s favourite diminutive psychopath, Number Five, for the answer.

Throughout Season 2 of the show, there are countless references to exactly how important The Commission is in keeping the one true timeline in check. It's even explained in great detail to Diego when he infiltrates their HQ.

The skills of The Commission in policing time travel comes from years of meticulous organisation by highly trained professionals, so definitely not something a klutz like Herb - The Handler's eventual replacement - could just figure out in his first attempt.

So, when Five assassinates the board of directors, he wipes out the only people qualified enough to restore things back to the way they should have been when everyone returns to the future. Without the guidance of A.J. Carmichael and his cronies, Herb’s timeline is a mess, and instead of reinstating The Umbrella Academy he replaces them, setting up one insane cliff hanger for Season 3.