The Umbrella Academy Season 2: What Does The Ending Really Mean?

8. The Academy Prevented The Apocalypse

The Umbrella Academy
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Last season's conclusion left Allison, Five, Luther, Diego, Klaus and Ben deeply saddened because they weren't able to stop the apocalypse. They faced the consequences of that failure early on in the second season as they were stranded out of time and discovered that a second one was looming.

Thankfully, this finale told a very different story as the Umbrella Academy successfully prevented the 1963 apocalypse. How did they do that? Only by helping Vanya in every way they failed her during the first go-around, of course. And their commitment to the cause was so effective that it not only prevented that apocalypse but also the one that was once waiting for them back in 2019.

As for what was actually waiting for them back in 2019... we'll get to that shortly.

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