The Umbrella Academy: What Does The Ending Really Mean?

7. Pogo And Grace Are Dead

The Umbrella Academy Vanya Pogo
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The story started with the news that Reginald Hargreeves was dead, but throughout the show the Umbrella Academy still have parental figures. Grace, their robot mother, is a source of comfort, while Pogo is on hand to lend wisdom too.

That changes in the finale, when Vanya murders Pogo for his part in covering up the truth of her abilities. Grace, meanwhile, is caught up in the crossfire, presumably dying when the house is brought down with her inside.

This comes just before the apocalypse happens and the Academy members are turned back into kids. It's the perfect time to rob them of all their parental figures. They're adults trapped in kids bodies, and now they've really got to go it alone without the crutch of the support system.

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