Yahoo News The Umbrella Academy Trailer: The Hargreeves Aren’t So Powerless Anymore in New Final Season Footage
The Hargreeves siblings may have had their powers stripped away during The Umbrella Academy‘s last finale… but those are definitely tentacles we’re seeing back on Ben in a new trailer for the show’s final season.
In much of the freshly released footage (which you can watch in full above), the Hargreeves do look the worse for wear after last season’s failed reprogramming of the universe, with everyone appearing a bit tired and sad (or hyperventilating, in Klaus’ case). But as the trailer progresses, the siblings become more lively, and we’re treated to visuals of — among other things — a machine gun-wielding Santa Claus, Luther in a ball pit, and what appears to be new cast members Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally performing some kind of dance number. Because this is The Umbrella Academy, and all of those things make sense on this show.
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And we can’t ignore the potential for the Hargreeves to get their powers back in this new universe — or perhaps Ben still had his all along? — after Sir Reginald left his kids powerless at the close of Season 3.
“Someone asked me, ‘Why would [Reginald] leave the kids in such a bad place?’” showrunner Steve Blackman told TVLine after the third season finale. “I would argue that he thinks he might be leaving them in a good place. They’ve been complaining about their powers and who they are, and now he’s saying, ‘Look, you’re free. You don’t have powers anymore, there’s nothing holding you back. Live your lives.’ The audience gets to decide whether Hargreeves did a good or bad thing for them.”
In Season 4, “the Hargreeves siblings have scattered after the climactic showdown at the Hotel Oblivion led to a complete reset of their timeline,” per the official synopsis. “Stripped of their powers, each is left to fend for themselves and find a new normal — with wildly varying degrees of success. Yet the trappings of their uncanny new world prove too hard to ignore for very long.”
Meanwhile, “their father Reginald, alive and well, has stepped out of the shadows and into the public eye, overseeing a powerful and nefarious business empire. A mysterious association known as The Keepers holds clandestine meetings believing the reality they’re living in is a lie and a great reckoning is coming. As these strange new forces conspire around them, the Umbrella Academy must come together one last time — and risk upsetting the shaky peace they’ve all endured so much to secure — to finally set things right.”
The Umbrella Academy‘s six-episode final season drops in its entirety on Thursday, Aug. 8, on Netflix. Watch the latest trailer above, then hit the comments with your thoughts!
The Umbrella Academy: Everything We Know About the Final Season
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