The Umbrella Academy Season 3 Theory: There is a third academy

Die Umbrella Academy Season 2 ended with a big cliffhanger when the Hargreeves returned by 2019 and found out another academy had taken their place – but what if season 3 introduces a third academy? Based on the comic book series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, Die Umbrella Academy debuted on Netflix in February 2019 and was so well received that it surpassed one of the streaming giant’s most popular titles. A few weeks later Die Umbrella Academy was renewed for a second season which arrived in July 2020.

Die Umbrella Academy follows the dysfunctional family of adopted siblings of the Hargreeves. All seven were born on the same day at the same time along with 36 other babies, and their mothers were not pregnant at the start of the day. After the billionaire and scientist Sir Reginald Hargreeves found out about this special event, he set about adopting as many of these babies as possible and had seven of them. When they began to develop unique superpowers, he coached them and started The Umbrella Academy team, but Reginald wasn’t the best father figure and the siblings split up. After years of neither talking nor seeing each other, the Hargreeves met again for Reginald’s funeral and to stop the rapidly approaching apocalypse that was sparked by their supposedly powerless sister Vanya. The Hargreeves couldn’t stop the end of the world, and to survive, thanks to the time travel superpower, they jumped one of them to a safer place and at a specific time.

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Season 2 of Die Umbrella Academy They caught up with the Hargreeves in Dallas, Texas in the 1960s, but they all landed at different times between 1960 and 1963. As a result, the siblings (except Five) had to get on with their lives, and they did so in their own way – for example, Klaus created a cult and Allison became involved in the civil rights movement. Diego ended up in an asylum where he met Lila (Ritu Arya), with whom he was romantically involved. One of the twists Die Umbrella Academy Season 2 was the reveal that Lila also has super powers and is one of the 43 kids. The other big reveal was the existence of the Sparrow Academy in the modern day instead of the Umbrella Team, but if there are two academies, could there be a third?

Umbrella Academy Season 3 debuts at Sparrow Academy

When the Commission, as it was called, was destroyed and Herb took over, the Hargreeves were given a briefcase so they could finally get back to 2019. In their day, the Hargreeves were surprised to learn that Reginald was alive and her team was not. t exists on that timeline and he created The Sparrow Academy instead. If that wasn’t surprising and shocking enough, Ben is number one on the Sparrow team to live within that timeline. The rest of the team only appeared in the shadows, however, so it’s unclear whether they’re an alternate version of the Umbrella members or completely new people, although one of them is a floating, bright green cube. What is certain is that the meeting between Reginald and the Hargreeves in 1963 influenced Reginald’s decision and the formation of the Sparrow Academy by inadvertently messing with the timeline.

Die Umbrella Academy Season 3 will then be the real debut of the Sparrow Academy, where viewers will finally find out who their members are and what their superpowers are and what their main purpose is, as they appear to be a darker team than the Umbrella Academy.

Season 3 also has to give place to Lila

Not only did Lila turn out to be one of the babies born on the same day as the Hargreeves, but she also has superpowers, which confirms that the Hargreeves weren’t the only ones born with extraordinary abilities. Lila surprised the onlookers and the Hargreeves by mimicking her powers: she attacked them by reflecting Vanya’s powers, she jumped from point to point fighting Five, she showed enough strength to fight Luther, and she Allison whispered to stop breathing. Purple has pretty much all of the Umbrella Academy’s powers, but when that happened in the final episode and she ran to a different timeline, viewers couldn’t see how exactly her powers work. Die Umbrella Academy Season 3 needs to give Lila some space to develop her story and show what she is really capable of (and also her weaknesses and limitations).

Lila will continue her mother’s work

Lila grew up with her parents in London until she was four when old five, while working as an assassin for The Commission, killed her parents and made it look like it was a burglary that got really bad would. Lila hid in a secret room where she was found by the handler, who immediately adopted her. The handler teased her and trained her as her personal weapon. With her he won the trust of Diego Hargreeves and convinced him to join the commission. The handler’s mission was to make sure the timeline was intact and even go to extreme lengths to make sure no one was changing anything. Because of this, she spent a lot of time tracking down Five, who was also her best assassin. So she couldn’t afford to have him at large and change the timeline at his will. It’s unclear whether Lila will turn to more of a heroic or evil side, but she could get on with her mother’s work to make sure everything goes as planned in the timeline (and of course, chasing after the Hargreeves in revenge for all the mess that they caused), and for that she will need help.

Lila will make her own academy out of other kids

At this point it is unknown where Lila jumped to and how many jumps she did with just a briefcase. Assuming she can travel a few more times since she didn’t really look like a woman with a plan when she left, Lila could return in 1989 (or maybe a little later) to have her own children with superpower to create her own team, one that can be at the level of the Umbrella Academy (and also the Sparrow). After receiving training from The Handler, Lila knows how to use superpowers with other children. So it is not out of the realm of possibility that she could work on building a new team. Of course, it is not known who could be a part of it, but there are still over 30 unfamiliar superpowered kids without counting Harlan. Lila witnessed what Harlan can do, so she might even enlist his help in building her own team.

There will be a lot of things to fix and explore Die Umbrella Academy Season 3, and with Purple being free and with the ability to jump at different times, the Hargreeves not only have to deal with Sparrow Academy, Reginald, and everything they’ve changed in the past, but everything what Lila was planning all along.

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