After a lengthy hiatus of two years, The Umbrella Academy—Netflix’s irreverent superhero series—returned in June 2022 with a whole new apocalypse and double the number of heroes. Reginald Hargreeves had formed a new family, the Sparrow Academy, and its members are very antagonistic against the Umbrellas.
In Season 3, the siblings with superpowers returned to 2019 to discover this. While seeking refuge at the mystifying Hotel Oblivion, our initial heroes also learned that their time-traveling had unleashed a paradoxical black hole that was consuming the universe.
After ten episodes, the program remained at the top of Netflix’s ratings for a whole month. However, it ended on one of its signature cliffhangers, leaving viewers to wonder what would happen next with the innovative series. All the information we have on season 4 is here.
The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Release Date
The Umbrella Academy’s fourth and final season will debut in 2024, according to Netflix, ending months of suspense. The filming had wrapped in late May before the actors went on strike, so there was an opportunity that the streamer might have decided to release it
while waiting for new content as the strike persisted. However, that did not happen, leaving fans hoping that it might have been released before the year ended.
Since the Hargreaves siblings’ birthday is on October 1, the streamer took to the show’s official social media sites to make the news on that day.
Although Netflix has not officially confirmed a specific date, we can use our detective skills to determine that season 4 might premiere anywhere from January to June of 2024, based on the time that has passed between the previous instalments.
The Umbrella Academy Storyline
In the alternate reality depicted in The Umbrella Academy, labor started at noon on October 1, 1989, and 43 women all across the globe gave birth at the same time—even though none of them had shown any signs of pregnancy before. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, an eccentric millionaire, adopts seven of the kids and forms them into a superhero team he names “The Umbrella Academy.”
Grace, the robot mother, eventually gives the kids names—Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Ben, and Vanya—after Hargreeves assigns them numbers instead. Reginald assigns six of the kids to battle crime, but he isolates Vanya from her siblings since, in his opinion, she doesn’t show any independence.
The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Cast
With all the weird stuff happening in the chronology right now, anybody may end up in Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy. However, a number of your favorite actors, like Elliot Page and Tom Hopper, have already been confirmed.
We can anticipate the return of all the key cast members due to the numerous unresolved plot points and realities, but the question remains: who will survive season 4?
Expected cast members of the fourth season of The Umbrella Academy:
- Elliot Page as Viktor
- Tom Hopper as Luther
- David Castañeda as Diego
- Aidan Gallagher as Number Five
- Justin H Min as Ben
- Adam Godley as Pogo
- Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison
- Robert Sheehan as Klaus
- Colm Feore as Reginald
- Nick Offerman
- Megan Mullally
The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Plot
There are a plethora of potential plot points for the next season of The Umbrella Academy, which is well-known for its shocking season finales.
The third season finale sets the stage for a battle between the Umbrellas and Hargreeves, who now control what seems to be every building in New York and likely have the political clout to match. It would be quite intriguing to see the group’s next move when they confront their strong father, who is now accompanied by his resurrected love.
There are a lot of little points that might lead to different hypotheses. The machine’s only operators were Allison and Hargreeves, and it seems that they have found what they were looking for in this other reality. Allison may still possess her abilities since she is still bound by the bloody band around her arm, unlike the other Umbrellas, who have been hurt but have lost their powers.
The great issue in Umbrellas v. Hargreeves is who she will stand with; if defeating their father means losing Ray and Claire once again, she may choose to remain on the villain’s side.
The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episodes
There are just six episodes left on season four of The Umbrella Academy, which irritates me since platforms always do this to us. I find it quite disappointing since the program usually has a lot more episodes in each season. The three seasons before this one had 10 episodes each.
The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Trailer
The actors gave fans a taste of what the next fourth season will bring in a teaser that dropped in November 2023. “The new season is still very, very wacky,” said David Castañeda, who plays Diego, while Elliot Page, who plays Viktor, hinted at “excitement, surprises,” and “humor.”
According to Emmy Raver-Lampman (Allison), the scene is “truly, really packed with the classic Umbrella Academy family nonsense and shenanigans that you look forward to.”
Where to watch The Umbrella Academy Season 4?
Netflix now has all three seasons of The Umbrella Academy accessible to view, and as soon as season four is released, it will also be available.