There was a lot to unpack in the season 2 finale of The Umbrella Academy. One of the most compelling pieces of the puzzle was the appearance of a floating green cube. What could it all mean?
[Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy Season 2.]
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In the final moments of season 2, it is revealed that the Hargreeves siblings traveled back to a 2019 where they were not known. In her new reality, Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) ran the Sparrow Academy – not the Umbrella Academy.
After losing the ghost of Ben (Justin H. Min) in one of the hottest scenes of the season, many fans were as shocked as the Hargreeves to find his portrait hanging over the stove where Fives’ once was wenne.
What was more shocking was that Sir Reginald en Ben appears to be living in this new dimension. It’s unclear who else is part of the Sparrow Academy crew, but fans took note of a mysterious green cube floating next to the shaken figures above Ben.
Steve Blackman has big plans for the Sparrow Academy in season 3
If every good showrunner is not used to it, Blackman is already starting to think about it The Umbrella Academy Season 3 – “When We Get One,” he told SyFy Wire.
‘I wanted to give too [viewers] a great cliffhanger, that is, it is no longer her home. In “The End of Something” fans discovered the Umbrella Academy ceased to exist. In its place was the Sparrow Academy.
“There’s a lot of detail in that scene,” Blackman continued. ‘We have changed the emblems on the wall. I mean, everything’s Sparrow is in that house now. That was really important to us. ”
At present there is not much information about the Sparrow Academy. All we know is that Ben and five other people are part of the group, with the addition of a mysterious green cube.
Steve Blackman treats the green cube of the Sparrow Academy
After watching the final episode of season 2, fans began to theorize what the green cube could mean for the Hargreeves family.
During an Ask-Me-Anything forum on Reddit, Blackman answered a couple of fan questions regarding the finale 2 of season 2. When one of fans asked, “What’s up with the unidentified green cube?” Blackman’s response was simple.
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“His name is Christopher,” he wrote. Blackman said nothing more on the subject. But fans had a lot of their own thoughts.
Fans are beginning to theorize what – or who – the green cube could be
One on Reddit had a few theories that could explain the purpose of the green cube. One theory is that it could be the replacement for Grace [or] Pogo. ”
In Season 1, both Grace and Pogo are killed when Vanya (Ellen Page) realizes the potential of her powers.
After seeing how the children of the Umbrella Academy turned out, these fans believe that Sir Reginald came up with a newer, better authority figure for the Sparrow Academy.
“After the meeting of Five, Reginald was busy attracting more advanced technology to prepare them for the special kids,” the fan explained. Reginald clearly did not like how the Umbrella Academy turned out and having a strict AI cube thing an authority figure in the new kids’ lives seems like a Reginald solution to what he saw as a failed timeline- opponent. “
This fan is also of the opinion that the green cube may be “an interesting parallel to Five”. Based on the theory that Sir Reginald was not satisfied with the Umbrella Academy, he could have used advanced technology to create “better children” than in this case a “better” Five.
The cube could be “advanced technology [capable of predicting] Five’s space / time jumps into battle, “wrote the fan. “[That] would create an interesting obstacle to overcome – if the Sparrow Academy turns out to be enemies [in season 3]. ”
Fans will have to wait a while to find out the true meaning of the green cube.
