What is umbrella academy season 2?

  • Premiere: July 31, 2020
  • Setting: Dallas, Texas, in the 1960s. The Hargreeves siblings are scattered in time after Vanya destroyed the moon in the Season 1 finale, landing in different years within the decade.
  • Plot: The siblings must find a way to reunite, stop another apocalypse (this time related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy), and avoid the Swedish assassins sent after them. They also encounter their father, Reginald Hargreeves, in his younger years. The season delves into themes of family, identity, and social injustice, specifically focusing on racial prejudice during the Civil Rights Movement.
  • New Characters:
    • Raymond Chestnut (Yusuf Gatewood): A charismatic civil rights activist and Angela's husband who becomes involved with Allison.
    • Lila Pitts (Ritu Arya): A mysterious woman with a complicated past who becomes close to Diego.
    • The Swedes (Tom Sinclair, Kris Holden-Ried, Jason Bryden): A trio of silent, lethal assassins.
  • Key Arcs:
    • Allison's involvement in the Civil Rights Movement and her relationship with Raymond Chestnut.
    • Diego's attempts to prevent the Kennedy assassination, leading him to question the events.
    • Vanya's amnesia and her relationship with Sissy Cooper, a married woman she cares for.
    • Klaus's leadership of a cult and his struggle with his powers and Ben's limitations as a ghost.
    • Five's efforts to bring the siblings together and find a way back to their own time.
    • The introduction of a new, even more powerful organization connected to the Commission.
  • Ending: The Hargreeves manage to prevent the apocalypse and return to their own time, but discover that the timeline has been significantly altered. The Sparrow Academy, a different group of superpowered individuals, now occupies their childhood home. The alternate Ben is also alive in this timeline.