***SPOILER ALERT: This post discusses the season 3 finale of The Umbrella Academy.***

Season three of Netflix’s superhero dramedy The Umbrella Academy didn’t disappoint, with enough twists and turns and deaths and rebirths to send our heads spinning. This season saw the Hargreeves siblings return to an altered 2019, where Sir Reginald has recruited an alternate team of six superpowered orphans, dubbed the Sparrow Academy. The Umbrellas and the Sparrows start fighting, but eventually the lines of communication open and the dueling sibling teams begin to form connections. And like all dysfunctional families, there is plenty of inter-group drama. Some, like Luther (Tom Hopper) and Sloane (Genesis Rodriguez) fall in love and get married. Others continue to fight and bicker. But the main connective thread between the Umbrella and the Sparrows is Ben (Justin H. Min).