As Netflix in 2019 and became an instant success, and it’s now preparing for its third season.
The Umbrella Academy tells the story of the Hargreeves, seven kids who along with other 36 babies around the world, were born on the same day and under the same mysterious circumstances. After hearing about this curious event, scientist and billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves set out to adopt as many of those babies as he could, but he only got seven. As they developed superpowers, Reginald trained them and formed The Umbrella Academy, but the team split up as years ed and reunited many years later when Reginald died and the end of the world was fast-approaching. Since then, the Hargreeves have worked on improving their bond and dynamics while also saving the world, which hasn’t been easy as they have already gone through some tragedies, such as the death of their brother, Ben (Justin H. Min).
Ben Hargreeves died many years before the events of The Umbrella Academy began, but he has been part of the series thanks to his brother Klaus (Robert Sheehan), who has the ability to communicate with and summon the dead. Although there were some big limitations to Ben’s interactions with his siblings, he did his best to help them throughout The Umbrella Academy seasons 1 and 2, and one of those efforts ultimately led to him finally departing for the afterlife. Ben surely won’t be forgotten by his siblings, and this has been subtly revealed through Viktor’s outfit in The Umbrella Academy season 3.
When Elliot Page reintroduced their Umbrella Academy character as Viktor Hargreeves, they shared a pic of Viktor and Allison at a diner. Viktor is wearing a leather jacket over a hoodie, reminiscent of the same posters for The Umbrella Academy season 3 featuring both the Umbrella and Sparrow teams, giving a better look at the latter group and at Viktor, confirming he’s wearing an outfit that mirrors that of his deceased brother, with the only difference that Ben wore a black t-shirt, while Viktor is wearing a white one. This nod to his deceased brother is even more heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time as Viktor was the last one to see Ben, and he also saw him vanish. Ben developed the ability to possess others in The Umbrella Academy season 2, and he used this to reach Viktor when he went into a trance. This was too much for Ben, who ended up crossing over to the afterlife right in front of his brother.
Viktor was the last one of the Hargreeves to see and interact with Ben, and it was one of the most emotional scenes in The Umbrella Academy so far, so it’s equal parts heartbreaking and heartwarming that he’s now subtly paying tribute to his brother, and it’s also an interesting visual contrast to have Ben wearing a black t-shirt and Viktor a white one. Ben Hargreeves is gone but he surely won’t be forgotten, especially by the two siblings he was closest to.