‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 2: Siblings Deal With Increasingly Powerful Vanya

The first season of Netflix’s hit superhero series “Umbrella Academy” ended with a bang — literally. The world went up in flames as fragments of the moon rained down on earth, killing its inhabitants — well, most of it anyway.

Thankfully, the siblings managed to make it out alive just in time. While the entire world was bathing in flames of destruction, the good news is that Five’s time-traveling ability is giving the siblings one more shot at saving the world from the Apocalypse.

This also means that most of the characters will likely be back for “Umbrella Academy” Season 2, thanks to the plot’s virtual reboot. Since the Hargeeves will be back, Ellen Page will be back as Vanya, Tom Hopper as Luther, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison, Robert Sheehan as Klaus, David Castañeda as Diego, Aidan Gallagher as Number Five and Ethan Hwang as Ben.

It remains unclear whether Mary J Blige and Cameron Britton will be back to reprise their roles as assassins Cha-Cha and Hazel, respectively. But there’s a bigger chance for Britton’s return, along with Sheila McCarthy, who plays Agnes, Hazel’s love interest. While Agnes and Hazel managed to escape, Cha-Cha perished along with everyone else. But since time travel is involved, everything is possible.

“Umbrella Academy” will likely follow the Hargeeves siblings’ adventure as they arrive at wherever it was that they went to. Page’s character will likely be given a lot of screen time, considering that it was Vanya who caused the Apocalypse in the first season. The siblings will have to wrack their brains in trying their best to help Vanya deal with her ever-increasing powers and make sure that she won’t cause the same destruction she did the first time around.

In fact, a wiser Vanya, who’s better attuned to her powers, might just be in the works, as hinted by actress Ellen Page. “For me, it's gonna be so interesting to explore Vanya,” the actress said. “It's like Vanya 2.0 — less repressed and what does that mean in the good ways and bad kinda thing.”