The titles for the episodes of The Umbrella Academy season 4 have been revealed, and though they don’t give any plot details away, one might confirm a long-running theory about how the show will end. Despite getting positive reviews from critics and being well-received by general audiences, The Umbrella Academy is ending with its fourth season, and it has a lot of mysteries and questions to solve and answer. The Umbrella Academy season 3 left viewers with a major cliffhanger, and it’s unknown what the Hargreeves will do to return to their correct timeline.

The Umbrella Academy season 3 ended with Reginald’s designed timeline becoming a reality, in which he and his wife are alive, Sloane is missing, Allison has the family she wanted, and all the Hargreeves (and Lila) are powerless. The first teaser trailer for The Umbrella Academy season 4 shows the Hargreeves will part ways but eventually team up again, though what their “rescue mission” will be is currently unknown. Plot details about The Umbrella Academy season 4 continue to be unknown, but one episode title hints at a popular theory about how the show will end.

The Umbrella Academy Season 4 Episode Titles Suggest The Ending Will Return To Season 1

The Umbrella Academy Might End Up Back Where They Began

The Umbrella Academy ’s final episode is titled “End of the Beginning”, which, along with Cha-Cha’s mask, points to season 4 taking the Hargreeves back to season 1.

Although the titles of the episodes of The Umbrella Academy season 4 aren’t spoilers, nor do they give anything away about the plot, they do offer a couple of clues about where the Hargreeves will go. The Umbrella Academy season 4 will be the show’s shortest season with just six episodes, and the final episode is raising some questions. The Umbrella Academy’s final episode is titled “End of the Beginning”, which, along with Cha-Cha’s (Mary J. Blige) unmistakable pink bear mask, is further fueling the belief that season 4 will take the Hargreeves back to season 1.

It could be that the Hargreeves’ only solution to fix the timeline and return to their rightful one is to go back to the events of season 1.

Despite already having three seasons, there’s a lot about the universe of The Umbrella Academy that is unknown to both viewers and readers of the source comic books. Perhaps the biggest questions about the world of The Umbrella Academy are all about time travel and the presence of a multiverse, along with the potential dangers of the latter. It could be that the Hargreeves’ only solution to fix the timeline and return to their rightful one is to go back to the events of season 1 – after all, that’s their original timeline.

The Umbrella Academy Stopping Season 1’s Apocalypse Makes Sense As An Ending

The Umbrella Academy Failed To Stop The First Apocalypse

The main challenge The Umbrella Academy faces by taking the Hargreeves back to season 1 is the apocalypse. In season 1, the Hargreeves’ mission was to stop the end of the world, but to their surprise, it was Viktor and his then out-of-control powers that triggered the apocalypse. The team had no choice but to jump back in time to save themselves, and they ended up in different years in the 1960s. The Hargreeves know they failed but are also now more knowledgeable and wiser, so if they go back to season 1, they could finally stop the apocalypse.

By stopping the first apocalypse, the Hargreeves could finally move on with their lives in their correct timeline.

It would be a sort of “full circle” moment for the Hargreeves, as the apocalypse triggered by Viktor is what kicked off the whole series and thus brought so many issues to all of them – but it’s also what brought them all together again. By stopping the first apocalypse, the Hargreeves could finally move on with their lives in their correct timeline, thus giving them proper closure and allowing them to fix one of their biggest failures.