A hero crawls across the ground, exhausted beyond endurance.
A vicious storm rages around him, and hope seems lost.
Suddenly, a ghost appears; an apparition of someone this hero loved.
The hero reaches out his hand, croaking, “Ben… Ben…”
Hoth this is not.
Though reminiscent ofThe Empire Strikes Back, this scene happened on the Toronto set ofThe Umbrella Academyseason 2.
Nothing they’ve tried has managed to calm the super-storm raging around them.
That’s when Ben (Justin H. Min) appears.
There are arguments for both sides.
“Sometimes I’m like, ‘Are you really calling me about this?’
But then I realize it’s a really good point.
It was a long debate about whether a ghost’s hair can be moved.
In the final version, I opted not to have the hair move.
But I welcome them to call me for any of those questions.
They’re always fun to figure out.”
“Would wind blow a ghost’s hair?”
Even more importantly,whendid they go?
By contrast,The Umbrella Academywas unafraid to be weird, colorful, and unique.
It wore distinct cultural influences proudly on its sleeve while also using them in new ways.
Imagine making a debut so impressive that your biggest inspiration is immediately one of your first fans.
That’s what a kick in the teethThe Umbrella Academywas, fresh and fully-formed right from the get-go.
But then it was followed by… silence.
Way and Ba were on board as executive producers, which reassured devout readers.
Casting was a big part of this, of course.
Gallagher was 14 years old when filming began.
Now 16 and growing fast, he displays maturity and wisdom beyond his years.
They make it seem like Number Five and Klaus walked right off the page as three-dimensional characters.
The season ends with an apocalypse triggered by Vanya’s furious violin playing.
The biggest difference between the show and comic, though, came at the end of season 1.
No such thing occurred in the adaptation.
The team came together (including Ben’s ghost!
), but it wasn’t enough.
Where are my siblings?
Why is there a tank here?
Oh s—, I’m in the ’60s and there are nukes falling from the sky!'
So it’s a wonderful way to launch into our season."
Gallagher continues, “Everyone’s got this new and really interesting arc for their characters.
As his first step in figuring out how to avert this disaster, Five seeks out Luther.
But the one-time Number One isn’t much interested in being a leader anymore.
He lost his human body and replaced it with a gorilla one all for no grand purpose.
“Luther’s holding a lot of weight,” says Hopper, who previously headed up Starz’sBlack Sails.
He and his siblings are inserting themselves into history and stepping on all kinds of butterflies.
As classic time travel hypotheticals go, “Would you stop the JFK assassination?”
is like the light-side counterweight to “Would you kill baby Hitler?”
“Diego doesn’t actually want to leave,” Castaneda says.
“He wants to stay in this timeline to fix some things.
He has a clear thought of, ‘You’re not taking us back.
You left us here.
I’m going to fix some things here.’
I think all of us are in that mindset.”
“The rules are very different for her than they have been her whole life.
She is now not allowed to do certain things or be seen in certain places with certain people.
That is the rudest of awakenings for her.”
Fortunately, the ’60s were not just a time of oppression, but revolt as well.
“Allison knows… the ability to change people’s minds and opinions is a huge power.
There is so much more at risk than there ever has been for her.”
Vanya doesn’t even remember the apocalypse she kick-started due to a bout of amnesia.
“She’s a very different person,” Page says of season 2 Vanya.
“You see someone who’s much more comfortable in their skin.
Maybe Klaus can save him.
“We all have a kind of a nostalgic facsimile of what the ’60s were.
That’s what Klaus sort of does,” Sheehan explains.
He takes credit for it.
He takes credit for a lot of things.”
One thing Klaus keeps taking credit for is Ben’s presence.
An invisible ghostly brother sure helps Klaus prove his mystical bona fides to his new cultish followers.
But as Klaus luxuriates in his newfound popularity, Ben strains against his restrictions.
