What Really Happened to Ben Hargreeves in 'The Umbrella Academy'?
Fans of The Umbrella Academy have been wanting to know the full story of Ben's death. Well, Season 4 has revealed a twist that left even the cast of The Umbrella Academy surprised. We all remember Ben from his hauntings, but his real story was finally told in Season 4! It's gonna leave you heartbroken and confused.
Ben and The Mysterious "Jennifer Incident"?
It’s kind of insane how this whole thing went down. You know how Ben Hargreeves was one of the adopted Hargreeves siblings with super cool powers, right? He had those terrifying, ghostly tentacles that would appear every now and then. But what was that about his death? It was always known as a mystery, something about this woman, Jennifer - a bit mysterious even! And they wouldn't go into all those details.
But That Story Didn't Match Up to Ben's Original Death.
- They did the crazy thing - they pulled the rug out from under everyone! Turns out that the "Jennifer Incident", well, it's all messed up! They figured it out because the whole The Cleanse (that big crazy event that reset the entire multiverse in the Umbrella Academy season 4), well, that was triggered when this Jennifer came back. That's a pretty huge deal!
- You think that was bad? Things went super dark. Jennifer is totally linked to a particle (the durango), that was so destructive - so crazy! When you put that together with Ben Hargreeves, things go wrong because it turns out Reginald Hargreeves killed him, thinking he couldn't save him from that terrible fate. Yikes!
So Now That the "Real" Death is Out There.
Justin H. Min, who plays Ben Hargreeves, even said that they - all the actors - got to read the script that had these crazy reveals and they were super surprised by it all! They couldn't have possibly known this was gonna be his death. And they really only found out just a few weeks before starting to film.
Who was Jennifer?
- Nobody knew for sure! Ben was always talking about Jennifer in all those other Umbrella Academy timelines! Min, even as the actor who plays Ben, he did an awesome job without knowing this whole Jennifer thing but it turns out she was pretty significant - almost a super important person! We know her impact is real now!
- You can bet fans are trying to connect these things. Maybe this Jennifer might be a huge mystery they haven't gotten into yet?
You have to wonder! This whole "The Cleanse" has been super shocking. This is how the events leading to the world's destruction and that awful multiverse reset are linked! There’s so much more to Ben’s death - it’s going to make us look back at the first four seasons of The Umbrella Academy!
Now that we know about Ben’s true death - even those fan theories are going crazy. Who knows if we'll get more details - with some Umbrella Academy season 4 cast interviews? We have no clue if we'll see the Umbrella Academy team try to put things right, but the season’s final events suggest they’re back together - even without superpowers. The big thing is that all those characters, all those adopted children, have some real struggles that go way deeper than those superhero problems.
