- Title: The Umbrella Academy – The Squid and the Girl
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As the show moves into the rockier final episodes eventually limping to an unsatisfying series finale, the family, minus Klaus (Robert Sheehan) who begins his own misadventures getting stuck using his powers for his old dealer, go in search of Jennifer (Victoria Sawal) who wakes up to meet her kidnappers Gene (Nick Offerman) and Jean (Megan Mullally) and their cult is obsessed by helping bring about the return of the original timeline through a cleanse. Ben (Justin H. Min) eventually finds and rescues her which will turn out to be not great for the rest of the world.
Despite marking the downturn of the season, there are several memorable moments here starting with the flashback to a young Jenny (Ana Victoria Dinapo) being cut out of a squid, Five (Aidan Gallagher) showing another member of the family the subway station which will have ramifications in the penultimate episode of the season, Ben’s rescue, and the episode’s final scene which will set up the opening flashback of “The Cleanse” finally revealing what really happened to Ben in the original timeline and foreshadowing yet another apocalypse for the family to deal with in the season finale. Klaus’ journey is fun enough, albeit completely superfluous and not tied to other events.
