One more thing, I don't think Victor ever saw themselves in Harlan in the sense of being an apocalyptic threat, but rather as the son he never had a chance to raise. From loving his mother to giving him part of his powers, Harlan is the closest thing to a child of his own that Victor ever had so he defends Harlan in the way a father would. It's why his fight with Alison is so intense, its a parental fight.
On Allison and Viktor's feud this season, I really wish he'd turned around and reminded Alison that she was the reason he hadn't grown up learning how to control his powers. He'd spent like over 20 years with the same misery she accused him of giving her and he wasn't solely to blame when she lost what made her happy.
Your point regarding the world not feeling real is the exact feeling I had but couldn’t articulate on. It’s so annoying as there really isn’t much world building and the bits that are, they’re poorly executed. I genuinely forgot about the fact Reginald is an alien and that Five created the commission and I think if these plot points had more build up or better pay off they could’ve been so memorable but yeah this season seems like a Temu version of the show (minus the Footloose scene, that one had all the fun the show is known for).
Call me crazy but whenever the kugel shockwaves it comes from the academy building, didnt anyone outside of the building question themselves why that specific building is causing this problem or reported to the government, the police or anything
allison always clearly had a dark side. in s1 they show that she rumored her ex husband to be in love with her. i would've been all for a descent like viktor's, but it just didn't shake out right. viktor did a lot more damage, but because of it luther choked him out, they locked him in a vault, and seriously considered killed him to the point where luther almost assassinated him in s2. allison got, like, a single frown and she loudly objected to having gotten even that. she demanded to be treated like she'd done nothing wrong, which viktor never did. idk straightup cold blooded murder feels more real than a powers-fueled rampage and i don't have much faith in the show to address it. the writing already felt weird, with everyone validating allison's stance that harlan erased her daughter by killing her mom. i don't get why she couldn't have been upset for her mom's sake or why no one brought up that simply not being in umbrella academy would've meant her life would've been completely different anyway.
My problem with Allison and her kinda villainous development is that it felt like we’re supposed to be on her side more than is warranted (in my opinion). Like we see that Reginald was trying to get his wife back but the audience is never meant to root for him. Everyone acknowledges that Reginald is not a good person, yet Allison gets a pass because she’s sad or didn’t mean it That Way or whatever. Same in season four ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
21:20 So with Luther I think that is his arc he’s suppressed his true personality who he really is as Luther and being Hargreaves’ Number 1. From being the stern, business only, superhero leader to being the funny, goofball, romantic, childlike Luther Hargreaves. Remember he’s incredibly emotionally stunted to being a 13 year old because he’s very much an opposite Five. While Five is a man in a child’s body, Luther is a child in a man’s body.
Hi everyone, CORRECTION! There couldn’t be any alternate versions of our main characters because Harlan killed their mums, that’s my bad; sorry, bit of a blunder, ignore that point!
I understand your points and do agree (although I do like season 3 still :D), but Viktor does actually say "what the hell is a kugelblitz" and you say no one questions it
You really spam that shot of marcus on top of the building and its so funny cause the cgi is horrendous but also good LORD the knockers on that man could cause their own kugelblitz at this point 😵
18:08 there’s no alternate version of the others because the father didn’t like them when they met in season 2. So he picked other children. He picked Ben as Ben wasn’t there in season 2