In the umbrella academy the organization s members were in fact involved in jfk s assassination which according to reginald wasn t part of the plan and resulted in him killing the. Season 2 of netflix s superhero drama the umbrella academy is proving to be even more sneaky than the first time around. This article contains spoilers for season 2 of umbrella academy.
As if they didn t have enough problems season 2 is all about the kennedy assassination and draws on some real life. The umbrella academy picked a heck of a time to drop in on dallas in the 60s. Diego only wants to protect the president because he is.
Umbrella academy suggests diego s obsession is mostly selfish saving jfk will have no bigger effect on the fate of the world at large. Set a series called the umbrella academy in dallas in the 1960s and the umbrella man a favorite subject of jfk conspiracy theorists is bound to make an appearance we won t reveal any big. The umbrella academy season two has managed to combine extraordinary elements with the real life theory that a man with an umbrella had something to do with the assassination of john f.
Diego five aidan gallagher and. Umbrella academy diego vanya jfk three umbrella academy siblings are integral in understanding the series take on president kennedy s assassination. The umbrella man that we hear about in the umbrella academy in season 2 is inspired by a real life mystery from jfk s assassination.
The show invents a new piece of footage from the jfk assassination called the frankel footage in which the umbrella man is clearly visible and looks a lot like reginald hargreeves. In the umbrella academy season 2 the umbrella man is actually a man who works for sir reginald hargreeves who is used as a decoy to distract the umbrella academy. So how was the umbrella academy s number 5 involved in jfk s assassination.
One occurred in dallas texas on november 22 1963 the day president john f.