While Season 1 of Netflix’sThe Umbrella Academyfeatured its share of timey-wimey shenanigans, Season 2 took things up a notch, adding several more layers of complexity to the time-hopping tale. By the end of Season 2, viewers have seen multiple alternate timelines spin up and collapse, and by the time the final scene plays, it’s hard to know for certain what did or did not happen anymore. So if you’ve watched every episode ofThe Umbrella Academyand are still a little unsure how it’s all supposed to fit together, we’ve put together a detailed timeline to try to help it all make sense.
Of course, it is impossible to fill inallthe gaps inThe Umbrella Academy’s multifaceted timelines, especially considering that there are some parts of the series — such as many of the scenes set at the Temps Commission, which exists both in 1955 and also outside of the timeline — which defy a chronological order. Additionally, there are multiple versions of some dates, each occurring in a different timeline. So rather than cataloging the events ofThe Umbrella Academyin steadfast chronological order here, we’re going to be organizing them by timeline. Each time a new one spins off, we’ll note the precise moment where it splits from the previous one. Unless otherwise noted, you may assume all of the events prior to the split still occurred in subsequent timelines.
[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersthrough the Season 2 finale ofThe Umbrella Academy, “The End of Something."]
Apocalypse Timeline 1
At various points in the timeline:
OUTSIDE OF TIME
Sometime between 2002 and 2006
Sometime between 2006 and 2016
At some point prior to June 09, 2025
Apocalypse Timeline 2
[Timeline 2 is the same as Timeline 1 up until August 02, 2025, but with the following changes:
Apocalypse Timeline 3
[Timeline 3 is the same as Timeline 2 up until 8:15 a.m. on August 01, 2025, but with the following changes:
[At some point during this series of events, we pass midnight, making it officially…]
Dallas Timeline 1
[Dallas Timeline 1 is the same as Apocalypse Timeline 3 up until February, 1960.]
At some point prior to June 12, 2025
Dallas Timeline 2
[Dallas Timeline 2 is the same as Dallas Timeline 1 up until July 15, 2025, but with the following change:
Sparrow Timeline
[Sparrow Timeline is the same as Dallas Timeline 2 up until the Handler arrives in the barn on August 16, 2025.]
