because Gerard and Gabriel during the production of the first comics kept calling him The Boy Who Disappeared and it eventually got shortened to just "The Boy" as time went on.
In The Umbrella Academy, each of the Hargreeves siblings has a name and a number, except for Five (Aidan Gallagher) so why does Five not have a name? In the comics, each Academy member has a nickname, with Five referred to as The Boy, but he has no real first name, which is mirrored in the screen adaptation.
According to showrunner Steve Blackman in an interview with TVLine, Sloane's exclusion from Season 4 was due to logistics. Here, he mentioned that he had a Sloane-Luther storyline in the cards but was unable to include it.
The Aidan Gallagher age issue, coupled with his acting ability, still fools audiences that Five is a middle-aged man stuck in a 13-year-old's body despite Aidan Gallagher being born in 2003. Number Five was introduced in season 1, but his young age in comparison to his siblings was most noticeable.
Christopher, the Sparrow Academy's cube member, may have been involved in the "Jennifer Incident," turning him into a cube. The show left Christopher's origin as one of its biggest unsolved mysteries, suggesting a connection to the "Jennifer Incident."
Allison and Ray were married and enjoyed a strong and stable relationship together. However, things began to fall apart when the other members of Allison's family began appearing in Dallas. Allison was unwilling to reveal her secret or her family's history to Raymond, which drove a wedge between the two.
In Season 1, it's established that Five was 13 years old when he jumped to an apocalyptic future. He was stuck there for 40 years, then got a job working for the Commission (the organization that polices time travel in the show), then jumped back to 2019. When he did, he found himself back in his 13-year-old body.
Delores is a mannequin that Number Five refers to as his partner when he lived in the post-apocalyptic future. Although he states she is his partner, Five acknowledges that she is a mannequin, as seen in the department store scene.
Back up — how did Reginald Hargreeves die? It turns out that Reginald Hargreeves killed himself in order to bring the siblings together because he knew it was the only way they would unite to stop the apocalypse.
Lila eventually escapes with the help of Viktor's power, and upon reuniting with Diego in the lobby, is too relieved to be mad at him and kisses him, telling him she loves him.
Vanya and Sissy end up falling in love and plan to leave her controlling husband, but Vanya is also called to help her siblings stop the end of the world, which this time is tied up in the assassination of JFK.
In the end, he comes out to Klaus. It's between one of his many jokes about Five ending up “forever alone” and Five just blurts it out before he can stop himself. “I'm asexual… actually.”
Fans had theorized that Five's name might actually be Max, the name of a deli that he visits, but Blackman and Way vetoed that idea. Blackman explains that “Five's name is Five.” He also revealed that the show was inspired by the naming convention of the graphic novel, even if the idea didn't make it into the show.
The Jennifer Incident is the name attributed to the tragedy that led to the death of number 6 (Ben), as it is revealed in the show's 4th season. This 'incident' occured when the team was on a mission, and Sir Reginald Hargreeves had to come and kill Ben by himself in order to avoid the world's annihilation.
Tony's decision to end Christopher's life in The Sopranos was also an act of self-destruction. He killed Christopher because he realized he had failed him completely. There's an interesting parallel between AJ and Christopher. Tony wanted his biological son to lead a clean life, away from criminal affairs.
Unbeknownst to Diego; however, Lila is the adoptive daughter of the Handler and has been placed close to Diego to allow her to protect Number Five at all costs.
Artificially Enhanced Physiology: After being fatally wounded on mission, he was about to die when Sir Reginald Hargreeves gave him a serum that healed him, however this also gave him a ape-like appearance. This serum also changed his blood type to being more compatible to an ape.
In February 2019, Gallagher began starring in the Netflix superhero series The Umbrella Academy, an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name, as Number Five, a 58-year-old time traveler who is stuck inside the body of his 13-year-old self due to an accidental time jump.
And Lila later tells Five that it's over, cementing that she's done with their relationship. This doesn't mean that Lila never had true feelings for Five. She's obviously attracted to him, and she seems happy enough when they're together.
The Umbrella Academy features seven super-powered children: Luther Hargreeves, who has super-strength and durability; Diego Hargreeves, who has trajectory manipulation allowing him to control projectiles; Allison Hargreeves, who can influence people to her command with the phrase "I heard a rumor...", followed by what ...