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The Umbrella Academy Season 4: Why Was Sloane Absent in This Season? Explained
Sloane's absence in The Umbrella Academy season 4 is a glaring omission left hanging by the show's final season.
Sloane's absence is an unavoidable conversation in season 4 of The Umbrella Academy. It was only in season 3 that the Sparrows were properly introduced to the show, and then just as quickly got rid of. Only Sloane and Ben remain to represent the Sparrow clan, their numbers reduced after Allison fulfilled Sir Reginald Hargreeves' plan to reset the universe and left Sloane as the last living member of the Umbrella and Sparrow academies not transferred into the new timeline.
This story of Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy has very little detail about Sloane, the character of Genesis Rodriguez, and her disappearance. None of the final episodes gave much info on her disappearance, and thus big questions will remain unanswered over the missing wife of Luther. And as such, it is no Sloane zone in the show.
Who was Sloane in The Umbrella Academy?
She was one of the more empathetic members of the Sparrow Academy. She dreams of leaving her childhood home behind, traveling around the world, and living a life other than the one she has. Powers and Skills: In regards to Sloane's powers and skills at the Sparrow Academy, she has the ability to manipulate gravity, which allows her to fly and pick people off the floor and throw them across rooms in an altercation.
Sloane has a big heart and opens herself up to people as she tries to understand them and their plight. She's one of the only members of Sparrow Academy who wasn't entirely reluctant about working with the Umbrella Academy in season 3.
Where was Sloane during The Umbrella Academy season 4?
In season 3 of The Umbrella Academy, the reset of the universe gets Sir Reginald and Allison Luther back, Allison's daughter exists, and the siblings lose their powers. It is theorized that he might have held Sloane hostage or granted her dream by sending her on an adventure.
It introduced a plot twist in Season 4 where the Sloane who had married Luther never existed in this new timeline. This has not been explained, but Sir Reginald might have taken the opportunity to rid himself of Sloane while his Sparrow Academy siblings were evil to their foster father. Another possible reason for Sloane's disappearance could be Allison's feeling for Luther.
The timeline of The Umbrella Academy season 4 can barely feature some other version of Sloane since it only introduces Hargreeves siblings emanating from a past timeline. What Sir Reginald wanted to do was create a world where Abigail was living, meaning there were no marigold children in that timeline. Probably, Allison's deal barred Sir Reginald from excluding the Umbrella siblings, Lila, and Ben.
Luther didn't try to bring back Sloane
He made it his mission in Season 3 to find a way to restore his wife Sloane by scouring the timeline in search of her and begging Sir Reginald to reverse the erasing of her. Then, in the period between seasons 3 and 4, six years passed, and Luther apparently gave up with no detail given as to how long he looked or if he begged Sir Reginald to return her.
It didn't exactly do wonders for Luther's storyline in Season 3 of The Umbrella Academy when he finally came to terms with his situation and was in a loving relationship with Sloane, given that was one of the few functional relationships amidst an ocean of dysfunction within the family. This means Luther actually should have flipped the timeline on its head for Sloane, but for whatever reason-be it time or plot device-that doesn't happen.
The whole climax of The Umbrella Academy ends with one final timeline reset, bringing back dead characters like Sloane. All 43 super-children were created by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, who just erased the marigold from existence. The Cleanse consolidates the multiverse into one timeline, and it's impossible for any Hargreeves sibling from any version of the Umbrella Academy to be alive once the show ends.
The marigold in The Umbrella Academy was a representation of the lost siblings, a soul forgotten in a multiverse that no longer existed by the end of the series. Without the marigold, Sloane would never have been created or come into existence in this timeline.
Where could Sloane be?
Since The Umbrella Academy really didn't provide any explanation as to what may have happened with Sloane or where she could ever be, viewers have come up with a couple of theories. Among them: Sloane just doesn't exist in this new timeline because that's how Allison wanted it. The deal between Reginald and Allison arguably could have had her daughter and Ray in the new timeline, with Sloane gone, further cementing herself as the other villain of season 3.
One of them supposes that Sloane may be imprisoned in the Hotel Oblivion, another sets forth the theory that Sloane's marigold was used to bring Reginald's wife back. Some theories say Sloane is alive, her memory wiped, which could have also been a part of Allison's plan, and she might even be under Reginald's control in the new timeline.
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