Heartwarming / The Umbrella Academy (2019)

"Tonight is all I ever really wanted. [Just] everybody coming together when it really matters. One big real family."

— Luther, "Wedding at the End of the World"

As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.

General

• The romance between Hazel and Agnes is wonderful. Despite developing over the course of just a few days, the writing and actors completely sell it.
• Grace was a good mother to the kids, despite being a robot built as their nanny. She also was capable of questioning things, such as when Reginald compelled her to assist in faking his murder, showing she Grew Beyond Their Programming.
• The siblings are so much more comfortable around each other in Season 2 than they ever were in Season 1. They all have grown to be much more openly caring with one another and act more like siblings than jaded colleagues. Their interactions and banter in Season 2 is much more organic and playful as well.
• Every time the siblings are grouped up, they instinctively leave a space for Ben even when Klaus is the only one who knows Ben's there.
• Even after 45 years alone, followed by an indeterminate period of time with the Commission, Five remains focused on getting home and saving his family, who he hasn't seen since he was 13.

Season One

We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals

• The very first scene. A spontaneous pregnancy creates panic at a water aerobics class — and then we cut to the entire water aerobics class gathered round, helping the unfortunate mother give birth, holding her hands, and encouraging her.
• Diego saving the family being attacked by robbers in his Establishing Character Moment. On a second rewatch, one would see that the family is of mixed race, and probably even reminds Diego of his own.
• Allison greeting Viktor. Despite it being a little awkward because they haven't seen each other in a while, Allison's genuinely trying to be a good sister for Viktor.
• Allison and Klaus share a mutual and fond hug between each other, and when Allison asks if Klaus had just gotten back out of rehab, he tries to convince her that he's fine.
• Viktor telling Pogo how he missed Five, and actually went out of his way as a child to leave the light on in the kitchen with his favorite snack, peanut butter with marshmallows. All of this was just in case Five ever came back home. Pogo remembers this, and admits that he had accidentally stepped into the sandwiches some times.
• Luther starts playing music on a record and, despite their differences, all of the siblings in the house slowly but surely start dancing to it, bringing a smile back onto their faces and even if none of them were within sight of each other (and Diego made a concerted effort to hide his dancing).
  • During the pan out showing them all dancing, Pogo can be seen bouncing his foot to the music as well.
• It's a small one, but when Five returns from the future and the temporal anomaly is beginning to grow and shift, Diego pushes Viktor behind him.
  • In the process, he puts himself shoulder to shoulder with Luther, with whom he had been fighting only minutes before.
• The plate on Ben's memorial statue reads "May the darkness within you find peace in the light."
• The siblings being a little worried over Grace's condition since she seems more than a little out of it. After his fight with Luther, Diego gently ushers his mother inside the house.
• While Five is annoyed by Klaus' gesture, it is nice to see him hold his arm out to keep Five away from the fight (although it may also be because he doesn't want anyone to stop it).
• Pogo saying goodbye to Viktor as he leaves.
• Five fondly reminiscing to the man at the doughnut shop about how he and his siblings used to sneak out there and eat doughnuts until they puked.
• While Five's attitude towards Viktor isn't much different from how he treats the rest of his siblings, he does show a bit more affection towards him, in his own way: advising him to put locks on his windows at his apartment because "rapists can climb", allowing him to look after his wound without a fuss, and when he tells him about the apocalypse, he has this - "I've decided that you're the only one I can trust" - and this "Because you'll listen" to say.
  • He also comments on his book and how it was "pretty good", which is probably the only time anyone in the family even praised Viktor for his autobiography.
• In a flashback to the kids getting their tattoos, Klaus and Allison are shown comforting each other.
• When their mother sends them to bed after their father doesn’t so much as look up to say goodnight, Luther can be seen leading Ben away with a hand on his back.
• It is kind of sweet that Diego still agrees to drive Klaus around despite his cold relationships with his other siblings.

Run Boy Run

• During breakfast, Allison and Luther give each other passing smiles.
• While Five argues with Reginald about using his powers to time travel during breakfast, Viktor clearly doesn't want his brother to get in trouble and subtly shakes his head to tell him not to push the topic any further.
  • When Five gets stuck in the future, the first person he calls out for is Viktor and then Ben.
• Even though Klaus is tired, hungover, and cranky without his drugs, the way he talks to Ben is clearly affectionate, and it is saying something that Ben is the only ghost Klaus doesn't mind having around, even if he can get annoying at times.
  Klaus: Shut your pie-hole, Ben! (Beat) Said with love.
• Luther hadn't thought Allison would have told her daughter about him, since she clearly wanted to leave the family behind. However, Allison tells him that he was never what she wanted to get away from, and that she used to tell her daughter bedtime stories about her uncle on the moon who was watching over everyone.
• Five telling Klaus about his love Delores, and later in the episode, he goes to the mall where he found her in the future and smiles warmly at the mannequin.

Extra Ordinary

• Viktor's autobiography has some nice excerpts in it, even as he talks about the family secrets.
  • He calls Ben the kindest of his siblings.
  • When writing about Five, his words are nothing but warm and gentle. He even writes that "he was my sole confidante in the years before he disappeared", and how he wondered if he could show Five the violin piece he had been working on for weeks.
  • Allison and Klaus used to paint each other’s nails.
• Grace looking after the children, which serves to prove Diego's point that she's grown past her programming and does things for them out of her own desire, and not because of Hargreeves' programming.
  • When Allison can't find her domino mask, Grace appears and gives her the mask, saying that it needed some TLC after their last mission. Allison smiles, takes the mask, and genuinely thanks her mother before running off.
  • Grace checks on Luther while he's busy doing some last-minute push-ups and asks him if he's ready to go.
  • When passing by Viktor's room, Grace stops for a moment to compliment him on his violin playing, saying that it sounded beautiful. Viktor smiles shyly at the compliment and thanks her.
  • Upon seeing that Klaus has set yet another object on fire, Grace doesn't reprimand him and opts to put it out instead with a fond "Boys will be boys." Klaus responding "Thank you, Mother" just makes it all the more heartwarming.
  • Ben running up to Grace, fumbling with his zipper and saying that it was stuck. Grace helps him zip it up before sending him on his way.
  • Lastly, Diego. As he practices saying "Don't move", but can't stop his stutter, Grace advises him to picture the words in his head which would make speaking easier. Diego follows these instructions, and in a couple of tries, is able to say the sentence without stuttering.
  Grace: (beaming) You did it, I'm so proud of you!
• Diego’s dedication to his mother, including his furious reaction when Luther suggests deactivating her and the reveal he stole the monocle to protect her after Reginald died.
  Diego: "Whoa whoa - she's not just a vacuum cleaner you can throw in a closet! She feels things."
• When Klaus loudly proclaims that he's with Diego on not shutting Mom down, Diego flashes him the Shaka sign in gratitude.
• The siblings closing ranks and fighting side by side when Cha-Cha and Hazel attack, including Allison and Luther rushing in to rescue Diego, Luther defending Viktor and Diego bodily throwing himself on Hazel to free Allison.
  • A small moment, but Diego stepping back to let Allison fight Cha-Cha by herself. Given how cocky Diego is, and his anger at not being Number One it's nice that he respects Allison enough to let her handle her own battles. Then once Allison's sent Hazel running, she gives Diego the go ahead to knife her.

Man on the Moon

• Ben trying to keep Klaus calm, talking him through his small panic attack as his powers start resurfacing, thanks to him not being able to take his drugs.
  • He even suggests to Klaus to use the ghosts against Cha-Cha and Hazel, and smiles proudly at his brother when the tactic works.
• A bit sad, but it's nice to see the one time Cha-Cha and Hazel appear to be enjoying themselves together is when they're burning down the prosthetic lab while high as kites.
• While yelling at Luther and Diego, Pogo does seem to be very concerned for what happens to Five.
• After seeing his mutated body, Allison telling Luther not to shut her out and that she's here if he wants to talk.
• Viktor and Allison actually hanging out and bonding as siblings.
• Eudora Patch rescues Klaus, at the cost of her life. She hears him thumping for help, gets a cleaning lady to open the door, and quickly unties him.
• Luther and Diego taking care of Five, and then Diego running off to help Klaus when they get Eudora's message.
• At the library, Diego talking to Luther about why he never left the Academy and let go of the past. Until now Diego's only been combative with Luther and angry about their childhood, but here he's genuinely trying to help and doesn't rise to Luther's taunts.
  Diego: "Look, you want to blame me, blame us for leaving - that's ok. But maybe you're asking yourself the wrong question. Maybe it's not about why we left. Maybe it's about why you stayed."

Number Five

• He's fast and he turns into a Tear Jerker quickly, but the first thing Five does when he sees Klaus hurt and depressed in his room is delicately approach the door and ask if he's okay.
• Diego makes note of Klaus being uncharacteristically quiet during the whole car drive, and even lectures him on taking care of his body instead of pumping it full of liquor and drugs. When Klaus goes into the veteran memorial alone, Diego soon follows, putting a hand on his brother's shoulder and telling him he wasn't going to leave until he told him what was wrong.
  • Diego further ramps up his Big Brother Instinct by fighting his and Klaus' way through a bunch of angry veterans. Then, while back in the car Diego continues pressing Klaus to talk despite Klaus trying to turn him away and even after Klaus calls Diego an asshole for hitting him.
• While he and Luther wait to meet up with Hazel and Cha-Cha, Five tells Luther that he's still young and has a lot of life to still live, and advises him not to waste it.
• Before leaving, Five makes sure to move the bullet that was going towards Luther so when time runs again, he won't be shot.

The Day That Wasn't

• Allison attempts to cheer Luther up by finishing their childhood date. Even though this ends with them spitting up their spoiled soda and causing their fort to collapse, Allison can only giggle at it all.
  Allison: Yeah, we're not kids anymore!
  • Later on when they go to the park, she watches in amusement as Luther easily wolfs down a whole hotdog, noting that Luther now seemed to be better after eating.
• Heavily crossed with Tearjerker, but Klaus' genuine love for Dave is very sweet, especially given his admission to Five in episode two that he'd never had a relationship longer than three weeks before. His conversation with Diego is especially notable:
  Diego: What was her name?
  Klaus: His name was Dave. We soldiered together in the A Shau Valley in the Mountain of the Crouching Beast.
  Diego: ... Well, Dave must have been a very special person to put up with all your weird-ass shit.
  Klaus: Yeah. Yeah, he was. He was kind, and strong, and vulnerable, and beautiful. Beautiful.
  • Though their relationship had always been presented as more of a Sensitive Guy and Manly Man sort of dynamic, Diego, being the latter, doesn't give Klaus any shit whatsoever for having a breakdown over Dave. Instead, he validates it, prompting Klaus to open up further.
• Klaus' look of joy as he sees Dave's ghost walking towards him.
• Diego being relieved when he sees Grace able to walk around again, and when she notices that he's down, she makes him a meal to cheer him up.
  • Diego telling his Mom she can go wherever she likes now Reginald's dead and later going out to the park with her.
• Allison and Luther's dance in the park.

The Day That Was

• Klaus goes to Luther instead of Diego for help to get clean, only to find Luther stone cold drunk after finding out that Reginald sent him to the moon for nothing. Even after Luther drunkenly assaults him, Klaus is very gentle and sympathetic while looking genuinely heartbroken at how hurt and low his brother is.
• Ben trying to keep Klaus focused on being sober, even though Klaus points out that he doesn't have to listen and can just as easily walk through Ben. Ben then argues that Klaus should be grateful for being alive, since he's allowed second chances, whereas Ben is already dead.
• When Klaus approaches Luther at the rave, Luther’s first reaction is to yell, “Brother!” and hug him. He’s high, Klaus can’t breathe, and it’s kind of adorable.
  • Afterwards, Klaus is about to relapse when he notices the pill he threw to stop Luther from getting higher. However, when he sees the boyfriend of a girl who was flirting with Luther preparing to attack him, he gets rid of the pill, which was so hard for him that he had to get tied up in the previous timeline to stop him from relapsing, to protect his brother.
• Even though the person he meets isn't Dave, when God tells Klaus to go to the shack behind him because "He's waiting for you", Klaus excitedly runs towards the shack and looks close to tripping as calls out for Dave.
• Eudora's partner warns Diego that he's wanted for murdering Patch, but doesn't believe he was the killer. As he says, Diego is many things, but he wouldn't kill a woman they both cared about.

I Heard a Rumor

• Allison telling Claire a story about how she and her siblings stopped a bank robbery. When she gets to Luther, Claire cheerfully calls him Space-boy and Allison goes along with it. After the story ends, Claire asks why "Auntie Vanya" isn't in it.
  • Also, Allison referring to her brothers, whom she hasn’t talked to in a really long time at this point, as Claire’s uncles. The affection in her voice when she talks about her estranged family to her little girl is blatant and touching.
• Patch's partner slips Diego the key he needs to escape from jail. Despite being forced to arrest him, the guy has good instincts.
• Klaus calls for a family meeting, but when he pours everyone some coffee, he leaves one out, not giving it to Luther or Five. Later shots show Ben sitting in that chair where Klaus left the coffee.
• Diego tells Luther they needed to go because Allison went to look for Viktor. Luther, who was brooding mere seconds ago and refused to do anything but drink his sorrows away, immediately stands up and rushes out the door, tearing it off its hinges.
  Luther: You should have led with that!
  • In general all of Allison's brothers putting aside their differences and coming together to save her. (Including Ben who can be seen alongside the others when they find her at Leonard's).
• The Hope Spot, when Allison tells Viktor she has proof that Leonard is actually a man named Harold Jenkins who is a murderer. Despite shaking his head, Viktor only sits down and is willing to hear Allison out. His sister then reaches for his hands, reassuring him. Of course, Allison ruins it a few seconds later but it's the moment that counted.
• Allison's Anguished Declaration of Love to Viktor, even as her brother's temper is wearing thin and he starts lashing out at her. Allison wants to be able to bond with Viktor and be closer to him, in order to make up for the times she didn't when they were children.
• When Luther is sobbing over Allison as she’s close to death, you can see Klaus trying to comfort him.

Changes

• In contrast to the beginning of the series where they could all barely be in the same room together, Luther, Klaus, and Diego all immediately offer to give Allison blood, seeing as she is on the brink of death. Special mention goes to Diego who is so scared of needles that he faints at the sight of one and still volunteered with no hesitation.
• Five returning Delores to her stand with the other mannequins, believing the apocalypse to be averted and bidding his love farewell. As he leaves, he asks a store clerk if they could put different clothes on her, adding that she likes sequins.
• Allison seeing Viktor placed in his isolation chamber and doesn't blame Viktor for her injury, but herself. As she tries to go and help Viktor, Luther pulls her back and Allison shoves and hits him. She knows how scared Viktor is and how he didn't mean to hurt her, but Luther won't listen.
  • Related to that, Diego and Klaus are adamant about letting Viktor go, with Diego pointing out that Viktor needs their help and locking him in a cage won't solve anything, and Klaus being genuinely horrified for him and talking about how scared he must be about having powers after thinking his whole life that he didn't have them, possibly thinking about his own confusion regarding his own newfound ability. Klaus can relate, as he was locked in the crypt for hours on end.
    • Diego, who wrote Viktor out of the family several times in the beginning of the season, is especially disgusted with Luther, asking him, "You locked up our [sibling] because you think [he] has powers?".
    • Especially consider that all the siblings got Training from Hell to control their powers as kids. Diego and Luther are the only ones whose abilities without control could be devastating, since Klaus' is more Go Mad from the Revelation regarding ghosts. They know exactly why Viktor is scared because he's an adult who was forced to forget the same training.
• Ben once again attempting to keep Klaus from taking drugs, trying to advise him on better ways he could help his siblings. He actually gives him a Dope Slap, which reveals that Klaus's powers manifested him since he smacks the pills out of Klaus's mouth.
  • They both then find out that Klaus can somewhat bring Ben into the physical world, and they spend the ending part of the episode practicing.

The White Violin

• Doubles as a Tear Jerker, but both Diego and Klaus shout for Grace to get out of the collapsing house when they see her still inside, calling her "Mom!" Klaus then realizes she's not coming and grabs Diego to make sure he doesn't rush back in and die as well.
• Ben managing to pull Diego away from the falling rubble of their home, and while Diego believes Klaus is the one who saved him, it's still nice to see that Ben cares for the rest of his siblings beyond the grave.
  • Also, Diego’s reaction to thinking Klaus saved him is that of pride and gratitude, complete with a hug! He even sticks up for Klaus later in the episode, telling the others to listen to him.
• At the bowling alley, Klaus clears up that it wasn't him exactly who saved Diego— though it was thanks to his powers, he credits Ben for saving Diego. The others are skeptical, until Ben appears later.
• As the siblings plan on stopping Viktor, they're adamant about not killing him. Even when Luther brings up the possibility, he says he only did it because they may not have a choice.
• Since Allison can't speak, she asks Luther to be her voice as she calls Claire. Luther does his best to convey to Claire how much her mother loves her, and Allison breaks down into silent tears. And if you watch his face and listen to what he says, it's obvious that what he's saying is not only from Allison to Claire, but also from Luther himself to Allison.
  • Beyond having him speak for her, she's making sure that Claire and Luther get to speak to each other at least once before the end of the world.
• During Viktor's concert and rampage, Allison is the only sibling whom he doesn't harm because she made an effort to be nice to him, and when he sees her walking down towards him during the concert, the two siblings give each other warm smiles. It's possible that if Luther and Diego hadn't charged at Viktor, that Allison may have been able to calm him down.
• As Viktor plays at his concert, his siblings can't help but be mesmerized by his violin playing.
• When Klaus summons Ben, the other siblings all stare and smile, knowing that their lost brother is still there with them.
• Allison can't bring herself to shoot Viktor in the back of his head, and instead moves the gun near his ear so the shock deafens him and knocks him out instead. Sure, it winds up causing the apocalypse, but she couldn't find it in her to kill her sibling.
• After Allison shoots Viktor, Viktor falls unconscious. The siblings are all immediately concerned for his well-being and are relieved when Allison confirms that he's still alive. Special mention goes to Allison, who's cradling Viktor in her arms.
• When the pieces of the moon begin to fall towards Earth and the apocalypse begins, Klaus can be seen clutching Dave's dog tags, clearly thinking about his deceased lover in the face of his own death. He also says at least they'll die together, as a family.
• When they all vote about going back in time, Luther asks Klaus if Ben is on board with the idea.
• Diego chooses to honor Patch’s memory by not killing Cha-Cha.
  • When Diego returns to the group, Allison touches him on the shoulder in either support or comfort.
• Hazel finally gets his chance to be with Agnes and prevent her demise, as he uses the Handler's stolen briefcase to jump through time with her just as the Apocalypse is wiping out the world. Agnes also forgives him for the whole being held hostage by two assassins because he came back to save her.
• Five saves his siblings and himself by using his time travel ability to bring them back to a time where they can have more time to prevent the Apocalypse. What's sweeter is that he insists that they bring the unconscious Viktor with them because he believes that him learning how to control his emotions and heal from his emotional traumas with more time will prevent the planet's destruction. This also shows that Five still believes Viktor is a good person deep down.
  Five: The Apocalypse will always happen, and Viktor will always be the cause unless we take him with us and fix him.
  • It's a Blink-and-You-Miss-It moment, but as Five is saying this, Klaus is empathetically squeezing Viktor's feet.

Season 2

Right Back Where We Started

• After most of Umbrella members land in 1960's, the first thing they think of is their family as they call out for them.
• One of the first things Diego does when he lands in 1963? After he hears a woman calling for help he runs out of the alleyway, stops the robber with his knife, knocks him out, and then returns the lady's bag to her.
• Despite the fact that Agnes had cancer, Hazel was still able to spend 20 good years with her before she died and has never regretted it.
• Hazel pulls a Heroic Sacrifice, showing he's reformed for the better. He saves Five's life, transports him to ten days before the apocalypse, and slips important video footage into his pocket about the JFK assassination. Just as more assassins come, he tosses the briefcase at Five and tells him to run rather than save himself.
• Raymond gifting Allison a book saying that even though he promised her the moon and stars, this is the closest thing he could give her and now she'd be able to see it whenever she wanted. Allison is touched by her husband's gift and hugs him.
• Viktor bonding with Sissy, as the two share a cigarette and some drinks in the barn.
• Even though he's being committed for trying to maim Lee Harvey Oswald, Diego has a sympathetic doctor at the aslyum. The doctor doesn't believe everything but gives legitimate therapy to Diego, telling him he's trying to outrun his past but is in denial that he's like his father.

The Frankel Footage

• Grace and Pogo's past. She was a scientist studying him, and he was the first chimp to be sent to space. However, she treated him very kindly and when Pogo crashes after his first flight, Grace desperately tries to save his life, with Reginald injecting him with serum that would eventually lead to the Pogo we all know.
  • Even more adorable was how Reginald and Grace were like Pogo's surrogate parents as he even draws the three of them holding hands like a family which Reginald has framed in his office.
• As Viktor sees Sissy trying to stop Harlan from clinging to her for a bed time story Viktor offers to go pick up Carl instead. Sissy smiles and thanks Viktor.
  Sissy: Don't take this the wrong way, but I wish I had run you over years ago.
• Luther going to confront Viktor, a gun hidden behind his back. As he realizes Viktor has amnesia, he admits that he wasn't a good brother to him and that he had let him down by doing horrible things to him. Then Luther tells him that all he wants him to know was that he was sorry. What's even more touching was how he slowly takes his hand off of his gun and changes his mind as he can't bring himself to shoot his sibling.
• Sissy then sneaks up behind Luther with a shotgun and she clearly cares for Viktor.

The Swedish Job

• Allison reuniting with Klaus. All of it. They're so genuinely happy to see each other, especially compared to their reunion in the first season, where they were still pleased but held back. Here Allison walks into a pool fully dressed in order to hug her brother. They then catch up on each other's lives with actual interest, and even banter about Klaus's cult. It’s worth noting that this is also the first happy reunion of the season. Five had a strenuous one with both Luther and Diego due to the polarizing personalities of all three of them, Luther and Viktor had a tense one due to Luther being scared and guilt-ridden and Viktor having amnesia, but Klaus and Allison are just overjoyed to see each other after being apart for so long and both thinking the other was dead.
• When Klaus learns that the man he spoke to in prison is married to his sister and unfairly imprisoned, he and Ben, who he's been fighting with, go back to the prison to get him out. Then he reveals to Raymond who he is and welcomes Raymond to the family. Raymond is confused, but Klaus means well.
• It's revealed that Klaus decided to go to Dallas so he can convince Dave to not enlist in the day JFK died and save his life. Even though it would mean that they would never have met, Klaus doesn't seem to care.
• Allison screaming for Ray as the cops drag him away and she runs after him. He would have been beaten to death had Allison not finally given in and used her rumor powers to tell the cop to walk away.
• Klaus sees the police and immediately thinks about Allison and sets off to get her, and near the end of the episode convinces her to leave the riot.

The Majestic 12

• The triplets seem to genuinely care for the cats in their new home and live a quiet domestic life of their own.
  • The main Swede even carries a photo of his brothers and mother, showing they all clearly care for each other and are very close despite their jobs as assassins.
• Diego meeting Grace, and although it's a version of her that's likely the blueprint for her robot self, he's still elated to talk to her and genuinely happy just to see his mother again even if it isn't really her. Grace herself is a bit confused at this disheveled man calling her mother and talking to her oddly, but she overall thinks he's a nice person.
  Grace: (talking about Reginald) He said he'd pop in somewhere for a quick meeting, and that was twenty minutes ago.
  Diego: It's rude to keep a lady waiting.
  Grace: Well if you see him, you let him know that.
  Diego: Grace. (Grace turns around) It was nice meeting you.
  Grace: (smiling) You too.
  • Grace calling Reginald "Reggie" and is genuinely invested in her relationship with him.
• When Luther talks to Viktor, he realizes that Five deliberately withheld the actual circumstances of the 2019 apocalypse. Although it's understandably distressing for Viktor to hear, Luther is only telling him because he believes he has a right to know, and he is careful to state that all of the Hargreeves are to blame to some extent, rather than placing responsibility solely with Viktor.
• Although doubled as Tear Jerker concerning Viktor's refusal to continue on with Five after learning he caused the apocalypse, Five's insistence that he is a member of the Umbrella Academy. Of course, during the first season Viktor was resentful of being left out of everything, something that he obviously does not remember in this scene. The fact that Viktor is not afraid of his powers, and for the most part is able to control them, is one of many indicators that his behavior is much more positive.
• Luther and Allison's reunion is incredibly sweet. Even though they've grown apart, they still care deeply for each other.
• Heavily crossed with Tearjerker, but despite how obviously saddened Allison is to see that Klaus has fallen off the wagon, she allows him to stay overnight and covers him up with an afghan after he passes out on her couch.
• Luther and Elliot getting high on nitrous. Not only is it nice to see Luther make a genuine connection with someone outside of his family, it's also the first time Luther can talk about all the trauma he's been through and be able to laugh about it. The same goes for Elliot and his past.

Valhalla

• When Allison presses Klaus on what caused him to relapse, he immediately opens up to her about Dave. Despite him taking a level in jerkass this season, it's still a far cry (in a good way) than the first season. In that season's Episode Five, it took Diego half a day to get anything out of Klaus, and then the one time Klaus told Diego much more about Dave got retconned from existence, thanks to Five.
• After Luther describes his trip to see Sir Reginald, Diego emphatically says that is messed up.
  Luther: At least he didn't shank my ass.
  Diego: No, he shanked your heart.
• While Luther, Diego and Viktor are waiting for the rest of the family, Diego is somewhat understandably still on edge given what happened the last time he saw him. Viktor says he doesn’t remember what he did, but still offers an apology if it would mean anything. In response, Diego thinks for a second, before visibly relaxing and sincerely saying that it does. It’s a small moment, but it goes a long way in mending fences between the two loners of the Academy.
• Viktor and Allison's reunion. Viktor is happy to have a sister who missed him, and receives the first genuine hug by any of the siblings (whereas in the first season, the two siblings shared an awkward one, and Luther had... ulterior motives). Then Klaus hugs them both and kisses Viktor on the top of his head.
• The scene with Allison, Viktor and Klaus in the hair salon is incredibly sweet, with the three of them bonding, ribbing each other, and doing a short dance. Special mentions to Viktor happily bouncing into a group hug, looking happier than he ever has been in the series.
• The Swedes sending off the remaining bits of their brother in a Viking Funeral, with the largest one finally emoting and screaming "FUCK!" They may be evil, but they do love their family.

A Light Supper

• The women in the hair salon protect a mute Allison when she runs in, scared and exhausted. They show off their scissors and are not afraid to use them. After giving her a haircut and a job, the ladies include her.
• Diego, Luther, and Viktor discuss the dinner invitation. Luther tells Viktor that what Reginald did to him was wrong, and tells him the truth. He agrees that he was a dick, but they should meet him for dinner because he wants to see him in the flesh. Diego tells Luther that Dad won't be able to turn the kids against each other or shiv Diego again because they'll serve as a united front.
• Raymond has been suspicious of Allison and accuses her of being a spy. It at first seems that History Repeats that Allison's powers will drive her husband away from her, again. Then Raymond reconciles with Allison because instinct tells him there's more to the story and believes her when she says she's a supernatural being from the future. The only thing he disbelieved is that a black man is President of the United States.
• Dave appearing at Klaus' compound to apologize for punching him in the face at the urging of his homophobic uncle. Later, he at least hears Klaus out and only says that Klaus is pulling a con when Klaus sincerely tells him that he's going to die in Vietnam and shows him the dog tags he wears. Dave at least has the courage to tell Klaus he's not afraid to die and telling him he enlisted.
• Five showing up alone and waiting for the elevator, looking uncharacteristically nervous, then surprised as each of his siblings pile in with him, then grinning as the doors close, because having his family show up gives him back his confidence.
• Luther standing up to Reginald for the first time and yelling at him for the damage he'd done to Luther by giving him an ape body. While Reginald isn't fazed by this, it shows how much Luther has grown and even Allison makes note of it.
• Diego seeing Grace waiting in the car and while he might have done it to spite Reginald, he still cares for his mother and lets her know that Reginald is not what he seems and she should be careful.
• After being utterly dismissive of the siblings, Reginald has a private conversation with Five where he seems genuinely appreciative and advices him on how to develop his time travel abilities.

Öga for Öga

• Grace finding out for herself that Reginald isn't the man she thought he was. Unlike the Reginald from the original timeline, he seems to also reciprocate Grace's feelings, but because of a myriad of factors, he can't share that part of his life with her just yet. When Grace walks out on him, likely taking Pogo as well, Reginald seems genuinely hurt.
• Watching Ben (who is possessing Klaus) get to experience life again: he tears into an orange and then rolls around in a flower bed because he's so excited to be able to physically feel things again. He's then joined by his crush, Jill, and the two of them laugh while making dirt angels.
• Diego's reaction when he realizes that he's really talking to Ben is to gasp and then pull him into a hug, telling him how much he missed him.
• Luther tells Allison about the time limit and they can go back to 2019. Ray comes home, and they have a sincere talk about what this means. Allison says she wants Ray to come with her, so she won't keep losing people. Ray looks very tempted but points out And Then What? since he's the leader of the movement and would inadvertently abandon it. Though she's crying, Allison tells him she understands, since that's why she fell in love with him.
• Ray's first reaction to the Swedish brothers coming in and attacking Allison? Fighting back, even though he's clearly outmatched he gets up each time to protect his wife.
• Despite how Diego sometimes behaved around Elliot, he's the only sibling who goes out of his way to give the latter a proper burial as his due to the dead. Of course, Lila interrupts and kidnaps Diego before he can get Elliot in the hole.

The Seven Stages

• The fact that when younger (but physically older) Five learns that Viktor started the apocalypse in response to how they treated him as children, he isn't particularly mad and even says, "Fair enough."
• Even though it's in the midst of Old Five trying to talk Luther into backstabbing Present Five, it’s pretty sweet to see that his first instinct upon learning that Viktor is the cause of the apocalypse is to make things up to him instead of trying to kill him. Keep in mind this is the same ruthlessly pragmatic Five that would have shot some innocent gardener if it had a chance of saving the world. For all his griping, Five loves his siblings.
• The remaining Swedish brother stares at the photo of his family and nearly chops off his arm because he's so grief stricken at having killed his brother under the influence of Allison's rumor. While more tearjerking than heartwarming, it just goes to show that he loved his family members.
• Diego, Allison and Klaus all trying to get to Viktor and save him, not only to save the world but also because they love him and don't want him to hurt others again.

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• When Viktor is destroying the FBI building, Klaus, Allison and Diego arrive to stop him from causing the war. However, unlike last time, they don't want to try and kill him, they want to help him, knowing they will probably die if they try to do so, even Klaus, who hesitates at first, but still comes through when Allison and Diego can't make it.
  • While Viktor's breakdown is very sad to see, it's very sweet to see that despite his resentment towards the rest of his family, he still loves them, and has a My God, What Have I Done? moment when he recalls what he's done, even feeling sorry for killing Pogo, who was complicit in the worst of his abuse.
  • Ben is able to reach to him, gently assuring him that he is not a monster despite Reginald's treatment of him and that he's capable of controlling his powers, which calms Viktor down. As Ben fades away, he and Viktor share a tight hug and before he's completely gone, he also asks Viktor to give Klaus a message so that Klaus doesn't feel guilty about keeping him tied to the living world.
• Luther, who was always the kind to follow authority, is being faced by both Fives with having to kill either of them. His choice ? Knock Past Five out so he can jump through the vortex. Despite his trauma, he will still do what's best for his family.

The End of Something

• Despite initially refusing to go along with Viktor to save Harlan and Sissy, the rest of the Hargreeves decide to do the right thing for their youngest sibling by accompanying him. This demonstrates that through thick and thin, they will always have each other's backs.
  • Special mention goes to Klaus for being the first person to follow him out almost immediately afterward. Despite his character regression this season and his previous reluctance to save him at the FBI building, he still knows that his siblings are his top priority.
  • During this, Viktor conveys Ben's final message to Klaus, that Klaus hadn't forced Ben to stay in the living world; he stayed because he had been too scared to go into the light.
• When Lila attacks the farm using Viktor's powers, Luther's first instinct is to shield Allison and Klaus with his body.
• Luther tells Lila that Diego and Five can be annoying sometimes, but still tries to stop her since at the end of the day, they're his family.
• After Luther saves Allison from dying, she gives him a kiss on the cheek as a thanks. Even though she might not have romantic feelings for him, he's still her brother.
• When all of the siblings end up confronting Lila at the barn, they're all understandably angry at her for trying to kill them...except for Diego, who comes up to Lila and tries to persuade her that the Handler doesn't love her and that she can be a part of his family.
  • After all of the Hargreeves are killed by the Handler, Lila accepts them as her real family. Granted, it's short-lived, but the sentiment is still there.
• Diego lets Lila go with the briefcase because he loves her. Despite all that happened, Diego does still genuinely care for Lila.
• Allison's letter to her husband. While she's sad that she had to go, they both know they were incredibly happy with each other, even if it was for just a year.
• The brief scene of Diego and Viktor comforting each other over their mutual abandonment by their love interests. Considering that next to him and Luther, Diego and Viktor had a tumultuous sibling relationship throughout the first season shows how far each of them have come since then.
• When they get back home and find that they've essentially succeeded Klaus hugs both Viktor and Luther.

Season Three

Meet The Family

• The first scene shows Ben's birth mother as a carefree teenager messing around with her boyfriend on the subway. When she spontaneously gives birth, the other women on the train crowd around and attempt to assist her, paralleling the opening scene from the pilot.
  • When Reginald Hargreeves approaches the family and attempts to "buy" Ben, her mother threatens him with a knife.
• Klaus in general before the fight with the Sparrows in the new timeline. Unlike the rest of the Hargreeves who are confused by what is happening around them, Klaus can only look at the new alternate version of Ben and let out a genuine smile at seeing his brother alive and breathing for the first time in years, only before approaching him to playfully praise him and attempt to give him a sincere hug (although the gesture was not appreciated).
• When Sparrow Ben unnecessarily punches Klaus, Luther immediately comes to his brother's defense. Also while Luther and Marcus hit each other, both men momentarily stop fighting when Klaus, wounded by the beatings he received earlier, asks for their permission to move away from the fighting area.

World's Biggest Ball of Twine

• When Viktor reveals his new name and thus comes out as a trans man, Klaus, Diego, and Five accept his new identity with no hesitation.
• Luther and Sloane bonding with each other at the Sparrow Academy, in which Sloane shows unlike the rest of her siblings she's compassionate person is very sweet. By the end of the episode Sloane uses her Gravity Master powers to lift him into her room, where they have a Big Damn Kiss and comsumate their relationship. After being on his lonesome for a long time is extremely heartwarming to see Luther finally find someone who loves him, as well as seeing Sloane meeting someone as caring and nice as herself.

Pocket Full of Lightning

• While all of the siblings are on board with Viktor's new identity, Luther suggests throwing a party to mark the occasion.
  • Also, Diego telling Viktor about Luther's suggestion so that Viktor knows that he's loved. This is the closest time that Diego tells a sibling that he loves them.

Kugelblitz

• Prior to this episode, Diego and Allison didn't exactly get along, and we are especially seeing Allison's Sanity Slippage. By this time, however, the two siblings share the Commonality Connection of being ostracized due to their respective ethnicities, past and present, as they are parked outside a racist bar. The two are united as they intend to kick ass inside the bar.

The Kindest Cut

• When Diego discovers that not only did Stanley accidentally kill Klaus, but that Stanley was going to attempt to cover it up, he screams at the child. Stanley cries that among other repercussions, Diego would hate him. Diego softens his tone and soon hugs Stanley, and as they prepare to tell the family about this, Diego promises to tell the family that this was an accident.
  • Once Klaus returns to life, Diego appears to be almost in tears of relief at this phenomenon. As they exit the elevator, Diego is concerned that Klaus take it easy as Klaus was just dead a minute ago.

Wedding At The End Of The World

• When Luther and Sloane announce their engagement, Viktor is happy for them; when Klaus arrives with Reginald, he is overjoyed with the news.
• Luther and Sloane have a wedding that is small but sweet and heartfelt. Reginald even gives a speech congratulating them.
  • Before the wedding, Luther asks Viktor to be his best man, and his brother is clearly touched and thrilled to be asked. The two are joined by their other brothers for an impromtu bachelor party that ends with them all singing karaoke together. Even Five.
• Ben spends much of the season asking the Umbrellas why they loved their Ben and the answers were mostly about how kind and nice he was and how he was the best of them. He asks Klaus, who lists off negative traits and explains that he still loved him, not because he was perfect, but because he was Ben. It encourages Sparrow Ben to actually let loose a little and leads to him bonding with Klaus.
  Ben: Okay, but you like the other Ben!
  Klaus: Yeah, we loved the other Ben.
  Ben: Why? What was so special about him?
  Klaus: Because he was a know-it-all. He was a scold. He was a tiny dark cloud on a perfect sunny day.
  Ben: Those... those are all bad things.
  Klaus: Yeah, but they looked great on him. [...] And our Ben, my Ben, was just that kind of disaster that made him ridiculously easy to love.