Who is Ben Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy?

Number Six, deceased, still attending · The Umbrella Academy

Ben Hargreeves (Number Six, deceased, still attending) is a character in The Umbrella Academy, part of The Umbrella Academy. Ben Hargreeves — Number Six, the Horror — died young, a loss the academy never metabolised (the statue in the courtyard does the remembering). He persists at Klaus's shoulder: a ghost only his addict brother can see, sarcastic, weary, and functionally the conscience of a family that keeps misplacing its own. Ben's afterlife is the show's quietest tragedy — present for every family disaster, able to comment, unable to touch — until the day Klaus's powers make the arrangement very interesting indeed.

When does Ben Hargreeves first appear?

Ben Hargreeves first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals”) of The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024, Netflix).

Who is Ben Hargreeves connected to?

Relationships already established when Ben Hargreeves first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Klaus Hargreeves — The ghost at his shoulder

Which group does Ben Hargreeves belong to?

By the time Ben Hargreeves appears, The Umbrella Academy also includes Luther Hargreeves, Diego Hargreeves, Allison Hargreeves, Klaus Hargreeves, Number Five, Vanya Hargreeves.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Luther Hargreeves — Number One, last to leave
• Diego Hargreeves — Number Two, throwing knives at the title
• Allison Hargreeves — Number Three — I heard a rumor…
• Klaus Hargreeves — Number Four, haunted and self-medicating
• Number Five — The boy who is fifty-eight
• Vanya Hargreeves — Number Seven, ordinary by design
• Reginald Hargreeves — The monocle, the experiment, the father
• Grace Hargreeves — Mom, batteries included
• Pogo — The chimpanzee with the family's secrets

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