In The Umbrella Academy in the episode "The Day That Wasn't" number five says:
I do owe a debt, but not to you.
Is it specified in the comics who he was referring to?
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Possibly a useful reference: comicvine.gamespot.com/the-boy/4005-60400 – FuzzyBoots Feb 21 at 12:14
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Number Five's arc in this episode roughly follows The Umbrella Academy: Dallas issue 3, "Television, Or Are You There, God? It's Me, Klaus", but I don't believe the answer really exists there since the adaptation is a bit different.
Simply put, Number Five owes the debt to his family, and the episode is him setting things up to come back to help them avert the apocalypse.
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1Having re-read the comic for the question, I can confirm the answer is not in the comics. It begins to perhaps tell us, but then Five is interrupted by the monocle. – Broklynite Feb 21 at 14:21
