The Umbrella Academy

The Seven Stages

Well, Plan A didn't work out (or was that Plan B?).  Five and the rest of The Hargreeves siblings have to find a new way to get home and stop the apocalypse. In The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 8, Five comes up with a very risky plan, the Chestnuts move a body, Vanya has a hard time, and Diego does some investigating. Five resigns himself to the last resort: finding himself and getting the briefcase to go home. Five's last mission with The Commission bef... more

The End of Something

If it's not one thing, it's another.  The Hargreeves siblings were able to stop doomsday, sure, but President Kennedy was assassinated.  To make matters worst, nearly all of them are suspected of being involved in the assassination. The news has identified them as a terrorist organization. In The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 10, things get crazy and quick.  Vanya had a vision of Harlan and realizes when she saved his life after drowning, the... more

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In The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Episode 9, all hell breaks loose.  The penultimate episode gave us a long overdue therapy session, a couple of revelations, and FINALLY the events of President Kennedy's assassination unfold. Back at The Commission, AJ The Fish manages to get a message to Herb: 743.  Lila runs into Herb when he leaves the restricted area, roughing him up for details on Diego's whereabouts. She then confirmed what we all knew. more

'The Umbrella Academy' Season 2 Trailer Promises Another Chance to Save the World

“The Umbrella Academy” Season 1 ended with the moon exploding and its fragments careening into Earth and causing the apocalypse. That was a downer, but the show’s family of misfit superheroes will have another chance to save the world in Season 2. Netflix dropped the trailer for the sophomore season of its superhero series, and the show’s unlikely protagonists are more determined than ever to save the planet. The 10-episode second season of “The Umbrella Academ... more

'The Umbrella Academy' Review: This Netflix Superhero Blockbuster Has an Inferiority Complex

The premise of “The Umbrella Academy” is both the best hook for the Netflix original series — and its infuriating downfall. On October 1, 1989, 43 women gave birth to a child, but none of them were pregnant when the day began. Fascinated by the freak occurrence and convinced these children were the key to saving the world, billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) tried to adopt as many of the kids as he could. His deep-pocketed bribery earned him seven super-powered children, w... more

7 New Netflix Shows to Binge in February, and the Best Reasons to Watch

1. “The Umbrella Academy” (available February 15) Why Should I Watch? In what looks like a timely blend of “X-Men” and “Deadly Class” — though hopefully more of the former — Netflix’s new youth superhero series focuses on a group of seven kids who are born under mysterious circumstances and adopted by a billionaire industrialist who trains them to “save the world.” Years later, after their “father” ... more