The Umbrella Academy TV Series
The Umbrella Academy TV Series
A four season TV show, focusing on the inexplicable births of super powered children, and the family they make along the way.
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I really enjoyed seasons one and two. I think the strongest character was five. I really enjoyed the exploration of the mystery boxes.
Reginald
The super space alien headmaster, parent, aspect I think is the biggest anchor of the show. I would consider this the a plot of the entire series The more we learn about the alien the more everything comes together
The show is exemplified by poor communication skills, a lot of the drama is simply because people cannot concisely communicate their needs and what they've observed. And that is frustrating
Regarding the poor communication thing: I agree that it's frustrating, but once I realized that them being a dysfunctional family is the entire premise of the show, I was a lot more accepting of it while watching. They all have intense bottled up feelings about each other, it's actually realistic that they're complete failures at communication.
I agree. Especially with Reginald. Given his unique circumstances and past. Him being an absolutely obtuse and unapologetic poor communicator can make a lot of sense.
Even season 2 to season 3, Reginald takes his feedback and goes off in a weird tangent instead of becoming a better communicator. And for his background that can make a lot of sense.
I just wish we'd fleshed out Reginald's motivations more even if they were crazy
Five is the best.
One, Beast Boy, seems like a high school jock that became an actor to get laid. I usually skip through the One/Allison ship drudgery.
Allison started off ok, but season 3/4 seems unhinged.
The Allison arc is really weird. But I suppose somebody who has basically mind control powers would become something of a narcissist. I just don't think they justified that in the story they told
Season 2 Allison feels like a totally different person than season 3 Allison. Totally different motivations and urgency.
Not to mention the insanity of season 3 Allison making a deal with Reginald, and then at the last second the train Reginald, and causing Luther's wife to disappear from the timeline... That's really frustrating
The betrayal never made sense to me.
Don't push that button, it'll kill my family.
Murders Dad, hits button anyway?
Yeah. That was intense. And insane. I don't understand it at all.
Not to mention Allison had made a deal with Dad, so she knew what was going to happen anyway....
Been a long while...
Anyway, Allison was meant as someone growing up used to having everyone's attention on them and every whim catered to. Her family was supposed to keep her grounded, but then she had a breakdown and fell back to that selfish mindset as a self-defense mechanism.
While the stories of the others might be about growth, hers is one of regression. That's why I think it feels disjointed, because she is in that kind of state.
I hadn't considered the regression perspective. I guess I always saw the umbrella academy as her core family.
But you're right, she lost two different sets of family over two different seasons. That's got to mess with you
I think the season 1, and season 2 beast boy Luther Arc was fairly good the person developed, and they handled adversity fairly well.
The season 3 marriage kind of felt a little out of nowhere, and then season 4 my wife disappears oh well just was super wacky. Not to mention the whole stripper career as the fallback for somebody with such a unique background