Binge Watch Complete: The Umbrella Academy

I’ve been doing a lot of binge-watching lately and I thought it would be fun to stray a bit from books and talk about some more TV shows! With this feature, I’ll be sharing a little bit about my binge-watching experience and things I liked about the show! 

** Disclaimer: These posts may contain VERY MINOR spoilers for the shows in discussion. I will never reveal big twists or plot points but if you haven’t watched the show, there may be some very broad plot points discussed. **

THE SHOW: THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
METHOD OF VIEWING: Netflix (Season 1)
SHOW COMPLETE? No, this was the debut and I’m sure there will be more!

I’ve been having a lot of fun binge watching TV shows so whenever I finish my last watch, I’m alway looking for something new. I saw the little preview for THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY and immediately knew it was something I would enjoy. I didn’t even realize it was a graphic novel before I started watching it! I absolutely loved the whole show and thought it was so well-done.

Firstly, if you haven’t read the graphic novel, you won’t be lost in the show. A friend’s brother had read them and felt like people would be lost watching the show but I think that’s just the case where you have more knowledge from reading first (I’m guessing) because I felt like everything flowed well and nothing seemed confusing.

The characters are fantastic and complex. I’m used to reading a lot of YA so it was fun to watch a show where the characters are all grown up, allowing us to see so much backstory and history. There’s so much that this group went through together, some with shared trauma and pretty much everything battling something individually, they come together to form a unique band of misfits that I immediately loved.

If you’re not familiar with the show, the premise is that these main characters who form “The Umbrella Academy” each have special abilities/powers and were “collected” by a man who they later called father even though they seemingly appeared as if from nowhere. Each of these kids was born on the same day to a woman who was not pregnant when the day started. Every one of these characters has a unique, supernatural ability except for Vanya (Ellen Page) who constantly gets left out of things because of this. Oh yeah, and we find out the world is ending in just a few days.

As the show goes on, you find out more about each ability and each character’s secrets. They all have unique relationships with each other and I just love that each dark side also has a soft side. I love each unique ability, the overall feeling of the group, and the surprisingly lovable antagonists, two hitmen (hit people?) who are assigned with the task of killing Number 5 (oh yeah, each kid has a number and Number 5 is his number but seemingly also his name. I don’t think we ever learned it?), who can travel through space and newly, time. Number 5 returns after being gone for several years shares with everyone that the world is about to end and they need to stop it.

So now we’ve got a show with special abilities AND with time travel and could this BE any more me? I don’t want to say too much more about the plot because then we get into spoilery things but I just really loved how everything was handled. Bad things happen to the characters and not everyone is safe all the time. Secrets are revealed. So much escalates!! Really, it’s just so worth the watch and hopefully I’m not adding to the already-existing hype and making it over-hyped. It really was SO good and the ending had me dying for the next season! Who knows when that will be but I will definitely be there.


Have you watched The Umbrella Academy? Who’s your favorite character?

Hi, I'm Brittany!
Hi, I'm Brittany!

I'm an avid reader, candle-maker, and audiobook lover! Here you'll find book reviews, fun blog posts, and my other loves of photography & craft beer!

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