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The Umbrella Academy is an American superhero streaming television series based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics. Created for Netflix by Steve Blackman and developed by Jeremy Slater, it revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father's death and the threat of an imminent apocalypse. The series is produced by Borderline Entertainment (season 1–2), Irish Cowboy (season 3), Dark Horse Entertainment, and Universal Content Productions. Netflix gave seasons 1 & 2 a TV-14 rating while season 3 received a TV-MA rating.

The Umbrella Academy
Genre	Action Drama Science fantasy Superhero
Created by	Steve Blackman
Based on	The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá
Developed by	Jeremy Slater
Starring	Elliot Page Tom Hopper David Castañeda Emmy Raver-Lampman Robert Sheehan Aidan Gallagher Mary J. Blige Cameron Britton John Magaro Adam Godley Colm Feore Justin H. Min Ritu Arya Yusuf Gatewood Marin Ireland Kate Walsh Genesis Rodriguez Britne Oldford
Composers	Jeff Russo Perrine Virgile
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Gerard Way Gabriel Bá Jeremy Slater Scott Stuber Beau Bauman Mike Richardson Keith Goldberg Peter Hoar Jeff F. King Jermey Webb Steve Blackman Jesse McKeown
Producers	Kevin Lafferty Sneha Koorse Jamie Neese Jason Neese Ted Miller Steve Wakefield D.J. Carson
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario Hamilton, Ontario
Cinematography	Neville Kidd Craig Wrobleski
Editors	Jon Dudkowski Timothy A. Good Amy Duddleston Wendy Tzeng Todd Desrosiers Brian Beal Amanda Panella Franklin Peterson Amy Bostrom Miklos Wright
Running time	40–60 minutes
Production companies	Borderline Entertainment (season 1 and 2) Irish Cowboy (season 3) Dark Horse Entertainment Universal Content Productions[lower-alpha 1]
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution Netflix
Release
Original network	Netflix
Picture format	4K UHDTV 2160p
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15) – present (present)

The cast features Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Cameron Britton, Mary J. Blige, John Magaro, Adam Godley, Colm Feore, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Marin Ireland, Kate Walsh, Genesis Rodriguez, and Britne Oldford. The adaptation began development as a film optioned by Universal Pictures in 2011. It was eventually shelved in favor of a television series in 2015, before being officially greenlit by Netflix in July 2017. The series is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, both of which are located in Ontario.

The first season was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019. In April 2019, Netflix reported that 45 million households had watched season one during its first month of release, thus becoming one of the most-streamed series of the year. That same month, following the success of the first season, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020.[1][2] In November 2020, the series was renewed for a third season, which was released on June 22, 2022.[3][4] In August 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season.[5]

All three seasons received positive reviews from critics, and the series has received a number of accolades, including six Emmy nominations.

Premise

The Umbrella Academy is set in a universe where 43 women around the world give birth simultaneously at noon on October 1, 1989, although none had shown any sign of pregnancy until labor began. Seven of the children are adopted by eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves and turned into a superhero team that he calls "The Umbrella Academy." Hargreeves gives the children numbers rather than names, but their robot-mother, Grace, later names six of them: Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Ben, and Vanya.[6] Reginald puts six of the children to work fighting crime but keeps Vanya apart from her siblings' activities, claiming she demonstrates no powers of her own.

The first season is set in the present day, where Luther is part ape and has lived on the Moon for four years, Allison is a famous actress, Vanya is a violinist, Klaus has a drug addiction, Five disappeared sixteen years earlier, Ben, now deceased, is a ghost able to converse only with Klaus, and Diego has become a vigilante. The estranged siblings learn that Reginald has died and gather for his funeral. Five returns from the future, revealing that a global apocalypse is imminent, but is chased by time-travelling Commission operatives Hazel and Cha-Cha. The reunited siblings try to uncover the secrets behind Reginald Hargreeves' life and their dysfunctional relationships are strained. They band together to try to prevent the impending apocalypse.[7]

The second season sees the siblings scattered in Dallas at different times in the early 1960s (as a result of the events of the first season), establishing lives for themselves. Five arrives there on November 25, 1963, minutes before a nuclear doomsday that is linked to JFK not being assassinated, but with the help of Hazel manages to travel back ten days. Five is hunted by a trio of Swedish assassins but finds his siblings, who have all made new lives, and attempts to reunite them in order to stop this new apocalypse.[8]

In the third season the siblings realize their actions in the past created a new timeline and returning to 2019 is vastly different where they have been replaced by another Hargreeves superhero group adopted by Reginald, dubbed "The Sparrow Academy". They also have to find a way to stop a kugelblitz from consuming and destroying the universe created as a result of the grandfather paradox the siblings caused through their time-travel.

Cast and characters

Main

• Elliot Page[lower-alpha 2] as Viktor/Vanya Hargreeves / The White Violin / Umbrella Number Seven, a meek violinist, alienated from his siblings as he has no apparent supernatural abilities, who writes a damning tell-all book about his childhood. In reality, he can convert sound waves into physical force, an ability his father suppressed with drugs as he considered it too powerful and dangerous to control. The character is known as Vanya and referred to as female until he comes out as a transgender man in the third season, going then by Viktor and using he/him pronouns after the change. This change corresponds with Page's own transition in real life.[11][12] T.J. McGibbon and Alyssa Gervasi portray the character as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
• Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves / Spaceboy / Umbrella Number One, an astronaut with super strength who lived on the Moon for four years on a mission from his father. He was severely injured during a mission and is the only sibling who did not leave the team. To save his life, Reginald injected him with a serum derived from a gorilla that turned his upper body into that of a non-human gorilla.[13] In seasons 1 and 2, he secretly harbors romantic feelings for Allison, which fade in season 3 when he falls in love with Sloane. Cameron Brodeur portrays a younger Luther.
• David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves / The Kraken / Umbrella Number Two, a rebellious troublemaker with a mild telekinetic ability to curve the trajectory of moving objects, including knives and bullets.[14] His jealousy of Luther for his father's affections led to him becoming a vigilante after leaving the Umbrella Academy. He starts a relationship with Lila in season 2 and has conceived a child with her by season 3. Blake Talabis portrays a younger Diego.
• Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves / The Rumor / Umbrella Number Three, a celebrity actress and mother with the ability to control minds and bend reality with the phrase "I heard a rumor...". In season 3 she discovers she can now control minds without needing the phrase in moments of intense anger. Prior to her first marriage before season 1 she was romantically interested in Luther and it is hinted that these feelings are continued in season 1. In season 2 she marries Raymond Chestnut.[13][15] Eden Cupid and Jordana Blake portray Allison as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
• Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves / The Séance / Umbrella Number Four, a flamboyant drug and alcohol addict possessing the ability to communicate with the dead and temporarily make them corporeal - he uses this ability to connect with Ben. In season 3, he discovers he also has the power of immortality and can thus revive himself and heal his own wounds after being killed, and even recreate his body if it is obliterated.[13] Dante Albidone portrays a younger Klaus.
• Aidan Gallagher as Five Hargreeves / The Boy / Umbrella Number Five, a boy with the ability to jump through space and time. After traveling to the future he ended up in a post-apocalyptic world, unable to get back. He survived on his own for decades before being recruited into The Commission, a secretive agency that keeps track of the established timeline of the world, finding and eliminating those who would threaten it. He eventually betrayed them in order to get back to his time (2019) to warn his family of the impending apocalypse.[13] Returning to his time in the pilot episode causes him to revert to his 13-year-old body, played by Gallagher. Jim Watson plays an adult Five and Sean Sullivan portrays an elderly Five.
• Mary J. Blige as Cha-Cha (season 1),[16] a Commission agent partnered with Hazel, she is "[a]ll-business" and the more sociopathic and ruthless of the two assassins who puts work above all else.[17][18]
• Cameron Britton as Hazel (season 1; guest season 2), Cha-Cha's partner, a fellow assassin who is disillusioned with his life as an agent and plans to leave the Commission after falling in love with doughnut store-owner, Agnes.[19] In season 2, an elderly Hazel appears to Five in 1963 to help him prevent doomsday.
• John Magaro as Leonard Peabody / Harold Jenkins (season 1), Vanya's love interest in season 1. As a child, he was an admirer of the Umbrella Academy and begged to join, since he was born on the same day but was the result of a normal pregnancy, and in his childhood was publicly humiliated and rejected by Reginald. He later discovers Reginald's diary, detailing Vanya's potential, and inserts himself into her life with the goal of manipulating her into discovering and using his powers. However, Vanya kills him after discovering his ruse.[20] Jesse Noah Gruman portrays a younger Harold.
• Adam Godley as Phinneus Pogo, an intelligent chimpanzee who is Reginald's close assistant. Godley provides the voice and facial performance capture, while Ken Hall serves as body-double for the motion capture to play the character on set.[19][21][22] In season 2, a younger version of Pogo appears in 1963, who is treated like a son by Reginald and Grace.
  • Godley also portrays Pogo in the season 3 alternative timeline, where he left the Sparrow Academy because he grew disillusioned with Reginald, and became a tattoo artist.
• Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves / The Monocle, the Umbrella Academy's adoptive father and a billionaire industrialist who died in 2019 in suicide, leading to the planned reunion of his children.[19] In the alternate timeline, he is revealed to still be alive, having founded the Sparrow Academy after disliking the Umbrella Academy in 1963 and deciding to adopt different children instead.
• Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves / The Horror / Umbrella Number Six (season 2;[23]^{[non-primary source needed]} recurring season 1), who can summon tentacled horrors from his body. Ben is deceased, but appears regularly to Klaus and helps him occasionally. Ethan Hwang portrays a younger Ben.
  • Min also portrays Ben Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Two (season 2–present), an alternate version of Ben who, like his Umbrella counterpart, was adopted by Reginald alongside five other children. This Ben is still alive in 2019 as a member of the Sparrow Academy, with no memory of the Umbrella Academy.[24]
• Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts (season 2–present),[25] Diego's love interest and The Handler's adopted daughter who is revealed to be one of the super-powered children born on the same day. Her powers allow her to mirror someone else's. In season 3, she is pregnant with her and Diego's child. Raya Korah and Anjana Vernuganan portray Lila as a teenager and a 4-year-old, respectively.
• Yusuf Gatewood as Raymond Chestnut (season 2; recurring season 3),[25] Allison's second husband and a civil rights activist in 1963. At the end of season 3, he becomes the father of Allison's daughter in the reset universe.
• Marin Ireland as Sissy Cooper (season 2; guest season 3),[25] Vanya's love interest who takes her in when Vanya arrives in the 1960s and is hit by her car. She is also Harlan's mother and trapped in an abusive marriage with Carl.
• Kate Walsh as The Handler (season 2; recurring season 1; special guest season 3), the head of the Commission and Five's former boss.[26] The Handler is also Lila's adopted mother, as she used the Commission to kill her parents and claim Lila for herself to use her powers. Walsh makes a speaking-only cameo in season 3 episode 7 in form of a letter to Lila.
• Genesis Rodriguez as Sloane Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Five (season 3), a member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to manipulate gravity, who falls in love with Luther and later marries him.[24]
• Britne Oldford as Fei Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Three (season 3), a member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to control crows. She is blind and uses the crows as her eyes to spy on others.[24]

Recurring

• Sheila McCarthy as Agnes Rofa (season 1), Hazel's love interest. She is the owner, waitress, and baker at Griddy's Doughnuts. Agnes died from cancer before the events of season 2 after 20 years with Hazel.
• Jordan Claire Robbins as Grace Hargreeves / Mom, a robot who acted as the mother of the Umbrella Academy children and has an especially close bond with Diego. She was built by Reginald after Vanya used her power to attack several nannies. A human version of Grace was Reginald's girlfriend in 1963.[27]
  • Robbins also portrays Grace in the alternate timeline, where she serves as a maid to the Sparrow Academy, but she gets corrupted by the Kugelblitz and sees it as a god.
• Ashley Madekwe as Detective Eudora Patch (season 1), Diego's former romantic partner who is killed by Cha-Cha.
• Peter Outerbridge as The Conductor (season 1), the leader of the orchestra for which Vanya plays.
• Rainbow Sun Francks as Detective Chuck Beaman (season 1), Eudora's colleague.
• Matt Biedel as Sgt. Dale Chedder (season 1), Eudora's colleague.
• Cody Ray Thompson (season 1) and Calem MacDonald (season 2) as Dave Katz, Klaus' lover during the Vietnam War whom he meets in season 1 when time-traveling, and later visits his younger self in 1963 prior to their meeting.
• Patrice Goodman as Dot (season 2; guest seasons 1 and 3), a case manager for the Commission.
• Ken Hall as Herb (season 2; guest seasons 1 and 3), an analytics specialist for the Commission.
• Kevin Rankin as Elliott (season 2), a conspiracy theorist who encounters and aids the Hargreeves in 1963.
• Kris Holden-Ried as Axel (season 2), the leader of a trio of Swedish triplet assassins working for the Commission.
• John Kapelos as Jack Ruby (season 2), a famous gangster in Dallas who employs Luther as his bodyguard.
• Stephen Bogaert as Carl Cooper (season 2), Sissy's abusive husband and Harlan's neglectful father.
• Raven Dauda as Odessa (season 2), owner of a Black beauty salon in South Dallas who takes Allison in when she arrives in 1961.
• Dewshane Williams as Miles (season 2), Raymond's friend and fellow civil rights activist.
• Jason Bryden as Otto (season 2), one of the triplet assassins.
• Tom Sinclair as Oscar (season 2), one of the triplet assassins.
• Justin Paul Kelly (season 2; guest season 3) and Callum Keith Rennie (season 3) as Harlan Cooper / Lester Pocket, Sissy and Carl's eight-year-old son with nonverbal autism who is neglected by his father and finds a surrogate second parent in Vanya. After Vanya saves him from drowning, he receives his own powers. In season 3, Harlan has aged into an elderly man who has learned to speak but still struggles to control his unwanted powers.[19]
• Dov Tiefenbach as Keechie (season 2), a devoted member of Klaus' cult in 1963.
• Robin Atkin Downes as A.J. Carmichael (season 2), a talking goldfish who is the leader of the Commission board until Five kills him in order to obtain passage back to 2019.
• Mouna Traoré as Jill (season 2), a member of Klaus' cult with whom Ben falls in love in the 1960s.
• Justin Cornwell as Marcus Hargreeves / Sparrow Number One (season 3), a member and leader of the Sparrow Academy with superhuman strength who is killed by the Kugelblitz.
• Jake Epstein as Alphonso Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Four (season 3), a physically scarred and injured member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to reflect any physical harm back to his opponents. He is killed by Harlan after trying to murder the Umbrella Academy.
• Cazzie David as Jayme Hargreeves / Sparrow Number Six (season 3), a member of the Sparrow Academy with the ability to spit hallucinogenic venom. She is killed by Harlan after trying to murder the Umbrella Academy.
• Javon "Wanna" Walton as Stanley "Stan" (season 3), a twelve-year-old boy posing as Diego and Lila's son at Lila's request, who is later killed by the Kugelblitz.
• Julian Richings as Chet Rodo (season 3), the eccentric manager of the Hotel Obsidian.

Episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally released
1	10		February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
2	10		July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
3	10		June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)

Season 1 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Teleplay by	Original release date
1	1	"We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals"	Peter Hoar	Jeremy Slater	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
2	2	"Run Boy Run"	Andrew Bernstein	Steve Blackman	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
3	3	"Extra Ordinary"	Andrew Bernstein	Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
4	4	"Man on the Moon"	Ellen Kuras	Lauren Schmidt Hissrich	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
5	5	"Number Five"	Ellen Kuras	Bob DeLaurentis	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
6	6	"The Day That Wasn't"	Stephen Surjik	Sneha Koorse	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
7	7	"The Day That Was"	Stephen Surjik	Ben Nedivi & Matt Wolpert	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
8	8	"I Heard a Rumor"	Jeremy Webb	Lauren Schmidt Hissrich & Sneha Koorse	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
9	9	"Changes"	Jeremy Webb	Bob DeLaurentis & Eric W. Phillips	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)
10	10	"The White Violin"	Peter Hoar	Steve Blackman	February 15, 2019 (2019-02-15)

Season 2 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Teleplay by	Original release date
11	1	"Right Back Where We Started"	Sylvain White	Steve Blackman	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
12	2	"The Frankel Footage"	Stephen Surjik	Mark Goffman	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
13	3	"The Swedish Job"	Stephen Surjik	Jesse McKeown	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
14	4	"The Majestic 12"	Tom Verica	Bronwyn Garrity	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
15	5	"Valhalla"	Tom Verica	Robert Askins	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
16	6	"A Light Supper"	Ellen Kuras	Aeryn Michelle Williams	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
17	7	"Öga for Öga"	Ellen Kuras	Nikki Schiefelbein	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
18	8	"The Seven Stages"	Amanda Marsalis	Mark Goffman & Jesse McKeown	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
19	9	"743"	Amanda Marsalis	Bronwyn Garrity & Robert Askins	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)
20	10	"The End of Something"	Jeremy Webb	Steve Blackman	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)

Season 3 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Teleplay by	Original release date
21	1	"Meet the Family"	Jeremy Webb	Steve Blackman & Michelle Lovretta	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
The Umbrella siblings find themselves in an altered timeline. After their encounter with Reginald in 1963, he changed the timeline by adopting Ben along with six other children, who he trained into a superhero team dubbed "The Sparrow Academy." The two sets of siblings fight, and the Umbrella siblings are overpowered and flee, but inadvertently leave the time travel briefcase at the Academy. They take shelter at Hotel Obsidian. As they plan their next move, Vanya goes to make a deal with the Sparrow Number One, Marcus, who agrees to return the briefcase if the Umbrella Academy siblings leave. This meeting is observed by Ben and Sparrow Number Three, Fei. Diego discovers he and Lila have a young son, Stan, and Lila leaves the boy with him. Elsewhere, an older man named Lester Pocket packs a suitcase and sets out for an unknown destination. When Marcus goes to get the briefcase, he discovers the Kugelblitz, a time anomaly caused by the crossing timelines, and is disintegrated. After witnessing this act of power, Grace, who now works as the Sparrows' maid, begins worshipping the Kugelblitz.
22	2	"World's Biggest Ball of Twine"	Cheryl Dunye	Jesse McKeown	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
The Umbrella siblings separate. The Sparrows kidnap Luther, believing that the Umbrella siblings have Marcus. While captive, Luther learns more about the Sparrows and bonds with their Number Five, Sloane. Lila attempts to leave the city but discovers that her briefcase no longer works. After learning that Sissy died in 1989, Vanya goes on a self-discovery journey, coming out as a transgender man and changing his name to Viktor. The rest of the family accepts him with open arms. Allison discovers that Claire does not exist in this timeline, spiraling her into grief and rage. Five and Klaus go to find Klaus' birth mother and discover that all of their mothers died before they were born in this timeline, creating a grandfather paradox. Diego and Stan bond after they fight Sparrow Number Four, Alphonso, and Number Six, Jayme. Allison and Viktor head to the handoff where Marcus was meant to give them the briefcase, but he doesn't show up. Unbeknownst to them, they are stalked by Lester. After being released by the Sparrows, Luther returns to meet with Sloane and they have sex. Lila mimics Fei's powers and steals the briefcase. Further shockwaves from the growing Kugelblitz cause more waves of objects, humans, and animals to disappear.
23	3	"Pocket Full of Lightning"	Cheryl Dunye	Robert Askins	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
Five explains the grandfather paradox, and a lovesick Luther rejoins the Umbrella siblings. Five and Lila reluctantly team up to solve the time paradox, realizing neither of their briefcases work. Allison and Viktor negotiate with the Sparrows, with Allison falsely claiming they have Marcus and the Sparrows falsely claiming they have the briefcase. Allison's reckless behavior worries Viktor. Klaus confronts Reginald about their mothers, whom Reginald confirms he did not kill, and the two bond. Klaus also learns that the Sparrows keep Reginald medicated to keep him docile, and he teaches Reginald how to hide the pills without swallowing them. The Sparrows discover the Kugelblitz in the basement. The Sparrow and Umbrella siblings confront each other at Hotel Obsidian. The Umbrella siblings are almost defeated when Lester arrives and unleashes a burst of energy to save them, killing Alphonso and Jayme. Viktor recognizes Lester to be Harlan Cooper, Sissy's son.
24	4	"Kugelblitz"	Sylvain White	Aeryn Michelle Williams	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
Because Harlan could not control the powers he gained from Viktor in 1963, he and his mother lived a difficult life, needing to move constantly. When Sissy died, he had a violent outburst of power. In the present, he reconnects with Viktor. Allison uses her powers on Sloane, and discovers she does not know where the briefcase is. Frustrated, she and Diego go pick a fight in a confederate bar. Luther and Viktor return Sloane to the Sparrows as a peace offering, but Ben demands that they hand over Harlan as well. In the ruins of the Commission, Five and Lila find its Founder, an elderly future version of Five with a missing arm and a cryptic tattoo. Before he dies, he warns Five not to save the world. While playing in the Hotel, Klaus and Stan find a luxury suite called the White Buffalo, and Stan accidentally kills Klaus with a spear gun. Harlan finds the files on the Umbrella Academy's dead mothers. He reveals to Viktor that when Sissy died, his outburst killed their mothers and caused the grandfather paradox.
25	5	"Kindest Cut"	Sylvain White	Elizabeth Padden	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
Klaus awakens in the afterlife, where the Person on the Bike reveals that he has died over 50 times, but always returns to life because he is immortal. He reconnects with his dead mother, who tells him not to mourn her and to seek a sense of purpose. Five and Lila return, but the briefcase is destroyed in the process. They reveal that the grandfather paradox has created a Kugelblitz that will soon collapse all of existence. Diego finds out that Stan accidentally killed Klaus and comforts him, but as they move his body, Klaus returns to life. Lila and Diego restart their relationship. Desperate to escape her pain, Allison starts to use her powers to force herself on Luther but then stops. Horrified, Luther flees to find Sloane. The rest of the family agrees to hand Harlan over to the Sparrows so they can all focus on the Kugelblitz. Viktor feels guilty about the trauma his powers have caused Harlan and enlists Allison to sneak Harlan out of the Hotel. Klaus recognizes Five's future tattoo as belonging to a biker gang, the Mothers of Agony, who used to sell him drugs. Five goes to the gang's club and finds Pogo tattooing a biker.
26	6	"Marigold"	Jeff F. King	Lauren Otero	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
In 2014, Pogo is fired after a disagreement with Reginald over the Sparrows' training. He gives the Sparrows pills to sedate Reginald. In the present, Lila and Diego find a secret tunnel in the White Buffalo Suite which leads to an abandoned alternate version of the Hotel Obsidian, called Hotel Oblivion. Ben asks Luther to join the Sparrows. Pogo tells Five that the symbols in the tattoo connect to Project Oblivion, an obsession of Reginald's. Lila admits to Diego that Stan is not their son, but is her friend Trudy's child, and she is just babysitting. Harlan and Viktor succeed in transferring Harlan's powers to Viktor. Klaus tries to bond with his father and asks why the Reginald in the original timeline killed him repeatedly. To figure it out, Reginald experiments by electrocuting Klaus to death. A Guardian attacks Lila and Diego in the alternate hotel and cuts off two of Diego's fingers. They escape in time to see Stan consumed by the Kugelblitz. Harlan tells Allison that he killed the Umbrellas' mothers, thinking that she already knew. Allison kills him and delivers his body to the Sparrows.
27	7	"Auf Wiedersehen"	Kate Woods	Michelle Lovretta	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
In a flashback, The Handler dies and Lila travels to 1989 West Berlin to retrieve a hidden briefcase planted by the Handler. She meets Trudy there and recruits Trudy's son, Stan, into her plan to trick Diego. In the present, Reginald repeatedly kills Klaus, training him to reanimate more quickly. He takes Klaus to a graveyard to confront his fears, and Klaus successfully exorcises the ghosts. Allison is remorseless about murdering Harlan and blames Viktor for her losses. Lila, Sloane, Christopher, and Viktor combine their powers to trap the Kugelblitz in Christopher. Grace attacks them in return, and Five kills her. At the Academy, the group celebrates saving the world and Luther proposes to Sloane, who accepts. Lila reveals to Diego that she is pregnant with their child; she pretended Stan was their son to test Diego's parenting abilities. Five assures a grieving Viktor that saving Harlan would not have fixed their past failures. Christopher suddenly explodes, killing Fei and reopening the Kugelblitz, which consumes the house. Five saves Ben as the group escapes.
28	8	"Wedding at the End of the World"	Paco Cabezas	Jesse McKeown & Aeryn Michelle Williams	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
In 1918, Reginald Hargreeves begins construction of the Hotel Obsidian. During its grand opening, he sends several soldiers down the secret tunnel and they are all slaughtered. In the present, the siblings take shelter at the hotel as Luther and Sloane announce their wedding. Reginald and Klaus arrive at the hotel, but none of the siblings are interested in what Reginald has to say. Luther asks Viktor to be his best man, and leaves a bitter Ben out of his bachelor party. Sloane calls Ben out for his sullen attitude, telling him to stop relying on being in charge. With Klaus' coaching, Reginald delivers a moving speech at the wedding reception. Viktor tries to reconcile with Allison, but fails. Klaus and a drunken Ben bond. The group (minus Allison) sits drunkenly in the courtyard as the Kugelblitz consumes the city above them. Luther remarks that he finally has the family he has always dreamed of. Five drunkenly overhears Reginald making a deal with someone in the White Buffalo Suite.
29	9	"Seven Bells"	Paco Cabezas	Robert Askins	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
A hungover Five tries to recall who was making a deal with Reginald the previous night. Reginald calls a meeting and explains that he built the Hotel Obsidian around a portal to the universe's "reset button", which requires seven people to pass through the secret tunnel and ring seven bells protected by a Guardian. Allison, Lila, Klaus, and Ben agree to the plan, but Diego, Viktor, Luther, Sloane, and Five outvote them and choose to stay. Allison apologizes to Luther and Viktor, but Luther believes she is manipulating him. Reginald murders Luther and blames it on the Guardian, in order to motivate the group. Five remembers that Allison was the one with whom Reginald made a deal. The group flees through the tunnel and into the Hotel Oblivion as the Kugelblitz consumes the Hotel. Klaus tries to follow but Reginald pushes him back, telling him he is too much of a liability. To ensure he goes to the afterlife, Klaus throws himself onto the horn of the white buffalo and dies.
30	10	"Oblivion"	Jeff F. King	Steve Blackman & Robert Askins	June 22, 2022 (2022-06-22)
This episode's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (July 2022) At the Hotel Oblivion, Five warns Viktor of Allison's actions. Reginald summons Guardians to attack the others while they search for a seven-fold symbol. The group defeats the Guardians, but Five's arm is severed. In the afterlife, Luther convinces Klaus to return to the living, where he exposes Reginald's treachery. Allison admits to Viktor that she did make a deal with Reginald, but had no idea that their brothers would die. Five spots a seven-star symbol on the lobby floor. Reginald forces all of them, except Allison, to step on the stars, activating the reset button. Realizing the process is killing them, Allison kills Reginald and hits the reset button. In the rebuilt universe, Allison reunites with Claire and Ray. Luther is alive and no longer an ape-man, Five and Diego's lost limbs are restored, Sloane is missing, and everyone has lost their powers. A new version of Reginald and his resurrected wife Abigail observe the city, now under their control. Later, Ben rides a Seoul subway to an unknown destination.

Production

Development

A film version of the comic book series The Umbrella Academy was optioned by Universal Studios. Originally, screenwriter Mark Bomback was hired to write the screenplay; Rawson Marshall Thurber reportedly replaced him in 2010.[28] There had been little talk of the film from that time. In an interview with Newsarama at the 2012 New York Comic Con, Way mentioned that there have been "good talks" and a "really good script", but that it was "kind of up to the universe".^{[citation needed]}

On July 7, 2015, it was announced that The Umbrella Academy would be developed into a television series produced by Universal Cable Productions, rather than an original film.[29] On July 11, 2017, it was officially announced that Netflix had greenlit a live-action series adaptation of The Umbrella Academy with Way and Bá acting as executive producers, to premier in 2019.[30][31] Jeremy Slater wrote the script for the pilot episode, and Steve Blackman serves as showrunner.[30] The first season of The Umbrella Academy was released on Netflix on February 15, 2019.[32][33][34]

On April 2, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, which was released on July 31, 2020.[35][36] It was also confirmed that the second season would consist of ten episodes, like the first season.[37] The season release date remained unknown until May 18, 2020, when a teaser trailer concept was released where the main cast danced to "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany.[38] Steve Blackman confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he wanted to stay close to the content of the comics.[16] On June 26 it was revealed that the series would be taking place at the 1960s in Dallas, due to the time travel from the end of the previous season.[39]

On November 10, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a third season, which was released on June 22, 2022.[3][4] While the series initially had a "TV-14" rating for its first two seasons, the maturity rating was increased to "TV-MA" for its third season, mainly due to an increase in profanity.[40]

In June 2022, Blackman revealed that, should the series get renewed for a fourth season, it would most likely serve as the end to the series. Although he did not rule out the possibility of Netflix pursuing further installments.[41] In August 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a fourth and final season, with Jesse McKeow serving as co-showrunner with Blackman.[5]

Writing

In June 2022, it was revealed, according to series creator Steve Blackman, that the Season 3 scripts were complete when Elliot Page called him to share the news of his transition, with Blackman feeling it was "very important" that he and Page collaborate on incorporating Viktor's transition into the existing scripts. This led to Thomas Page McBee, who previously worked with Page on 2019's Tales of the City, being brought onboard to ensure that the storyline where Viktor comes out as trans was handled with care and respect.[42][43]

Casting

On November 9, 2017, Netflix confirmed that Elliot Page[lower-alpha 2] had joined the cast and that he would play Vanya Hargreeves (now Viktor Hargreeves), also known as the White Violin.[44] On November 30, 2017, it was revealed that Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan and Aidan Gallagher had joined the cast as the rest of the Hargreeves siblings.[45][46] On February 12, 2018, Netflix announced that Academy Award nominee Mary J. Blige would appear in the series as the sadistic time-travel assassin Cha-Cha. Colm Feore joined the cast as Sir Reginald Hargreeves, the adoptive father of the siblings, on February 16, 2018, alongside Cameron Britton, Adam Godley and Ashley Madekwe.[47][48] On February 28, 2018, it was announced that John Magaro has been cast as a series regular character.[49]

In January 2020, Justin H. Min and Kate Walsh were promoted to series regulars for the second season, following their recurring roles in the first season.[23][50][51] On September 10, 2019, Netflix announced that three additional actors — Ritu Arya, Marin Ireland and Yusuf Gatewood — would join the cast.[52][53] On October 17, 2019, John Kapelos announced that he would be joining the recurring cast as Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald.[54] On January 11, 2021, it was announced that Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Genesis Rodriguez, Cazzie David, and Jake Epstein joined the cast as part of the Sparrow Academy for the third season.[55] In January 2022, Javon Walton revealed in an interview he joined the cast in an undisclosed role for the third season.[56]

Filming

Principal photography for the first season began on January 15, 2018, in Toronto. Gerard Way's Instagram account shared an illustration by Fabio Moon of the cast and crew doing the first table read of the script in Toronto. Way also revealed a picture of the first day on the set.[57] Additional filming took place in Hamilton, Ontario.[58]

The theatre scene of Vanya performing was filmed at the Elgin Theatre and the Winter Garden Theatre. Mazzoleni Concert Hall was used to represent the theatre's exterior. The exterior of the mansion was filmed at a building in Hamilton, while the interiors were filmed in studio. The Joey & Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre was filmed for an outside scene and LIUNA Station was used for a bank robbery scene. A laboratory at the University of Toronto was filmed to represent the Meritech Prosthetics building.[58][59][60] The filming concluded on July 18, 2018.[61]

Filming for the second season began on June 16, 2019. Like the previous season, it was filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, despite the series taking place in Dallas, Texas.[62][63] Exterior shots, including scenes in Dealey Plaza, were taken in Dallas.[64] Filming concluded on November 23, 2019.[65]^{[non-primary source needed]}

Filming for the third season began on February 7, 2021,[66][67] and concluded on August 28, 2021.[68][69]

Filming for season -3- episode 6 at the drive in was filmed at- “5 drive in” located in - Oakville, Ontario Canada

Visual effects

Visual effects for the series are handled by SpinVFX,[70] Weta Digital,[71] Folks VFX,[72] Soho VFX, Pixomondo, Deluxe VFX, Digital Film Tree, BOT VFX, Studio 8, Exceptional Minds and MARZ.[73]

VFX supervisor Everet Burrell confirmed that he used traditional art techniques for early concept art and referenced great actors with iconic faces.[74] Burrell called Weta Digital, who previously worked for the rebooted Planet of the Apes series, to develop the visual effects for the character of Pogo. Ken Hall provided the motion capture for Pogo using a gray suit to later make additions to his captures to create the CGI of the chimpanzee, with Adam Godley making the facial expressions and voice acting of the character.[75]

SpinVFX confirmed that they delivered at least 563 shots for the series. To make the effects of the show, the team required a series of complex effect simulations, creature development, and massive destructions.[76]

For the effects of Number Five jumping through time and space, Burrell wanted to make the effects look organic, and liquidy, representing how much time and the world bends around him when he jumps, and how quick it should be. For these effects, he used more than 30 frames in the first episodes, however with the progress of the series, this reduced to only 10 frames.[77] To that footage, the team iterated on several kinds of spatial jump effects, all the way from heavy distortion to subtler images. The visual effects team started with some R&D tests. At the end, the final effect, called the "jelly vision", was used to make the series, with Burrell expressing: "as if you're pushing your hand through a jelly membrane, just for a few seconds, and then it pops. It's really, really subtle, but you get a little bit of texture, you get a little bit of striations, almost like the universe is bending as he does his spatial jumps."[78]

In an interview with Burrell he confirmed that to develop the sequences where time is frozen, they took several background shots on location before returning to their stage to shoot the dialogue between Five and The Handler in front of a green screen. They called this effect "Three-Strip" in honor of the Technicolor process used in the 1930s.[79]

The second season used 400 shots from the Folks VFX Montreal team under the guidance of VFX supervisor Laurent Spillemaecker to create time portal effects seen throughout the season, particularly Five's special ability. Meanwhile, Spillemaecker's crew recreated events surrounding JFK's fateful Dallas visit, while including The Umbrella Academy's superpower interactions. Pictures and references from the 1960s were provided to create and later to be used as digital matte paintings and CG environments, to transform Canada into the show's setting, 1960s Dallas.[80][81]

The opening scene of the second season, where the siblings fight the Soviets on a Dallas street, was the most complicated to do, being nearly completely CGI. It was realised on a 360 degree bluescreen backlot set which was 15 feet tall and 200 feet by 60 feet. The only real things that were not made of CGI, were the tank, soldiers, cast and the rubble on the ground. The set was LiDAR scanned so that the director, Sylvian White could walk around using a VR edition of the iPad. They used a Phantom running at 700 frames per second on a camera stick. The scene was also divided in seven parts, beginning with Number Five's arrival at 1963, and concluding before Diego's first lines. For safety reasons the crew could not fire the AK-47s at Diego so they were forced to do multiple passes.[82][73]

Music

The show's score albums were released for seasons 1 and 2. Jeff Russo was hired to compose the show's score.[83] During an interview he revealed that the he "needed to use a subtle hand with the score" and that they "wanted the score to be thematic, by not trying to push too much on the weird and too much on the horrific aspect of the show and the story".[84]

Reception

Audience viewership

On April 16, 2019, Netflix announced that the series had been streamed by over 45 million viewers on its service within its first month of release, with people at least having watched 70% percent of one episode of the series.[85][86][87] It was the third most popular TV series on Netflix in 2019.[88] On September 3, 2020, Netflix revealed the show broke numerous records in viewerships, following the second season debut. During the second season first week, the show was the most watched television series show on Netflix, being atop of the Nielsen ratings and thus confirming that 3 billion minutes of the show's two seasons were viewed.[89][90][91] On October 21, 2020, Netflix published the Nielsen ratings and revealed that the show's second season was streamed by over 43 million viewers in its first 28 days. It made it the 6th most watched show of that year, falling behind shows like The Queen's Gambit and Ratched.[92][93][94]

Critical reception

Critical response of The Umbrella Academy

Season	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
1	76% (92 reviews)[95]	61 (22 reviews)[96]
2	91% (89 reviews)[97]	67 (12 reviews)[98]
3	91% (43 reviews)[99]	72 (9 reviews)[100]

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of 92 critic reviews are positive for the first season, with an average rating of 7.2/10. Critics' consensus on the website reads, "The Umbrella Academy unfurls an imaginative yarn with furtive emotion and an exceptionally compelling ensemble, but the series' dour sensibility often clashes with its splashy genre trappings."[95] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the season a score of 61 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[96]

For the second season, Rotten Tomatoes identified 91% of 89 reviews as positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's critics consensus states, "Proof that time can heal almost all wounds, The Umbrella Academy's exhilarating second season lightens its tonal load without losing its emotional core, giving the super siblings room to grow while doubling down on the time traveling fun."[97] The season garnered a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 from 12 critics on Metacritic, signifying "generally favorable reviews".[98]

For the third season, Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.5/10, based on 43 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "The Umbrella Academy unfurls a bit beyond a manageable scope in this overstuffed season, but there remains all the gonzo creativity and resonant character relationships that fans enroll for."[99] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 72 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[100]

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2019	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress	Elliot Page[lower-alpha 2]	Nominated	[101]
	Saturn Awards	Best Streaming Superhero Television Series		Nominated	[102]
		Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Presentation	Elliot Page[lower-alpha 2]	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)	Mark Worthington, Mark Steel & Jim Lambie (for "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals")	Nominated	[103]
		Outstanding Special Visual Effects	Everett Burrell, Chris White, Jeff Campbell, Sebastien Bergeron, Sean Schur, Steve Dellerson, Libby Hazell, Carrie Richardson & Misato Shinohara (for "The White Violin")	Nominated
	People's Choice Awards	The Bingeworthy Show of 2019		Nominated	[104]
		The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2019		Nominated
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Musical Moment	"I Think We're Alone Now" scene	Nominated	[105]
2020	Visual Effects Society Awards	Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project	Aidan Martin, Craig Young, Olivier Beierlein & Laurent Herveic (for Pilot; Pogo)	Nominated	[106]
	Casting Society of America	Television Pilot & First Season – Drama	Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein, April Webster, Robin D. Cook, Samantha Garrabrant, Josh Ropiequet & Jonathan Oliveira	Nominated	[107]
	Art Directors Guild Awards	One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series	Mark Worthington (for "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals")	Won	[108]
	People's Choice Awards	The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2020		Nominated	[109]
2021	Critics' Choice Super Awards	Best Superhero Series		Nominated	[110]
	Hollywood Music in Media Awards	Best Music Supervision – Television	Jen Malone	Nominated	[111]
	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Drama Series		Nominated	[112]
	Annie Awards	Best Character Animation - Live Action	Aidan Martin, Hunter Parks, Craig Young, Viki Yeo & Krystal Sae Eua	Nominated	[113]
	Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Short Form – Dialogue/ADR	John Benson & Jason Krane (for "The End of Something")	Nominated	[114]
		Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Episodic Short Form – Music	Jen Malone & Lodge Worster (for "Valhalla")	Nominated
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Performance in a Show	Elliot Page	Nominated	[115]
	Saturn Awards	Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series		Nominated	[116]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour)	Neville Kidd (for "Right Back Where We Started")	Nominated	[117]
		Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes	Christopher Hargadon, Heather Crepp, William Ng & Jane Fieber (for "The Frankel Footage")	Nominated
		Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)	John Benson, Jason Krane, John Snider, AJ Shapiro, Dario Biscaldi, Lodge Worster, Lindsay Pepper & Zane D. Bruce (for "The End of Something")	Nominated
		Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode	Everett Burrell, Phillip Hoffman, Jesse Kawzenuk, Christopher Stack, Sophie Vertigan, Jeff Campbell, Laurent Spillemaecker, R. Christopher White & Ryan Freer (for "743")	Nominated
2022	Saturn Awards	Best Action-Thriller Television Series		Pending	[118]
		Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Television Series	Elliot Page	Pending

See also

• Civil rights movement in popular culture

Notes

References

External links

• The Umbrella Academy on Netflix
• The Umbrella Academy at IMDb 
• The Umbrella Academy on Instagram
• The Umbrella Academy on Twitter

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[ru] Академия Амбрелла (телесериал)

«Академия Амбрелла» (англ. The Umbrella Academy) — американский супергеройский стриминговый сериал, который является адаптацией одноимённой серии комиксов издательства Dark Horse Comics. Сериал выходит на сервисе Netflix и разработан Стивом Блэкманом[en] в сотрудничестве с Джереми Слейтером. «Академия Амбрелла» рассказывает историю неблагополучной семьи супергероев, которые возвращаются домой, чтобы разгадать тайну смерти их приёмного отца и предотвратить надвигающийся апокалипсис. Производством сериала занимаются компании Borderline Entertainment, Dark Horse Entertainment[en] и Universal Cable Productions[en].

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