“The Umbrella Academy” is a show about offbeat superheroes in a strange, unique world. It’s a show, on paper, at least (literally, because it’s based on some of the most unique comics of the last 20 years), that has the potential to go places that no superhero series has ever gone before.
And yet, each season follows the same formula. The first season puts the Umbrella Academy on their heels as they have to put aside their differences (and their mountain of familial angst) to band together and stop the impending apocalypse.
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