MORAL OF THE SERIES

This season of The Umbrella Academy emphasizes the importance of supporting one another and being there for your friends/family in the hardest of times. It’s like dealing with pencils: they’re easy to break individually but they become much harder to break when you put a bunch of them together. Just like the pencils, the Hargreeves are a dysfunctional family that are strongest when they stick by one another and help each other out as all families and friend groups should.

WHO I THINK WOULD MOST ENJOY THIS SERIES

If by some medical miracle Back to the Future, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Shazam! had a baby in the form of a TV show, then the second season of The Umbrella Academy would be that baby. If you liked the world-building, time-traveling, and the dysfunctional family dynamics of the first season, then you’ll love this season as Steve Blackman takes all of those aspects to the next level.

ADDITIONAL NOTES/COMMENTARY

Having just finished my binge of the second season, I really hope that Netflix greenlights the third season. Seeing how they expanded upon everything that made the first season great, The Umbrella Academy is one of the shows that I’m most excited about right now. The showrunner, Steve Blackman, amplified everything that was great about the show’s premise (ie. Intriguing world-building, time travel, unique character dynamics) and then, on top of that, also managed to improve upon the first season’s flaws (ie. pacing). The writing of the show also greatly improved as I felt like I was watching real characters interacting with one another as opposed to the caricatures that were presented in the first season. Moreover, they stuck with what stood out the most to me in the first season, which was its amazing visuals and perfectly curated soundtrack. The action sequences that blended the two were the most memorable parts of the season for me besides its unique premise. Lastly, I should mention that the show also has some social commentary that I didn’t address as a moral of the season because it wasn’t exactly the main point. However, given that the season is set in the 1960s, there is some powerful commentary about exactly how far we’ve gone since then even though it’s been more than 60 years now. All in all, the second season of The Umbrella Academy is a significant improvement from its predecessor and is a very enjoyable ride with some poignant morals to learn from.