The Umbrella Academy (TV Series)

2019 · Series · 60 min. · United States

TV Series (2019-Present Day). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. A disbanded group of superheroes reunite after their adoptive father, who trained them to save the world, dies. On October 1, 1989, 43 women around the world gave birth simultaneously, despite none of them showing 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 they eventually are named by their robot-mother, Grace, as: Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Number Five (his only name), Ben, and Vanya. While putting six of his children to work fighting crime, Reginald keeps Vanya apart from her siblings' activities, as she supposedly demonstrates no powers of her own. In the present day, 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, Ben, now deceased, is a ghost able to converse only with Klaus, and Diego has become a vigilante with a penchant for trouble (Wikipedia.org)

Direction Jeremy Slater · Peter Hoar · Andrew Bernstein · Ellen Kuras · Stephen Surjik · Jeremy Webb · Tom Verica · Sylvain White · Amanda Marsalis